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MINUTES <br />PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING <br />JANUARY 16, 1991 <br />The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met in regular <br />session, January 16, 1991, in the Library Gallery with <br />Virginia Gibbs, Chairman, presiding and these members <br />present: Jackie Alsobrook, Jean Gibson, Bill Neely, <br />Rogene Patterson, Beth Shelton, Frances Ellis, Secretary, <br />and Joe Rex, welcomed as a new member. Bill Hagood was <br />absent. Delores Hayter, President of the Friends <br />attended. Beverly Lewis, Library Director, was present. <br />Minutes of the December 19 meeting were approved as <br />circulated. <br />Ms. Lewis discussed the budget report saying 24.5 percent <br />of the funds had been spent for the fiscal year to date, <br />with books and supplies costing more. She went over the <br />Monthly Status Report in detail showing the circulation <br />for the year to date was 40,629, a 50.7 percent increase <br />over the previous year. She noted the video circulation <br />figure was a large part of the increase. <br />Mrs. Alsobrook reported the Texas Conference on Libraries <br />and Information Services in Austin, January 4 -5 was <br />inspiring and informative and both she and City Manager, <br />Mike Malone, were impressed. He was elected a Delegate by <br />those attending, who were made up of one fourth <br />Librarians, one fourth Library Supporters, one fourth <br />government and elected officials, and one fourth general <br />public. Efforts to get Malone elected to the National <br />Conference were not successful. Alsobrook said more <br />legislation will be needed to get the funding to help <br />libraries achieve their potential. <br />Ms. Lewis said the January 11 dinner in the Gallery <br />honoring volunteers was attended by 54 and the volunteers <br />were given mugs, cretificates of appreciation, and Library <br />plates. Mrs. Gibson was thanked for serving as Chairman <br />and doing much of the work in getting the food together <br />and other items for the tables. <br />Rex moved approval of the payment of invoices for the <br />plates, mugs, invitations, certificates, and the ham which <br />was cooked in the kitchen, amounting to $209.24. Motion <br />seconded, discussed, and passed. <br />Members encouraged Ms. Lewis to seek city funds to pay for <br />the $435 invoice on the repair of the electronic lettering <br />system machine. <br />