03-A Library Board (4/16/03)Library Advisory Board
April 16, 2003
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LIBRARY
ADVISORY BOARD
April 16, 2003
The Paris Public Library Advisory Board met in regular session
Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at 4:00PM in the Library with Chairman
Nancee Salzman presiding. The following Board members were present:
Sarah Gambill, Peggy Guthrie, Vicki Terlap, John Howison, Joyce
Kennemer, Nancee Salzman, and Walter Williams. Also attending were
Betty Landon, Library Director and Callie Thompson, Friends President.
Kevin Gray and Anna Davis did not attend.
The minutes from March's meeting were approved..
Betty presented board members this month's budget report. Betty
reported that she is at 49.86% at the 6 month point of the fiscal year. New
tires were purchased for the library van. The Loanstar library money
appears as negative in the budget, but it is paid by a grant, so everything is
fine.
February stats included a report that we're a little under in total
circulation from last year, but we were open three fewer days and overall,
more books were checked out per day this year than last year. Book
circulation is up over video circulation. The library offers 149 DVDs
(currently), but they have been checked out 541 times in March!
Interestingly, there has been an increase in the circulation of military
books, especially among junior high aged young men and senior men.
The Children's Department had "outstanding" stats for March! They had
three young volunteers who logged three hours. Forty children came in
and told about a book they had read and received free circus tickets. At
Kids Safe Saturday, 1084 children and 941 adults stopped by the library
booth. A large number of kids came into the library for programs in
March; 295 kids and 80 adults participated. In Children's Outreach, 246
kids and 50 adults participated in programs. Emily and Linda attended a
workshop in Arlington with Caroline Feller Bauer presenting; they also
attended a Children's Resource Sharing program in Terrell. Due to a
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death in her family, Emily was not able to attend her Victorian Tea Party
Program at the Wise House; Linda and Rebecca presented the program to
26 young women. It was a huge success.
In adult outreach, there were 3 programs in which 63 attended. Rebecca
left materials including books, audio, and magazines this month.
Leigh Igo, library employee, was introduced to the board and told us about
her job responsibilities at the library. Leigh works the circulation desk in
the mornings, answers the phones and processes new books, videos, DVDs,
audios and CDs. In addition, she repairs books, installs security strips,
scans labels, does the library displays and is in charge of staff birthday
celebrations.
Callie Thompson, Friends president, reported that the luncheon will take
place on May 6th. Flyers went out on the 16th. Joy Davis will be the
featured speaker and will review the book, The Shadow of Wings, which is
a fact-based fiction book. She also reported that the Friends paid for the
magnets for National Library Week, and will finance the summer reading
program. In addition, they are purchasing a new button machine for the
Children's Department.
In the Director's Report, Betty discussed the NETLS meeting in Sherman.
She also reported that members of the library staff received a
demonstration of the Polaris automation system. The library received a
$1000 check from WalMart for literacy. The money will be used to
purchase books for adult new readers. Betty did a presentation to 46 ladies
at the Newcomers Club during National Library Week. She distributed
some of the library magnets to board members. A barbecue luncheon will
be held next week for the volunteers during National Volunteer Week.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:52 p.m. The next meeting will be held on
May 21 at 4 p.m. in the Gallery.
Vicki Terlap Date Approved