Library Advisory Board Meetings

Library Advisory Board Meeting Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 Boyce Ditto Public Library 2300 SE Martin Luther King, Jr. St. Mineral Wells, TX 76067 940.328.7880 Attending: Troy Stone (Chairman), King Hayes, Gerald Warfield, Coralee Beasley, Marilyn Rhodes, Jeri Calcote, Lori Schmidtke, Nelda Glover, and Library Manager Louanne Noel. The meeting was called to order at 6:32 pm by Chairman Troy Stone. The minutes from the January 2018 meeting were approved with one correction, the Friends of the Library abbreviation changed from FBOL to FOBDL. Lance Howerton (City Manager) was not available for the City Manager’s report. Chairman Troy Stone had no report. For the Archival and Digitization Committee, Troy said he had Joe Dover look at a spreadsheet of the Weaver Collection and note what has been uploaded to the UNT Portal to Texas History website and what has yet to be added. Dover will also categorize the county items. Troy said the Palo Pinto County newspapers will be added using a June grant they expect to receive. Coralee Beasley said they also expect a $1,000 grant in July. Troy sent DVDs of 33 scanned Mineral Wells yearbooks to the portal to be added. If they can be used, the charge will only be $3 per item for the upload. If not, the cost goes up. Mary Alyce Buckner said the Friends of the Library will meet next Tuesday (Feb. 20) @ 6:30. They have set their Spring Book Sale for March, setting up on Thursday, the 8th, with the sale running from Noon, Friday, March 9, to Noon, Saturday, March 10. She expects they will also plan a Spring appreciation luncheon for staff. Lori Schmidke reported close to $5,000 in donations for the Imagination Library project. She said they need about $13,000 to begin the program. Mary Alyce advised her to call Janice Ellis to report the actual amount so the FOBDL can file their nonprofit tax forms. The Library Manager’s report recapped community meetings she’s attended, addressed facility and staff issues, and detailed January programs. Noel discussed the genealogy materials and their ultimate disposition. She plans to monitor their use for the next year or so before making an educated decision about what to do with them. She is working on the annual report this month and said, as a result, her report for the next board meeting might not be so detailed. With no old or new business to discuss, the board adjourned at 7:25 pm.