HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 1981.09.15 BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MINUTES
�- SEPTEMBER 15th , 1981
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting of September 15th , 1981 , was called to order
by Chairman Fricke at 4 : 30pm.
ROLL CALL :
Trustees Present : Chairman Fricke , Trustee Nagle , Trustee
Hechinger, Trustee Weatherbe and Trustee
Parsons
Trustees Absent : None
Also Present : Miss Marsha Weatherbe , Daughter of Trustee
Weatherbe
Mrs . Joy Molder, Assistant City Libi ..:ri.an
Mrs . Judy Gladysz , Library Secretary
BILLS :
City checks in the amount of $34 , 8S3 . 84 , were approved on a
motion made by Trustee Nagle , seconded by Trustee Weatherbe and carried.
Special Fund checks in the amount of $696 . 05 , were approved on a motion
made by Trustee Nagle , seconded by Trustee Parsons and carried.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF AUGUST 18th , 1981 :
Minutes of the meeting of August 18th, 1981 , were approved as
written and ordered filed.
CORRESPONDENCE :
Secretary Weatherbe read a letter from Judith Kojetin
commending Alfred Escoffier, Head of the Reference Department , for the
assistance he gave her in researching a periodical article .
Secretary Weatherbe also read a letter from Librarian Bergsing
to Mr. J. William Lawder and Mrs . Anne Fletcher regarding the Marie
Crandall Lawder Memorial Fund. The Board members regarded the Memorial
Fund as an extremely thoughtful "living memorial" for Mrs . Lawder.
Chairman Fricke asked if any of the books had been purchased for the
Easton Drive Branch with the donations from the fund. Mrs . Bergsing
replied that donations were still coming in, and, no materials had yet
been selected.
LIBRARIAN' S REPORT:
`. Computerized Circulation :
Librarian Bergsing distributed sonic brochures on the G .E .A.C .
computerized circulation system to the Board members . She said that
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the City Librarians and the City Managers , from the Cities in the
Peninsula Library System are going to meet for an update on cost
figures and a report from the evaluation team on why G .E .A. C. was
�- chosen. The meeting is scheduled for September 24th , 1981 , at the
Burlingame Public Library. There will be a demonstration of the
G.E .A. C . System at that time .
Mrs . Bergsing said that San Mateo City was still undecided
about which system they preferred. The are considering several options .
She said that the County however, is hoping for an answer, from the
Cities , by the end of October, or early November. She said she would
go into further detail , with more facts and figures , at the October
Board meeting, and hopefully , a Board recommendation could go to the
City Council in time for their first Council meeting in November.
Trustee Parsons asked whether the City of Burlingame
would still be considering purchasing their, own system rather than a
shared one with the County . Mrs . Bergsing said she did not know what
the Council was considering at this time , but to "go it alone" would
cost somewhere around 5100 , 000 . 00 more, in start-up costs, than if we
participated in a shared system.
�.. A special meeting was discussed and Mrs . Bergsing said she
would be in touch with each of them after she had cost figures from
G. E.A. C . , and from the County.
Communications Study :
Mrs . Bergsing said she was still trying to put together some
specifications for a new telephone system. She is meeting with Mr.
Cooks from San Mateo County , and a representative of the Telephone
Company, on Wednesday, September 23rd, to try and finalize the phone
arrangements .
Programming :
Trustee Nagle asked about how the Book Chat had progressed
at the Main Library. Mrs . Molder responded by saying that they had
picked up three new members . Those that were attending said they did
not object to meeting at the Main Library though they preferred the
Easton Branch . Most of the participants seem to have cars and were
able to come to the Main Library.
�.. R.L . I .N .
Mrs . Bergsing explained that a check drawn in the amount of
$23 , 000 . 00 , made payable to Stanford University, was not entirely for
Burlingame ' s cataloging fees for 1981- 1982 . She said that $8 ,000 . 00
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of it would be reimbursed to Burlingame from Menlo Park , and that
$5 ,000 . 00 would be reimbursed from Daly City . $10 , 000 . 00 was
Burlingame ' s share of the deposit for cataloging-on-line fees for
this fiscal year .
Trustee Nagle said that he had spoken with two Branch
patrons that preferred the evening hours at the Branch rather than
being open 6 days per week . Mrs . Bergsing said she 'd heard that also.
There was brief discussion about considering changing back to the
evening hours when daylight savings time is in effect again next Summer.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS :
None
NEW BUSINESS :
Mrs . Bergsing reported that one of the condensers on the
chiller needs to be replaced as reported by Commercial Air Conditioning
Company . She said she had received a quote of $4 , 880 . 00 to do the
repairs , however , she is going to check with another company to be
sure the replacement is really necessary, and report back at the next
Board meeting.
Librarian Bergsing also reported that the City 's Engineering
Department had been in contact with her , and they have located a company
to install the sump pump by the Community Room. Hopefully this will be
done by the time the rains start , and there will be no leakage in the
Community Room this Winter. However, we are still not sure that this
will take care of the problem.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 5 : 03pm, with the next regularly
scheduled meeting set for October 20th, 1981, at 4 : 30pm in the
California Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia M. Bergsing
Clerk of the Board
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