05-C Libr Adv Bd Min 7-20-05
Library Advisory Board
August 10, 2005
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LIBRARY
AD VISOR Y BOARD
July 20, 2005
The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met in regular session
Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at 4:00PM in the Library with Chairman Bill
Kennedy presiding. The following Board members were present: Jackie
Alsobrook, Debbie Anderson, Deborah Hatley, Bill Kennedy, Audrey
Lakes, Carl Lucas and Fran Neeley. Also attending were Priscilla
McAnally, Library Director, and Amanda Green, Friends of the Library
President. Absent were Sarah Gambill and Jake Street.
The minutes from the June meeting were approved.
Ms. McAnally gave an update on the Polaris Integrated Library System.
City Council granted approval to order the new system to replace the
current Galaxy system in use. The Library will be closed to the public
August 22-24 for staff training and will reopen with the new system in
place on August 25. Trust funds were expended for the upgrade rather
than city funds.
A new Library Policies manual will be drafted. Ms. McAnally will begin
with Circulation portion of the document. Several months will be needed
to complete the project.
The budget report was favorable.
June circulation statistics were down 370/0 from the same month of 2004,
and library visits were down 32%. A total of391 new items were added to
the collection in June.
Children's programming in June included 12 programs with 551 children
and 195 adults attending.
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Memorial donations for June totaled $510.
Creation of a pamphlet to remind citizens of Paris to consider the library
when making donations was discussed. Friends of the Library President
Amanda Green will work on the project.
Dr. Green also reported 16 new memberships since the distribution of the
recent Friends' newsletter. There was also a reminder about the upcoming
Friends' Book Sale to be held September 2 and 3, in the library.
The meeting adjourned at 4:55 PM.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, August 17,2005, in the Gallery.
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