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MINUTES <br />PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING <br />Wednesday, September 20, 1989 <br />The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met in regular <br />session September 20, 1989, at 4 P.M. in the Library <br />Gallery with Chairman Bill Hagood presiding. Members <br />attending were Jackie Alsobrook, Virginia Gibbs, Jean <br />Gibson, Rogene Patterson, Beth Shelton, William Neely, <br />Eric Tate and Frances Ellis, Secretary. Library Director <br />Beverly Lewis Campbell was present. Absent was Claire <br />Haslam, President of the Friends of the Library. <br />The August 23, 1989, Minutes of the Board were approved as <br />circulated. <br />Mrs. Campbell presented the Budget Report, stating we are <br />91.66% into the fiscal year and the entire department has <br />expended 83.23% of its funds. However, she advised the <br />department should be nearly on target with the budget at <br />fiscal year's end. <br />In the Statistical Report, Mrs. Campbell noted circulation <br />continues to increase and a projection is for it to reach <br />125,000 by year's end. Interlibrary loans were up and the <br />Dial -A -Story is back in operation and receiving many calls <br />from area children after having been out of operation for <br />several weeks. <br />On the monthly accession lists were the following: 105 <br />adult fiction, 151 adult non - fiction, 15 juvenile fiction, <br />29 juvenile non - fiction and 17 video titles. Mrs. <br />Campbell advised the Board that selection criteria <br />included reviews, awards, best seller lists, and <br />especially patron preferences. She noted mysteries, <br />westerns, historical fiction and adventure /espionage <br />stories are the most popular and frequently circulated <br />fiction titles in the Library. <br />The Library Assurance System will be installed in October. <br />The Library staff and volunteers will receive training <br />about the system before installation. The staff will <br />"tag" the collection by inserting a magnetic strip into <br />each item during the two days the Library will be closed. <br />She plans to publicize this new system and hopes the <br />newspaper will take a picture, too. <br />Mrs. Campbell advised the Board about the materials <br />account in the City budget, explaining that from the total <br />amount, nearly $4,000 was committed upfront to periodical <br />subscriptions and 18% to annual reference and non - fiction <br />materials. The remainder of the funds are then available <br />for other additions to the collection. <br />