HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-11-01 EULESS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Regular Meeting
November 1 , 1979
Call To Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:32 p.m.
by Dotty Ragley, Chairman. Members present were Brad Hassard, Sis Perkins,
Sonja Adams, Betty Potthoff, and Bill Foreman, Alternate.
Also attending were Mrs. Geneva Armstrong,
Librarian; Mrs. Betty Yarbrough, Children's Librarian; Mrs. Barbara Zieschang,
Honorary Board Member; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pippin.
Those not in attendance were Dorothy 0' Daniel .
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the meeting dated September 13,
1979, were approved as read.
Librarian's Report
The total circulation for September was 5,832
with a fiscal year total of 95,513. There were 243 new registrations - 181 adults
and 62 juveniles.
In October, the total circulation was 6,752.
There were 214 new registrations - 160 adults and 54 juveniles.
Betty Yarbrough attended a workshop in Austin
on Statistics and Their Use in the Library. Sally Cook attended a Census
Workshop in Arlington. Betty went to the North Texas Library System Advisory
Council meeting in Decatur. Mrs. Armstrong attended the Texas Municipal League
Library Director' s Association meeting in Houston. The District 7 of TLA met
at UTA on October 27. No one got to attend, but Mrs. Yarbrough was elected
treasurer of District 7.
A copy of the city ordinance passed concerning
overdue books was given to each of us. This needs to be added to the by-laws.
We had 35 interlibrary loan requests with 26
pieces of material received. We had 35 reserve books checked out.
Mrs. Yarbrough reported that in September we
had 11 preschool story times with 200 children and 30 adults. In October, we
had 14 preschool story times with 354 children and 56 adults.
(Euless Public Library 'Thrd of Trustees, Regular Meetin — November 1 , 1979)
Mrs. Yarbrough reported that in September she,
also, went to workshop on Collection Development and Weeding in Denton.
Mrs. Yarbrough is planning during Children' s
Book Week, November 10-18, a special story time on Saturday afternoon for
elementary students. Posters are up and publicity will be going to the schools.
Mrs. Yarbrough spoke at the Four Seasons
Nursing Home.
The White House Conference on Libraries will
be November 15-19.
All the libraries in TRALA are putting together
5 scrapbooks, one for each county commissioner, to make them more aware of what
the libraries in their area are doing. Mrs. Yarbrough passed around the pictures
of our library that she sent in to be used in the scrapbooks.
Genealogy Room
For the month of October, there were 41 visits
with 29 people making these visits. Euless had 26 visits with 18 people making
these visits. Bedford had 3 people who made 4 visits, Colleyville 2 people with
5 visits, and 6 other people from various areas.
Friends of the Library
Sis Perkins, at the request of Mrs. Armstrong,
presented a list of things the Friends have done for the library.
Genealogy Society
Bill Foreman stated the society will support
our library in any way we might need.
Mrs. Yarbrough reminded Mr. Foreman to check
the bulletin board in the Genealogy Room before each meeting because this is
where she posts all mail for genealogy.
Special Committee Report
Bill Foreman brought us up-to-date on his work
in search for more money in the city budget for the library. His discussion was
on various ways of head count such as a turnstile, telephone calls, re-shelving
of books, and questions asked at the desk.
Bill discussed the DeProspo Study. It can be
used by people as a guide on how to study libraries and the uses of libraries.
Mrs. Armstrong will order the book, Data Gathering and Instructional Manual for
Performance Measures in Public Libraries. Re-shelving in our library was discussed.
It was suggested that a cart be out for us to put our books on and not back on the
shelves.
(Euless Public Library rd of Trustees, Regular Meetin November 1 , 1979)
Unfinished Business
Dotty Ragley presented to Mr. and Mrs. Pippin
our recommendation that the book, Black Is Brown Is Tan, remain on the library
shelf. The views and opinions of the board and Mr. and Mrs. Pippin were shared
at this time.
On page 5 of our by-laws, we would like to make
a change in paragraph 7, line 5. It should read, "may appear at the Library Board
meeting"; instead of, "must appear at the Library Board". This will be voted on
at the next meeting.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the chairman
adjourned the meeting at 8:45 p.m.
/s/ Sonja Adams /s/ Dotty Ragley
Secretary Chairman