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Library Advisory Board <br />April 16, 2003 <br /> <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LIBRARY <br />ADVISORY BOARD <br /> April 16, 2003 <br /> <br />The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met in regular session <br />Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at 4:00PM in the Library with Chairman <br />Nancee Salzman presiding. The following Board members were present: <br />Sarah Gambill, Peggy Guthrie, Vicki Terlap, John Howison, Joyce <br />Kennemer, Nancee Salzman, and Walter Williams. Also attending were <br />Betty Landon, Library Director and Callie Thompson, Friends President. <br />Kevin Gray and Anna Davis did not attend. <br /> <br />The minutes from March's meeting were approved.. <br /> <br />Betty presented board members this month's budget report. Betty <br />reported that she is at 49.86% at the 6 month point of the fiscal year. New <br />tires were purchased for the library van. The Loanstar library money <br />appears as negative in the budget, but it is paid by a grant, so everything is <br />fine. <br /> <br />February stats included a report that we're a little under in total <br />circulation from last year, but we were open three fewer days and overall, <br />more books were checked out per day this year than last year. Book <br />circulation is up over video circulation. The library offers 149 DVDs <br />(currently), but they have been checked out 541 times in March! <br />Interestingly, there has been an increase in the circulation of military <br />books, especially among junior high aged young men and senior men. <br /> <br />The Children's Department had "outstanding" stats for March! They had <br />three young volunteers who logged three hours. Forty children came in <br />and told about a book they had read and received free circus tickets. At <br />Kids Safe Saturday, 1084 children and 941 adults stopped by the library <br />booth. A large number of kids came into the library for programs in <br />March; 295 kids and 80 adults participated. In Children's Outreach, 246 <br />kids and 50 adults participated in programs. Emily and Linda attended a <br />workshop in Arlington with Caroline Feller Bauer presenting; they also <br />attended a Children's Resource Sharing program in Terrell. Due to a <br /> <br /> <br />