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MINUTES PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD August 15, 1990 The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met in regular session, August 15, 1990, at 4 P.M. in the Gallery with Virginia Gibbs, Chairman, presiding. Present were Jean Gibson, Bill Hagood, Rogene Patterson, and Frances Ellis, Secretary. Beverly Lewis, Library Director, attended. Absent were Jackie Alsobrook, Bill Neely, Beth Shelton, and Eric Tate. Delores Hayter, President of the Friends of the Library, was present. The Minutes of the July 18, 1990, meeting were approved as circulated. The Director discussed the City Budget Report, noting the facility maintenance and supplies accounts were still over, but not as much as in July. She reported an increase of circulation for July to 16,450 over 13,152 in 1989. Total circulation for the year is up: 126,532 compared to 105,900 last year. Evening circulation increases each month with 955 for the nine evenings in July. She reported 1,566 books were removed from the shelves so far this year because of outdatedness or poor physical condition, noting some are destroyed and others placed in the book sale area. She said few books are being ordered but many are still coming in from previous orders. The following additions to the collection were made in July: 52 adult fiction, 128 adult non - fiction, 108 juvenile fiction, and 37 juvenile non - fiction. Some multiple copies to meet best sellers demand are reflected in those numbers. No new videos were processed. She reported 139 children completed the Summer Reading Club and earned the Certificate of Achievement. 1,574 attended the 17 programs, with more than 100 in several of the activities held in the Gallery. She noted increasing interest in the new juvenile series books. She said the August 15 Paris News listed the 139 names of the children receiving Certificates and she had written the publisher and editor to thank their staff for the excellent publicity of the entire Summer Reading Club. Mrs. Hayter moved the Board send a letter of thanks to the Paris News , motion seconded, discussed and passed and the Secretary was asked to do this over the Chairman's name.