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EULESS LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
May 7, 1998
Vice Chairperson Wesley Scott called the Euless Library Board meeting to order, at 7:05
p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT VISITORS
Wesley Scott Betty Yarbrough
Elizabeth (Liz) Schoonover
Betty Fuller
Kerry McGeath
Maxine Wallis
Bernard Snitz (Alternate #1)
DISPOSITION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:
Maxine Wallis moved that the minutes be accepted as written and was seconded by
Bernard Snitz. Motion was carried.
REPORT OF LIBRARY DIRECTOR-April 1998
Betty Yarbrough reported April 1998 circulation information. New registrations: 333;
86 out of the city and 3 out of the county. Active Library Cards: 20,184. Total Holdings:
72,990. Reference questions answered: 1,577. Videocassettes circulated: 2,851. There
were 29 requests for Interlibrary loans; 21 items were received. Phone renewals:
April - 153. Genealogy sign-ins: Total 65 of which 36 were Euless residents. Walk-in
traffic was 11,422 and in-house use of materials 5,619. Total Volunteers for April were
36 with total hours contributed 129.75.
Programs: Storytime Sessions were 25 with 370 children and 110 adults attending.
Special Programs &Tours, Month of April:
Specials: Parenting Center -Bear Contest - 119 entries. Super Saturday III -
Fractured Fairy Tales - 22 children; 19 adults. Night of 1,000 Stars - 15
children; 29 adults.
Tours: 1 Tour: Sheppard Drive Daycare toured Arbor Daze: 27 children; 3
adults.
Outreach: 9 programs; 84 children; 36 adults. 4 Midway Recreation Preschool
programs. 4 Reading Circle programs; 23 readers and 34.5 hours.
1 Headstart program.
Mrs. Yarbrough attended the following meetings in April 1998:
1. TLA in San Antonio.
2. Let's Talk About Books.
3. Library Foundation Board of Director's Meeting and Gala Committee.
4. Night of 1,000 Stars.
5. Friends of the Library Meeting.
6. Arbor Daze -Betty Yarbrough, Sheila Williams and Meredith McMannis.
OTHER REPORTS:
1. TLA- Sheila, pre-conference; Elizabeth Draper, Meredith. Meredith recieived
plaque.
2. Employee of the Month meeting-Sheila.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None
NEW AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS:
We discussed the Euless Public Library Goals and Objectives.
GOAL 1. Change the third objective to include both print and electronic data base
subscriptions; reevalute percentage of increase at June meeting. Discuss need for
increasing number CD-ROM data bases, fourth objective, at June meeting. The
remainder of the goal would remain the same. The next goal will be discussed in
the June meeting.
On Check-It-Out-Day, April 30, over 100 patrons checked out their own books. The
library is now elegible for a drawing to possibly receive additonal funds for books
for the library.
CITIZEN INPUT:
None
ADJOURNMENT
Liz Schoonover motioned the meeting be adjourned. It was seconded by Bernard Snitz.
Wesley Scott adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
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:nth A. Schoonover
ess Library Board Secretary