BM 2014-10-09 LBWILLIAM T. COZBY PUBLIC LIBRARY
LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES
October 9, 2014
The William T. Cozby Public Library Advisory Board met in regular session on Thursday, October 9,
2014 in the board room of the William T. Cozby Public Library.
1. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chairman, Wednesday Foster at 7:02
p.m. Other board members present were Emily Nance, Thomas Dwyer, Stephen Charters, Janet Koester,
Marilou Schrimshaw and Karla Tabor. Youth Advisors Nicole Crumpler and Sujal Manohar were also
present. Staff in attendance were Library Director, Vicki Chiavetta and Sr. Administrative Technician,
Kim McGrath.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 REGULAR BOARD
MEETING: Emily Nance moved to approve the minutes and Janet Koester seconded the motion. All
were in favor and the minutes were approved.
3. CITIZENS APPEARANCES: None
4. LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
• Workload Indicators: Circulation decreased 1% overall while eBooks has seen a
significant increase. There continued to be a large increase in WiFi usage while the
demand for physical computers decreased. Early Learning stations have been very
popular this year.
Vicki discussed the eBook upgrade. She also said the library is exploring the possibility
of sharing collections of eBooks through Cloud Link with the Euless Library and a group
of six other local libraries which would be very cost effective.
The library is getting ready to add a redundancy fiber line so if one line should go down,
internet usage would still be available.
Vicki spoke about Gale Courses which is now available online. She also stated that
RefUSA has been replaced by AtoZ databases which allows for more downloadable
information.
• Programs: Vicki congratulated Sujal Manohar on the success of Career Close -Up Day
which drew 45 people. Tea Time had a record 48 people attending the event. The Coppell
Reads programs are in progress with the Coppell K-9 program scheduled for October
18th.
5. LIBRARY BOARD BYLAWS APPROVAL: The Board discussed changes made to the
Library Board bylaws. Thomas Dwyer moved to approve the changes. Karla Tabor seconded the motion.
All were in favor and the bylaws were approved.
6. LIBRARY BOARD AGENDAS: Vicki explained the new format for the Board agendas which
begins in January. All City departments will be using the same format.
7. LIBRARY EXPANSION UPDATE: Vicki said that a company would be here to take boring
samples around the property. Finance will be working on the bond sale at the next council meeting. The
CRDC approved the pre -construction contract with the CMR. Vicki discussed relocating to the vacant
Fire Administration building.
8. YOUTH ADVISOR'S REPORT: Sujal gave an update on the Career Close Up Day held at the
library on September 20t' which she organized. There were 45 participants who came to hear 9 different
people talk about career choices. Nicole discussed the book exchange at Coppell High School.
9. FRIENDS OF THE COPPELL LIBRARY REPORT: Karla reported the Friends Group held
their monthly meeting and organized committees to work on fundraising, publicity, membership and
grants. She spoke about fundraising ideas and money received from the sale of books. Another book sale
is scheduled for January 10'.
10. LIBRARY BOARD GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: Vicki reported that FY13/14 goals have
been met.
11. ADJOURNMENT: Chair Wednesday Foster adjourned the meeting at 7:48 p.m.
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Jane oester, Library Board Vice -Chair
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Kim McGrath, Sr. Administrative Technician
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