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BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY
Burlingame Public Library
Board of Trustees
Minutes
August 16, 2005
I. Call to Order
President McCormack called the meeting to order at 5:34 PM.
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Nancy Brock, Bruce Carlton, Deborah Griffith,
Katie McCormack, Pat Toft.
Staff Present: Al Escoffier, City Librarian
Staff Absent: Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Warrants and Special Funds
The Trustees unanimously approved the warrants after clarification.
M/S/C (Toft/Carlton)
IV. Minutes
The Trustees unanimously approved the minutes of the July 19th
meeting. M/S/C (Toft/Griffith)
V. Correspondence and Attachments
Correspondence and attachments were noted. Trustee McCormack
urged the Trustees to attend the PLS Orientation on September 28th
at the PLS offices in San Mateo. Also noted was a letter of appreciation
for "excellent services" from Burlingame resident David H. Studebaker.
VI. From the Floor
There wefe no members of the public present.
VII. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report- Highlights of Report
1 Online Migration
a. Go Live Date. The online migration is underway and
hopefully the library should be up and running on the new
system Wednesday, August 17, 2005. It's been a rough few
months of training and gearing up for the migration, but
things seem to be very close.
b. PIN Numbers. All patrons will need to get new pin
numbers for their library cards; as their old pin numbers will
not migrate to Millennium.
C. Public Relations. Press releases have been distributed
and bookmarks have been distributed to the public at both
branches
48o Primrose Road,Burlingame,CA 94010-4083
Phone (650) 558-7474'Fax(650) 342-6295'Email:www.burlingame.org/library
�. 2. Children's Summer Reading Clubs - The Clubs have been
popular this year arid we have approximately the same number of
children completing the club as last year, slightly over 650.
3. Personnel - The City Librarian spoke of the several
personnel currently out on extended leave. This is a,loss of 2 FTE
on the sick list. We are backfilling with on call staff.
4. Annual Statistics - A first look at annual circulation
statistics show them up 14% over last year. This is on top of three
steady years of growth averaging 10% per year. More statistical
analysis will follow.
B. Burlingame Library Foundation Report - The Library Foundation
is planning for the Foundation Fundraiser "Birthday Bash" on Friday,
October 7, 2005. Already scheduled are: Walden Marionettes, Magic Dan
and others. There will be opportunities for families to donate to children's
programming for 2006.
VIII. Unfinished Business
Statue Honoring Gloria Barton. The Statue is being fitted to the
base and a bronze plaque has been ordered. We will have a
dedication when the statue is returned from the cabinetmaker.
IX. New Business
A. Employee Achievement Award Task Force
The Trustees appointed Deborah Griffith and Pat Toft as the task
force for selection of the Employee Achievement awards. Katie
McCormack will assist. M/S/C (Brock/Carltonj
B Employee Recognition Dinner Coordinator
Katie McCormack will work with the Foundation on the dinner for
December 4th, Doubletree Hotel.
X. Announcements
A. The Trustees requested a list of phone numbers and addresses,
and e-mail for the Board. The City Librarian will forward this information
to each Board member.
B. Trustee McCormack distributed information on.a Trustees' event
on new technologies to be held at the new Santa Clara City
Library on October 29, 2005, 9:30- Noon.
XI. Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 PM. The next meeting will be
held Tuesday, September 20, 2005, 5:30 PM in the Conference
Room.
Re pectfully mitted,
Alfr' �Escoffie ��
City Librarian