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r M I N U T E S PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING May 18, 1988 The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met in regular session on May 18, 1988 in the Library auditorium, Chairman Bill Hagood presiding, and with members Virginia Gibbs, Jackie Alsobrook, Jean Gibson, Rogene Patterson, Robert Pierson, Eric Tate and Frances Ellis attending. Board member Beth Shelton was absent, along with Dick Boots from the City of Paris. The Library's Acting Director Roslyn Sample and Youth Librarian Pamela Sidnell and The Friend's President Sally Cecil also attended. The minutes of the April 20, 1988 meeting were approved as circulated. The Cisneros sketches, rematted and framed by Welch's Art Center at a cost of $703.50, were displayed by Mrs. Sample. Board members agreed that they should hang in the adult area where the lighting would be good. The sketch of Mr. A. W. Neville and ten or eleven of the sketches will be hung. Publicity for the hanging of the sketches was discussed. Members complimented the Paris Art Study Club and their in- coming President Pauline Roberts on their auditorium art exhibit which will continue through the summer. Miss Sidnell reported that 60 children from four to thirteen have signed up for the special programs to be held each Thursday from 2:30 to 3:30. The first program will be held on June 2 and will feature an "outer space" costume parade. A special program will be held for Bastille Days, five doctors will discuss science in medicine on June 23, 1988, then. Dennis Lee will be at the June 25th program, and the Herd Museum at McKinney will bring an exhibit on July 21st. Circulation for the 1987 -1988 year to date was determined to be approximately 59,000 which is about 4,000 more than the same period of 1986 -1987. Two- thirds of the items checked out are adult. Mrs. Sample reported that the book sale netted approximately $400 and that the volunteers who headed the sale, Marlene Baughtman and Robin Bobbit, suggested that it be held in the fall to sell the text books. She also reported that the Dial -a -Story continues to be popular, and led a discussion on the problems of the Library serving as a baby sitter. She noted that the children's department had been rearranged to help with this problem. Chairman Hagood remarked that many civic organizations helped to pass the bond issue and he suggested that a presentation or program should be organized to show them the results of the successful issue. Eric Tate offered to include library brochures in the Kimberly -Clark employee orientation packets. - continued on page 2 -