Library Advisory Board Minutes - 10/03/2023 LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
Oct. 04, 2023
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Marianne Dowdy MEMBERS ABSENT
Kristen Garrison Emily Adams (chair)
Daniel Juarez Amy Bobrowitz
Shunta McFadden Katherine Love
Betty Richie
Blake Jurecek
Jana Hausburg
Librarian's report
In the absence of Ms. Adams, Ms. Hausburg called the meeting to order at 4:35 p.m. Minutes
were approved from July of 2023.
There being no old business to discuss, Ms. Hausburg introduced new library assistant Evan
Villalpando, who told the board a little bit about himself.
Ms. Hausburg then talked about upcoming Fall/Winter programs, highlighting the Eclipse Party
on Oct. 14, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the Holiday Open House on Dec. 2 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Another exciting addition to the library's regular October programming will be the distribution
of a new book, written by library staff, called "I'm Not Scared" —it features library mascots
Booker and Paige and will be given out during the Halloween storytime to attending children.
Ms. Hausburg distributed a new locker policy and talked about how the addition of 14 new
lockers has helped cut down on customers leaving their items unattended.
During the last three weeks, there have been three separate incidents of customers
complaining about library materials. One was in regard to LGBTQ+ materials in the juvenile
collection (no specific titles were given), one was a complaint about storytime transparency,
and the last was a complaint about pornography in an adult book. Since none of the customers
filled out a Materials Complaint Form, there will be no action taken at this time. Ms. Hausburg
asked board members to be thinking about library lovers or First Amendment advocates who
might be called upon to support the library should further challenges be received.
The Board was then taken on a tour of the Lonesome Dove, an exhibition produced by the
Wittliff Collections at the Alkek Library, Texas State University, presented in partnership with
Humanities Texas, the state affiliate for the National Endowment for the Humanities. The
exhibition will be available to the public from August 29 to October 10, 2023.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
In lieu of our next meeting, the board was invited to attend the library's Holiday Open House on
Saturday, December 2, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
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Suhua Huang, Chairperson