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LAKE TRAVIS COMMUNITY LIBRARY UPDATE
. Our new location is
the north corner of the Lohman’s Crossing Shopping Center. A sign is on the
building now.
The hours at the new location are:
Monday and Tuesday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wednesday – Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The phone number for the new library is 263-2885.
I have been emphasizing the “new” but it is also time
to quote the minutes of the Lake Travis Community Library Board. “For
twenty–one years the Lake Travis I.S.D. has permitted the Community Library
to co-exist in the Lake Travis High School Library. They have been gracious
hosts in their support of the Community Library! Board trustees,
administrators and faculty have all assisted in ways too numerous to count.
Over the years, the high school librarians have served as the Community
Librarian. The Lake Travis Community Library would not be what it is today
without the assistance of the LTISD. They have been thanked for their
continuous support and asked to continue the close relationship developed
over the years.” So let us all send our thanks to the LTISD for helping
make it all possible.
Thanks go to all of those volunteers who have worked
for those twenty-one years to make this library what it is today. I rarely
speak to anyone who was in Lakeway those first fifteen years, who does not
mention their volunteer work for the library. So thank you all.
It has been a joint effort by the community to get our
new facility up and running. Remember that this is your library for your
use and enjoyment, and I just hope that you are all thrilled at this new
facility.
Carol Black reported fifty volunteers went to the
library at the high school March 13 and packed all the books (15,000) in
three hours time. This is another typical reaction from people in Lakeway.
Submitted by
Eddy BeckelhymerOur new librarian, Sharon Temple, has been working
hard this month. She is expanding the children’s story hour. There will
be one on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m. and one each second
Saturday at 10:30 a.m., starting on November 12. All pre-school children
are welcome, as well as nursery schools. The
Primrose
School
has been coming to these programs.
Sharon
has many good ideas for the library and will be working with the board to
implement these as well as working with them on the new library building.
She announced that we acquired 32 new patrons in September and that 2631
items were circulated during this time. She also announced that we will
soon be receiving grants of $2,144 from the Lone Star Libraries Grant and
$2,478 from the Central Texas Library System, Inc. Grant.
Dan Pederson gave the end of the fiscal year
treasurer’s report. The document, along with other documents, will now
go to the auditors. The district has received almost $36,000 above the
state’s estimate of sales tax receipts. The district’s revenue is
about $30,000 above the district’s forecast. We now have $21,000 in the
Reserve Fund and $153,000 in the building and land fund.
Ginger Gober, President of the Friends of the
Library, gave an interesting proposal to the board. There is a building at
the 620 Mall, 107 RR 620 North,
Suite
300
, that has just been vacated and would be available for a temporary
location for the Lake Travis Community Library. It is a two-story building
with ample space. The owner seems very eager to have the library there and
has offered to put in an elevator as well as other things that might be
needed. There is plenty of parking available. There is no traffic light
there, but she asked the board to at least consider looking into this
possibility. Mrs. Gober said
that there is a real shortage of space in the High School Library and she
feels that it is time to move. All shelves are full and there is no space
to put in additional shelving. The Friends have been the backbone of the
Community Library for the past twenty years. These dedicated people have
worked hard to make and keep a library for the community and we will never
be able to thank them for all they have done. Mrs. Gober said, "We
need to find an interim space while waiting for a wonderful
building."
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