HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/18/2015 - Regular Minutes - Bryan College Station Library System Advisory Board O MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
BRYAN COLLEGE STATION PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD ••
November 18,2015 j
On the 18th day of November 2015, the Bryan College Station Public Library System Advisory Board of
the cities of Bryan and College Station,Texas met in a regular meeting at the Larry J. Ringer Library,
1818 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South, College Station,TX 77845.
1.President Larry J.Ringer called the meeting to order at 5:20 p.m. and the following were present:
2. ATTENDANCE
Present/Absent #of meetings held #of meetings
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NAME • appointment
Larry Ringer,President I P I 111 102
Mary Joy Venuti I P I 12 I 9
Diane Relctorik I P I 20 I 19 I 1.
Gary Ives A I 11 I 9
1 Terri Gilbert I A 6 I 2 I 0
Mary Fran Troy I P I 6 I 4
Richard M.Cortez,Sr. I P I 6 I 4 g
Tracie Ann Pierce A I 6 + 3 =:
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3. Other guests were Dr.Larry Koeninger,Library System Director; David Schmitz,College Station
Parks and Recreation Director;Joey Dunn,Deputy City Manager Bryan and Laura Mills,Library Adm. t
0. Asst.
4. The minutes of the September 16,2015 were approved as distributed.
5. The statistics for September were reviewed. Dr.Koeninger mentioned that starting October 2015 there g
will be a slightly different format for statistics. October,November and December stats for 2015 will be
reviewed in January 2016. 1
6. In old business,David Schmitz gave an update on the Ringer expansion. He stated that Komatsu will
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make a presentation to the College Station City Council on December 10,2015 and encouraged library t
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board members to attend.
7. There was no new business.
8. Dr.Koeninger's Librarian report is attached
9. At the January 20,2016 meeting scheduled for the Mounce Library,the agenda will include the 1
election of officers. g
10. The meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
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e MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
BRYAN COLLEGE STATION PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD
January 20,2016
On the 20th day of January 2016,the Bryan College Station Public Library System Advisory Board of the
cities of Bryan and College Station,Texas met in a regular meeting at the Clara B.Mounce Library,201
E.261h Street,Bryan,Texas.
1. Vice President Mary Joy Venuti called the meeting to order at 5:19 p.m,and the following were
present: (Note: A quorum was not present)
2.ATTENDANCE
Present/Absent #of meetings held #of meetings
since appointment attended since
NAME appointment 1
Larry Ringer,President A I 112 102 1
Mary Joy Venuti P + 13 10
Diane Rektorik P I 21 20
Gary Ives P 12 10
Terri Gilbert A + 7 2
Mary Fran Troy . P I 7 5 k
Richard M. Cortez, Sr. A 7 4 E
Tracie Ann Pierce A I 7 3 f
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3. Other guests were Dr. Larry Koeninger,Library System Director;Amy Atkins, College Station Asst.
• Manager Parks and Recreation Director; Joey Dunn,Deputy City Manager Bryan and Laura Mills,
Library Adm.Assistant.A guest present was Rachel Masters. '
4. The minutes of the November 18,2015 were approved as distributed,
5. The statistics for October,November and December were reviewed. Dr.Koeninger commented that 4
the people count at Mounce was down;however circulation was higher. He stated that the 3M people :i
counter mechanism may not be accurately recording walk-ins. He distributed the spreadsheet for stats for1,1
database usage. E-book checkouts continue to rise. The Texas State Library may add some databases to II
Texshare.
6. In old business,Amy Atkins reported that Komatsu was working on adding additional parking spaces z
to the original specs for the Ringer Library expansion project. There was no date set for when it will go
to the city council.
7. Since there was not a quorum present,the election of officers was postponed to March, Ms.Mills a
commented that since board appointments from College Station are usually made in late January, it may
be advisable to change the Library Board Bylaws whereby officers are elected in March each year.
8. Dr.Koeninger's Librarian report is attached. 1
9. At the March 16 2016 meeting, the agenda will include the election of officers.Ms.Mills expressed
the pleasure of serving the board and to Ms.Rektorik for the cake honoring her retirement.
10. The meeting adjourned at 6:10 p.m.
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