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M I N U T E S PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING Wednesday, January 18, 1989 The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met January 18, 1989 at 4 p.m. in the Library Gallery with Chairman Bill Hagood presiding. Board members Rogene Patterson, Beth Shelton, William Neely, Virginia Gibbs, Jean Gibson, Jackie Alsbrook, and Frances Ellis, Secretary, attended. Library Director Beverly Ann Lewis and Claire Haslam, President of the Friends of the Library, also attended. The minutes of the December 14, 1989 meeting were approved as circulated. Ms. Lewis presented the City budget report and the Library statistical report. She advised that volunteers would begin work on the membership card files and a report would be available in a few months. During her Director's report, Ms. Lewis invited Board members to go into the Library to see the arrangement of former Director's pictures on the wall opposite the adult card catalogs. She asked for two signatures on the check to pay for the two Christmas wreaths from Reep's Furniture. She also announced the Library's special funds such as the Love Fund were now being managed by the City Finance Director, Gene Anderson, who is researching where to deposit them for the best interest. Chairman Hagood asked that quarterly reports be made on these accounts to the Board. Ms. Lewis said that reports would be provided and that there are many places where the money could be beneficial. Ms. Lewis said she had written Mrs. John Love earlier this month to answer her letter of regret at not being able to attend the 1987 Dedication. She and Mrs. Alsobrook announced the February 15 meeting of the Texas State Library Association for the annual Legislative Day in Austin, and presented each Board Member with a copy of the January 1989 Texas Library Friends and Trustees Newsletter, the Library Bill of Rights, and other pertinent statements for Board Member's files. Ms. Lewis discussed the December accession list and said that 83 videos had been received from the MacArthur Foundation and would soon be on the shelves. She said the rotating NETLS video collection of 30 videos is changed every 3 months.