BM 2000-10-12 LBWILLIAM T. COZBY PUBLIC LIBRARY
LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES
October 12, 2000
The William T. Cozby Public Library Board of Trustees met in regular session on Thursday
October 12, 2000 in the Board Room at the William T. Cozby Public Library.
1. CALL TO ORDER - The meeting was called to order by Chairman, Carol Ann
Myers at 7: 15. Other board members present were Jeanne Heath, Jane Darling, Douglas
Glantz and Patricia Samms. Staff in attendance were Library Director, Kathy Edwards,
Systems Administrator, Sharon Castleberry and Administrative Secretary, Janet Lance.
2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS - Carol Ann Myers motioned to elect Patricia
Samms as Chairman of the Library Board, Jeanne Heath seconded the motion. Carried.
Jeanne Heath motioned to elect Douglas Glantz as Vice-Chairman, Jane Darling seconded
the motion. Carried. Carol Ann Myers motioned to elect Jane Darling as Corresponding
Secretary, Douglas Glantz seconded the motion. Carried. The new officers are as follows:
Chairman - Patricia Samms
Vice-Chairman - Douglas Glantz
Secretary - Jane Darling
3. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AND LIAISONS - Board members
appointed to Noaheast Texas Library System (NETLS), Jeanne Heath, Patricia Samms and
Carol Ann Myers as representatives.
4. READING AND APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES DATED SEPTEMBER
14, 2000 - Patricia Samms motioned to approve the minutes as read and Jane Darling
seconded the motion. All were in favor and the minutes were approved.
3. CITIZENS APPEARANCES - None
4. LIBRARY MANAGER'S REPORT
Library Operations Update: Connie Moss attended the NETLS meeting in Marshall. We
are currently in the process of wrapping up the FY 99-00 and updating the five year plan.
We have been working on final quotes with vendors for the new system and will soon be
presenting the requisition to Purchasing and to Information Systems. There are plans to
replace the meeting room tables with lighter aluminum frame tables.
The positions for full time and part time librarians have closed, and we will begin the
interview process when we receive applications from Human Resources.
The Rotary club has showed an interest in helping with the Friends of Library Book Sale.
representative from the Rotary Club will contact the Friends to see if they can help them
with the book sale. We have tentatively set aside two Saturdays in January for this event.
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Acquisitions Update - Sharon Castleberry reported that we have the acquisition module
up and running. The adult non-fiction books on tape have all been reclassified and put into
cases. We are currently work on reclassifying the fiction books on tape and the adult non-
fiction videos and then will start on the juvenile non-fiction videos.
Through the McNaughton Lease program we will be getting from 15 to 55 best sellers a
month. We will also be getting 218 books on cassettes titles a year with a companion to the
books we are getting in. We will be starting a new account with a vendor of recorded
books on CD. We will received 50 books on CD up front and then receive 12 best sellers
every three months.
5. RECAP OF PREVIOUS YEAR'S GOALS AND DISCUSSION ON GOALS
FOR UPCOMING YEAR - There was a discussion on the Volunteen program that was
implemented this year. We discussed having the honor students from the high school
participate in a volunteer program. Janet Lance will get in contact with Brett Lacey at the
high school regarding this.
The possibility of forming a Coppell Youth Advisory Council was also discussed. Douglas
Glantz will contact Andi Case who is head of the leadership program at the high school, to
see if there would be an interest in this program. Douglas noted that he discussed this
briefly with Mayor Sheehan at the Boards' Reception.
Patricia Samms will be speaking at the City Council meeting in December. She asked that
the agenda for the November library board meeting include items for, Youth Advisory
Council, the December Board update and board goals for FY 00/01.
Patricia Samms suggested that the board's goal for next year would be to help support
library staff in making plans and implementing projects in the five year plan.
6. ADJOURNMENT - Patricia Samms motioned and Douglas Glantz seconded to
adjourn at 8:25. Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Janet Lance
Administrative Secretary
Approved as written 11/9/00
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