HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-02-05 ETTLESS PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF T RUSTEES
Regular Keeti_ng
February 5, 1976
CALL TO ORDER
The meet;ng was called to order at 7:45 PI`
by Chairman Roy Blood. Members attending:
:goy Blood
Bill KcCray
Dottie Ragley
Barbara Zieschang
Berbers absent: Jo Ingram and hay Fuller
(Kay called in her excuse. )
Also attending, Irs Barbara Thompson, acting
for I'.rs . Geneva. Armstrong, librarian, and I ayor Pro ' em
Willie i' ae KcCormick.
AI': OVAL (J NITriTpZ - December Ieeting
Bo objedtions or corrections forthcoring,
the Chairman declared the minutes to the December meeting
approved as written.
LIB ' UUAIJ 'S RAPORT
The circulation 2-cord shows an increase of
6.3% over the first four months of the last fiscal Near.
The carrels for the Adult Basic education have arrived and
are in service. Five persons have graduated and received
their GED (high school equivilance certificate) . There are
10 peuile now registered and engaged in study under the ABE.
GENE 1L0GY BOON P- OJECT - Bill IcCray
The initial bid on the obsolete heating equip-
ment in the City Complex should be submitted soon. This will
open the situation to other bidders and hopefully the machinery
will be cleared away. Discussion of the work needed to remove
the cement pad and level the floor revealed the type of help
we will try to provide when the time comes. The Board a =reed
that Bill 's knowledge of the "who ' s" and "what 's" in generating
bidding and removal of the machinery is greatly appreciated.
We understand the Hi-Centennial Corsittee is interested in
helping with the Room as soon as the rr.ac}rinery is removed.
FRIEI1DS OF THE EUI USS LIBRARY - Dottie Ra;;ley
A Book Sale is scheduled for National Library
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Week (April 9-10) at Northi:e.st Fall. lionations for the
sale are being collected now and may be brought to the Library.
Especially needed are children's book, cook books , encyclo-
pedias , and religious books (no Reader ' s Digests , please) .
The FRIbiTUS urge everyone to help collect books for the sale
and propogeto the news .
The program in 1.pril will be on the Bi-Centennial
celebration.
i > ' T TT Y r ST r� n U T1
2At�1�_��,i�.l .;Ou�!`lY ��IR ?11 .Y STUDY :;Ci ��IT�'EE and 1AR-�'.�1�,T _�;�: I�'i:E�
LIbRARY ASSC`.2IaTICN - Barbara Zieschang
Both groups met with County Commissioners
Court on January 12 after the public session to have a closed
hearing on library funding. Although the news m edia had stated
a cut in funding to libraries in the County, the Court seemed
willing to reconsider, and a news announcement during the
week indicated full funding as requested ( 5; increase) . Final
word from the Court itself has not been received.
I AJOR FLaSOTJRCE SYSTEM - Barbara Zieschang
The program for 1976 is triune: I Planning , Guidance,
Counseling; II Collection Enrichment; III System Film Circuit.
Total funding for. FY1976 will come from two sources : LSA
State Funds 109, 525 (38.7%) , and LSCA Federal Funds $173 625
(61 .3 ) . The Breakdown of costs by package unit: I, b'+5,()87 ( 16.2 ) ;
II , ;:151 ,986 ( 53 . 7;) ; III , $85,277 (30. 1 . A new method of
credit allocation to member libraries for Coll< ction in.ri.chrient
will be based on ( 1 ) a basic grant ( i1 ,380 . 55) , (2)an allowance
for low per capita , (3) an allowance for high activity,
an allowance for low volume count (below 11 ,000 v. ) . This
means that some of the libraries who are generating funding
from their cities and counties may receive less than last years
funding which was based on of population plus some extra
at the end of the FY. If the System 's function is to promote
better Library .%ervi_ce thro: ghout the System of 21 counties ,
then other considerations than population count must be made
on all levels of service. Until basic reference and technical
materials are availai,le from all our members , we cannot begin
to offer even minimal library service to the people of our
System . The Planning and Guidance team is working with the
20+ members who are striving to place basic materials in their
libraries and plan for continuing collections . The Library
Systems Staff consists of three faster or Library Science
consultants who travel over the System for on-site work sessions
and counseling . They also offer Workshops on the several
special aspects of library science each member must use
(circulation, carding and indexing , culling and planning , etc . ) .
Travel expenses are also paid by the System. Two clerical
workers are kept busy full time processing requisitions and
preparing materials for counseling and workshops . (See attached
sheets for more detailed information on allocation and funding
information. )
Texas State Library has instituted policy regarding Inter-
Library Loan than non-members of the System are not entitled
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to this service and that all r. eguests rust be processed through
the i R Center Library. In Terrant County, our libraries have
traditionally shared resources , and at the January "Warrant
Regional Library Association meeting , the size two libraries
voted unanimously to continue ILL service to the size threes
formerly assigned to them, whether they have achieved ITS
r ersbers lip or not. hope that Denton and Cleburne , the
other two size two 's in our System will also continue to provi e
service to their smaller neighbors . Although this roans :-nerally
peying for this service through local funding , the duality
of library service to the people is much imrroved, the efforts
toward better service is engendered, and lines of coomunication
remain open and the System functions better. Since ILL is a
service directly to citizens , it 's also excellent public re-
lations for libraries as information centers . The ''1orkshons
and Counseling are mainly hidden benefits as far as the gen-
eral public is concerned.
CIF ES - C-T T, TO SURVEY IN YID-`,IT1 r'S T]f C+
The Feb. 5 lid-Cities ;hews published an inter-
view survey on the front page concerning the decline of reading
activity among citizens of HEB. Dottie Ragley urged that a
letter of protest be sent and a request for a view from the
active readers. The Secretary will do so.
ADJ OTT NI,ENT
No objections forthcoming, the Chairman adjourned
the meeting at 9:45 PP.
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Barbara Zieschang , Secretary Roy Blood, Chairman
NOTE: na.rbore T3ourke from rid-Cities News will come for
an interview regarding reading activity and libraries on -onday,
Feb. 9