The staff

at the Peachtree City Library is looking at some heavy

work days coming up.

The

transfer to a new computerized catalog system is coming

next month, and the thousands of books in the library

will have to be given bar codes, one book at a time.

It was

suggested at the Sept. 8 Library Commission meeting that

the facility may have to close for a couple of days so

that staff and volunteers can get the job done quickly

without hindering residents.

"It'd

be an inconvenience for patrons" to try and stay

open, servicing the public and making the changes at the

same time, according to city leisure services director

Randy Gaddo.

The new

system is scheduled to be installed the first week of

October, after every other library in the region has been

serviced. The computers have already been delivered and

are waiting for installation.

All of the

appropriate cables and lines have been put in place

already, staff reported, and all should be operational by

late November. Bar codes have to be on all of the books

Both

catalog systems will be used simultaneously for a brief

time, as books checked out under the old system will have

to be checked back in under that system as well before

they can be converted to the new system.

The Library

Commission suggested having a grace period with no fines

so that stray books can be rounded up as quickly as

possible. That is being considered by the staff.

In other

library news, staff reports that comments from the

ongoing computer classes are mostly good. There is

currently a waiting list of more than 160 for the

classes, with six computers now in use.

Library

technology director Jill Kuhns laid out the costs for

getting six more computers in and having the classes at

full capacity. The Library Commission decided to use

enhancement fund expenditures to get that done

immediately.

Christopher

Clark moved to spend the $6,157.94 necessary for

completing the project. David Satterthwaite seconded, and

the motion carried unanimously.

All items

in the library's budget for the upcoming fiscal year are

intact, Gaddo reported. There were no changes since the

previous budget meeting, and the City Council approved

the entire city budget last week as is.

Library

Commission chair Marie Washburn made new appointments to

various committees Wednesday night, beginning with the

placement of Satterthwaite and Cynthia Helmick on the

By-Laws Committee.

Clark and

Julie Oldenburg, the two newest commissioners, were given

spots on the Finance Committee as well as the Library

Policies and Procedures Committee.

Washburn

pointed out that this was done because they would be

serving on the commission the longest, since the bylaws

limit commissioners to two terms apiece.

Washburn

and Satterthwaite comprise the Public Relations

Committee. Washburn said that she was not trying to shirk

any committee duties by just being on one, but her term

ends in May and she felt it better to have to be replaced

in so many areas when that time comes.