HomeMy WebLinkAboutLIB 1984-10-24 Minutes North Richland Hills Library Board Minutes
October 24, 1984
The North Richland Hills Library Board met in Room 100 of the library on Wednesday,
October 24, 1984, at 3:30 p.m. In the absence of Chairman Bob Courser, the meeting
was brought to order by Kay Schmidt.
The following members were present:
Tiffany Nourse
Lynn 0'Day
Mickey Oxford
Ka.y Schmidt
Absent: Pol1y Brinkley, Bob Courser, Jan Daniels, and Mattie Belle Lewis.
On October 1, after five years as Children's Librarian, Dawn Anderson assumed her
duties as Audiovisual Librarian. Christiann Dykstra, the new Children's Librarian,
was introduced at the meeting. Christiann recently received her Master of Library
Science degree from North Texas State University and has been working as Children's
Librarian at the Garland Public Library.
The minutes of the September 19, 1984, meeting were approved as submitted.
Reports:
The Library Director reported that $676 has been collected from the book sale
held in the library. The proceeds are turned over to the Friends of the Library
and are used to purchase needed items for the library. Dot Mason, treasurer
for the Friends, has resigned and the position has been filled by Library
Volunteer Mary Gillespie.
Lynn 0'Day reported that she received a thank you note from Tiffany for the
refreshments which the Board provided for the Tarrant Regional Library Asso-
ciation meeting in the North Richland Hills Meeting Room on October 19.
Old Business:
The North Texas Library System members have been considering reorganizing
from using Fort Worth as a Major Resource Center to a non-profit organization.
Lynn 0'Day presented the pros and cons of a non-profit organization and a
discussion followed.
The concensus of the Library Board was to support the reorganization of the
North Texas Library System to a non-profit organization. Lynn 0'Day will
cast an aff irmative vote in the straw vote being taken October 25. If a
majority of the member libraries vote for the non-profit reorganization,
City Councils throughout the System will be asked to vote on this issue.
Compensatory Time Guidelines for the library staff were discussed. Mrs.
Nourse recommended that a staff inember be allowed to accrue up to 24 hours
with no time limit on when the hours must be taken.
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~ As there were not enough members present at the meeting to take a vote,
action on this item was postponed until the November meeting. The Library
Director was asked to draw up a Guidelines draft to be approved at the next
meeting.
New Business:
Discussion and revisions of the Meeting Room Guidelines were tabled until
November.
The Plan of Service Objectives were discussed. Mrs. Nourse stated that .
many of the objectives have already been met, and it would be the goal
of the staff to meet the remaining objectives on time.
Mrs. Nourse requested approval of the Library Board to close the library
for the week of January 21, 1985 during which time the relabeling of the
library collection could be accomplished. Mickey Oxford suggested thati
further information aboue the relabeling o£ the Grapevine and Aurst library
collections be ma.de available before approval is given.
Adjournment
The next meeting of the North Richland Hills Library Board wi11 be at
3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 1984.
~ There being no further business, the meeting adjaurned at 5:30 p.m.