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Book Storage and
Finances Trouble
Library Board
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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
The Library Board continued to wrestle with finances and storage of books donated to the library.
The library cost $309 more to operate last year than had been appropriated., That didn’t present any serious problem because the library had more funds than had been appropriated, but technically the Library Board can’t spend funds that haven’t been appropriated by the Board of Supervisors.
The board has a choice of requesting an additional appropriation or spending $309 less than is appropriated this year. The board asked for monthly reports of income and its source, spending and its source and anticipated spending.
The storage problem is greater. Librarian Nicki Lynch said three truckloads of books have come in since the Fourth of July book sale. Those books are stored in the basement. Some are chosen for the library’s collection. ' The rest will be Sold at a later sale, but basement storage is a problem. And the books pile up in the staff room waiting to be sorted.
At last month’s meeting the board discussed having a prefabricated building erected on the property for storage. At last Thursday’s meeting member John McCarthy said, “Another building is probably not practical.”
1 Some of the books will be donated to a jail library at White Post. Library Board members will build shelving to hold more of the booksJ
The board formally adopted the “Library Bill of Rights” and a “policy concerning confidentiality of personally identifiable information about library users.”
Mrs. Lynch gave members copies of a proposed fiveyear plan. This consisted of 37 goals. Board Chairman j William Young asked members to look over the list and prioritize it. Mrs. Lynch asked for additional recommendations. i ^ The last five-year plan was adopted in June 1985 and anticipated an expansion of the library at the old site.
Included in the list of goals is providing patron access to the Internet. Currently the library staff has access. It may be possible for citizens at home using modems to gain access to the Internet, but first the board must develop policies of how fees that may result will be collected. Patron access will also require an additional computer and phone line.
Other goals included in the proposed five-year plan 1 are survey the public, turn fund-raising projects over to the Friends of the Rappahannock Library, develop a collection for young adult readers, and begin plans for expansion. ’ ' '
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