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January 18, 1990
The North Richland Hills Library Board met in the board room of the library on
January 18, at 7 p.m. Present were Jan Daniels, Jay Bradshaw, Roxie Hamilton,
Clyde Zellers, Kay Scha?idt, Ali~a Wood, and Arlita Hallam. Absent were Polly
Brinkley and Bob Hardy.
Chairman Jan Daniels called the meeting to order. Clyde Zellers moved, Alisa Wood
seconded, and the motion carried to approve the minutes of the October 14 meeting.
Arlita Hallam reviewed the library director's report included in this month's mailing:
--The grant request to the Texas Department of Commerce for $54,500 to train
literacy volunteer tutors via video was not awarded.
--We have applied to the Hudiburg Foundation for a$15,0~0 grant to barcode
the library collection.
--Following discussion on young adult programming and services, the Board decided
to informally suruey middle-school age needs and report on their findings
at the February meeting.
--An inservice training session will be glanned for staff and board members
on emergency management/shelter training.
--Arlita exhibited a sample directory of city services similar to the one that
the library will be compiling for NRH.
--The library will host a"Taking Care of Business" breakfast for the Northeast
Tarrant County Chamber members on Wednesday, February 7, at 7:30 a.m.
--The request to replace the vacant audio-visual technician's position with
a children's librarian's position will be on the City Council agenda Monday
night, January 22, at 6:00 p.m.
The Library's Plan of Service for 1989-94.was revised to delete objectives accomplished
in 1989 and add 1995. Kay Schmidt moved, Clyde Zellers seconded, and the motion
carried to accept and put into final draft form the revised Plan of Service. The
revised five-year plan will be presented to the City Council at its February 12
meeting.
Following the biennial Output Measures survey in March, the Board will reconsider
the extended hours and electronic database objectives.
Alisa Wood recommended sending library program announcements to all NRH schools
for inclusion in their PTA newsletters.
The Friends of the Library annual report was received. The annual Friends meeting
will be held in the Library Board Room at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20.
The Library Director will investigate the legality of enclosing invitations to
ioin the Friends group with new library cards.
The draft of "Excellence in Library Service" for the North Texas Li~rary System
was distributed. It will be thoroughly discussed at the January 26 area meeting
at NRHPL beginning at 9:30 a.m. The draft will be voted upon at the April 26 system
meeting in Decatur. Soard members are urged to attend both meetings.
Jan Daniels led a discussion on ways the library board members can be actively
involved in short-term library projects, such as making council members awaze of
library needs and progress, surveying young adult needs, or discovering community
programming needs.
The next meeting was seheduled for February 15, at 7 p.m. This meeting adjourned
at 9:30 p.m.
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Chairman ~r%r G~~Z~
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