HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-14-1997 Library Board Minutes1-14-97 4 pm
Unger Memorial Library Advisory Board met in the basement of the Library
with the following in attendance: Geoff Wells, Barbara Green and Rita
Cronholm, (Board members); Joy Denton, President of High Plains Genealogical
Society,; Lucile Davis, WTLS lay representative; John Castro, Director of
Community Services for the City of Plainview; Debby Gibson, Hale County
Literacy coordinator; Rey Rosas, Plainview City Council liaison; and
Librarian John Sigwald.
John told those present that the Open House held at the Library on
December 4, 1996 was attended by approx. 150 people.
Librarian John Sigwald was on the "Talk to Your City" program last
night (Monday, January 13, 1997) with Mayor Lloyd Woods_
John is to give information from the Library's annual report to
the City Council at their meeting tonight. It should be televised
on Channel 6, MOnday, January 20, 1997.
John attended a "Defending the Right to KNow" workshop in Austin in
December_ sponsored by the Texas Library Assn, Texas Freedom Network,
and American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
There wer several outstanding speakers at the conference. Participants
in the workshop were encouraged to host regional and local programs
highlighting the dangers of censorship in a free society.
John is to attend American Library Association Midwinter Conference
in Washington DC February 14-17, 1997.
Some discussion was held regarding the Unger Library Home Page on the
World Wide Web. All feedback was positive_
Meeting was adjourned_