HomeMy WebLinkAboutLIB 1982-01-27 Minutes NORTH RICHLAND HILIS LIBRARY COI~IISSION
Minutes: January 2~, 1982
Participants: Sharyl Groves Lynn O'Day
Mattie Belle Lewis Ron SmQtherman
Tiff~any Nourse
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson, Lynn O'Day.
There were no minutes to be approved for the November meeting because the
Commission was taken on a"Behind the Scene" tour of the Library.
The Library Director's report was discussed. Tiffany announced that the
Library conducted a volunteer recruitment program in January, hanging posters
in the Library and handing out bookmarks to patrons. As a result there are
eight new library volunteers w~rking with the staff, making a total of eleven.
City departments are compiling a new Emergency Operations Procedures manual
for both man-made and natural disasters. The Library was asked to register
organizations who could give shelter, food and/or clothing to disaster victims.
The first draft is complete.
Tiffany reported that she and Beverly Riley attended a Video Workshop in
Austin on January 22 and 23. The city~s second cable message is presently
- being transmitted on Citicable 36. When the monitor arrives, messages from
all city departments will ~~hen be transmitted. The Library also has a
television set and video cassette player for the patrons to use in-house.
A video viewing policy will be established.
Tiffany announced that County funding to libraries for 1982-8 3 is expected
to increase by 1096.
The map survey taken by the Library shows that approximately 25X of patrons
live outside the City of North Richland Hills. The Commission may need to
consider a non-resident fee for these patrons in the future.
A reorganization of the Friends of the Library is slated for February 16
at 11 a.m. Invitations to this meeting will be mailed to potential members.
A discussion of the Freedom to Read policy was held. The Commission members
presented suggestions that will be incorporated into our present policy.
~iffany will draw up the policy statement for approval by the members of the
February meeting.
Adjournment.
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