HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-04-2013 Library Board MinutesLibrary Board Meeting
May 14, 2013
Present were Board members Kevin Sweeney, Stephanie James, and Melissa
Wilkinson. Also present was Genealogy President Linda Shipp.
John Sigwald shared his experiences from the Texas Library Association
Conference in Fort Worth in April. He gave a succinct overview of the meetings
he attended and the information he garnered.
In April the library's Interlibrary Loan program went from being a borrower -only
policy to one of also being a lender within the OCLC system membership. John
explained that with this added operation also comes additional incurred postage
for mailing the books to the requesting libraries.
The Board was reminded that sending faxes is now available for a fee.
John informed the Board about a copyright situation dealing with the Hearst
Corporation and the Plainview Herald (owned by the Hearst Corporation). Some
of the microfilmed Heralds have been digitized at our cost. The digitized version
of the Herald had been made available to the public online. The Hearst
Corporation does not want the digitized version to be available to the public. It
was John's decision to pull the public online access in deference to the Hearst
Corporation's directives, but will continue with access to these records within the
library.
John would like to complete the digitization of the Plainview Herald in the 2013-
2014 fiscal year.
The City has asked all departments to try to trim budgets by 5% for the new fiscal
year.
The library's sewage disposal line needs to be replaced. This project is being
investigated.
Summer Reading Club is in June. A schedule is due out soon.
United Blood Services is having a blood drive at the library on Friday, May 24.
The Board is still in need of another member. Suggestions may be given to
John.
The Centennial Celebration for Unger Memorial Library is still in the works for
early fall, possibly September or October.
The meeting was dismissed at 4:55 p.m.