HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-02-02 EULESS LIBRARY BOARD
17I1VUTES OF FEBRUARY 1967 PI FTING
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE EULESS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
WAS HELD FEBRUARY 2, 1967, AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE EULESS
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
MRS. JACK ROWNE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. THE
MINUTES WERE READ AND AP PROVED.
MRS. BROWNE REPORTED THAT HISS 'DICKSON OF T. IJ. U. HAD
BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING A
PRACTICING LIBRARY STUDENT TO ASSIST IN OUR LIBRARY BUT
WE WERE FOUND INELIGIBLE.
SHE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT PART III TITLE II WAS APPROVED
FEBRUARY 2, AND BIDS WOULD BE OPENED FEBRUARY 23RD. IF
BIDS DO NOT GO OVER AMOUNT SPECIJ-,'IED ON MARCH 14TH, THE
LIBRARY BOARD WILL RECOMMEND ThAT THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED
TO THE LOWEST ACCEPTABLE BIDDER•
MISS DICKSON ANT) MRS. CLAYTON VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICES
IN ADVISING THE LIBRARY ABOUT FUTURE PURCHASES. IT WAS
SUGGESTED THAT THE LIBRARY BOARD COMPILE A LIST OF
CURRENT REFERENCE BOOKS, AND A LIST OF BOOKS THAT THEY
WERE CONTEMPLATING PURCHASING AND SUBMIT THEM TO DENTON
FOR ADVICE.
MRS. BROWNE REPORTED THAT MR. COWELL STATED THAT '?, 0 O
WO ULD BE AVAILABLE T O PURCHASE REFERENCE 13 '0 KS.
MRS. ARMSTRONG REQUESTED THAT A LIST BE MADE BY THE LI-
BRARY BOARD INVENTORYING THE PRESENT REFERENCE MATERIAL
AND THE DATES OF PUBLICATION - AND A LIST BE COMPILED FROM
THE SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS FOR SMALL LIBRARIES FOR
FUTURE PURCHASES. A MOT ION TO IMPLEMENT THIS WAS MADE
BY MRS. ARMSTRONG, SECONDED BY MRS. HARRIS AND PASSED•
MR. LEE COWELL SAID THAT MISS DECKER, FIELD CONSULTANT
FOR TEXAS STATE LIBRARY IS TO BE ASKED TO MAKE A SURVEY
OF OUR PRESENT BOOK COLLECTION IN THE LIBRARY.
FEBRUARY BOARD MINUTES P/I GE 2
MR. COWELL REQUESTED THAT THE LIBRARY BOARD HANDLE THE
DETAILS OF THE SPRING LIBRARY WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN
EULESS.
UNDER NEW BUSINESS, MRS. ARMSTRONG ASKED THAT A RULING
BE MADE ON A REQUEST THAT THE LIBRARY BUY REFERENCE
MATERIAL FOR INDIVIDUALS (IN ORDER FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
TO MAKE USE OF THELIBRARY DISCOUNT. ) A. BOB MESSER
MOVED THAT THE LIBRARY WOULD NOT MAKE PURCHASES FOR
INDIVIDUALS. THIS WAS SECONDED BY MRS. BROWNE AND
PASSED.
MRS. BROWNE ANNOUNCED THAT THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
EULESS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY
COUNCIL. THE MAYOR, A. FULLER, SUC-GESTED THAT AT A
MONTHLY BOARD MEETING A CIRCULATION REPORT BE MADE.
THIS REPORT TO BE DIVIDED INTO DIVISIONS REPORTING
ADULT AND CHILDREN 'S BOOKS, FICTION AND NON-FICTION.
A REPORT ON RECZNT PURCHASES MADE BY MRS. ARMSTRONG
LISTED 686 IN AUGUST AND 599 IN SEPTEMBER.
MRS. ARMSTRONG REPORTED THAT THE CENTRALIZED PROCESS-
ING CENTER AT THE FORT WORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS TO
GO INTO EFFECT LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL HELP US IN
PROCESSING OUR BOOKS.
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 9:12 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
WINIFRED GOSS,
SECRETARY