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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-06-07 EULESS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Regular Meeting June 7, 1979 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:37 p.m. by Dotty Ragley, Chairman. Members present: Betty Potthoff, Brad Hassard, Sis Perkins, Sonja Adams and Bill Foreman, alternate. Member absent: Dorothy O'Daniel . Also attending was Mrs. Betty Yarbrough, Children' s Librarian and Mrs. Willie Mae McCormick, City Council member. MINUTES OF MAY 3, 1979 There was a correction on page 2. Under North Texas Library Systems, it should read Collection Enrichment instead of Correction Enrichment, on lines 7 and 8. LIBRARIAN' S REPORT - Betty Yarbrough The total circulation for May, 1979, was 7,993. There were 226 new registrations; 146 adults and 80 juveniles. Mrs. Armstrong wanted to know if any of the new board members wanted to be members of the Texas Library Association. The City will pay your dues, and you will receive The Texas Library Journal which gives information about what is happening to libraries in Texas. Joining is strictly optional . The Chairman will continue to take this journal and share with us things that pertain to us. Betty Potthoff would like to receive the journal , also. As of Monday, June 11 , the library will lift the limit of 5 books in the fiction area. The library will still limit people to 2 volumes on a partic- ular subject area in the nonfiction area. We had 51 inter-library loan requests and received 57 pieces of material in May. Reserves on books totaled 65. There were 350 people notified by phone and mail during Amnesty Month (April ) that they had overdue books. There are still 122 people who have overdue books. In the children ' s section there are 212 students signed up for the summer reading program. In the 5 story time sessions on June 7, 187 children were present with 92 at the 1 :00 p.m. session. Nancy Barber has volunteered to help during story times. Publicity on the summer reading program went out with the Parks and Recreation mail-out. This has brought much response. Posters were put up during registration at the Simmons Center. It does help for the departments to work together. In May we had 13 story times with 203 children and 16 adults present. (Page Two, Regular Meeting, Euless Public Library Board of Trustees) Mrs. Yarbrough visited every class in North Euless and Lakewood Elemen- tary Schools publicizing the summer reading program. St. Vincent' s Elementary School asked Mrs. Yarbrough to come and help them evaluate their library. Sally Cook and Betty Yarbrough attended a workshop on Solar Energy in Arlington sponsored by the state. The library now has a packet behind the desk that gives a bibliography about where information can be obtained pertain- ing to solar energy - things for builders, architects, home owners, and etc. There will be a core collection in the Dallas Public Library, the middle of June. This will be available for inter-library loan. Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Yarbrough attended the Tarrant Regional Library Association (TRLA) meeting. They honored Mrs. Armstrong for her graduation from college with a cake. They elected Betty, vice chairman, president elect, in charge of programs. Next month on July 17 the library will show the feature length film on Benji . The North Texas Library System now has a membership decal available to its members. We will be displaying one on our library door and the City Hall . We need to inquire from the Fire Department about the capacity of the Fuller Room. We are responsible for the children during story time. GENEALOGY ROOM For the months of February and March there were 117 people using the room - 57 Euless 48.7%, 17 Hurst 14.5%, 15 Bedford 12.8%, 9 Irving 7.6%, 8 Fort Worth 5. 1%, and 7 miscellaneous. For the month of May there were 54 people who used the room - 41 Euless 75.9%, 4 Hurst 7.4%, 6 Bedford 11 . 1%, 2 Grapevine 3.7%, and 1 Fort Worth 1 .8%. Bill Foreman reported that we should be receiving some new books from contributions. The Mid Cities Genealogy Society in connection with the L. D. S. Church is sponsoring a seminar-workshop for the day. The money made from this will be divided. He feels that this will be used to add some books to the room. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY Sis Perkins talked to a lady in the Richland Hills group to see what kind of organization they had. The started out having meetings, but this has not worked out. Now, they get all of the ladies who are interested in the Book Sale and want to work on it together and go from there. There is no magic formula! They do consult with the people at the library to see what is needed. Everyone seems to be having the same problems. (Page Three, Regular Meeting, Euless Public Library Board of Trustees) We discussed the publicity concerning this organization -- people who can join, what the group does, how we can get more people involved, and etc. There will be no president this year. Everyone will work together. It was recommended that Sis talk to some other groups. Mrs. Yarbrough suggested she talk to the Grapevine group. Dotty requested that a sign be put up on the library bulletin asking for people to help the Friends of the Library. We need to promote the organization. Bill Foreman suggested that we contact various organizations in the community about donating books to the sale. The books that the schools discord each year were discussed. It was told that these books cannot be donated for a sale. They have to be destroyed according to the law. It was decided that we will try announcing to these organizations about our sale and ask that they bring the books to the library. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Dotty Ragley asked if there was any news about the ordinance that the library has been asking about for two years. To the new members, this is an ordinance that we have requested to the City Council to check with the City Attorney to see if we could get something done to get our books back from the people who have them out. There was no new information on this subject. Mrs. Yarbrough passed out a rough draft of the new by-laws. Mrs. Armstrong asked that we look over these and make comments at the next meeting. Betty Potthoff moved that we change the date of the next meeting from July 5 to July 12. Brad Hassard seconded the motion. Motion carried with all in favor. ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS The various offices and duties of these officers were discussed first. Sis Perkins nominated Dotty Ragley as Chairman. Sonja Adams seconded the motion. There were no further nominations from the floor. All were in favor. Dotty Ragley was elected Chairman. Sonja Adams nominated Brad Hassard as Vice-Chairman. Sis Perkins seconded the motion. There were no further nominations from the floor. All were in favor. Brad Hassard was elected Vice-Chairman. Betty Potthoff nominated Sonja Adams as Secretary. Bill Foreman seconded the motion. There were no further nominations from the floor. All were in favor. Sonja Adams was elected Secretary. (Page Four, Regular Meeting, Euless Public Library Board of Trustees) Brad Hassard nominated Dorothy O' Daniel as Historian. Sis Perkins seconded the motion. There were no further nominations from the floor. All were in favor. Dorothy O' Daniel was elected Historian. Betty Potthoff agreed to help the Historian with any publicity. Sis Perkins agreed to handle any projects with the Friends of the Library and the Genealogy. Dotty Ragley suggested that we make these part of our officers. This can be done at our next meeting when we go over our new by-laws. Dotty Ragley will acquire copies of the old by-laws for our new members. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Chairman adjourned the meeting at 8:55 p.m. Sonja Adams Dotty Ragley Secretary Chairman