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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
March 12, 1992
The North Richland Hills Library Board met in the board room of
the library on March 12, at 7 p.m. Present were Polly Brinkley,
Jan Daniels, Jay Bradshaw, Brenda Cody, Rosemary Herod, Kay
Schmidt, Arlita Hallam, and Brenda Lewis. Also present was guest
Fred Wilson, candidate for the NRH City Council. Absent were
Shirley Goolsby and Alisa Wood.
Chairman Jay Bradshaw called the meeting to order. Jan Daniels
moved, Brenda Cody seconded and motion carried to approve the
minutes of the February 20 meeting.
Chairman Bradshaw introduced and welcomed guest Fred Wilson, who
is a candidate for Place 5 in the NRH City Council in the May
election.
Library Director Arlita Hallam's report included:
Hardy Sanders of Bates Container will receive the Texas
Library Association's Benefactor Award at the Association's
annual meeting in Houston in April. He is being recognized
for his many contributions to NRHPL. Arlita, Dennis
Horvath, Brenda Cody, Shirley Goolsby and NRHPL staff are
among those who will attend the luncheon honoring Hardy.
The recent matter concerning the Polk City Directory is
being handled by City Manager Rodger Line. If board members
would like an update on this matter, Arlita will speak with
them individually.
Staff member Eric Fairfield presented his final defense for
his paper and will receive his Master's Degree in the
spring.
Arlita will defend her PH.D. dissertation on April 2, at
UTA.
Output Measures week is scheduled for the week of March 23.
Several board members volunteered to assist by handing out
survey sheets during 3-hour periods each day that week.
Board reviewed the non-resident exemption request that will be
scheduled on the pre-council agenda at the March 23 Council
Meeting. Chairman Bradshaw will be attending and asked that
board members, whose schedules permit, join him to present the
board recommendations.
The draft of the 1992-97 Plan of Service, which was reviewed
extensively at the February meeting, was adopted by consensus by
Library Board
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the board with the following revision: GOAL II, Objective A,
(2): "To open library to the public daily at 9 a.m. beginning in
1992." The Plan of Service will be presented to the City Council
on March 23.
Comprehensive review and discussion by the Board of library
policy sections (distributed at the February meeting for study)
followed. Of major concern was creating a firm policy for
handling the problem of latchkey children and patrons on library
premises at closing times. policies with revisions, deletions,
and additions will be presented at the April board meeting for
adoption.
As a result of this discussion:
Arlita will explore possibility of a security system as a
decision package budget item for 1992-93. Fred wilson sug-
gested that we consider the possibility of motion detectors.
Patron policy will be posted in visible areas of library.
The library card application form will be revised to read:
"I will adhere to all library pOlicies." (Copies of polices
are available at public desks.)
The consensus of Board was to continue with our current service
of offering city directory information by telephone to patrons
and to add section on city directory service to information
services policy.
Jan Daniels inquired why library must purchase materials through
regular library channels. She felt that items like TURBO-TAX and
the latest bestsellers (i.e. the new Robert Ludlum) should be
available without the delay of ordering by purchasing locally.
Arlita responded that the library obtains a better discount by
going through regular library jobbers and that billing problems
arise when staff purchase at local book stores. We do obtain
materials, on occasion, from Daltons and Waldens with a lesser
discount.
Jay Bradshaw thanked Mr. Wilson for participating in the meeting.
Fred Wilson expressed that he and his family enjoyed the use of
the library and would like to see more books in the juvenile
section. He thanked the board for allowing him to attend this
meeting.
The next meeting was scheduled for April 16.
This meeting
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adjourned at 9 p.m.
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