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PAGE 2 LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD 05/17/00 MINUTES Ms. Lewis advised the Gates Library Foundation Grant application should be automatically approved because the Library exceeds the minimum poverty level to qualify since our service area has a 33.7% poverty rate. The Grant will provide 3 Internet access computers in English and 1 in Spanish at an approximate value of $17,000. The City Council pledged to support the computers in the future. The issue of Internet access was discussed and the Board reiterated their position about the importance of the Library's Guidelines. Ms. Lewis said the American Library Association recently issued a statement advising decisions about this matter should be made locally; and our Library continues to evaluate technology issues. Paris Public Library won a Texas Book Festival Award in the amount of $2,400 to purchase big books, board books, and puppet/book sets to use with the Mobile Library Summer Reading Service and to be circulated during the rest of the year. Ms. Lewis accepted this award at the TLA Conference. Jimmye Hancock gave the Friends report. The May 1St luncheon was sold out with 210 people attending. It was very successful and the Friends Board is considering having the same performer return for an evening benefit; and also sponsoring a Brunch and Book Review. The Friends are furnishing an employee for the summer to help on Saturdays and with the Wednesday and Thursday morning preschool story times. In addition, they continue to provide help weekday afternoons. The Friends are updating their membership list and asked Board members to contribute new names and/or corrections. The Library was awarded a gift from the Luren Cauthan Preschool Foundation in the amount of $300. A narrow bookshelf for the entrance to the Children's Department will be purchased with this money. The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 PM. Secretary CA2 t\ Date Approved