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"YEAR OF A THOUSAND STARS"
DENTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
ANNUAL REPORT FY L9 9_Q 91
On April 17, 1991, during National Library Week, the American Library
Association sponsored "Night of a Thousand Stars", a day-long celobr&,.ion of 1i
reading and libraries, We think this event epitomizes the quallLy of service
provided to the community by the Library Staff this "Year of a Thousand Stare."
With the same staff and with the usual financial constraints, the Board and Staff
of the Denton Public Library applied creative and energetic measures to maximize
service without increai.ed library budgetary support and provided the community
with a year of successful programming and quality service.
Our "Year of a Thousand Stars" was a huge success thanks to the efforts of
the entire library staff, community volunteers and businesses, Friends of the
Library, and the Denton Benefit Leagues
Adult Services staff actively provided timely, accurate, and useful
information by answering 490215 reference questions for community
residents, an increase of 298 over last year's statistics. Linda
Touraine organized the Library's first "Night of a Thousand Stars" for
Adult Services programming. As a result of her efforts, Ray Stephens,
Shirley Cothern Barrett, Linnie McAdams, Dr, Harold Perry, Eddie
Hansford, and Dr, J. Don Vann read passages from their favorite books
to tho audience, These six speakers provided an evening of innpiration
for us all, and made our job of providing quality service really
worthwhile. Adult Services staff also retrieved 1,055 books through
interlibrary loan for library patrons and placed on reserve 5,369
bestsellers and other books of high-demand,
Technical processing staff headed by Carol Weller, with teamleader
Jan Treater, cataloged, processed and adddod 12,536 new materials to our
collection, Circulation staff, with team loaders Mary Ann Hanna and Marilyn
Williams, circulated 836,303 items (an increase of 15%) of current high-
demand, high-Interest materials in a variety of formate for persona of all
ages.
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The Youth services Staff incorporated the theme "Kids Who Road
Suroeed" and stressed the important connection between reading and success 1
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and the importance of parents and children reading together, by presenting
774 programu to 16,694 children. They registered 2,113 children in graded
ki.ndergarton through six for the Summer Reading club and awarded 1,125
certificates to children who rend 10 books. The Youth Services staff also
sponsored three RIP (Reading is Fundamental) book distributions at the
Library. With a $1,000 donation from The Friends of the Library and a
$3,000 gift from the Office of Education, 2,000 books were purehaaed and
given to children, RIF books wore also distributed at the Martin Luther
King Center Health Fair, and at the Phoenix Apartments where 600 books were
given to children, The Annual Bear Parades were hold despite inclement
weather and were attended by 103 children who received certificates fron,
Mayor Bob Castleberry. Youth services staff ended the summer with a special
program held in the Civic center where 310 children attended.
Project RF7AL {Reading Enhances Adult Life) helped 42 adults
fulfill their dreamn by learning how to read. 35 volunteer tutors
provided inatructiono for adults in the Library's Literacy Program.
When the program for FY 1990/91 was not funded, The Friends of the
Library donated $1,000 for materials and Project REAL continued for the
year. Undaunted, Carol Weller wrote two grants for the Literacy
Program for 1991/92, Seth grants were funded, and we received
approximately $37,040. These monies will fund one 20 hour Project
Coordinator, one 20 hour Clerk, and one 10 hour Library Assistant,
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Volunteer hours increased thin year by 22% providing us with
approximately 2,005.25 hours of quality service in all segments of
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library operations, t
The Friends of the Library added $3,493,00 to the Library Foundation
from their boo): sale.
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The Administrative staff processed 11460 memorial transactions and
5092 order slips for new gift materials, A Combined effort from all
Library staff resulted in a total of 1':4,916 library
patrons
en increase of six percent, with 20)877 or 20% more people lvisitingtour
Library than did last year, it was indeed a year of a thousand stars)
The following community businesses supported the summer Reading
Club thin yearn MoDonalde, sonic, Shoney e, Clack-Fil-,., Jack-ln"t
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sox Pizza But, Taco Buono and Putt.-Putt Calf,
The Denton Publishing Company, David Krause Douga, Golden Distri-
buting Company, Denton Regional Medical Center, First State Bank and
Jostens all became corporate members of The Friends of the Library and
have provided additional funding for the three major projects which
Friends supportud this years Reading is Fundamental, the Literacy
Program, and the Infotrac Computer,
As the volume of patrons and activities increased, ao did the deterioration
of the present facility, Renovation began in earnest, with now carpet and wall
covering placed throughout the building, excluding the Administrative offices
which were recarpted in 1990. It should be noted that business went on as usual
even while the reearpeting was in progress, Most of the Library Staff came in
on Sundays and helped with the moving of furniture, shifting of books, and
reshelving under the coordinated efforts of Mary Cresson and Bruce Mergele,
Library Staff members worked on the recarpeting project for approximately 150+
hours, The community picked up our enthusiasm and through donations from The
Friends of the Library, a slanted literature displayer, a multiplex four-sided
displayer, two art display bins, &nd a compact disc displayer were purchased,
The Children's area received a complete uplift as wall, The Friends of the
Library purchased a new aquarium, a beautiful stained glass mural of a teddy bear
reading a book, it new curtain for the puppet stage, and all new blinds for the
windows. An autoharp was also purchased, an well as a new sound system and
speakers by the Denton flenefi.t League for use during Childron's programming,
Members of the Library staff received many henore throughout the year,
Martha Edmundson was awarded the contract to write the manual for
the 1992 Summer Reading Club for the Texas State Library, She also
served as chair for the Children's Round Table for the Texas Library
Association.
Eva Poole was chosen as a Library Professional Delegate for
District 7 to the Texan Conference on Library and Information Science.
She was also chosen as an outstanding Young Woman of America for 1991.
Interviewed by Pat Colonna from the Denton Record-Chronicle, a feature
story appeared about Eva in the January 23, 1991 Community chronicles
I section. Eva was also a guest on Linnie McAdams' television program
"Denton County Line" and was chosen to be in Emily Cunningham's
"Professional Business Woman's Collection for 1991."
Nelda Nance and Linda Touraine received awards for having perfect
attendance for 1990,
Robert Treater, Nina oionet, Nelda Nance and Neidl Henington
received a letter and gold pen from the City Manager for quality service in
Children's programming.
Professional Librarians attended various seminars, annual
conferences and workahops to enhance their skills and heighten their
awareness of other library organizations,
Robert Wood, our Cuntodian, in spite of pa, still does his job
admirably and also acts as a courier between City Officoo,
As the sire and scope of the Ltbrary's services grow, the present library
building has reached functional Capacity, and there is a critical lauk of space
in each department. Building of the new branch library at Tanelsy Lane and
Lillian Miller Parkway has become a reality that many interested oltizens will
be working on with the Library staff to accomplish in the 1901s.
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DiScovot' the NOw World of neadim+'r
1992 Texas F~eadIng ClUb Underwl~, ;y.fersomrl and 1,1u'~al udreohtr,s rr.art 1.hildr<n and cI wufcs abundiurl i:, woods around (lie
and caregivers who omnucilmle in II)e 1992 '[cx r,, I'nmily home. Ile drew cu rte ,oily and linpered Iris
Reading Club, Dsc:o -erthe New IVOil( of m.ctrlrrr!. luoln Willi piciures ttnd ske!ches of alrlrnstls and
will input fro ill i I w HA CI ii It it n's I,hqund Tah(c birds, Ile received his dgvec from the Rhode
and librarktns from icross 'ic,eas ill( 'I cxas slitT Islitnd Sehool or Ocsivn and evils influenced deeply
Library is preparing inr next slm)mrr'.•fi,orncy in-o by his study of the grcal l wstsrs while on it special
the exciting world of rending. fellowship in Italy,
Vikl Ash•Cleisler and Alarih,t l:d (ndson arc Known for his cmcfully dclailed color washes
the authors of the program mmind lbr llnc'tme~ ' die ,nut line dram ings, Mr. Kellogg ilhtsiratcd over
New Worhd of 80011 i;, Viki is the ("omdinalnr nr eihhly picture hooks, hwoly ol'wliich he also wrotc.
Children's Services a the ( mIms C''rris(r Public Ile rceeived (lie 1989 Itc ~inri Medtil from the
i Librnry and the edi',rr or the ChIldicns Roiwd CwholiciAbraryAssociallonlorfilscontrlbu(kmsto
Table newsletter I,hc SM'cd nn the NOVI crl childreu'S literature, 1 alts rcrifly I)MSiouale ahout
Award Comm! tce it, 1990 ntrd is curiclilly sOrvi ig drawing and storylellinp. 1 lave. Mull I'm doing, '
oil life Texas Bluchonnet Amid Conrntillec. I find an ehoilions rinrount or excitemeniIrld
Martha ridillundsolt i; a Youth Serviccs Alf-m-lail w colitcnlnrcnt wi(h the develu ~tlrerU of each new
the Emily Vowler Puhlle library in Dorton and Illw honk, I bore that I bring to children both it sense of
Chair of (lie Childr(n's Rourtef'i't'hie, n4tulha has fan andascnscorll(eritlule.' IA)raricsondchildren
emonsive expcrlenc~ as n music litctruclor and aeross 'I'cxrts will het that i~~nsc of coming and
puppeteer, talents she Inclodes In llhrmy devotion to children's liter] ire from the artwork
programming for ehlldron, for IW.worcrffic, New 111ml( r,lrrn;.
1'hc focus of the nrairlial is an c plorution or the
world around us thrwigh hooks, II includesseparnle
clraplcrs ortprogrruns for IodJlc]~s, preschoolers and ~~»=K~.~.~,.~w.~..
elcmentaryagcchiidreit,Toddle rsand Ilie iririirculs Texas neadIng i 'ib Updato
W111 explore "sell'•co ]ccpl" will] story(ilrres nboul
eyes, curs, and hands, while hicschoalers c]~111 Ile on life lookout for -60 Rclaillig
tfli(overtlrelvurldufhncky,trdnninrulssu1:husttricc, C Iu1) order forms will ill be rpililetf (o
lizards and spiders, C:hfldren in the elemcrWip, ptr ilikorde pIihraricSromptly !it 1o C
!ptcmhcor. Iibr to
tirades will trek around the globe investigtiting rain will eel cvesli 11 l nof0;. your library
IUrCStS, VOiCIinOCS, detiertti (Intl ItlUllrlttlinti. will I'CCIYetillfflCfelll (Illilntitl(i (1f J)%1'('l11'Cr(;'r~~ f~r(~iV
!1!vrld of lZrrrdGrgI]osters, bookmarks, reading logs,
The whole family can cnihark oil it reading ccriifictrtes and program r]i'lawils.
Journey to explore the world Oil hikes, (I 1kcs, cars,
tralm, ships, airpllules and rockets in a clraplcr I,ibrttrics lhiit rimiiar ;is in the vidu C, (lie
entitle, "]runilly O~lyssgy," 'Chc haptcr, it rnrau•l+rcrcl pro~rnui are ltsked to calultteI}t
"Apprentice Advenluros", sgives su lle c onsI' 'migrant, 'I he %91 evuluutioo forms will Ire
inellxlingntiddle scluuil titudenls tts voluatecrs, )4,(
Irlcludcd with life order furrrt for the 1992 '1'exus
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those readers who wish to go beyond the basic IlendingC;loh,
rending cltlh, t)icy n]tty go "]bound the 1Vorid in OuemlonsobowdicTeausRC;1ditlgCubinnybc
Seven Continents" with Slops ttt Such places liS (Ile dirccted to Vicky Crosson (512) 463.6624 or Mile
Serengeti file Amazon, Ja tau and the lifted Down Murray (5 12) 463.5,148,
Under, Viki and Martha ulsci ofrer praelical tips oil
p1linning and publiciri]tg your trading club wiih
ppublie service unnounccmcnls, games, bulletin
hmrd ideas and library displays, E; r j
Slcvcn Kellogg, well-known for bls hunurrous U
Illummllions of t'irokcrton the Clrea( Dane and Sf ? 11991
Jilntmy's boll, will eie,He the .u Icvork frrr the posler, I ;
bookmtirks, cerliflemos tied rcadirm, Ines. A nrrtieic yzlr, , ~Jr
of Corulecticrth,5levcnpmr a1)lIm iul,thcnirinrrls f PItYMANAW <UWr.
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X ahrJDultaaMorn lnQktrlu4 Wednesday, September 11, 1991
LEWISVILLE/DENTON _ _
(3'dritS Safe adU literacy Cv ` program
Denton library gets federal funds for materirrds, two part-time workers
13), 'T'ony Hartzel Edueation Deportment but did not Tho program currently tutors 40
sgilt{'drerolfheDiln'Moth heNews receive any federal grant money people. Wlih ho grant money, tpeople
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[ANTON - The Ernlly Fowler thepast two years, Ilhrarlan saidi ns many as SB
Public, Library will be able to con, The program coordinator and could Improve their reading skills
time; ad adult literacy program for hor assistant were working'strlctly this year,
_ benign residents this fall thanks to as volunteers Instead of being paid,
f uw Q9,dUcatlon Deportment, And they wero still puttingIn 40 on a waiting list fnrdtuturs. The two
'lire library received more than hours a week,"•sliesald, part-time staffers will be hired after
$3x,* from the Education Depart. Project REAL helps Denton Oct. 1, when the gran goes Into of.
n4atG:in August, said librarian Mary adults reach fourth-grade reading fool.
Cri4snn. Tho money; In the form of levels with the help of ono-on-ones All tutors are volunteers, A
Iwu'granis, will pay for materials tutoring. Miss Cresson said $9,500 of Irahting session for potontlal tutors
and two part'tlme positions In this year's grant money will help is will be held Saturday at Texas
Project REAL, or Reading Enhances adults reaoh olghth.grade reading Woman's University, The glass will
Adult 141 to. levels. Those students also will be begin at 8 e.m, in Room 105 of the
Miss Cresson said the program qualified to take their high school Union Building and will lost until 5
started in 1987 with the help of the equIva Iancy test. m.
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OUTREACH PROJLCT REPORT
August 311 1991
Submitted by Martha Iidmundson
The Denton Public Library Outreach Project ended August 31, 1990. In
actober i990, RSVP opened a Literacy Center to provide tutoring for children
ages 6-42, Of the 21165 materials that had been used by the Outreach Project,
744 items werr_ left at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center to oe used by
the RSVP Literacy Center, only books were loft as the Literacy Center was to
be a reading room with no circulation of materials. All video and audio
cassettea, duplicate titles and books for very young children were returned to
the Bmlly Fowler Public Library. The mobile shelving units were left to house
the book collection. i
In order to better serve the Literacy Center's targeted group of ayes
6-12, library staff agreed to substitute materials from the Emily Fowler
Public Library for Literacy Center materials from time to Lima to bring that
collection In line with the needs of Elie partiolpants,
on February 12, 1991, 79 books were taken to the MLK Center from the
Library. Those titles included a list: of titles requested by the Literacy
Center, 115 books were returned to the Lmily Fowler Public Library on
February 12, On March 51 1991, 44 books were taken to the Literacy Center,
An effort was made to Include the Literary Center children in the RIF
(Reading is Fundamental) distributions,
I)enton Parks and Recreation staff, RSVP Litc:ra,ay Cunter staff and Library
staff +ooporatad to involve children from the MhX Recreation Center Action
,its in the Summer Heading Club, The Literacy Center was to be open two day,
a week during the summer for action site aliildr.en, The Library provided
summer reading club materials, 'twenty (20) children rrom the action site were
involved In the Summer Reading Club,
'rho RSVP Literacy Center served a total of 595 children f.roin October 1990
through May 1991, It was open two afternoons a week, The RSVP Literacy
Center will reopen on September 4, 1991,
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