HomeMy WebLinkAboutLIB 1985-06-19 Minutes North Richland Hills Library Board Minutes
June 19, 1985
Chairperson Kay Schmidt brought the North Richland Hills Library
Board meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 1985.
The minutes of May 22, 1985 were approved as submitted.
Mrs. Hallam reported that the Fort Worth Independent School
District will be providing ten study carrels and one audio-
visual cart to be used by students studying for their GED exami-
nations.
In September library hours will be extended for a Tuesday night
opening. This will allow the public three nights a week to use
our facilities.
Marcia Duncan has been hired as adult services librarian begin-
ning August 5. She is currently an assis~ant professor on the
University of North Carolina Library staff at Charlotte, where
she has served as acquisitions librarian, head of the reference
department and bibliographer. Her masters in library science is
from Florida State.
Citicable 36 Coordinator Jeff Watts resigned his position effective
July 1. He has accepted a position at Beacon Communications and
_ will be replaced by Greg Oldenburg.
Mrs. Hallam has designated Technical Services Librarian Betty
Russell to be acting librarian in her absence.
The Board terms for Bob Courser, Mattie Belle Lewis, and Kay
Schmidt were extended for two more years.
Blue directional signs printed with the international library
~ logo have been installed on Aoliday Lane, Davis Boulevard at
Maplewood, and the Loop 820 access road. They were purchased by
the Friends of the North Richland Hills Library.
Plans on how to promote the Bond Referendum include such items as a
fact sheet, post card campaign, volunteer teas, media releases and
cable television advertising. Kay Schmidt has been appointed to
the C.I.P. task force to recommend projects to be included in the
Bond Ref erendum.
Mrs. Hallam reported that the Proposed Budget for 1985-86 has been
approved by the city administration staff except for $600 that was
cut from the library supply account. Final approval of the budget
will be in July.
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June 19, 1985 -
- The July Board meeting will be postponed until after the City Council
Retreat in July. The next meeting date is July 31.
Jan Daniels.moved to ad~ourn the meeting; seconded by Bob Courser.
Motion Carried
Members present:
Polly Brinkley
Bob Courser
Jan Daniels
Arlita Ha11am
Mattie Belle Lewis
Lynn 0'Day
Kay Schmidt
Absent: Mickey Oxford
Submitted,
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Ma.rily S . Ellis