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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-02-1984 Library Board MinutesLIBRARY BOARD MINUTES 4/2/84 The following persons attended the library board meeting: Linda Terrell Sherry Akin Marka White Shirley Igo --lay representative Norman Huggins --director of finance Bobby James --city council liaison Toney Lynch --secretary John Sigwald--librarian Mr. Sigwald asked about the deadline for the new budget. Mr. Huggins replied that he would be receiving forms for budget requests by the first of May. Discussion followed. Mr. Sigwald told the board that some members of the Junior Service League had come by to offer their services to help the library out. Mr. Huggins noted that the budget for the coming year would be very tight. The recent book sale was discussed briefly. Mr. Sigwald discussed the possibility of having a fine -free day in the library in order to get books returned to the library. This could }possibly be held in connection with National Library Week. Mr. Sigwald told those present that he had been certified to handle voter registration forms through the library. He also explained that he wanted to get a slide program instigated that would show how to correctly use the public library. He told the board members that he would be working on the summer reading program from now until summer. He enlightened the group on the workshop in Odessa that he and Hope Jimenez attended in relation to children's reading programs. He explained that he wanted to encourage "quality" reading" as opposed to "quantity" reading. Shirley Igo discussed the West Texas Library System with the group present. Mr. Sigwald encourage anyone who could go to be sure to plan to attend the American Library Association meeting in Dallas in June. DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON LIBRARY ACTIVITIES 4/2/84 The (annual) book sale was held on Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3. With excellent volunteer help (in the form of a revived friends of the library group) we raised about $1,100. This money was deposited into the library's Gifts and Memorials account. Next year I think one day will suffice. Audrene Robison, the former treasurer of the friends group, brought me a check for the library for $556.96 from the old friends' group's checking account. The money has also been deposited into the library's Gifts and Memorials account bringing our balance to something over $2,000. Not elevator material yet. But it's a start. The genealogy department is now located in the south half of the balcony. The response from them has been very good --also, quite a few genealogy volunteers helped with the book sale. Paul Evans, a volunteer who is a retired mechanical engineer, did most of the work disassembling adult fiction shelving and reassembling it in the balcony for genealogy. He has also done innumerable special projects for the library and is already the library's "volunteer of the year". Our cassette/filmstrip listening/viewing area is taking shape. We have purchased an additional filmstrip viewer. Both book/cassette and filmstrip/ cassette collections will be expanded if they prove to be popular. We do also have a few adult filmstrips. Most of the adult book/cassettes are language courses, including the new Foreign Service language programs. Most of the physical moving of the collection has been completed. As soon as the next fiscal year rolls around some more shelving will be purchased to allow the adult non-fiction collection some breathing room; also, some of the juvenile shelving needs to be replaced with lower shelves so the shorter folks can reach the materials without literally climbing the walls. Weeding of the collection is progressing --so is the reclassification project. National Library Week is April 8-14. I am going to try a "fine -free week" that week as an experiment. There will be an article in the Herald on Sunday, April 8, and announcements on the local radio stations during that week. Also, I will be writing an article on the library for the Herald which will appear in the paper that week. With the friends meeting in February, we have revived interest in volunteer help. I now have a growing friends file. The first project was, of course, the book sale. I intend, however, to try to make full use of volunteers in library activities--e.g., summer reading club, typing, shelving, etc. Hale County residents may now register to vote at the library. I talked to Christine Vinson at the tax assessor's office a few weeks ago and was deputized --which means I can distribute voter registration forms and change of address (name, etc.) forms and can help those who need it fill out the forms.