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B U R L I N G A M E P U B L I C L I B R A R Y
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
A P R I L 1 7_t h 1 9 8 4
I. CALL TO ORDER:
II. ROLL CALL:
Trustees Present :
Trustees Absent :
Also Present :
III. BILLS:
City Checks : $13 ,648 . 34
Special Fund : $ . 767 .95
~ IV. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MARCH 20th , 1984 :
V. CORRESPONDENCE:
Post card from Marian Sweeney
, Council Resolution regarding Commissioners
attendance at Board meetings
, National Library Week Proclamation by Mayor
Letter to Ace Roofing
VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
". Bata-Phone Demonstration
V"Fine-Free" Week
'Duncan Patio Project
CALTAC Membership
VII. NEW BUSINESS:
VRequest for Volunteer Program Funds and
Capital Outlay Items
,/Preliminary suggestions for items to be
requested from the Duncan Trust Fund
, Attendance at Volunteer Tea
VIII. ADJOURNMENT:
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BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MINUTES
MARCH 20th, 1984
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting of March 20th , 1984 was called to
order at 4 : 30pm by President Parsons .
Trustees Present : Trustees Parsons , Kriloff , Nagle
and Weatherbe
Trustees Absent : Trustee Harvey , excused for illness
Also Present : Dr. Rosalie O 'Mahony
guy ivl()-Lc1Cl , Asst . (,lty Librarian
Mrs . Judy Gladysz , Library Secretary
BILLS:
City checks in the amount of $12 , 165 . 11 , and
Special Fund checks in the amount of $566 . 40 , were approved
to be paid on a motion made by Trustee Nagle , seconded
by Trustee Weatherbe , and carried.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 21st, 1984:
President Parsons asked if there had been a
motion made regarding a 5 pound box of candy to be given
to a patron who brought back the most overdue book during
National Library Week to which Mrs . Bergsing replied
no , there had not been any motion. The Minutes were
then approved as written and ordered filed.
CORRESPONDENCE:
Mrs . Bergsing distributed the Newsletter from
the City Manager and an invitation from the Recreation
Department for a "Night at the Races" to benefit the
"Save Our Station" fund.. President Parsons said she
was sorry that she wouldn ' t be able to attend anything
until after May because her schedule is so hectic .
The Board members all expressed their pleasure
to Mrs . Molder for the individual letters they had each
received from her thanking them for their generosity
in sponsoring the Patrick Ball storytelling series .
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
Automated Circulation: Mrs . Bergsing said the hardware
problems that the system had been experiencing at the
MINUTES/MARCH 20th , 1984/PAGE 02
Central site had apparently been resolved_ Geac did
�- fly in an engineer from the East Coast to diagnose the
problem because the engineers out here were unable to
find it.
Librarian Bergsing reported that Millbrae and
Belmont had gone on-line as scheduled and that Pacifica
was scheduled to follow suit next week . She said the
conversion was progressing and she reminded the Board
members , with the exception of President Parsons , that
each of them needed to "input" their application information
into the circulation system.
Trustee Nagle asked if there was any luck with
the recruiting process to replace Barbara Rowe and Pat
Harding , and Mrs . Bergsing replied that Mrs . Molder and
Mr . Escoffier had done a job description and they were
in the process of recruiting for the two positions , however ,
no interviews had been scheduled as yet .
L- LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
Duncan Patio: Mrs . Bergsing said that $3 ,000.00 of
Step 3 had been paid to Frank Hunter , but he had been
asked not to install the door into the Library until
the rainy season had subsided. After discussion, it
was the concensus of the Board members to retain Mr.
Hunter as long as he showed progress .
Maintenance Projects: Mrs . Bergsing said she had quotes
to paint the Easton Branch Library ranging from $55 .00
per day to rent waterblasting equipment to $9 , 100 .00
for sandblasting and painting. There was discussion
whether to paint the whole building or just the front
at th- s time .
Mrs . Bergsing agreed to get some additional
quotes for sandblasting and painting as separate items.
Trustee Nagle agreed to contact a painter he knows to
get another price quotation for painting only. After
further discussion the matter was tabled until Trustee
Harvey is available for his recommendation.
MINUTES/MARCH 20th , 1984/PAGE #3
MISCELLANEOUS :
Trustee Kriloff indicated an interest to serve another
term on the Advisory Board for the Peninsula Library
System since his term would be ending shortly. Trustee
Nagle moved that in view of Trustee Kriloff ' s sterling
past performance and his 100% attendance at all meetings ,
that the Board recommend to Council that he be re-appointed
as the Burlingame representative to the Advisory Board.
The motion was seconded by Trustee Weatherbe
and carried unanimously . Librarian Bergsing said she
would- communicate the Board ' s recommendation to the Manager
ailu .uVil�ii .
Dr. Rosalie O' Mahony expressed her congratulations
to the Board on the fine job they were doing, and said
she wanted them to know how extremely important the public
library was to the life and spirit of the community.
She said that if she had been elected to the City Council ,
or if she was elected in the future , she wanted them
to know that the Library would have her full support .
She feels that the Library ranks as a priority right
after police and fire . Trustee Nagle thanked her for
attending the meeting and said he was sorry that Trustee
Harvey was absent.
Trustee Kriloff said he had discussed the issue
of fines for senior citizens with the members of the
Advisory Board and said that P.L.S. has received a federal
grant to hire a consultant to design a questionaire to
help analyze the library needs in each community in the
County. The fine policies will be considered as a part
of that study.
Trustee Nagle viewed the statistics and reported
"WE' RE UP W' . He said everyone concerned would understand
what he meant.
ADJOURNMENT:
President Parsons adjourned the meeting at
`- 5 : 15pm with the next meeting scheduled for April 17th ,
1984 at 4 : 30pm in the California Room.
Respectfully submitted ,
Patricia M_ Bergsing
Clerk of the Board
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La 3RARIAN'S REPORT / APRIL 17th , 1934
AUTOMATED CIRCULATION:
Conversion continues at a consistent rate .
All the adult non-fiction regular and over-size is
within days of completion. The total items of adult
materials converted is 73 ,462 as of April 10th , 1984 .
Conversion has begun in the Children ' s Room and at
the Branch with 980 and 500 items converted respectively.
To celebrate our accomplishment , Mrs . Molder hosted
a. pizza and coke party on Thursday , April 12th for
of conversion. Fiction will be "attacked" next with
a projected date of September 1st for completion.
Patron data is being added to the System daily for
those patrons requesting new and renewed cards . Staff
continues to be trained for conversion and in the
basics of the System for the purpose of patron and
bibliographic searching. Securing the needed additional
terminals is still a problem and forces certain delays
on further training of staff for conversion .
DUNCAN PATIO:
Progress continues on the patio , but also
very slowly. We will have an update on the project
and the payments that have been made to the contractor
for your meeting. Ace Roofing Company has generously
donated all the roofing tile .for the small porch that
leads to the patio . I ' ll have a draft of a thank
you letter for your meeting.
OPERATING BUDGET FOR 1984-1985 :
The Library ' s operating budget was submitted
to the City Manager on Friday , April 13th. The schedule
calls for Department Heads to meet with Dennis sometime
this month. Then the entire City budget will be for-
warded to the Council in late May ; with review,
hearings and Council approval set for June . The Library' s
budget reflects modest increases for inflation , some
LIBRARIAN' S REPORT / APRIL 17th , 19814 / PAGE 2
additional part-time hours to supervise and coordinate
the volunteer program , and maintenance funds for painting
the exterior of the Branch Library.
MAINTENANCE PROJECTS:
We hope you will notice how much better
the front of the Main Library looks . Judy and Jim
contacted a firm that steam-cleaned the front entry
hall , the front door , the front steps and walls and
the arch over the exterior front doors . It is just
it looks now. We are delighted ! ! We may want to
consider doing more of the building at a later date .
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK - APRIL 8th through 14th:
We hope to have a brief report for you on
the results of our "fine-free" week or "amnesty week"
during National Library Week. From all reports , the
public has been very pleased with the experiment .
However , to date , we have not received any great influx
of long over-due materials .
VOLUNTEERS:
A recognition tea will be held for all Library
volunteers on Wednesday , May 9th, from .L4 :00pm to 6 :00pm
in the Community Room. All active Friends of the
Library , Outreach , and in-house volunteers will be
invited and recognized for the hours of time provided
to the Library and giving generously of their time .
The program is growing steadily . The Board is asked
to mark their calendars now to reserve the date ; and
an invitation will be forthcoming.
"THE PROBLEM PATRON"
The P.L.S . Staff Development Committee spon-
sored Mariana Steinberg , M.S.W. in a program "The
Problem Patron" on April 3rd . Ms . Steinberg specializes
in Library Management of the disturbed patron ranging
from the mentally ill person to the angry patron.
Her advice was . specifie and very helpful . The workshop
LIBRRARIAN' S REPORT / APRIL 17th , 1984 / PAGE 3
was attended by approximately 125 staff members from
P . L.S. libraries . An afternoon brainstorming session
was held by administrators of P . L.S. libraries to
develop working tools for writing policies in the
various P.L.S. libraries . Although Burlingame Public
F Library has addressed some of the issues concerning
unappropriate behavior in the Library , a committee
has been formed in-house to further address and develop
a policy to deal with "Problem Patrons " . Once developed ,
the policy will be forwarded to the Board for your
u��siuec a�iv_. anu approval .
REQUESTS FOR FUNDS:
For your Board meeting , we hope to have
ready several requests for items to be purchased from
the Trustees Account . Primarily these include recognition .
for the Volunteer Program , and some office equipment .
We also have some preliminary ideas for requests to
�-- the Duncan Trust Fund .
P.L.S. NEWS
The System Board of Directors agreed to
form a network or consortium of all the libraries
in San Mateo County. This network would then inter-
relate to networks that already exist in the other
counties surrounding the Bay. The purpose would be
to better share and utilize existing library resources .
The P. L.S. System Director , Linda Crowe ,
is seeking funding through several private --'foundations ,
to produce a storytelling TV series for children on
national public television. I ' ll keep you informed
on what success she has .
The P. L.S. Board is planning a "retreat"
in May to address long range planning issues for the
System, or "Where do we want to be in 5 years?" .
If you have any ideas or suggestions , please be sure
to let me know before May 15th .
The P. L. S. Reference Committee is planning
a workshop in May on census publications and statistics .
LIBRARIAN' S REPORT / APRIL 17th , 1984 / PAGE 4
Burlingame is cooperating with the other
P.L.S. libraries in an art book selection and purchase
plan. Each library has chosen several particular
subject areas in which to specialize . We will evaluate
the project after it has been in operation for a year.
We are also discussing the possibility of cooperating.
on the selection of Cal.iforniana.
The System has agreed tc take over the operation
of the San Mateo County Library ' s Delivery System ,
and to consolidate it with the P .L. S. delivery. The
wiii pay ai.i co6Ls assoclaL;-a with Lne service
to their branches , but they will still save money
on salaries and benefits .
C.L.A. :
The California Library Association is planning
its Annual Legislative Day in Sacramento on May 16th.
This is the day when Librarians , Trustees and Friends
`- call on their Legislators to urge adequate state funding
for public libraries . Please let me know if any of
YOU wish to go .
Also , we can not remember what action , (if
any) , that you took at your last Board meeting regarding
membership in the Trustees section of the California
Library Association. Did you decide on a membership
for someone on the Board? He.lp ! !
COMMUNITY INFORMATION PROGRAM:
The computerized Community Information Program ,
which was started and is still administered by P. L.S. ,
but is substantially funded by San Mateo County Social
Services Department , is producing an increasing number
of useful directories These include :
Directory of Children 's Services for Parents
List of agencies that use volunteers
Arts Directory for the S.M. Co . Arts Council
Directory of resources for the Developmentally
.Disabled
Senior Housing Directory
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LIBRARIAN S -:,'_:'Fr_'T_)7 1 APRI'_ 17th , R� / PAGE 5
PERSONNEL POLICIES:
Marilyn Morrison , Library Assistant III
in charge of Periodicals ,is working with Joy Molder
to produce personnel policies on a word processor
for revision and storage for future updating , and
t to analyze further needs . An outgrowth of the study
will not on1-,, ' e an updated perso—el manual for
Administrative use and a visifile for staff use ; but
also a training checklist and training program will
_L_L "Iia Dl c: z 1I i�o continually i'ev1�r1
personnel policies and also assure that new employees
receive a complete orientation.
This study is a graduate project for Marilyn
for which credit is given towards her Masters Degree
in Library and Information Management .
PERSONNEL:
�- The Reference Department has recruited and
interviewed for two part-time positions to fill the
vacancies for Barbara Rowe and Pat Harding. Catherine
Somerton , of the Peninsula Foundation has accepted
one of the part-time positions . Cathy comes to us
with - 18 months at the Foundation , with experience
in microcomputers and reference . We look forward
to her working here at BPL. Her starting date is
April 30th .
The second vacancy has been filled by Brenda
Chavez who is currently employed as a Reference
Librarian at the San Mateo Public Library' s Hillsdale
Branch. Brenda has 1 year experience as a Librarian
I and has been doing various other tasks in the Library
profession since 1976 when she started as a Page at
the San Mateo Public Library. Brenda starts work
at BPL on April 16th . We look forward to having
Brenda join the Burlingame Library Reference team.
Penny Johnson has assembled a new notebook
on Burlingame ; including various aspects of life in
the City. , The notebook is ideal for new residents
or prospective residents , but is also useful for ready ref_ & info .
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STATISTICS FOR MARCH 1984
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f,di 1 t , P.on-i -IL b-U 469 _
Child, Non-Fic_ion 1 ,786 374
Adult, Fiction 7 ,778 1 ,202
Child, Fiction 2 .551 596
TOTAL: 24, 772 TOTAL:2 ,641
Periodicals: 2005 441
Pamphlets (Incl . Maps & Sm. Press: 477 -0-
TOTAL: 2.482 TOTAL: 441
Moving Pictures: 20
Audiorecordings (Incl . Rec. Cass.) 1 - 40
Art Prints: _33
ceuip;nent Loaned : 8
Slides: 40
GRAND TOTAL: 28,761 GRAND TOTAL: 3 ,_082
i'lain io-cal 1&Z$-,i Circ. : 28 761 I•iain Total ly e Circ. : 30,401 = 5.39 ;'Decrease
Branca? Total 1984 Circ. : 3 082 Branch Total 1983 Circ. : 3 301 = �-pDecrease
GRAND TOTAL 1984 CIRC. : 31 ,843 GRAND TOTAL 1983 --IRC: : 337
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REFERENCE STATISTICS:
Total Reference Questions: 4 ,021 ILL Borrowed: 80 GRAND TOTAL OF
ILL Lent: 193 REF. ACTIVITY4 ,294
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RF STRATIONS: ADDITIONS 141THD AVIALS TOTAL REG. PLS PATRONS TO
-`' Adults: 10 ,653 291 334 10 ,610 DATE: 68
Children: 1,634 47 43 1 ,638 Increase of7 , 754
Hillsborough: 4,276 130 54 4,352
Other Non-Res. Patrons 288 12 -0- 300
TOTAL: 16 ,851 480 431 16 ,900
ACCESSIONS AND WITHDRAWALS: Added Discarded Total to Date
VOLUMES/TITLES VOLUMES/TITLES VOLUMES/TITLES VOLUMES/TITLES
Adult,Non-Fic. : 137 , 101- _101 ,488 300 - 242 210 - 111 137 , 191- 1 ,619
Child, Non-Fic: 19 , 194 -' -14 646 13 11 17 - 3 19 , 190- 14 ,654
Y.A. , Non-Fic: 3 ,327 - 3 , 180 2 - 2 -0- - -0- 3,329- 3 , 182
Adult, Fiction: 45 ,467 - 41 , 215 146 - 88 334 - 13 45 ,279- 41 ,290
Child, Fiction: 1531015 - 101538 27 - 16 28 - 7 15 014- 10,547
Y.A. , Fiction: 3,018 - - 2 ) 701 9 - 9 -0- - -0- 33 0
TOTAL: 223 , 122 - 173 , 768 497 - 368 589 - 134 223 ,030- 174 ,002
PAMPHLETS ADDED: 94 MAPS ADDED: -0-
PAMPHLETS DISCARDED: 7 MAPS DISCA'DED: -0-
TOTAL: 21 ,723 TOTAL: 1 ,477 '
RECORD I P:GS: ADDED DISCARDED
UNITS / TITLES UNITS / TITLES UNITS / TITLES UNITS / TITLES
Disc' s: 5,710 / 5,247 33 / 22 -0- / -0- 5 ,743 / 5 , 269
Cassettes: _975 / 941 5 / 4 -0- / -0- 980 / 945
-TOTAL: 6 .685 / 6 ,188 38 / 26 -0- / -0- 6,723 / 6 , 214
:EPOSITED WITH THE CITY TREASURER: MAIN: 1 , 134.84
BRANCH: _ TOTAL: $ 1 ,, 226.09
`c.ET I NGG ROOM FEES COLLECTED & DEPOS I TED: $ 50.00 TOTAL: $1 ,,276 .09
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BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MINUTES
MARCH 20th, 1984
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting of March 20th , 1984 was called to
order at 4 : 30pm by President Parsons .
Trustees Present : Trustees Parsons , Kriloff , Nagle
and. Weatherbe
Trustees Absent : Trustee Harvey, excused for illness
Also Present :, Dr. Rosalie O 'Mahony
Mrs . Joy Molder , Asst. City Librarian
. Mrs .. Judy Gladysz , Library Secretary
BILLS:
City checks in the amount of $12 , 165. 11 , and
Special Fund checks in the amount of $566 . 40 , were approved
to be paid on a motion made by Trustee Nagle , seconded
by Trustee Weatherbe , and carried.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 21st, 1984 :
`- President Parsons asked if there had been a
motion made regarding a 5 pound box of candy to be given
to a patron who brought back the most overdue book during
National Library Week to which Mrs . Bergsing replied
no , there had not been any motion. The Minutes were
then approved as written and ordered filed.
CORRESPONDENCE:
Mrs . Bergsing distributed the Newsletter from
the City Manager and -an invitation from the Recreation
Department for a "Night at the Races" to benefit the
"Save Our Station" fund. President Parsons said she
was sorry that she wouldn ' t be able to attend anything
until after May because her schedule is so hectic.
The Board members all expressed their pleasure
to Mrs . Molder for the individual letters they had each
received from her thanking them for their generosity
in sponsoring the Patrick Ball storytelling series .
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
Automated Circulation: Mrs . Bergsing said the hardware
problems that the system had been experiencing at the
MINUTES/MARCH 20th, 1984/PAGE #2
Central site had apparently been resolved. Geac did
fly in an engineer from the East Coast to diagnose the
problem because the engineers out here were unable to
find it.
Librarian Bergsing reported that Millbrae and
Belmont had gone on-line as scheduled and that Pacifica
was scheduled to follow suit next week. She said the
conversion was progressing and she reminded the Board
members , with the exception of President Parsons , that
each of them needed to "input" their application information
into the circulation system.
Trustee Nagle asked if there was any luck with
the recruiting process to replace Barbara Rowe and Pat
Harding , and Mrs . Bergsing replied that Mrs . Molder and
Mr . Escoffier had done a job description and they were
in the process of recruiting for the two positions , however ,
no interviews had been scheduled as yet.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
Duncan Patio: Mrs . Bergsing said that $3 ,000.00 of
Step 3 had been paid to Frank Hunter , but he had been
asked not to install the door into the Library until
the rainy season had subsided. After discussion, it
was the concensus of the Board members to retain Mr .
Hunter as long as he showed progress .
Maintenance Projects: Mrs . Bergsing said she had quotes
to paint the Easton Branch Library ranging from $55 . 00
per day to rent waterblasting equipment to $9 , 100.00
for sandblasting and painting. There was discussion
whether to paint the whole . building or just the front
at this time .
Mrs . Bergsing agreed to get some additional
quotes for sandblasting and painting as separate items .
Y01 Trustee Nagle agreed to contact a painter he knows to
get another price quotation for painting only. After
further discussion the matter was tabled until Trustee
Harvey is available for his recommendation.
MINUTES/MARCH 20th , 1984/PAGE #3
MISCELLANEOUS :
�-- Trustee Kriloff indicated an interest to serve another
term on the Advisory Board for the Peninsula Library
System since his term would be ending shortly. Trustee
Nagle moved that in view of Trustee Kriloff ' s sterling
past performance and his 100% attendance at all meetings ,
th_•.t the Board recommend to Council that he be re-appointed
as the Burlingame representative to the Advisory Board.
The motion was seconded by Trustee Weatherbe
and carried unanimously. Librarian Bergsing said she
would communicate the Board ' s recommendation to the Manager
and Council .
Dr. Rosalie O'Mahony expressed her congratulations
to the Board on the fine job they were doing , and said
she wanted them to know how extremely important the public
library was to the life and spirit of the community.
She said that if she had been elected to the City Council ,
or if she was elected in the future , she wanted them
to know that the Library would have her full support .
She feels that the Library ranks as a priority right
after police and fire . Trustee Nagle thanked her for
attending the meeting and said he was sorry that Trustee
Harvey was absent.
Trustee Kriloff said he had discussed the issue
of fines for senior citizens with the members of the
Advisory Board and said that P. L.S. has received a federal
grant to hire a consultant to design a questionaire to
help analyze the library needs in each community in the
County. The fine policies will be considered as a part
of that study.
Trustee Nagle viewed the statistics and reported
"WE' RE UP ! ! ". He said everyone concerned would understand
what he meant.
ADJOURNMENT:
President Parsons adjourned the meeting at
5 : 15pm with the next meeting scheduled for April 17th ,
1984 at 4 : 30pm in the California Room.
Respectfully submitted ,
Patricia M. Bergsing
Clerk of the Board