HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 1992.11.17 BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MINUTES
NOVEMBER 17TH, 1992
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting of November 17th, 1992 was called to order by President
Cannon at 4 : 30pm.
Trustees Present: Benson, Cannon, Robertson & Taylor
Trustees Absent: Blevins
Staff Present: Mrs . Patti Bergsing, City Librarian
Mrs. Judy Gladysz , Library Secretary
Mr. Alfred Escoffier, Asst. City Librarian
Guests: Marti Knight, Burlingame Resident
BILLS•
M/S/C (Taylor/Robertson) unanimously to approve the payment of City
checks in the amount of $32 , 300 . 77 , payment of the Trustees Special Fund
in the amount of $1 , 119 . 50 , and Duncan Funds in the amount of $1 , 102 . 43 .
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 20TH, 1992:
The minutes of the October 20th, 1992 Board meeting were approved as
written and ordered filed.
CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS:
All correspondence and communications had been mailed in the Board
packets with the exception of the thank you note from Librarian Bergsing
and the letters from the 5th graders at McKinley School . Secretary Taylor
read the thank you note from Librarian Bergsing and the letters from the
5th graders were passed around for the Board to read.
REPORTS:
Librarian's Report:
Librarian Bergsing said she had talked with City Manager, Dennis
Argyres, regarding the Ripley Report. Dennis explained to her that the
Ripley Report would be one of the items on the Agenda at the Study Session
for City Council in January. There was some discussion regarding the
issues.
President Cannon asked to be kept informed of the status of the Geac
upgrade. Brief discussion followed.
There was some discussion regarding Info-Edge, the new fee-based
business reference service now being offered by the San Mateo Public
Library.
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System Advisory Board Orientation - President Cannon:
President Cannon reported that the SAB will be meeting with the South
Bay Cooperative Library System. She said they are planning a Forum to
meet with different Library Friends groups . President Cannon said the
next meeting will be held at Burlingame on November 30 from 4-6pm.
CLA Conference Reports - Patti & Al :
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Librarian Bergsing and Assistant City Librarian Al Escoffier and
several other staff attended the California Library Association's
Conference in Long Beach over the weekend of November 13th. Librarian
Bergsing gave a brief overview of what the Conference had to offer and
Assistant City Librarian Al Escoffier reported on the workshops he had
attended.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
a. Final Draft of the Long-Range Plan: Librarian Bergsing asked if
the Board had any questions regarding the final draft of the
Library's Long-Range Plan. Trustee Robertson said she thought
the final draft was fine. The other Board members concurred that
it was well done and that Al had done a beautiful job on it.
M/S/C (Benson/Taylor) unanimously to accept the final draft of
the Long-Range Plan as presented. Brief discussion followed.
NEW BUSINESS•
a. Holiday Schedule for 1993 :
M/S/C (Robertson/Benson) unanimously to approve the 1993 Library
holiday schedule with notation that if budget constraints prevail after
the 1993-94 budget is approved, the Board may change the holiday hours to
reflect more closures as needed.
FROM THE FLOOR:
Trustee Robertson voiced some concerns about the weak structure of
the Friends group. She said she feels that there should be more
publicity, etc. Librarian Bergsing said it is a priority of Al's to
establish a better, stronger Friends groups and it is also in the Long-
Range Plan.
ADJOURNMENT•
The meeting of November 17th, 1992 was adjourned at 5 : 35pm with the
next meeting scheduled for December 15th, 1992 in the Duncan Annex.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia M. Bergsing
Clerk of the Board
PMB/jg
11/19/92
NOVEMBER
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