HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 9, 1962This report is ds, ted the day e?ter my etoea.,,~nc= ~t the d4stric%
conference in Richfi~ld.
'-~ ~elkEn~ Et over wit!:: Zosrd members, we .-~ecEd~'-' u.:~;.t T :.ou!d
7,~,r e~. ht.:~ bec ·
attend s half ds7 of the conOerenos, . ~ ~ , ~ ~ - -
I o~rived at the library on 7Otb ~:.~d Uicollet at 2 :C0 ~ " I
t~.e ·
The meetin~s were ~eld in '- bsseme.at
At 2:00, Xr. Gardner c~lled the meetLag to order and ~ntroiuced tko
s'}esker for the next h~m~ ~xour, Nr. uormac 8uel, ~ trustee of the
Dacoos,-~cott uount/ ~,eg~onal librPry. One of the :~f~st t'-i~': ti'st
l.lr. Sue! said was that oeoole~:'et s loar~ra!n~ .,~en the,~ ~:et~ service
from a eubl.~c l~br~ry inasmuch '~ tN.e tax levy aoses?,~R for 5ubltc
t~brar!es ~s iust 2-'5 m~lls ss over a~s~nst 75 m~lis for the
schools.
He stated further that the trustee's duty ~s to set t'-~e
to o~}erate the l~bra~r. He should be we!~-~.c.~u~,~_~ed w~ti-: _
under x%~ch his t~brsry operates. Ne then enumerated four areas
,~n_c~ the heard member should be sctbTe--Re should o=t-~elicy,
personnel, provide ~or sdeouate f~nanc~n6, end account fop funds.
~- ~r~e~ly on = ~ct~vLtLes
:.,:~ss Ers.ha Stadler of Owatonna u.:en s-ooke '~ ' ~ th ....
of LZbrary week. She ~t.steJ u~.~:t sccoPd~n~:'.., to the results ,.rich
now h~d ~u hep of'ice, F~' communi~' o .
' ' =~' :'~ut ~':~ ~oL].!hosrd~ There were ~= 0CC
bad c~t'.tzen's coY;mt]tees, .~' - · ---,
p~eces of advert~s~rng nptter F,a~e !oc~.l!y.
z:oo ~moNs ~::oke on the !e:!'~° ..... ..... l' (, ~-'
t~ct~oate ~,hetne or not tbe~ had ~Rv~tat~ons eo
t'-~e levy fFora ~_ts now e..~ur..t:~el', 3o,., le, rei to ?:t least ,- r: or
cLtLes.
2. 0bta~n s I mill lev7 lop buildLn~:
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~Ccu. ulON. of exio~ .... 7: .... ~ ' '
.... ~ OO:~lu m.~:: .... :~0 deatc~te u:...emselve$ to servLce,
We oleo ur?ed ~,.~:.~.t - '~tee' ~,~-=~' ,,
Education, F.tn~nce,-': ~ion ?.z? clic:~.
Then, .... e ~n 5'oee.ker o u,: e s.. ~ernc. on, flr FrEtz Leu~'- ·
in-+'-' ,' the _..~rmea ~o~is 2u~!ic l,ibrar~r toolt
~' l~ oeo 0~
~- "~ :rovi4ed the listeners w~un -
the s-?eaker's sub. nd. ~-.~ . - - .....
PeoOmm.~l!d ed ~
uoo~ and ::,roceeded to discuss book selectzon in
.... ti:et it is a
five end six hunureds. He thinks, as ! do, ..............
to buy fad books which have a short Pul of_ ~3o'.3u!sr~tv_ .; end
~iatheP dust on the shelves. He mentioned book ~le~t_c_ nel
which the h[Nllea./ - ......
The V~r~ni8. :'~r~n_ls l~st ~'~ ~ .~.~ ~] -- v.
.......... , e ~eck~..c~,- Book .~e~ie,., Index, :.~. .
?ub!!c ~!brary-Bra. ncl0 News, The Chicago -ubtlc Library-~ook Euilet!n,
the Library Journal, and the :, l.. A 2ook List :or,-::'o~e~rz-n titles
he mer. t~oned : Britf~sh Zoo~s,_ Poohs of the month, and ~'~-:.~,e >.~rlo~:=' =icai~
Ne 7, tso talked about, ged,tier/_ l:ooks on a'::troval ~rc, n-~_,u:.~l:~hers,.