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PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD JANUARY 19, 2000 MINUTES The Paris Public Library met in regular session Wednesday, January 19, 2000 in the Gallery at 4 PM with Chairman Jackie Alsobrook presiding and these members present: Curtis Fendley, Sarah Gambill, John Howison, and Bill Strathern. Absent were Virginia Gibbs, Rogene Patterson, Nancee Salzman, and Walter Williams. Library Director Beverly Lewis was present. Friends President Jimmye Hancock was absent. The 12/15/99 Minutes were approved as distributed. Ms. Lewis reported that expenditures for the fiscal year to date were on target. She distributed the November Budget Report and said the December Budget Report was not yet available from the City Finance Department. She advised the Board that William Vaughan recently made a generous contribution to the Library for building expansion in memory of his wife, Kathryn Duncan Vaughan. The Statistical Report was distributed and showed a slight decrease in the December circulation of 2.2% less than the same month last year. 21,863 items were checked out and reserves continued to escalate. In December there were 23 programs with a total attendance of 441 kids and 94 adults and the two Saturday holiday programs were very popular. Children's Librarian Emily Kirkman held 12 programs at Chisum Elementary. Materials were delivered to 14 senior group locations and seven homebound patrons in December. The outreach circulation included 1,010 books; 378 videos; 319 audio books; and 31 magazines. Beginning in February, outreach service will be extended to patrons who have extreme transportation difficulties . 604 persons visited the Library Tuesday, January 4 during the New Year's Open House. Ms. Lewis advised plans for expanded services in 2000 include lifting the limit on the number of videos that can be checked out on one card, moving the science fiction collection to facilitate browsing in that genre, relocating the paperbacks, and adding sites to the Mobile Library Summer Reading Services program. The Curbside Materials Return has been utilized frequently and patrons continue to comment about the convenience of this new service. By the end of December, 8,461 items had been returned in it with a daily average of 123 items. -MORE-