By Pitts                                               H.R. No. 703
       74R10967 PFG-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, Susan Mann, the director of the Hillsboro City
    1-2  Library, was recently named the Small Community Librarian of the
    1-3  Year for 1994, and this special recognition is indeed well
    1-4  deserved; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, This prestigious award is presented each year by the
    1-6  Texas Library Association's Small Community Libraries Round Table,
    1-7  whose more than 800 members represent 300 libraries from across the
    1-8  state that provide vital services to communities of fewer than
    1-9  25,000 residents; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, The director of the Hillsboro City Library since
   1-11  1985, Ms. Mann has presided over a decade of rapid growth and
   1-12  innovation at the library, making efficient use of available
   1-13  resources to add 8,000 new books to its holdings, increase magazine
   1-14  subscriptions, and install an integrated computer system that has
   1-15  greatly enhanced the manner in which the library can serve the
   1-16  public; in addition, under her adept guidance, work has been
   1-17  started on an important remodeling project that will bring the
   1-18  library into compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act;
   1-19  and
   1-20        WHEREAS, Recognizing the vital role that reading plays in a
   1-21  child's development, Ms. Mann also is planning for the expansion of
   1-22  services for children at the library with the addition of a new
   1-23  children's wing, a project that is off to a great start through the
   1-24  efforts of the newly formed Friends of the Library group, whose
    2-1  members have already raised $11,000 in support of this worthy goal;
    2-2  and
    2-3        WHEREAS, Ms. Mann is widely respected in her field, having
    2-4  amassed 17 years of experience in the library profession and held
    2-5  numerous leadership posts with the Texas Library Association (TLA),
    2-6  the Central Texas Library System, the Small Community Libraries
    2-7  Round Table, and the Texas State Library; assuming an even more
    2-8  visible role of late, she was recently tapped to represent the
    2-9  perspective of the TLA before the state legislature in a
   2-10  subcommittee hearing of the House Appropriations Committee and
   2-11  served as a leader for the TLA delegation at the association's
   2-12  legislative day in Austin; and
   2-13        WHEREAS, A dedicated wife and mother as well, Ms. Mann enjoys
   2-14  an extraordinarily happy marriage to Art Mann, the editor of the
   2-15  Hillsboro Reporter; the couple also have a daughter, Peggy, who has
   2-16  brought them much joy through her many endeavors and achievements;
   2-17  and
   2-18        WHEREAS, During her outstanding tenure, Susan Mann has
   2-19  transformed the Hillsboro City Library into an excellent
   2-20  institution in which local citizens can take great pride, and she
   2-21  has truly earned special recognition for her continuing
   2-22  contributions in this regard; now, therefore, be it
   2-23        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
   2-24  Legislature hereby congratulate Susan Mann on being named the 1994
   2-25  Small Community Librarian of the Year by the Small Community
   2-26  Libraries Round Table of the Texas Library Association; and, be it
   2-27  further
    3-1        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
    3-2  prepared for Ms. Mann as an expression of highest regard by the
    3-3  Texas House of Representatives.