HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/21/95 Library Board MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY
DECEMBER 21, 1995
A REGULAR SESSION of the Library Board of the City of The Colony
Texas, was called to order by Chair Kruzich at 7:03 p.m.
Present:
Patricia Riggs Place 1
Diana Kruzich Place 2
James Althaus Place 3
Dorian Barton Place 4
Wayne Bullard Place 6
Janet E. Sapp Acting Library Director
Sandra Vondersaar Secretary
Absent:
Jayme Skelton (Working late)
1. Citizen's Input.
None
2. Discussion of goals, objectives, and long range plans.
Will be discussed at January Board Meeting
3. Chairman's report.
Merry Christmas!
4. Acting Library Director's report.
Jan stated the NTRLS 1998-1999 Biennial Budget request has been
submitted.
Lori Harlan, Director of Economic Development for The City of The
Colony, is assisting the Library in applying for a TSL Special
Projects Grant. The money would be used to purchase a cargo van
(for library use only), large print books, and C.D.'s to be used
for outreach programs geared toward senior citizens. This would
enable the library to better meet the needs of the community.
Additional information will be available at the January Board
meeting.
The library is in the process of switching over to new user setups
(individual user names and passwords) on local area network. Some
problems are still being experienced. On December 11, 1995, the
day the new phone system was installed, two ABENDS occurred.
Joan has completed and submitted the 1995 fixed assets inventory.
The Library's meeting room will be used for the Republican Primary
election on March 12, 1996. If a runoff is required at will be
held April 9, 1996.
Application for next year's TLA conference in Houston has been
submitted.
Tax help from A.A.R.P. will be available at the Library the first
Tuesday in February through the last Wednesday before tax filing
is due.
Please review the flyer and application to join TLA included in
your packet. There is no obligation to join. However, if you are
interested mail in your application for membership.
Jan requested input from the Board regarding the handling of a
patron. This individual is returning Books on Tape in extremely
poor condition. Jan has already spoken with her regarding this
problem. The concern is not only damage to the tapes but the
possibility of damaging another patron's machine. After extensive
discussion it was recommended Jan speak with the patron
once again and show her the condition of a tape before it is
checked out and the condition of a tape she has returned. This
will give her a second chance and hopefully the opportunity to
correct the problem without denying her Books on Tape privileges.
The "Fine-ally" special was not as successful as hoped. It has
not generated the anticipated return on back logged items
Pat inquired on the best method for donations to the Library. Jan
suggested money instead of books be donated to The Friends of The
Colony Library. More items can be obtained at a lower cost
through organizational purchasing.
Diane asked if the article regarding The Library Board Meeting had
been printed in the paper. It was printed in last weeks addition
of The Colony Leader under "Calendar of Events."
Wal-Mart has made a donation of $350 to The Friends of The Colony
Library for their Internet Fund. Quarterly they donate five cents
per can of Sam's Soda sold from their vending machines to a non-
profit organization. This is the second donation The Friends have
received from Wal-Mart.
5. NTRLS System Representative's report.
James reported Governor George Bush has signed a grant allocating
seven and one half million dollars be spent on schools and an
additional seven and one half million dollars be devided between
hospitals, schools and libraries for Internet.
6. New Technologies committee report.
The new phone system has been installed at the Library and is
working fine.
The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Diana Kruz~ch, ~air '
~Sandra K. Vondersaar, Secretary