HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-12-2000 Library Board MinutesSeptember 12, 2000 4 pm
Unger Memorial Library Advisory Board met in the basement of the Library
withe the following in attendance: Board members Maisie Jones, Sharon
Morgan and Barbara Green; Friends of UML President Minnie Ruth Rigler;
Hi -Plains Genealogy Society President Linda Reed; WTLS lay representative
Lucile Davis, Director of Community Development John Castro and Librarian
John Sigwald.
John Sigwald welcomed new Board member Sharon Morgan who is taking the
place of Joy Denton who recently moved to Amarillo.
John gave Board members City of Plainview mugs.
John told about CNN.Com--a half hour tv program --that did a program on
former Plainview resident Jim Clark, co-founder of Netscape. The Library
furnished high school annual pictures and other 1960's pictures of the
city and was given credit on the national program.
John reported on the TIF grant. 6 new public access Internet/Reference
computers are in place. They have Microsoft Word --a word processing
program --and patrons can bring (or purchase for $1) diskettes and save
their data now. Patrons cannot write to hard drive and we have virus
protection programs.
Four additional (identical) computers will be coming in early October
furnished by the Gates Foundation.
John will be looking into eRate--a discounted communications rate that
the library will be eligible for after the first year of TIF grant.
Unger Library with other local groups (PISD, Wayland, Covenant Hospital,
SPHO) has received a $500,000. TIF Community Grant. The City will be
responsible for 1/6 of $50,000. The Library should receive a video projector
and teleconferencing equipment that will make our meeting room one of
the best locally.
John reported that "hooey" (the library's cattle drive cow) will be staying
here. Donations were made by David Isaacson (Burger King), Caroline &
Dr. Doug Kopp, Phil and Nancy Cox, David Milstead (Milstead Hardware and
Welding Supply) and Coleman Williams (Williams, Meriwether, Smith and Co)
to "save" Mooey. He will continue to greet library visitors due
to their generosity.
John announced that with the new circulation/catalog software the
library's collection is now available on-line.
UML will sponsor a blood drive the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
The next Board meeting will be held in November.