HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_LAB_08.10.2000Georgetown Public Library Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes
8/10/00
The meeting was called to order at 6:36 p.m.
Present were Nell Dickson, Joe Case, Lisa Hopkins, Claire Vogler, Dorothy
Hagen, Judy Parks, Sam Arant, Jean Ehnebuske, Helen Jenkins, and Zora Evans.
Eric Lashley, acting co -director, was present.
Approve Minutes:
The minutes from 7/10/00 were read. Zora noted an error in the section
entitled "Library Board Discussion." The sentence in question now reads,
"Everyone at the meeting, with the exception of Zora, concurred that
Georgetown urgently needs a new and larger library facility in order to
provide the expected and essential services to the community and to meet the
increasing demands of the library patrons." Zora moved and Dorothy seconded
correction of that specific sentence and with that the minutes were approved
unanimously.
Report on recent CTLS meeting/TexShare Policy
Judy was unable to attend the CTLS meeting on August 4, but Eric Lashley was
able to attend and combined a report of the CTLS meeting with the proposed
TexShare program that was discussed at the meeting. This program would
replace the Round Rock reciprocal borrowing program and would, among other
things, allow Georgetown Library cardholders to have access to academic
libraries, including Southwestern University. Eric presented a draft of the
Georgetown Public Library TexShare Library Card Program policy for review. We
will review this policy and present any questions or concerns we may have as a
Board to Eric next month. Next month we will vote to approve this policy.
Discuss proposed State Aid to Texas Public Libraries Program
Eric also presented a very exciting piece of legislation supported by TSLAC
which, if passed, would give every state -certified library money from the
State of Texas. He urged the need for advocacy to the legislature. At our
September meeting the Board will make a recommendation for our City Council to
support the granting of these funds. In addition, we will develop a
resolution for the State Legislature voicing our support Receiving this aid
will possibly affect our long -teen planning and this is something we need to
discuss further.
Appointmant of two Board members to Citizen's Comami_ttee
Nell received a letter from the mayor requesting two nominees from our Board
for the citizen's committee to do a needs assessment. Claire and Sam had
previously volunteered and were both willing to remain as the Board's
nominees Joe moved and Lisa seconded this nomination and with no dissents
the motion carried.
Revision of La.brary Advisory Board By -Laws
Assistant City Attorney Cathy Riedel responded to Nell's letter from April 17
regarding questions in the by-laws Many of these questions were answered and
the by-laws were revised accordingly. There was one question unanswered about
the term -length for board members. With that one question open, the remainder
of the revised by-laws were approved; Lisa made the motion and it was seconded
by Joe. Nell will ask the city attorney and will then make a clean copy of
the by-laws to present to the September meeting for approval.
Agenda for next meeting:
At Jean's prompting, we resolved to attempt to bring the director's report
back into the meeting as an agenda item. Eric will attempt to make a detailed
list to put on the agenda so that we might discuss the latest "happenings" at
the library.
It will be a busy meeting next month. Included on the agenda will be:
* Resolution about State Aid to the City Council and State Legislature
* By-law changes
* Eric will report inventory stats
* Other options beyond new library (long-range goals)
* Citizen Committee update
* Update on Library Director search (nominate search committee)
Zora moved and Dorothy seconded motion to adjourn meeting at 7:45 p.m.