HomeMy WebLinkAboutLIB 2007-09-20 MinutesMINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
HELD IN THE LIBRARY BOARD ROOM
LOCATED AT 6720 NORTHEAST LOOP 820
September 20, 2007
Present: Kay Schmidt
David Nelson
Mary Shilcutt
Avis Crisp
Mike Madar
Kathy Antropik
Absent: Don Tipps
Jane Birkes
Staff Members: Steve Brown
Kelly Preston
Chair
Vice-Chair Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Alternate
Board Member
Board Member
Library Director
Administrative Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Kay Schmidt called the meeting to order September 20, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the July 19, 2007 meeting were approved as written.
LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Mr. Steve Brown updated the Board on the following:
Brenda Talley was promoted to Library Services Supervisor. Amanda Torrealba and
Donna Gooch were hired to fill two vacant Librarian positions. Donna Gooch recently
resigned to accept a better position at Euless Public Library.
Budget requests for the move to the new library, including the request for nine additional
part-time staff and one upgraded part-time to full-time position, were approved.
The request for an increase of the book budget was also approved. Past budget cuts
have contributed to the decline in circulation over the past couple of years. Circulation
levels are expected to increase once new library materials are purchased with new
budget funds. However, circulation will decrease while the library closes for several
weeks during the move to the new building.
There were 1,504 participants registered in this year's Summer Reading Club. The
number of hours-read was higher than in years past.
North Richland Hills Library will be participating in a study conducted by Texas State
Library, Colorado State Library and others that will measure the effectiveness of
Summer Reading programs.
North Richland Hills Library is trying to work with BISD to see how well kids who
participate in Summer Reading programs do on standardized tests compared to kids
who do not participate.
Mr. Brown asked the Board to consider Mr. Don Tipps' suggestion to email the Library
Board packets rather than using U.S. Mail. It was the consensus of the Board to have
the packets emailed prior to the meetings.
UPDATE ON LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION
Mr. Steve Brown presented the Board with a PowerPoint illustration of the library
building under construction.
The exterior brick is still being laid and acid washed. The ceiling may be lowered as
much as four, inches in order to fit the above ducting, sprinklers, and lighting.
The contractor is predicting substantial completion between January 4th and January Stn
2008 even though the contract says January 28th, 2008. The first delivery of furniture
will be in January. The movers are scheduled to begin in late January or early
February. The Library will close on the first day the collection is scheduled to be
moved. Opening day is now expected to be at the end of March or beginning of April.
Mr. David Nelson asked when staff would begin tagging items with RFID. Steve said
the Request for Proposal for RFID should be out next week and due back October 10th
before the next Council meeting. Once tagging begins, it will take three, two-person
teams working ten to twelve weeks to complete the job.
Mr. David Nelson asked if any of the existing shelving will be moved to the new library.
Steve said all of the tall shelving will be moved to the new library.
A roof drain in the Children's Library had to be relocated from its original location. Due
to the new location of the drain, there will be one less three-foot section of wall shelving
in the Children's Library.
There were also some alterations to the landscaping, and the increased cost will be
covered by the contingency plan.
Steve invited the Board to tour the library construction site. The Board agreed to meet
for the tour on Friday, October 5t", 2007.
LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
Chair Kay Schmidt confirmed the Book Sale date of September 29t". Steve invited the
Board to come out to the Sale.
For more than a year, North Richland Hills Library has been selling books through the
Book Exchange to try and get more than $1 per book. In August, the Library started
mailing (postage paid) books to B-Logistics who sells books for a percentage of the
profits.
NEXT MEETING DATE
The next Library Board meeting will be Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in the
Library Board Room.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 7:06 p.m.
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Kay~c~midt, Chair
ATTEST:
Kelly Preston, Aidministrative Secretary