HomeMy WebLinkAboutLIB 1977-07-25 Minutes NORTH RICHLAND HILLS LIBRARY COMMI~SION
July 25, 1977
The meeting was called to order by president Mrs. Reeder with Mr. Conger
and Dr. Smotherman absent. Minutes of the last meeting were read and
~pproved.
Mrs. Reeder asked for the presentation of the tentative budget and Mrs.
Prewitt informed the board that an extra staff inember had not been
approved pre-~ork session. This extra person was to have provided
another professional librarian to be present when the library opened
at night. Plans had tentatively been made to open the library one
night a week beginning in October. A discussion was held on alternatives
as Mrs. Prewitt ~~fformed the board that extra staff w~ould be needed to
remain open the present forty-four hours during the week and an extra
threee to four hours one night per week. Mr. Davis said he felt the
library was perhaps too new yet to begin opening atr~ night and that
a check should be made with other libraries as to how mert~ people
came to the librarr~rcces to warrant their being open. Mrs. Brinkley
~nd Mrs. Hazlewood led a discussion on the possibilities of closing
one morning and opening that particular evening, checking to see
what morning (by counting) is the slowest, and possibiy opening one
night, after advertising, to see if people use it. It was decided
to have Mrs. Prewitt and her staff keep a count of how rnany people
use the library during the morning, beginning in September.
Mrs. Hazc~ewood asked the board to consider what should be done about
expenses that arise for board members such as hostessing the Tarrant
Ftegional Library Association meetings when held at the library. Mrs.
Prewitt explained that as a result of previous discussion outside of
board meetings a decision had been reached to provide money in the
library supply budget for refreshment costs at these once a year
meetings,,,that city funds could no longer be used to send plants
but could come from donations by the board.
A report was made by Mrs. Prewitt on the success of the display of
art werk by Mr. Paul Marcott and the possibility of other displays
for the cases.
Mrs. Prewitt asked to board to be thinking about the ordinance covering
-ilibrary boards as problems have arisen at another area library. Copies
of the ordinance and the Fort Worth ordinance will be given to the
board at the next meeting.
Mrs. PrewLtt asked for and received the board's approval to work with
~llen Schup who is developing an Eag1e Scout project that would provide
books, and help, at the book sale the board plans for October.
During the librarian's report Mrs. Prewitt announced that there have been
few inquiri~s about the Books By Mail catalogs that are to be given to
shut-ins and nursing home residents. Mrs. Hazlewood inquired if Mr.
` Lepsis of Ethan Allen Furniture ~ad gotten in touch about holding
interior decorating classes in the meeting room. Mr~. Lepsis had not,
and a discussion was held on other types of classes suitable to be
held there. The board adjourned to meet again Aug. 24th.