HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/19/1995 - Regular Minutes - Bryan College Station Library System Advisory Board MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BRYAN LIBRARY BOARD
411 September 19, 1995
1 . On the 19th of September 1995 the Library Board of the City of Bryan,
Texas convened in a regular session in auditorium of the Bryan Public Library
201 E 26th St. , Bryan, Texas at 5: 15 p.m. and the following members were
present:
2. ATTENDANCE
Member Present/ # of meetings # of meetings
Absent held since attended since
appointment appointment
Mrs. Mary Evelyn Tielking, Pres P 8 7
Mrs. Victoria Bienski A 25 21
Mr. Bill Barzak P 7 7
Mr. Neil Bockelmann P 25 19
Mr. Don Gilman A 7 6
Mr. Auston Kerley P 7 7
Mr. David Moore , Vice Pres. P 7 6
Also present was Mrs. Clara B. Mounce, City Librarian and secretary Laura
Mills. Librarians present were Mrs. Nan Ross, Ms. Angela Alford and Mrs.
Dianna Kempcke, new reference librarian.
3. There were no visitors present.
4. The minutes for March and July were approved as corrected.
5. Monthly statistics for July and August for the College Station Library
were noted.
6. There were no committee reports.
41117. In the librarian's reports, Mrs. Mounce reported that the automation
project is ongoing with visits to libraries with similar systems of the
proposed system being beneficial . Ms. Alford stated that business was
good; the driver-clerk position had been filled and a part-time position
was still open. An extension to the circulation desk had been installed.
Mrs. Ross introduced Dianna Kempcke, the new reference librarian. Since
the re-opening, reference'questions were continuing to increase daily.
Two new computers with genealogy programs were very popular but required
one on one training and some time was devoted to that task.
8. There was no unfinished business.
9. In new business, Mrs. Mounce stated that the library reopened on September
6th and a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held September 7th. Some of the
major library improvements included new carpeting, lighting, refinished
furniture and new wall coverings. The fireman's memorial for the front
lawn of the library was discussed. A smoke sensory system for the HVAC
was being installed. The periodical shelving destroyed by the fire is .
scheduled for delivery and installation the last week of September. Due to
the pending trial , further comments regarding the fire are withheld from
this public record.
10. There were no requests for the next agenda.
11 . The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
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Mrs. i°t r y Eve rn Tielking Mrs. Clara B. Mounce
-President City Librarian