HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-02-07 Regular Meeting
Euless Public Library Board of Trustees
February 7, 1980
CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the Euless
Public Library Board of Trustees was called to order at 7:33 p.m. by Chair-
man Dotty Ragley. Other members present were Betty Potthoff, Sonja Adams,
and Sis Perkins. (Absent were Dorothy O'Daniel , Brad Hassard, and Bill
Foreman, Alternate.)
Also attending were Mrs. Betty Yar-
brough, Children's Librarian; Mrs. Geneva Armstrong, Librarian; and Mrs.
Barbara Zieschang, Honorary Board Member.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the regular meeting
dated January 3, 1980, were approved as read.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
The total circulation for January
was 8,668. There were 259 new registrations - 98 adults and 61 juveniles.
We had 23 inter-library loan requests
with 41 pieces of material received. We had 59 reserved books checked out
in January.
On January 18, our library hosted the
Tarrant Regional Library Association (TRLA) meeting. Ms. Maxine Merriman
of General Dynamics Library and a former graduate instructor at TWU was the
speaker. Barbara Thompson and Carolyn Hoots from Technical Processing were
present. The subject was AV cataloging.
On January 22 in Euless and January 24
in Haltom City TRLA sponsored Mrs. Margaret Nichols, NTSU Professor, in a
Rerence Interview workshop. This enabled all of our staff to take advantage
of this opportunity.
Mrs. Yarbrough reported that we had
15 preschool story times with 308 children and 53 adults.
On January 8, Mrs. Yarbrough gave a
special tour of the library to 9 children in the Peak Program at North Euless
Elementary. She taught them how to do research. The children really enjoyed
this.
Mrs. Yarbrough called our attention to
the newly framed copies of the Library Bill of Rights and The Freedom to Read.
They are hanging next to the display case,
While the Hurst Library is moving into their
new questions, we will be handling their film bookings. We may continue to
do this.
(Page Two, Regular Meeting, Euless Library Board of Trustees, Feb. 7, 1980)
This will increase our non-book circulation.
GENEALOGY ROOM
51 people made 96 visits.
Euless - 27 people (52.9%) made 58 visits (60.4)
Bedford - 7 people (13,7%) made 16 visits (16.6%)
Hurst - 5 people (9.8%) made 5 visits (5.2%)
Irving - 4 people (7.8%) made 4 visits (4. 1%)
Colleyville - 3 people (5.8%) made 7 visits (7.2%)
Fort Worth - 3 people .(5.8%) made 4 visits (4. 1%)
Mesquite and North Richland Hills each had 1 person making 1 visit.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Sis Perkins reported that the sale is
set for March 28 and 29. There is some problem as to where it will be held.
North East Mall is now requiring that organizations have their own insurance.
Sis is checking into the insurance and will report later on the "Friends"
decision.
Books for the sale are to be brought
to the library. It was suggested that we put this in the Mayor's Newsletter,
also. Publicity needs to get some information out on this.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Mrs. Armstrong passed out the
new revised page 5 of our by-laws. Those who were not here to receive them
may get them from her.
NEW BUSINESS
Dotty Ragley attended the North Texas
Library System meeting on January 31 . The planning committee of which she is a
member, went over the budget and decided to recommend to continue use of the
budget formula they are now using. Perhaps next year, they may implement the
Amarillo formula.
At the regular meeting the committees
reported on the various things that they recommended the advisory Council to act
upon. They included accepting the Black Hawk experiment for a tribal run of 6
months (about video cassettes being checked out by the librarian) , leasing 6 to 12
films to the South Texas Library System for 2 years, imposing a fine on the
patron who does not pick up or cancel a film that has been requested, and more
continuing education workshops. These are only recommendations and have not
been acted upon at this time by the advisory council .
(Page Three, Regular Meeting, Euless Public Library Board of Trustees, Feb. 7, 1980)
The board discussed the fact that the
library is not noted separately on the city budget diagram. We feel that it
should be, and the citizens should know what is allowed for our library.
Therefore, we recommend that our chairman check into it and see if the
percentage of the whole budget that the library receives can be noted separ-
ately on the city budget diagram.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the
chairman adjourned the meeting at 8: 12 p.m.
/s/ Dotty Ragley
Chairman
/s/ Sonja Adams
Secretary