BM 2001-04-05 LB WILLIAM T. COZBY PUBLIC LIBRARY
LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES
April 5, 2001
The William T. Cozby Public Library Advisory Board met in regular session on Thursday
April 5, 2001 in the Conference Room at the William T. Cozby Public Library.
1. CALL TO ORDER - The meeting was called to order by Chair, Patricia Samms at
7:15p.m. Other board members present were Douglas Glantz, Carol Ann Myers, Jane
Darling, Chris Reed and Derek Mosbarger. Staff in attendance were Library Director,
Kathy Edwards and Janet Lance, Administrative Secretary.
2. READING AND APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES DATED March 8, 2001.
The spelling of Carol Meyers was corrected to Carol Myers. Derek Mosbarger motioned to
approve the minutes as amended and Jane Darling seconded the motion. All were in favor
and the minutes were approved.
3. CITIZENS APPEARANCES - Neil Foss, Rachel Williams and Christina Linehan.
4. LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Status of System Upgrade: The staff is currently attending training on the Horizon
System. We plan to be up and running circulation, public access catalog and cataloging
with the new system by the start of Summer Reading Club. Acquisitions and serials will be
fully implemented by year's end.
Texas Library Association Annual Conference - This year the conference was
held in San Antonio. Kathy Edwards will be chairing the conference exhibits for next year,
Sharon Castleberry was elected chair for the catalogue round table. Connie Moss will chair
the conference Audio Visuals. Debbie Brightwell was selected for the Tall Texan's
Leadership Development Program. Debbie is Coppell's first attendee to receive this honor.
5. YOUTH INPUT TO LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD: Christina Linehan, Neil
Foss and Rachel Williams are involved in the Youth Leadership at the high school. They
attended the board meeting to give the board input from the student's point of view.
Patricia asked what ways we could use to identify the students needs. Neil suggested that
their radio station KCBY could inform students of new resources at the library. The
representatives felt that many of the students rely on the Internet for their information. The
students acknowledged that they could not always get needed magazine articles free on the
Internet. They also noted that their microcomputers at home were more powerful and they
did not have to deal with the negatives of filtering. They agreed that the students would be
interested in logging onto the library system remotely in a 24 x 7 environment and get
information from the electronic services that we provide. It was recommended that a
survey of no more than one page of quick easy questions could be distributed to the
teachers to pass out to the students. After we receive the surveys back, the board would
meet with the representatives and have a feedback time. Kathy Edwards plans next year to
spend time at the school libraries and meeting with the librarians to receive input from them.
We would need to clear any surveys with the school district.
6. REVIEW LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD CALENDAR: Board will meet in May
and Debbie Brightwell will be attending to talk about the Summer Reading Program. The
Board will not meet in June and July as previously approved.
7. ADJOURNMENT - Douglas Glantz motioned and Derek Mosbarger seconded to
adjourn at 8:10 p.m. Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Janet Lance
Administrative Secretary
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