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`-- BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
JUNE 15th, 1982
I . CALL TO ORDER:
II . ROLL CALL:
Trustees Present :
Trustees Absent :
Also Present:
III . INTRODUCTIONS:
Lois Kershner - Project Manager for the Automated
Circulation System
Linda Saltzer - Supervisor of Technical Services
IV. BILLS:
City Checks : $265565 . 56
Special Fund: $ 2 ,052 . 31
V. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 18TH, 1982 :
VI . CORRESPONDENCE:
VII . LIBRARIAN` S REPORT:
VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS :
Report on Trustees Workshop - May 22nd - Chairman Fricke
IX. NEW BUSINESS:
Library Budget 1982-1983
Recommendation to Council for PLS Advisory Board
Representative
Request for Supplementary Funds to Purchase Microfilm/
Fiche Reader Printer
X. ADJOURNMENT:
The next regularly scheduled meeting to be held on
July 20th, 1982 at 4 : 30pm in the California Room
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BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MINUTES
MAY 18th, 1982
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairman Fricke called the meeting to order at 4 : 30pm.
ROLL CALL:
Trustees Present : Chairman Fricke , Secretary Weatherbe
Trustees Parsons , Nagle & Hechinger .
Trustees Absent : None
Also Present : Kyin Chleiou, Student from Mills High
School - American Government Class
Mrs . Joy Molder, Assistant City Librarian
Mrs . Judy Gladysz , Library Secretary
BILLS :
Checks in the amount of $14 ,643. 01 were approved to be paid
on a motion made by Trustee Parsons , seconded by Trustee Weatherbe
and carried. Special Fund checks in the amount of $2 , 267 . 49 were
approved to be paid on a motion made by Trustee Parsons , seconded
by Trustee Weatherbe and carried.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 20th, 1982 :
Minutes of the meeting of April 20th, 1982 were approved as
written and ordered filed.
CORRESPONDENCE :
Secretary Weatherbe read a letter, addressed to the City
Manager, to the Board members which complimented the Library staff
for the outstanding job they are doing. The letter was from Rev.
Charles Muldoon of St . Catherine of Siena Church who said he had
been to many , libraries throughout the world but none compare tVtth
the Burlingame Library.
Secretary Weatherbe also read a letter from Avrun E. Pastor,
M. D. of Burlingame who highly commended the Reference staff.
LIBRARIAN' S REPORT:
1982 - 1983 Operating Budget : Librarian Bergsing reported
that -she had met with the City Manager on May 10th to discuss the
Library 's operating budget for 1982 -1983 . She reported that there
will be no new staff for the City of Burlingame, and furthermore the
City was facing the possibility of cutbacks from the State . She
said that the bargaining groups within the City are involved in
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wage negotiations at this time , but she doubted that anything would
be finalized until late summer. She said she would keep the Board
members informed.
Mrs . Bergsing further stated that the City Manager would be
taking the operating budget to the City Council in early June , so
she plans to have a copy of the Library budget to the Board members
by their next meeting on June 1Sth.
Automated Circulation : Mrs . Bergsing said the Joint Powers
Agreement had been rescheduled from the May 18th meeting of the
Board of Supervisors to their May 2Sth meeting. She will let them
know the action of the Supervisors at their next meeting. She
announced that the Project Manager for the Automated Circulation
System had been hired and her name is Lois Kirshner. She said that
Lois is extremely knowledgable about automation and has a great deal
of experience .
Library/Legislator 'Day : Mrs . Bergsing gave an extremely
interesting synopsis of her trip to Library/Legislator Day in
Sacramento on May 7th. She said there is the possibility of
additional cuts in library programs this fiscal year, in order to
eliminate the 2 to 4 billion dollar State deficit. She also said
that the newly remodeled State Capitol is beautiful and very
impressive . She explained that there were a number of librarians
there , however, she believed there would have been more impact on
the Legislators if there had been more Trustees and lay people,
rather than professionals .
Personnel : Librarian Bergsing said that Linda Saltzer, Head
of the Technical Services -Department from Daly City Library, had
accepted the position as Supervisor of Technical Services . She will
begin work on June 1st , and Mrs . Bergsing said that Linda would
attend the next Board meeting for everyone to meet .
Trustee Nagle asked Mrs. Molder about the response to the
ad in the paper regarding the "test" for senior citizens: Mrs.
Molder said she was quite impressed with the responses she had
received and was looking forward to meeting some of the people
that she has spoken with on the phone . She said the announcement
in the paper had generated quite a bit of interest . Mrs . Molder
explained the hiring process for pages and why we had decided to
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consider retired people . Once of her reasons was that "older
people are frequently on a ' fixed' income and cannot earn over a
certain amount , but still wish to supplement their income . Another
reason is that both students and retired people bring valuable
skills to the Library that are quite different . They are both
equally important to the fine service that the Burlingame Public
Library provides":'
Duncan Property : Chairman Fricke said that she had talked
with Ms. Carol Tanzi , Interior/Exterior Decorator that teaches at
the Recreation Center, and Ms . Tanzi would be more than happy to
come and take a look at the Duncan patio to see what she would
recommend in the line of outdoor furniture . Mrs . Bergsing and
Chairman Fricke have an appointment with Ms . Tanzi at 2 : OOpm
on Tuesday, May 2Sth.
Trustees Parsons and Hechinger questioned the cost of
"hiring" a decorator for the project. Librarian Bergsing said
she felt itwas a morerrofessional approach to furnishing the
patio. Mrs. Bergsing also added that any and all expenses would
have to be cleared with Mr. Lechich who is the executor of the
late Mrs . Duncan' s Will , and with the Peninsula Foundation.
Chairman Fricke said she would keep the Board informed
as to the progress .
UNFINISHED BUSINESS :
Reservations for Trustees Workshop May 22 , 1982 :
Chairman Fricke said she has made her reservation to attend the
Trustees Workshop on May 22nd, 1982 , and that she would be reporting
back to the other Board members on June 1Sth.
MISCELLANEOUS :
Burlingame/Hillsborough Library Services Contract : Mrs .
Bergsing said that Dennis Argyres , Burlingame 's City Manager, had
written to Mr. Bob Davidson , Hillsborough 's City Manager, informing
him that the cost of Library services for 1982 -1983 would be up
approximately 13% over the 1981-1982 figures , which is roughly
$82 ,000 . 00 . She said Mr. Argyres is waiting for Mr. Davidson to
reply.
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ADJOURNMENT:
`- Chairman Fricke adjourned the meeting at 5 : 45pm with the
next meeting scheduled for June 15th , 1982 at 4 : 30pm in the
California Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia M. Bergsing
Clerk of the Board
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LIBRARIAN' S REPORT Ig�v
1982-1983 Operating Budget :
The Library' s Budget requests are attached to this report .
They are self-explantory, I think, but if you have any questions
we' ll discuss them at your meeting. So far as I know now, the
Council is planning to discuss and approve the entire City budget
at their regular meeting on June 21st . Councilman Crosby is again
reviewing the Library Budget , but I have not met with him as of this
writing.
Automated Circulation:
All of the jurisdictions have approved the J.P.A. for the
circulation system. Burlingame has sent in its first payment of
$14 ,000 and the second payment will be due in July. We are still
planning on the central site installation in September, with remote
site hook ups (including Burlingame) by December so we can begin
conversion shortly thereafter - we hope. We have invited the
Project Manager, Lois Kershner to your Board meeting, so you will
have a chance to meet her, receive an update, and ask her any
questions about the system. We should be signing the contract with
Geac this month.
Duncan Property:
Chairman Fricke , Judy Gladysz and I met with Ms . Tanzi
regarding the furniture for the patio . After discussion, we decided
to look for the furniture ourselves. We are now in the process of
making plans to go up to the wholesale houses in San Francisco in
the near future. So far, its been almost too cold to sit outside
even if we had the furniture.
Maintenance:
The Library is planning several maintenance projects which
we would like to complete this summer. However, it appears that we
may have to go "out to bid" on one or two of them, so we may not be
able to get the work done as quickly as we had hoped.
We have received several estimates on painting the interior
of the building. All of them are over $6 ,000 . 00 , and the law requires
that anything over $5 ,000 . 00 must go through the formal bid process .
We have also been told by the air-conditioning maintenance
company that one of the condensers on the chiller has a leak and should
be replaced. If this is necessary, the cost for this is over $5 ,000 . 00 .
When the painting is completed we are planning on cleaning
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the carpet throughout the building and replacing some of the worst
worn areas .
Page Tests :
The pages tests given on May 19th and 22nd resulted in a
large response from both retired people and students . Twenty retired
people took the test on May 19th and 43 students took the test on
May 22nd. All applicants form a pool from which Department Heads
may then interview when openings occur in their respective departments .
Page tests are given three times a year in September, February and May.
Outreach:
Warren Wickliffe reported there was a Writer' s Club meeting
on May 27th. The speaker was Patricia Holt , the new book reviewer
for the San Francisco Chronicle. Since she has worked for publishers
in the East and was the West Coast representative for Publishers '
Weekly, she is quite aware of the whole book world and said that was
the aim of her column - not just book reviews . She was a stimulating
speaker.
Barbara Rowe met with the Burlingame Women' s Club Book
~" Review Section on Thursday, May 13th. She introduced a
y potpourri of
new fiction. She reported that the noon hour "Spring Art Series" is
being very well attended. This series started May 6th and continued
through June 10th.
Staff Development :
Joy attended the spring -workshop of the Technical Services
Chapter of CLA at the California State Library on May 25th. The
workshop entitled "Automation' s Impact on Staff and Staffing: Myth
and Reality" covered a wide range of library situations and applications .
Especially helpful were the practical suggestions for the physical and
emotional well-being of staff interacting with the "automation-tool" ,
current practices using automation and how they evolved, and the group
discussion that followed the 5 featured speakers . It was an excellent
workshop.
Judy is attending a "Word Processing" instruction class at
the Peninsula Community Foundation. The classes are a series of
12 hour sessions each, and last until she is completely familiar with
• the operation. The word processor is a software program called the
Super Scribe II that is used on an Apple computer. After Judy learns
how to use it and is certified, she will be able to go to the
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Peninsula Foundation (where the computer is housed) , and use it
whenever there is time available at no charge . The Library has
its own disk-ette that will be capable of storing all of the
information Judy puts in.
Two staff meetings were held on June 3rd and 4th. Librarians
and Library Assistants met Lois Kershner on June 3rd and had an
update on the Circulation System. New staff were "officially"
welcomed to the Burlingame Public Library, and additional topics
of discussion followed, including feedback on the phone system and the
physical rearrangement of the public service desks . Pages met on
June 4th to cover similar topics and to review page staff responsibilities
and needs .
CIRCULATION MAIN BRANCH
Books:
Adult, Non-Fiction 9,675 465
Child, Non-Fiction 1, 333 282
Adult, Fiction 7, 987 1,036
Child, Fiction 1,_860_ 385
TOTAL: 20, 855 TOTAL:--2, dk
Periodicals: 1, 594
Pamphlets (Incl . Maps & Sm. Press: 650 12
TOTAL: 2, 244 TOTAL:
Moving Pictures: ---4q- _0-
Audiorecordings (Incl . Rec. & Cass.) 1 , 161 _0-
Art Prints: 18 -0-
Equipment Loaned: 14 _0-
Slides: 20 -0-
GRAND TOTAL: 24, 361 GRAND TOTAL
Main Total 1982 Circ. : 24, 361 Main Total_1981 Circ. : 28,752 = 15.27 %Decnea-se
Branch Total 1982 Circ. : 2;.6,34 - Branch Total 1981 Circ. : 2, 502 5.28 IncAm6e
GRAND TOTAL 1982CIRC. : � 26.995-t GRAND TOTAL 19°1CIRC. : x,254 13.63 Decnewse
REFERENCE STATISTICS:
Total Reference Questions: 3, 869 ILL Borrowed: 88 GRAND TOTAL OF
ILL Lent: 154 REF. ACTIVITY 4, 111
ILL Total : 242
REGISTRATIONS: AS OF 4130182 ADDITIONS WITHDRAWALS TOTAL REG. . PLS PATRONS TO
Adults: 10,434 346 373 10,407 DATE: 8,026
Children: 1,641 28 32 1,637 Increase of 82
Hillsborough: 4,456 77 53 4,480
*ger Non-Res. Patrons 181 4 0 185
TOTAL: 16,712 455 458 16, 709
ACCESSIONS AND WITHDRAWALS: Added Discarded Total to Date
AS OF: 413QI99 VOLUMES/TITLES VOLUMES/TITLES VOLUMES/TITLES VOLUMES/TITLES
Adult,Non-Fic. : 136, 1.53 - 99,923 94 - 46 51 - 19 136, 196 - 99,950
Child, Non-Fic: 17,693 - 14, 149 33 - 2 18 - 3 _17,708 - 14, 148
Y.A. , Non-Fic: 3, 275 - 3, 125 0 - 0 0 - 0 3,275 - 3,.125
Adult, Fiction: 45,480 - 41, 136 187 - 105 174 - 129 45,493 - 41, 112
Child, Fiction: 14, 162 - 9,966 37. - 0 12 - 2 14, 187 - 9,964
Y.A. , Fiction: 2, 831 - - 2,439 9 - 5 0 - 0 2,840 - 2,444
TOTAL: ?19,594 -170, 738 360 - 158 255 - 153 219,699 - 170, 743
PAMPHLETS ADDED: 106 MAPS ADDED: 2
PAMPHLETS DISCARDED: 95 MAPS DISCARDED: 0
TOTAL: 19,806 TOTAL: 1, 391
RECORDINGS: AS OF: 4130182 ADDED DISCARDED AS OF: 5/31/82
UNITS / TITLES UNITS / TITLES UNITS / TITLES UNITS / TITLES
Disc's: 50499 / 4,909 24 / 17 0 / 0 5, 523 / 4,926
Cassettes: _ 770 / 683 13 / 9 0 / 0 783 / 692
TOTAL: 60269 / 5,592 37 / 26 0 / 0 6, 306 / 5,618
DEPOSITED WITH THE CITY TREASURER: MAIN: 1, 741. 83
BRANCH: 133. 80 TOTAL: $1,875.63
SETING ROOM FEES COLLECTED & DEPOSITED: $ 22,50 TOTAL: $1,898. 13
TOTAL MEETINGS HELD 20 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE 630
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750010 LTBRARY SALARIES 312, 734 2W.671 284,982 24, 134 1x689 ?_7,752
75001 1 LIBRARY E:' F'LOYCE HENEFIT3 t 47, `478 135p652 1351647 12,332 1) 121, 332
_._._750013_._L1HRARY PARTT.IML___.....__ 187,A94 72,23A..____._,..1.7,2s_6` f_ _._J.5.#.26?._ ____03 _15P2,53
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750120 LIBRARY 3PE.CIAL DEPTL .EXPENSE 9063 £3, 4{14 5076 3,t 91 AW 3,228 3,987✓,
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7501 ?3 LIBRARY BINDINGS 7,680 7, 040 4,:317 5112✓ ?- , 7?_3 3, 3631/
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7501,70 LIBRARY UTILITIES 21 , 027 19,272 20, 565 2,14 It 6,/ � � 243 — - - . - '4 6'?
750190 LIBRARY MAINT BLDG R GROUNDS 61-1377 6# 303 5,941. 707✓ 36? 936✓
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MONTHLY OUTREACH STATISTICS
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1.) Volunteer CoordinatorMay 1982
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A. Hours Worked 48
. 2.) Volunteers
A. Number of Volunteers 8
B. Hours Contributed 35
3.) Shut-In Patrons
A. Number of Patrons 20
B. Number of Institutions 6 PLS
C. Patrons in Institutions 75
D. Collections for Institutions 1
4.) Visits for PLS Films Attendance Circulation
A. Bgyyiew,..Convalescent Home
B. Burlingame HaciendaO O
C. Burlingame Retirement Noma 1 22
D• Burlingame Retirement Hama 5
E• Hi llhnvan C'nmrale-c-ent Hnma
F• Peninsula Hospital 1 17
5.) Totals
A. Shut-In Patrons 110
B. Visits Made SO
C. Items Circulated 92
Comments: We have two volunteers who are ill and have not been able to make their
deliveries for four weeks. Liane Quackenbush and I made them Instead. We found
the Mercy Convent to be the most wonderful place to visit. It is quiet and
beautiful. We interviewed two Sisters who are now going on the Talking Book
program. We also tient to Bayview. No Comment. . .
Most of the shut-ins miss their volunteers when they are out ill and so I
feel that we must do a good job of matching up people. We are planning a
thank you dinner for our volunteers on June 25th.
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1.) Volunteer Coordinator
A. Hours Worked 40
2.) Volunteers
A. Number of Volunteers 7
V B. Hours Contributed
C. Number of Visits . —25
3.) Shut-In Patrons
A. Number of Patrons 16
B. Number of Institutions 6
a C. Patrons in Institutions __1,9�
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D. Collections for Institutions -I
4.) Visits for PLS Films Attendance 4tlier`-
A. Bayview Convalescent Home 3 50
�... B. Burlingame Hacienda 2 20
C. Burlingame Retirement Home
3 45
D. Hillhaven Convalescent Home 3 65
E. Peninsula Hospital 2 18
_-F. - Mercy Convent 1 20 Books
5.) Totals
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A. Shut-In Patrons 214
B. .Visits Made 39
C. Items Circulated 110
6. ) Comments In the month of June the Outreach Volunteers as well as one of BPL's
in-house volunteers went out to dinner as the guest of the Friends of the BP library. We
had a wonderful time and Joy and I both feel that the money was well spent. The Volunteers
are a special group of people who give a great deal of their time and ask for nothing, in
return.
Barbara McCann -and- I' have decided that we will no longer send a collection- off LT
reading books to the Burlingame Retirement Inn. All of the people living^are of the physical
and mental level as people living in most domestic situations and consequently -they- come
into the library for their reading material. The movies will continue to be shown as many
as three times per month as the response for this service is good. Pam