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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
November 21, 1991
The North Rich1and Hills Library Board met in the board room of the library on November 21
at 7 p.m. Present were Jan Daniels, Jay Bradshaw, Rosemary Herod, A1isa Wood, Kay
Schmidt, Shirley Goolsby, Ar1ita Hallam, and Brenda Lewis. Absent: Brenda Cody and Polly
Brinkley.
Chairman Jay Bradshaw called the meeting to order. Shirley Goolsby moved, Kay Schmidt
seconded, and the motion carried to approve the minutes of the September 19 meeting.
Library Director Ar1ita Hallam's report included the following:
Summarized the meeting on November 7 chaired by County Commissioner Dionne Bagsby to
discuss long-term planning and community cooperation for libraries. The meeting was
well attended by library directors, boards, friends, and lay people. A follow-up
meeting was scheduled for January 16. A district library with an elected governing
board and a taxing district based on millage was one of the options discussed.
Ar1ita is also serving on a Texas State Library task force on long-range planning
(which includes drafting legislation to allow for district libraries in Texas).
Reviewed the annual report to the Texas State Library. In 1990/91, the library
circulated a total of 337,612 materia1s--or 7.36 materials per capita (above the
state average of 4.12). The collection turnover rate was 4.18; 53,285 reference
questions were answered (1.16 questions per capita); and 4,443 new patrons were
registered.
Discussed renewals and new memberships to the Texas Library Association for members.
Kay Schmidt, alternate lay representative to the North Texas Library System, recently
attended a meeting at the Weatherford Public Library. Among the items of interest was
that NRHPL is among the top five borrowers in the Interlibrary Loan Program. The next
NTLS meeting will be in April in Wichita Falls.
Jan Daniels reported that fund-raising projects and a broader base of membership were the
main items of discussion at the Friends of the Library meeting on November 18. Jan was
elected president; Clyde Zellers, vice-president for 1991/92. Jan will keep the board
advised on the plans for various projects.
As a result of a workshop attended by Ar1ita Hallam, Betty Russell, and Kay Schmidt on
legal issues in library management, Kay led a discussion on the problem of latch-key
children, unruly children, and children left in the library at closing time. The
consensus was that all library policies need to be reviewed, revised, and/or written
with regard to legalities and liabilities.
February Meeting Review and update Plan of Service for 1992-97. (Copies of
the current plan to be sent to members in early January for
study. )
March Meeting Review, update, and write library policy. (Copies of cur-
rent policy to be sent to members in early February for
study. )
The December 19 meeting was canceled. At the January 16 meeting, the board will attend
Commissioner Bagsby's meeting on library issues to be held in the Tarrant County Commiss-
ioners' Courtroom.
Jan Daniels moved, A1isa Wood seconded, motion carried to adjourn meeting at 8:20 p.m.
Brenda Lewis
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Board Chairman
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