HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/15/2005 - Regular Minutes - Bryan College Station Library System Advisory Board MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
• BRYAN+COLLEGE STATION PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD
NOVEMBER 15,2005
On the 15TH day of November 2005, the-Bryan+College.StatiomPublic.Library Advisory Board.ofthe.cities:of
Bryan and College Station, Texas, met in a regular scheduled meeting at the Carnegie History Center, 111 South
Main, Bryan,Texas and the following members were present:-
1.ATTENDANCE
MEMBER Present/ #of Meetings #of Meetings %attended- '
Absent held since attended since in last 6
s appointment appointment months
14i.Larry Ringer,President P 47 44 100
Jennifer Bohac P 6 4 66
Jeanne Mitchell P 24 22 100
Eric Miller. P 23 20 100
James Bradford P 18 9 33
Carroll Johnson A 5 3 66
Katherine Edwards P 3 2 100
Don Scherr P 3 2 100
2. Also present were Mrs. Clara Mounce, Community Librarian; Mrs. Laura Mills, Secretary; Bruce Albright of
the City of College Station:
3. Larry Ringer called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m.
4. The minutes for September 20,2005 were approved as distributed.
5. The monthly stats for September and October 2005.were.discussed.Parking was significantly reduced at Bryan _
due to the street construction which may account for reduced circulation stats at that location.
ill 6. There was no old business.
7. A. In new business, a copy of the Intergovernmental contract between Bryan and College Station was
distributed to the Board Members.
B. Mrs.Mounce provided a handout for stats for the Annual Report.
8. In the librarian's report,Mrs.Mounce stated that the Print Management System for the intemet computers was
working well. The:-next part of the program would be the Reservation Station whereby patrons will use their own
library card to log onto the computers. Bryan and Larry Ringer Libraries will go online for the reservation system
in December.
The Gates foundation has alerted us that the libraries are eligible for free replacements for computers with
software included. The•updatesshould:occur..in.:2006,.
Larry Ringei-nnotified the board-that on March 4,2006,the Friends of the Library will hosta luncheon at Pebble
Creek County Club'honoring:Clara Mounce's.25+y-ears.as Community Librarian.
The library's website and the City of College Station offered an online survey for citizens to comment on
current:and future library services: -
9. Agenda items for the nextmeeting_scheduled for January 17, 2006 at the Larry Ringer-Library include&the
election of officers:
10 The meeting adjourned at 6:20 p.m.\ `
Larry Ringer,President. Clara Mounce,'Community ibrarian
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