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MINUTES PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING November 19, 1986 The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met November 19, 1986 at 4:00 P.M. in the City Hall Annex with Virginia Gibbs, Chairman, presiding. Present were Don Black, Bill Hagood, Robert Pierson, Reeves Hayter, Rogene Patterson, Jackie Alsobrook, Beth Shelton and Frances Ellis, Secretary. Also attending were Dick Boots, Director of Community Facilities for the City of Paris, Roslyn Sample, Assistant Librarian, William Lightfoot, Architect for the Library Expansion and Sue Smith of Main Street Project. Minutes of the September 17 meeting were approved as circulated. A letter of thanks was read by Mrs. Gibbs for the flowers sent to Tiana Williams while she was in the hospital. Mr. William Lightfoot reported on the progress of the Library Expansion Project. Eight days were added to the project time schedule due to poor weather. The landscaping and furnishings would be the next item of concern for Library Board Members. Some drainage problems were discussed. Approxi- mately $3000 would have to be spent on constructing additional retaining walls on the south side of the Library Project. Mr. Lightfoot spoke briefly on the cistern that was found at the northwest corner of the existing building. He also reported that a security system would be discussed at a later date. The Mural Committee with Hayter and Black said they would check with Cathy Swaim about the contract and the subject of the mural for the Library, and that the Board would be given opportunity to approve or disapprove. The mural is part of the Endowment for the Arts grant for which the Library will have to match funds of approximately $3,500. Boots said the two portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson have been wrapped and placed in the Aiken Archives at Paris Junior College. Since they are worth about $20,000 each, they will be insured and later cleaned and restored for placing in the new library building. He discussed the need of training staff to use the computer given the Library by NETLS and a discussion of where the $1500 would come from needed for further research. Mrs. Alsobrook said she would check with NETLS for she thought there was a staff member who was supposed to help train Librarians to use the computers. Mrs. Sample said the Library is getting from 30 to 40 memorial books a month now, but use of any left over money from the memorials was discussed and not thought wise to use for staff training. Members looked at the October financial report from the City for the Library and discussed the Christmas board meeting to be held at the home of Chairman Gibbs on December 17, 1986, at 4:00 P.M. The meeting adjourned at 5:00 P.M. Date approved Frances Ellis, Secretary