HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/16/1991 - Regular Minutes - Bryan College Station Library System Advisory Board MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BRYAN LIBRARY BOARD
July 16, 1991
1 On the 16th of July , 1991 , the Library Board of the City of Bryan,
Texas convened in a regular session in the Library auditorium
at 5 : 05 p .m. and the following members were present :
2 . ATTENDANCE
Member Present/ # of meetings # of meetings
Absent held since attended since
appointment appointment
Mrs . Ragna Tolson P 19 19
Mrs . Victoria Bienski P 1 1
Mr . Carl Bisor A 6 4
Mr . Neil Bockelmann P 1 1
Mr . Randy Booher P 6 4
Mrs . Celeste Hurley P 1 1
Mrs . Elaine Vance P 18 18
Also present were Mrs . Clara B . Mounce, City Librarian ; Ms . Alice
Nixon, Associate City Librarian, and Mrs . Laura Mills , secretary .
3 . Visitors were the Bryan and College Station Librarians : Judy Duer ,
Glenda Duncan, Catherine Ezzell , Kathleen Hannan, Mary Henshaw, Ann
Moore and Nan Ross .
4. The minutes of the May 21 , 1991 meeting were approved as presented.
5 . The statistics for May and June, 1991 were reviewed. June showed an
overall increase of 13% between the two libraries . The number of
videos circulated increased due to unlimited check-out .
• 6 .A The nominating committee report was discussed . Ragna Tolson was
nominated for the position of president, Carl Bisor for Vice-
` President . Neil Bockelmann made a nomination from the floor for
Elaine Vance as Vice-President . Ragna Tolson was elected president
and Elaine Vance, vice president .
B .The By-Laws Revision Committee report presented proposed by- laws .
Changes made were concerning time and date of regular meetings .
A motion was made and seconded to accept the proposed by- laws . The
motion carried .
7 . In the librarian ' s report, Mrs . Mounce stated that the Summer
Reading Club activities had hit an all -time high in attendance. As
of this date, the librarians had registered 200 more children than
last year . She reported that the data conversion project is on-
going and that in the near future Central Texas Library System
will take the floppy disks and add the information to the Union
Catalog, a catalog of holdings of other libraries in the system.
The City librarian mentioned that the funds from the Bernath Legacy
and sale of the old Eagle building may be considered for use in
automation of the library . Mrs . Mounce stated that she had
requested funds in the 1991-1992 budget to hire a part-time clerk .
in the College Station budget proposal , a request has been made to
extend the two part-time clerks to full -time.
8 . There was no unfinished business .
9 . New board members, Neil Bockelmann, Victoria Bienski , and Celeste
Hurley were introduced . Mrs . Mounce briefly oriented the members
as to their role on the library board.
• 10 . There were no requests for items for the agenda.
11 . The meeting adjourned at 6 : 45 p.m.
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Mrs . U4dped Thomas G' r�( To Clara B. Mounce
President City Librarian