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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
BRYAN + COLLEGE STATION PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD
AUGUST 16, 2011
On the 16 day of August 2011, the Bryan + College Station Public Library System Advisory Board of
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the cities of Bryan and College Station, Texas, met in regular meeting at the Carnegie History Center, 111 S.
Main Street, Bryan, Texas 77803.
1. Helen Kunz, Vice President, called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. and the following were present:
Felicia Glover, Sonia Gangotena, Dorothy Hagen, Helen Kunz, Robert McGeachin and Charles Smith.
2. ATTENDANCE
Name Present/ # of meetings # of meetings
Absentheld since attended since
appointment appointment
Larry Ringer, President A 85 79
Sonia Gangotena P 32 24
Robert McGeachin P 7 6
Helen Kunz P 27 22
Carroll Johnson A 44 25
Dorothy Hagen P 9 9
Charles Smith P 26 26
Felicia Glover P 1 1
3. Felicia Glover was introduced as a new board member from College Station. Other attendees were Larry
Koeninger, Library System Director and Laura Mills, Adm. Asst.
4. The previous meeting minutes of July 19, 2011 were approved as distributed.
5. The monthly stats for July were reviewed. Dr. Koeninger pointed out that the online registration for the
summer reading program was not included in the stats.
6. A. In old business, Dr. Koeninger reported that both Bryan and College Station were struggling with the tax
rates. The budget will not be approved until the end of September, but there were cuts in many line items.
B. Dr. Koeninger reported that he interviewed one candidate for the Ringer Library Manager and two more
are scheduled for August 30.
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C. The Ringer expansion project is scheduled to start in 2013. There are no further updates at this time.
D. Dr. Koeninger has received a bid for the Mounce remodel that is slightly under $50,000. An ADA variance
may be possible if the remodel is under $50,000. However, if the cost is over, other ADA issues may need
updating which will escalate the cost.
7. In new business, the Board agreed that Helen Kunz will continue as the BCS Library System Lay
Representative to the Central Texas Library System. Dorothy Hagen will serve as alternate.
8. Dr. Koeninger’s report is attached.
9. There were no requests for agenda items for the next meeting scheduled for September 20, 2011 at the
Ringer Library.
10. The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
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Larry Ringer, President Larry Koeninger, Library System Director
Library Advisory Board
August 16, 2011
1.Branch Manager
i.Interviews on July 16 and July 30
2.BTOP Grant
i.Computers have been deployed at Mounce.
ii.CS IT department is working on Ringer computers.
iii.Wendell is working on the Carnegie compuers.
iv.Wendell will begin repurposing the old public computers to be used as catalogs.
3.eAudiobooks
i.365 downloads for June
ii.NetLibrary is no longer associated with the eAudiobooks. The current provider is
EBSCOHost. The launch of the EBSCOHost website has been extremely difficult and
resulted in interrupted service. Issues with logging in and downloading titles are
being addressed.
iii.Many of the issues seem to have been addressed.
iv.Recorded Books will launch their own portal soon. The launch has been delayed
due to problems with functions within the portal.
v.174 downloads for July
4.Doak Foundation Grant
i.Delivered July 29, 2011
ii.Request is for funding for online services including TexShare, eAudiobooks, and
individual databases. Funds were also requested for TexExpress, the ILL courier
service.
iii.All databases are system-wide so the funds will be accepted & disbursed by Bryan.
5.Texas Library Association Annual Assembly
i.Planning meeting for TLA committees, subdivisions, and round tables
ii.Planning meeting for 2012 Annual Conference (Houston)
iii.Open to all TLA members
iv.Meetings
1.Leadership Development
a.TALL Texans Institute
i.Mentor two 2011 participants
ii.Changes to 2012 Institute including reducing the Institute by
one day
iii.Ways to encourage librarians in West Texas and El Paso area
to participate
2.Leaders in Libraries
a.Strategies for dealing with funding cuts
3.Public Libraries Division Meeting
a.By-laws revision to Operational Procedures
4.District 3 Business Meeting
a.Plans for fall meeting
b.Areas that the Districts can pick up work previously done by TSLAC