HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-08-1998 Library Board MinutesSeptember 8, 1998 4 pm Unger Memorial Library Advisory Board met in the basement of the Library with the following in attendance: Board Members Geoff Wells, Maisie Jones, Barbara Green, Caroline Kopp and David Isaacsen; Director of Community Services John Castro; President of Hi -Plains Genealogical Society Mary Ann McWilliams; WTLS lay representative Lucile Davis; Friends of UML Presidents Phil and Nancy Cox; and Librarian John Sigwald. John introduced Mary Ann McWilliams as the new president of Hi -Plains Genealogical Society. John explained about Arlene Johnson, WTLS employee, who was burned severely a few weeks back in a domestic argument and told about the fund that has been set up through the West Texas Federal Credit Union to help her with expenses. Debby Gibson was unable to attend this meeting due to illness, so John told everyone about Panhandle -Plains Literacy Day to be held on Friday, September 18, 1998. Laura Bush, First Lady of Texas, will read to PEAKS second -graders in the juvenile area of the Library at 10 a.m. and will also speak at a luncheon at 011ie Liner Center. John explained that a patron had questioned some of the juvenile books -on - tape. Those materials have been separated into two groups and marked accordingly--J=Juvenile (Grades 3-8) and Y=Young Adult (Grades 7-12). All are still shelved in the Juvenile section. He explained that young adult materials are usually thought to be for 12 years and up thus sometimes wind up in Juvenile collections and other times in Adult. More shelves for the Adult Books -on -Tape have been built by Hershel Henderson and paid for by the Friends of UML. This doubled the space that those materials which are becoming very popular. John explained that the Library has not purchased many of these materials as we have individuals who donate these to the Library. John explained that the Adult collection has been re -arranged and shelves re -labeled. Weeding is always necessary as new books are added and re -labeling of the non-fiction books is still ongoing. Hopefully the bright new signs on the ends of the shelves will help patrons to find materials more readily. Summer Reading Club was held daily in June and was very successful again this year. Unger was one of six libraries that participated in a pilot program of "Math is Everywhere" a new part of Reading Rainbow programming. The Library was written up in School Library Journal for this program. John and Rainer went to American Library Association Convention in Washington, DC in June. Budget Summary as of 9/8/98 indicates that the Library will be under budget for this fiscal year which will end 09/30/98. John announced that money from to Friends of UML for the next owner of Burger King and Board Hastings is to donate leftover a jar at Burger King will be donated couple of months. David Isaacsen, Member, said that is usually $100-150. monthly. books from their Sidewalk Sale to Friends of UML.