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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BRYAN LIBRARY BOARD
March 15, 1988
1 . On the 15th of Narch, 1988, the Library Board of the
City of Bryan, Texas, convened in an informal session due to
the lack of a quorum in the Library Auditorium at 5x10 p.m,
and the following members were present:
2. ATTENDANCE
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Member Present # of meetings # of meetings
Absent held since attended since
appointment appointment
Ed Madeley, Pres. P 38 38
Mrs. N. Gibson A 38 2�
Mrs. Carolyn Alford P 18 26
Mrs. Mildred Thomas P 18 18
Mrs. Janet LaMountt A 11 7
Mr . Robert Orozco A 4 1
Also present were Mrs. Clara B. Mounce, City Librarian; Mrs.
��� Jerilynn Williams, Associate City Librarian, and Mrs. Laura
��� Mills, secretary.
3. Mr . Hugh Nations was a visitor .
4. The minutes for January were approved as presented by
those present and by written approval from board members not
present.
5. Statistics for January and February were noted.
6. There were no committee reports; however , Mrs. Mounce
asked members to think about officers for the next term.
7. The City Librarian reported on the new book bids awarded
to Baker and Taylor and Bound to Stay Bound. The discounts
are larger than last year with an added 30% discount on video
cassettes— Mrs. Mhunce reported that the Bryan Library will
host a Kurzweil Reading Machine workshop an June J sponsored
by the Texas State Library. She also commented to the Board
that some changes have been made regarding the closing of the
library at 5 p.m, on certain days.
Mrs. Williams announced to the Board that Mrs. Mounce had
recently received her 10–year service award from the City.
8. There was no unfinished business.
9.A Mrs. -MilJiams introduced Mrs. Shirley Edmonds, the new
children 's librarian .
8. Mr . Hugh Nations presented a case for the Board to
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consider; i .e. , lowering the fines on art prints and
sculptures, He also recommended having the library send a
"to be due" notice rather than an overdue notice. The Board
discussed his proposal but no decision was reached and will
be considered at the next meeting.
C. The City Librarian invited Board members to attend the
Friends of the Library Annual Meeting on April 14.
10. Mrs. Mounce reported that the videocassette collection
would be ordered in March and that 90% of the money from the
Arts Council had been received. The Friends will fund $1, 008
to the part-time salary account to help with the video
collection workload,
ll . There were no requests for items for the agenda.
12. The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
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