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MINUTES
FEBRUARY 26, 1986
The North Richland Hills Library Board met February 26, 1986 at 3:30 p.m.
in the Cable Studio.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Kay Schmidt.
The minutes of the January 29 meeting were approved as distributed.
Arlita Hallam introduced Barbara Thede, former head of circulation at TCJC
and director of the Denver Technical College Library as our new adult services
librarian. Barbara repI.aces Marcia Lowry, who is now assistant director of
the Hurst Public Library.
The library director shared with the Board the following:
The "Texas Voices" program of February 29 with Larry Swindell discussing
The Gay Place was a great success. Approximately fifty people attended.
She is now working on budgeting £or the library's needs for 1986-87 and
predicts this is going to be a very big budget year for us.
March 3-15 the library will be conducting a survey of output measures.
This survey wi11 include why patrons use the Iibrary and which items
are used in the library only.
The staff is in the process of compiling training videos for new staff
and volunteers. These are expected to save staff time.
George Angle of the Northeast Fine Arts League met with the City Council,
and they were very supportive of his idea to use the chapel in the new
facility as an autlitorium for cultural events. It is estimated Chat the
cost to renovate the chapel into an auditorium wi11 be approximately
$45,000. This will be a sizable item in Che budget.
As shown on the charts attached to the director's report, library use
is growing. We are trying to cope with this growth with the same number
of staff .
The attendance for story hours and children's programs is down mainly
because we must limit the number of children due to laclc of space.
Tuesday, April 22, is the date of the "Volunteer Brunch." We will meet
in the foyer of the new facility at 10 a.m. for a tour. At 11 a.m.
refreshments will be served.
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Jan Daniels commented that we do not have enough videocassettes in our
collection. Arlita Hallam replied that we are buying as many videos
as we can with the funds available. She thinks that we might need to
reconsider our check-ouC period of 7 days. Arlita also stated that the
Dallas Public Library is now purchasing only non-fiction videos, as they
cannot keep up with the demand for movie-type films.
NTLS Representative Lynn 0'Day reported that System Coordinator Cindy Lea
Arbelbide has resigned. Lynn and Arlita will be going to Nocona on March 6
for a NTLS meeting.
Kay Schmidt has attempted to contact the people on the list that expressed
interest in the "Friends Group." She is tentatively arranging a meeting
daCe with prospective members for mid-March. Lynn 0'Day suggested that we
have a sign-up sheet available at the "Texas Voices" programs for people
who might be interested in the group. Jan Daniels added that we might
try to get the senior citizens involved. Mickey Oxford feels ~hat the
group needs to have specific projects in mind to attract people.
An update on the library building and renovation plans was presented to the
Board by Arlita Hallam. She expressed how pleased she is with the work of
Jean McCool, architect with the £irm of Komatsu and Associates. Plans are
now being considered for interior design (i.e. furniture, Iighting, carpet,
colors, etc.). Mickey Oxford inquired about security. Arlita responded
that we do not have the plans for the security system or theft detection
_ at the moment. The City Council has tentative plans to discuss the final
designs and cost estimates at the March 24 Pre-Council Meeting.
Any Board member interested in attending the TLA Conference April 8-11,
please let Arlita know by March 10, so that arrangements and reservations
can be made.
Discussion ensued on revision of library policies with the following
results:
Meeting Room Policy - A committee consisting of Chairman Mickey
Oxford, Lynn 0'Day, and Mattie Belle Lewis was established to look
at the possibility of revamping the current meeting room policy.
The committee will report at the March meeting.
Exhibit, Display and Public Bulletin Board Policy - Moved (Mickey
Oxford)/Seconded (Lynn 0'Day)/Carried to accept as written.
Problem Patron Policy - Moved (Jan Daniels)/Seconded (Mattie Be11e
Lewis)/Carried to accept as written.
Solicitation on Library Premises Policy - Moved (Mickey Oxford)/
Seconded (Jan Daniels)/Carried to accept as written.
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Arlita Hallam asked the Board to consider formation of policy to cover how to
handle patrons who want to donate an overabundance of information on a
particular subject.
The next scheduled meeting is March 26, 1986 in the Cable Studio.
The meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
Present: Members: Kay Schmidt
Mickey Oxford
Jan Daniels
Mattie Be11e Lewis
Polly Brinkley
Lynn 0'Day
Library Director: Arlita Ha11am
Library Secretary: Brenda Lewis
Absent: Bob Courser
Respectfully submitted,
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Brenda Lewis