HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-12-1996 Library Board Minutes11-12-96 4 pm
Unger Memorial Library Advisory Board met in the basement of the Library
with the following in attendance: Board members Barbara Green and Caroline
Kopp; Friends of UML president Phil Cox; Hale County Literacy coordinator
Debby Gibson; WTLS lay -representative Lucile Davis and Librarian John Sigwald.
Rey Rosas, City Council liaison was also in attendance.
John gave out copies (see attached) of an article that was in the Dallas Morning
News on November 3, 1996. Title of the article is "The Future is an Open
Book : Computers seem destined to complement libraries, not replace them".
John attended a Texas Bluebonnet Award committee meeting on October 26 in
Austin. They worked on next year's master list for the following year's
Bluebonnet Award. Unger Library is having a pilot program with home schoolers
locally so that they may participate in the voting for the Texas Bluebonnet
Award. Voting for the award is done in January each year, with the Award
announced in February.
John attended a "Troubleshooting and Maintenance of IBM PCs and Compatibles"
workshop in Amarillo on November 6-7_ He hopes to put some of the things
he learned into use in keeping all the Library's computers in good working
order.
Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom workshop will be held in Austin
on December 13th and 14th. Theme is "Defending the Right to Know..." . John
and Nancy Hill (West Texas Library System coordinator) will represent this
area. John hope to use information from this workshop to help him formulate
future policies for INTERNET use at Unger Library.
A second Internet computer workstation has been added -- it shares a printer
with the original Internet computer and has the fastest modem available.
Unger Library is the first library in this area to offer Internet access as
a library service.
Library open house to celebrate the remodeling has been set for Wednesday,
December 4, 1996 from 5 to 7 pm. Friends of the UML will host_ Caroline
Kopp has arranged for various musical entertainment during the open house_
Phil and Nancy Cox, Sue Roth and others will coordinate this function.
Unger Library will host the March 27, 1997 Business After Hours. Caroline
'160p is coordinating this_
John announced the Blood Drive to be held at the Library on Wednesday,
November 27, 1997.
Friends of UML recently furnished a new sofa for the Staff break room_
Rita Cronholm was responsible for finding it and her husband Greg and
Phil Cox transported it to the Library.
There will be no Board meeting in December. Next meeting will be January
14, 1997_
John showed the plaque the Hale COunty Literacy Council recently presented
to John Sigwald and Unger M emorial for "Distinguished Service to Literacy".
Rey Rosas took the plaque to show at tonight's Council meeting.
The Library Christmas party will be held on Monday, December 16 at the
Cotton Patch_ It will be dutch treat and all Board members and families
and others who attend Board meetings are invited.
Meeting was adjourned.