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MINUTES <br />PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD <br />June 13, 1990 <br />The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met in regular <br />session, June 13, 1990, at 4 P.M. in the Library Gallery <br />with Bill Hagood, Chairman, presiding. Present were <br />members Jackie Alsobrook, Virginia Gibbs, Jean Gibson, <br />Beth Shelton, Frances Ellis, Secretary, Bill Neely, and <br />Eric Tate. Beverly Lewis Campbell, Library Director, and <br />Claire Haslam, President of the Friends, attended. Rogene <br />Patterson was absent. <br />Minutes of the May 17, 1990, meeting were approved as <br />circulated. <br />The Director discussed the City Budget Report, noting the <br />same accounts - maintenance and supplies - were still over <br />and would be through the end of the fiscal year. <br />She reported the total circulation of 92,936 books this <br />year is a 18% increase over last year. May was 38% busier <br />than last year. During the ten May evenings, 819 items <br />circulated, a nearly equal number of adult and juvenile <br />items. There were 40 memorial contributions in May. <br />Accessions included the following titles: 294 adult <br />non - fiction, 227 adult fiction, 47 juvenile non - fiction, <br />and 82 juvenile fiction. <br />She reported the Summer Reading Club had four sponsors: <br />Sonic, McDonalds, Pizza Inn, and a new one, Whataburger. <br />The first three programs held were very successful: 98 <br />attendees at the first, 350 at the second (Ronald McDonald <br />in Bywaters Park), and 72 for painting on the parking lot. <br />She complimented The Paris News for their Reading Program <br />"Reading Challenge" and advised the Publisher, Michael <br />Graxiola, read the story in the first program. <br />Mrs. Alsobrook and the Director participated in a workshop <br />about the Texas Conference on Libraries, and discussed the <br />need for all members to attend the fall regional meetings <br />(October 6 in Commerce and October 20 in Richardson) in <br />preparation for the 1991 White House Conference on <br />Libraries and Information Services. City Manager, Michael <br />Malone, has been proposed as a delegate to the State <br />Conference in early 1991, and Mrs. Alsobrook wants to be <br />one also. <br />