BM 2001-01-11 LBWILLIAM T. COZBY PUBLIC LIBRARY
LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES
January 11, 2001
The William T. Cozby Public Library Board of Trustees met in regular session on Thursday
January 11, 2001 in the Board Room at the William T. Cozby Public Library.
1. CALL TO ORDER - The meeting was called to order by Chair, Patricia Samms at
7:07 p.m. Other board members present were Jane Darling, Nancy Lemay, Carol Ann
Myers, Douglas Glantz, Chris Reed and Derek Mosbarger. Staff in attendance were
Library Director, Kathy Edwards and Administrative Secretary, Janet Lance.
2. SWEARING IN OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS - Chris Reed was sworn in by
Chair, Patricia Samms, to serve on the Library Advisory Board as an alternate.
3. READING AND APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES DATED NOVEMBER
9, 2000 - Derek Mosbarger motioned to approve the minutes as read and Nancy LeMay
seconded the motion. All were in favor and the minutes were approved.
4. CITIZENS APPEARANCES - None
5. LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Library Staffing Update: Thach Phan has joined the library staff as a full time
Reference Librarian. The part time librarian position is still open and has been since March
2000. H R will advertise once again. Judi Biggerstaff resigned as Library Manager,
effective January 5, 2001.
Five-Year Plan & Preliminary Budget Input: Kathy passed out the proposed
Five-Year Plan for FY 01-05. Discussion of library needs ensued. Carol Ann Myers asked
if it was possible to use the children' s program room for unsupervised children as she has
received some comments from patrons about the noise in the library. At this time the
program room is not designed for unsupervised children and the library is not staffed to
have a person to supervise the children left unattended.
Status of System Upgrade/Security System: The contract for the new system has been
approved by the City Council. We are currently in the process of finalizing plans for the
project and hope to be converted by the end of April. We will be converting Conference
Room 1 to the server room, due to the increased number of servers. We needed a larger
room to accommodate five servers, a printer and a staff work area.
The old security system has been removed and because of electronic magnetic interference,
we have not been able to install the new 3M system at this time.
6. DISCUSSION & INPUT ON LIBRARY PRESENTATION TO
LEADERSHIP COPPELL - Kathy passed out the information that she will be presenting
to the Leadership Coppell class that will be starting in February. It was noted that in the
year 2000, that the Youth Programs have increased by 90 and an increase of 4,000 in
attendance, compared to 1999.
7. DISCUSSION ON YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL - Douglas Glantz has not
been able to get in touch with Laura Springer, Coppell ISD. Pat Samms gave him the email
address for Laura and stated that he may be able to reach her this way. Douglas Glantz
asked for suggestion as to what we would like the youth to do. Patricia Samms felt that the
one goal she would like to see is better cooperation between the school and the library
board. The youth could be the ones to identify the needs, such as what the students are
reading and want to read, activities they may be interested in at the library, etc. Once the
youths have identified the needs, they will present their report to the library board.
8. ADJOURNMENT - Jane Darling motioned and Douglas Glatnz seconded to
adjourn at 7:55. Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Janet Lance
Administrative Secretary
Approved as written 2/8/01
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