12/19/2012 MINUTESParis Public Library Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes
December 19, 2012
Opening:
The regular meeting of the Paris Library Advisory Board was called to order at 2:05 in the Gallery.
Present:
Board members present were Pat Books, Deborah Hadley, Linda Vandiver, Alice Woodard, and Director Priscilla McAnally.
Special guest was Leigh Igo.
I. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of the previous meeting needed one small correction of capitalization and punctuation, and then were
approved by the board as corrected.
II. New Business:
A. Leigh Igo, the Reference paraprofessional for the Library, presented a discussion of her duties. She searches
for answers to questions from patrons; handles approximately 200 interlibrary loans each
month; receives memorial requests and purchases books; handles electronic references as
needed; reshelves books; other duties as required.
B. The Director presented policy revisions for Collection Development and Circulation. In the Circulation policy,
deletions included issuance and use of Institutional Library Cards because of the difficulty in finding in the
institution who would assume responsibility for all use of the card.. The one addition was to include that the
library is subject to the USA Patriot Act Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, as amended. In the
Collection Development Policy, there were only minor deletions and additions of words to refine and simplify
the language.
III. No old business was presented:
IV. Presentations:
A. Budget Report: Item "Buildings and Grounds" expenditures include the purchase and installation of a new
air conditioning unit for $8,500 from Robert Walker Air Conditioning.
B. Statistical Report: Circulation dropped slightly to almost 3 1/o, and Library Visits declined less than 1 %.
V. No Friends of the Library Report.
VI. No Director's Remarks.
Adjournment:
Meeting adjourned at 3:15.
Submitted by Alice Woodard.
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