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Home My WebLink AboutLIB 1993-01-21 Minutes CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES JANUARY 21, 1993 Board Present: Jay Bradshaw, Chair Polly Brinkley Shirley Goolsby Mary Shilcutt Kay Schmidt, Vice-Chair Jan Daniels Rosemary Herod Absent: Alisa Wood staff Present: Jim Browne, Community Services Director Wynette Schwalm, Library Manager Betty Russell, Library Assistant Manager Brenda Lewis, Secretary Called to Order: Chairman Jay Bradshaw at 7:10 p.m. Approval of Minutes: Jan Daniels moved, Mary Shilcutt seconded, and motion carried to approve the minutes of the November 19, 1992 meeting. ITEM 3: REMARKS OF LIBRARY MANAGER - WYNETTE SCHWALM **Reported that she has spent her first month on the job learning about her new position and getting acquainted with the library staff. This past month has included weekly individual meetings with the assistant managers and secretary, a group monthly planning meeting, and an all-staff meeting which may be held either monthly or bimonthly as needed. **Thanked Jim Browne for the informative publication Public Librarv Advisorv Board Handbook. **Reviewed the December statistics which are holding steady with last year's and show reference up 15%. **Invited any board member that is interested in memberships to the Texas Library Association and/or the American Library Association to see her after meeting. **Distributed information on Texas Legislative Day in Austin on February 17. ITEM 4: REPORT ON FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY Jan Daniels announced the following new policy: Requests from library staff for expendi- tures from Friends account must be made in writing in advance to Mrs. Daniels. Three members of the Friends group will review the request and respond. Mrs. Daniels would like a summary of any outstanding invoices. Betty Russell showed a segment from a video for the blind that was purchased with a $300 grant from the Northeast Lion's Club. The videos have spoken dialogue plus a narration of the action as it appears on the screen for the visually-impaired person. Some of the videos are also closed captioned and have the titles in Braille on the container box. In order to avoid confusion, the videos will be shelved separately and catalogued as MFD (Material for the Disabled). Wynette Schwalm announced that the Library received a donation of $250 for library materials from Hardy Sanders of Bates Container. ITEM 5: REPORT ON LIBRARY ACTIVITIES - WYNETTE SCHWALM Library staff made adjustments to routines and schedules to accommodate the November 30 extended hours of operation. Betty Russell, Mignon Morse, and Wynette Schwalm assembled a list of library accomplish- ments for 1992 as part of the Community Services Department's report to city administration. NRH·Li~rary Board Minutes January 21, 1993 Page 2 Betty Russell coordinated a workshop that the library hosted for 50 people. Wynette complimented Betty on a great job. ITEM 6: REPORT OF UPCOMING PROGRAMS WYNETTE SCHWALM Tax Education Seminar - February Book Breaks - January & February Earth Day - April Night of Thousand Stars - April Family in America Series - Spring ITEM 7: REPORT OF FUTURE PLANS Wynette Schwalm: The application has been submitted to the North Texas Library System for the system-funded collection development consultant to evaluate the collection and train staff to do future evaluations. Mignon Morse is researching the possibility of publishing a "Local Authors" reference book. A proposal will be submitted to the Friends for funding within the next few months. Betty Russell: Plans for upgrading the materials database to MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) records continues as outlined in the Library's 5-Year Automation Plan. The library has recently implemented a new procedure to help keep to-date. Following a search period, items that are not found but computer will be designated as "missing" on the computer catalog. possible methods of theft detection. the computer catalog up- show "available" on the Discussion followed on ITEM 8: OPEN DISCUSSION Jim Browne stated that the Library's paintings of Disney characters on the wall of the Children's Department were reported to the Walt Disney Corporation. Photographs were included with the report. The characters are copyright protected; however, the Disney Corporation was impressed with the quality of the reproductions. Disney instructed that at the time repainting is necessary, the murals be covered. Disney has generously offered to donate decals to replace the paintings. In response to an inquiry from Jan Daniels on the criteria for selecting new books, discussion of the Library's policy on materials selection followed. The next meeting date was scheduled for February 18. The meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. Ç)~~~~:, ~ ct 6__ r£1LV0'\~ Brenda Lewis, Secretary J-/{,·-7J- Date: