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Home My WebLink About1972-05-04 Regular Yeeting Euless Library Board i°ay 4, 1972 CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Euless Library Board was called to order in the main Library at 7 p.m. by Yr. Hugh Waite, vice-cnairman. members present were as follows: Yessrs Hugh Waite, George Scott, George Barrowcliff, and Frs. W. R. Zieschang. Also present Was Yrs . Geneva Armstrong , Librarian. YIr JTES The minutes of the April meeting were approved with one correction, that being the title of Yr. Jack Corliss who is Chairman of Tarrant Regional Library Association rather than District as stated. A r. '3arrowcliff moved for acceptance of corrected Minutes , seconded by ir. Scott. Vote as follows: ayes , all members present; nays , none. Chairman declared the minutes accepted . LIBAARL MN'S REPORT Yrs. Armstrong reported a decrease in circulation of -,3.b% over the first four months of 1971 . The reference and s .udy facilities of the Library are in demand for students after school studying r or finals and are in daily use. Both sites for Summer Libraries were v sited during April by Yrs . Armstrong in the company oz r rs . Linda honeker, Elementary Library 000>rc.<:n for fur the Regular Leeting - Library Board - Fay 4, 1972 Page 2 Hurst-Euless-Bedford School District. Yr. Waller, principal of Wilshire Eger entary is enthused ana eager to cooperate. All arra_ngerents are set for Wilshire. The Chairman or the Volunteer iothers who run me Oakwood l±errace library during the school year will cooperate and Yr. Colvert, principal, agreed to leave a key to the vice- principal 's orfice so that the Library staff may have use of a telephone. As there was some doubt about, having the hallway barricaded for traffic control, it was suggested that the Board write a letter to Yr. Wages requesting that this be done. The Secretary was so instructed. A Workshop at the Decatur Public Library was attended by Virs. Armstrong . it was sponsored by the Texas State Library Field Services Division, and the speaker was Yrs. Vanita Lee Rothe'', r'ieid (moons' ltant. Her subject was Proposal Writing and Evaluation Technique. Also available were bibliographies of which the ones on early cnildhood enrichment were of special interest to our _Library. Yrs. Armstrong announced that the City has received the second installment or the Cnildrens Book Anti-Trust Litigation monies in the amount of 5499. 14. The Second Urade classes of 1 idway Park Elementary are visiting the Library one at a time during the first two weeks of lay. Regular Feeting - Euless Library moard - Fay 4, 1972 Page 3 COYYITTEE REPORTS Yr. Waite reported that uhe aeeLing called by the ?ort '.,forth City Council and the _arrant, County Commissioners Court on April 19th was attended by himself and Yrs. Waite, Fayor and Frs. Krause, Lrs. Zieschng and P r >. Armstrong from Euless . The meeting; was well attended by mayors and board members from many of the cities in ' arrant County, but only two of the Commissioners and none of the City Co ncil- men were there. The purpose of the meetin ° was to discuss the TCTT Civic Affairs deport on Consoludation of Libraries. Ali representatives of t, e cities objected to the Report as having false information and misrepresenting the facts , acid a req est was made to the Commissi: ners that a study committee coaposed of representatives iron the area libraries cue set up by the Court to study the matter further. Both Commissioners Richardson and Lewis agreed to present this red est to the Commissioners Court. REPL^.CEFLNT OF LOST OR DAFALuEu BOOKS F r. George cott again brought to our a i,tenLion the fact that when a lost or damaged book is paia ior by the patron responsible, uhat money is deposited in the City general zund rather Lhan being used forthe immediate re- place.,ent of the book, thus decreasing our book inventory. AL ter aiscussion, F r. Waite instructed the secre nary to write a letter to the Euless City Council poiutin0 out this fact and stating our recd menuat.lon that this money be Heguier I'eecing - uless Library board - I"a.y 4, 19/2 Page 4 credited to the book order account ±'or larreuiate re- ordering. This 'v,To Lld place the booK ba ck on ,he shelf a.va ila ale to our people wi ttio,_tt t- ai Ling 'or a new book order or budget. :DJ 0' RNYENT r. )cott moved for adjournn.ent, seconded by rs. Zl.eschang . Vote as follows: ayes , all members present; nays , none. Chairs an declared the heeding aujo: .rned at 0: 1u p.m. ,1 1 ,1 I=rs. `°T. Ziesc' < ng ? Decrei, " y