HomeMy WebLinkAbout050179 - "May/1979"LIBRARY BOARD MEETING: MAY/1979
DISCUSSED
THE LIBRkRIAN' S REPORT WAS READ AND VARIOUS BUDGETED MATTERZ REGARDING THE NEW
READING ROOM.CONRAD SCHYdENKE MENTIONED A PRUJECT REGlRDING NEWS -PRINT SOLD TO MILL AS
MUNEY MAKING PROJECT.THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY IBTERESTED HIGH- SCHUOL STUDENTS WHO
REPORTED THAT THE NAME VOTED UPON FUR THE DOWNSTAIRS LIBRARY W,A. S "THE BUX ". AHEATH KIT
i'Yr9S FRUPUSED BUT IT WAS DECIDED THAT FOR 1'Ha5 TIME AND E14ERGY INVOLVED IT WAS NOT A PRACTICAL
CHUICE.BEVERLY IS INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF SECURING ONE AS A TRADE.
PHYLISS HUPECK, A STAINED GLmss artist attended the meeting she addressed the
BOARD WITH A PROPOSAL'INVOLVING HER PARTICULAR SKILLS.SHE REQUESTED THE BOARD'S PERMISSION
'TO PURSUE THE PROSEECTUOF.A GRANTWHICH WILL FUND DESIGNING,CRAFTING AND TH•E INSTALLATION
OF STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN THE UPSTAIRS AREA OF THE LI& ARY.SLIDES OF HER PREVIOUS
COMMISSIONS WERE SHOWN AND THEN DISCUSSED. AS A GROUP THE BOARD VERBALIZED THEIR AP PRE_
CIATIUN OF MISS HvPECK'S TALENT AND CAPABILITY.THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LIGHT FACTOR
AND HOW STAINED GLASS MIGHT AFFECT DAYLIGHT IN THE LIBRARY.IT WAS EXPLAINED BY PHYLISS THAT
CLEAR GLASS COULD L,BE:= ANIINTRAGALr ,R&RT;iOFl,TEEE DES IGN.SIM.FLE PATTERN S ANDLIGHT COLORS WOULD
HELP ALLOW SUFFICIENT DAYLIGHT FOR READING PURPOSES AS WELL.ALTERNATE WINDOWS ARP: ANUTHER
CUNSIDERATION,
THERESA GOLDSMITH BADE A MOTION THAT PHYLISS INVESTIGATE THE 1-OS61BILITES OF
SUCH A GRANT AND REQUESTEDl�SOME PRELIMINARY SKETCHES THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FUR TaS
LIBRARY. THE BOARD AGREED.
THE LIBRARY DRAGON 'TOOK FIRST PRIZE IN THE MONSTER CATAGORY IN THE PET
PARADE DURIBG THE RHODY FESTIVAL.
A,A.J�QUkc�IFjD.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WILL BE DISSCUSSED AT THE NEXT MEETING. THE BOARD
SUBMITTED BY SEC :ELEANOR NELSON