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CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES
March 19, 1998
BOARD PRESENT:
Polly Brinkley, Joyce Moody, Mary Shilcutt, Carol Benoit, Lynn
Waller, Kay Schmidt and William Merrill (Absent: Avis Crisp)
Steve Brown, Library Director
Brenda Lewis, Administrative Secretary
Chairman Lynn Waller at 7 p.m.
Minutes of February 19, 1998 were approved as written.
STAFF PRESENT:
CALLED TO ORDER:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
REPORT OF LIBRARY DIRECTOR: Steve Brown
February was another good month for circulation statistics with a 2%% increase for the current fiscal
year.
The recent book sale at the North Hills Mall was more successful than last year with a profit of $623.
The staff has scheduled a book sale here at NRHPL for Monday, May 11.
The City Council of Haltom City has signed off on a reciprocal borrowing agreement with NRHPL
which will begin on April 1. A combined holding of 400,000+ volumes will be available to
citizens of NRH with Haltom City Library added to agreements with Hurst, Bedford, Richland
Hills, and Watauga.
The Automation Requests for Proposals were mailed to seven vendors this week.
Both the proposed non-resident exemption to NRH private school teachers in K-12 grades and the
award bid to Providence and Associates as long-range planning consultants are on the March
23 city council agenda.
Laura Gilbreath has accepted the acquisitions clerk position and is expected to begin in early April.
The first section of the budget requests for FY 1999 will be submitted to city administration in the
next few weeks.
Mr. Brown stated that he thinks Providence and Associates will provide good guidance for the long-
range planning process. The consultants, staff, board, city officials, citizens, and council will
participate in Phase I of the project to assess the community's library needs. Phase II will analyze
ways to meet these needs. After choosing the best way to proceed, Providence will present their
findings to the council. Mr. Brown expects the project to begin in April.
A detailed review of the current Library Internet Policy followed. Mr. Brown conducted an
informational session to update board members on the many areas of concerns with Internet
services available to customers. Among the topics included were legal decisions, staff responsibility,
children's issues, confidentiality, and open access. Mr. Brown responded to questions from board
members and discussion followed on possible revisions to the current policy. Mr. Brown will
research and provide information on filtering systems at the April meeting.
Next meeting was scheduled for April 16, 1998. Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p. m.
Brenda Lewis
Approved:
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