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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
January 17, 1991
The North Richland Hills Library Board met in the board room of
the library on January 17, at 7 p.m. Present were Polly
Brinkley, Jan Daniels, Jay Bradshaw, Brenda Cody, Clyde Zellers,
Alisa Wood, Kay Schmidt, Shirley Goolsby, Betty Russell, Mignon
Morse and Brenda Lewis.
The Board accompanied Assistant Library Director of Public
Services Mignon Morse on a tour of the Adult Learning Center.
Hazel Lowrance, coordinator of the Adult Learning Center, spoke
with the group as they visited the classes that were in session.
Chairman Jan Daniels called the meeting to order; Clyde Zellers
moved and Polly Brinkley seconded, motion carried to approve the
minutes of the October 18, 1990 meeting as written.
The director's report was presented by Assistant Director of
Technical Services Betty Russell. Director Arlita Hallam was
unable to attend the meeting because of illness. Betty shared
the following library information with members:
Equipment has been ordered and the programming is underway
for the bar-coding project. Relabeling of all materials
will be necessary.
As part of the City's Emergency Operations Plan, the library
is responsible for shelter and mass care in case of a
hazardous situation. Arlita will be accessing the local
facilities and working on coordinating arrangements for
their use as needed.
Mignon Morse, Hazel Lowrance, and Charlotte Cooke will be
attending a Literacy Tutor Training program at Port Aransas
on February 6-9. Transportation and registration fees are
provided by the Laubach Literacy Action.
The City will be updating the telephone system within the
next two months. All numbers will change. We hope to have
the new numbers by the end of January.
Betty reviewed the major accomplishments of the past year.
The library circulated 334,313 library materials; answered 54,247
reference questions; and registered 4,307 new patrons in 1990.
The board will review the draft of a program survey for the
library and the parks and recreation center that will be included
in the city newsletter in April or May.
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The review and update of the Plan of Service was postponed until
February.
Jan Daniels reported on the Texas Conference on Library and
Information Services in Austin that she and Arlita attended
January 4 and 5. Twenty-five resolutions in the areas of
democracy, literacy and productivity were prepared to present at
the White House Conference in July. Nine delegates and
alternates from the North Texas area were among the 32 state
delegates and 32 alternates selected to attend the conference in
Washington. Henry Cisneros and Kent Caperton were among the
excellent speakers at the conference.
Discussion followed on the need for young adult programming at
the library. Some of the ideas presented were after-school films
and videos, homework peer tutoring, adult education tutoring,
and workshops. Shirley Goolsby suggested that the library offer
audiovisual equipment for the use of students in preparing their
assignments and projects. Clyde Zellers moved and Polly Brinkley
seconded that a committee of BISD school librarians Shirley
Goolsby and Brenda Cody be appointed to explore the feasibility
of this type of program, particularly geared for the middle-
school age student. shirley and Brenda agreed to work together
on possible ideas.
The next regular meeting was scheduled for February 21.
Clyde Zellers moved to adjourn; Alisa Wood seconded; motion
carried. This meeting adjourned at 9:10.
Brenda Lewis
Date Approved:
Board Chairman:
Attested by:
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