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ROAR D OFF TRUSTEES
MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1985
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting of September 17th, 1985 was called to order by
President Trustee Nagle at 4:30pm.
Trustees Present : Nagle, Blevins and Mink
Trustees Absent : Harvey and Weatherbe
Staff Present : Mrs. Judy Gladysz, Library Secretary
Mr. Al Escoffier, Asst . Librarian
BILLS:
M/S/C (Blevins, Mink ) unanimously to approve the payment of City
checks in the amount of $17,919.88, and Special Fund checks in the
amount of $832.93.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF AUGUST 20TH, 198S:
M/S/C unanimously to approve the minutes of the August 20th, 1985
meeting of the Library Board of Trustees.
CORRESPONDENCE:
Enclosed in the Trustees packet was a memo to the Director of
Public Works thanking him for repainting the curb on the side/front
area of the Library and telling him that the staff was keeping a record
as to how many cars were using the area for short term parking.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
Trustee Blevins said she was sorry she missed attending the Summer
Reading Club party. Librarian Bergsing said it was a huge success with
Lion President Bill Key, Trustee Joe Harvey, Marine World staff and
animals, and about 100 children in attendance.
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Librarian Bergsing also reported that two permanent part-time
employees, Karen Kott and Joan Giampaoli , had accepted the two full-
time Library Assistant ,11 positions and would be starting their new
tasks on October 1st. She further explained that the other new full-
time Library Assistant I position had not been filled yet .
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None
NEW BUSINESS:
Update on Current Status of Circulation System: Mr. Escoffier
reported that the system had been down for four days and that all of
the data that had been input on "soft back up" had been lost . This
amounted to about 170,000 transactions county wide.
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He said that the Central Staff had tried to run a recovery program
but all of the data came out scrambled. The Directors met on Monday,
September 16th to develop procedures to deal with the lost data. He
reported that the staff is dealing with the public and the problem
extremely well . Some discussion followed.
California Library Association Conference November 16th-20th: Mrs .
Bergsing distributed a preliminary program for the CLA Conference that
will be held at the Oakland Hyatt in November. She said there is a
Trustee's luncheon on Saturday if anyone is interested in attending.
Trustee Nagel said he would very mcuh like to attend and will go on
whichever day Patti finds to be beneficial for him. Mrs. Bergsing
said she would check the schedule and advise him.
Change of November Library Board Meeting Date: Librarian Bergsing said
she would like to request that the meeting date for November be changed
from November 19th to November 12th. She said there is a conflict
because of the California Library Association Conference. She further
explained that it would leave 4 weeks between meetings and that the
staff could post public notice of the change. M/S/C unanimously
(Blevins, Mink ) to change the meeting date in November to November
12th, 1985.
System Advisory Board Orientation Packet : Librarian Bergsing
distributed a packet to each Board member for their information. Some
discussion followed regarding the standardization of circulation
policies.
Mrs. Bergsing called the Board's attention to the letter received from
Pacific Bell , that states beginning on October 1st , all the libraries
in the State of California will be charged for all telephone
directories published by non-Pacific Bell companies. In the case of
the Burlingame Library this will represent an additional cost to the
book budget of approximately $2,500+. In terms of libraries throughout
the State, it will be a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mrs .
Bergsing said an additional irony is that when a customer calls PacTel
requesting information available in non-local directories, the phone
company refers people to thier local public library for assistance.
The California Library Association and librarians all over the State
intend to send letters of protest both to the phone company and the
P.U.C.
Trustee Nagle noted an increase in Branch circulation statistics.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting of September 17th, 1985 was adjourned at 5:25pm with
the next meeting scheduled for October 15th, 1985, at 4:30pm in the
California Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia M. Bergsing
Clerk of the Board
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