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Board of Trustees Agenda _
October 17, 2006—5.30pm
480 Primrose Road—Library Conference Room
SUGGESTED ACTION
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. WARRANTS & SPECIAL FUND Approval
IV. MINUTES Approval
Library Board of Trustee Minutes September 26, 2006
V. CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION Information
A. Insurance Valuation
B. Book Sale Summary
C. Events Calendar
D. Lions Plaque for Easton
E. Charette Boards
F. Letter: Donation to Washington Parish (Louisiana) Library System
G. August Statistics 2006
-T. FROM THE FLOOR (Public Comments)
VII. REPORTS
A. City Librarian's Report—Escoffier (Power Point) Information
B. Foundation Report- Escoffier Information
C. Centennial Report- Escoffier Information
VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS -
A. Employee Achievement Awards Status - Toft, Griffith, Poland Information
B. Employee Recognition Dinner/Entertainment Discussion
IX. NEW BUSINESS
A. Ergonomic Book Drops Discussion/Approval
B. Authors Luncheon & Bus Information Discussion
X. ANNOUNCEMENTS
XI. ADJOURNMENT Adjourn
BURLiN6-AME
Board of'Trustees Minutes
September 26, 2006
I. Call to Order
President Toft called the meeting to order at 5:30pm.
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Nancy Brock, Deborah Griffith, Pat Toft
Trustee Absent: Bruce Carlton, Katie McCormack
Staff Present: Al Escoffier, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Warrants and Special Funds
The Trustees unanimously approved the Warrants. M/S/C
(Griffith/Toft)
IV. Minutes
The Trustees approved as Written the minutes of the August 26,
2006 meeting. M/S/C (Griffith/Toft)
V. Correspondence and Attachments
Summer Reading Program - Sue Reiterman, Children's Librarian,
sent a letter of congratulations, along with a list of those students
who completed the program, to the principals of participating
schools. Participation of students from Washington School increased
157% over last year.
VI. From the Floor - No one from the public attended the meeting.
VII. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report - Highlights of Report
- 1. Launch of New City Website - Library staff members
.have been actively working on the Library's portion of the new City
Website and will have it ready for the Citizens' Group review
beginning on September 25th. The site address for the Library will
remain the same: www.burl.ingame.org/library.
2. Fall Children's Programs Underway - The Children's
Department has increased its programming to 7 story hours per
week. Story times will continue to be held at both Easton and the
Main Library and are funded by the Library.Foundation.
48o Primrose Road Burlingame-California 94010-4083
Phone(650)558-7474'Fax(650)342-6295'www.burlingame.org/library
3. Interlibrary Loan and Direct Loan Statistics - In
regard to an inquiry by our City Librarian pertaining to statistical
counting procedures, we will now be able to count renewals the same
as check outs. This is an important decision in the Library's favor as
it increases the circulation statistics by 30%.
4. Library Annual Report - This report is a yearly
requirement of the State of California and consists of compiling
specific Library statistics in accordance with criteria determined by
the State.
5. Burlingame Library Building Anniversary - The year
2007-marks the 10th anniversary of the Library's occupation of the
"new building". The Trustees may wish to consider ways to tie in the
Library's celebration with the City Centennial Year of 2007-2008.
B. Foundation Report
1. Fall Book Sale - Dates for the book sale are October 6th
through October 8th. Jim Cannon is Chairman of the event.
2. Foundation Website - The website address is www:
burlingamelibraryfoundation.org/library and is up and running. The
website is presently a "work in progress". Each board member will
soon receive his/her individual user name and login password for
access to restricted (board only) areas of the site.
C. Centennial Report - At the last meeting, a final list of events
was given to committee chairs. Friday October 13th, committee
members will meet with architects to discuss the possibility of a
permanent monument in recognition of Burlingame's 100 years.
VIII. New Business
A. Change of November Meeting Date- The Trustees
unanimously passed the motion to change the November meeting
date from November 21, 2006 to November 28, 2006. M/S/C
(Griffith/Toft)
B. Cancellation of December Board Meeting - The Trustees
unanimously passed the motion to cancel the December Board
meeting due to lack of official business. M/S/C (Toft/Griffith)
C. Library Holidays 2007-2008 - The Trustees unanimously
passed the motion to approve the Library Holidays for the year
2007-2008. M/S/C (Griffith/Toft)
D. Employee Achievement Awards Process - Trustees Toft and
Griffith will review the letters from staff recommending employees for
this year's achievement awards. Sidney will prepare the President's
letter and the form for these awards and give them to staff by
October 3rd.
Library Board of Trustee Minutes 2
September 26,2006
�. E. Staff Recognition Dinner - Trustees, Toft, Griffith and
McCormack and some members of the Foundation Board will plan
the festivities for the event. This will include meeting with the
contact person from the Doubletree Hotel.
F. ' Dinner Entertainment- Manuel Caneri and Vicki Machado
will be asked to plan the evening's entertainment.
IX. Announcements
A. High School Layoffs- The City Librarian attended the San
Mateo Union High School District Board meeting on September 21 st.
The Superintendent of Schools stated that due to budget problems,
it would be necessary to lay off a combined total of 55 teachers,
librarians and maintenance staff.
B. Trustee Absence - Trustee Brock noted that she will be
unable to attend the November Trustee meeting due to travel plans.
X. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm. The next regular meeting will
be held October 17, 2006 in the Conference Room at 5:30pm.
M/S/C (Griffith/Toft)
Respectfully Submitted,
Alfred H. Escoffier
City Librarian
Library Board of Trustee Minutes 3
September 26,2006
BMLONO ME 6, 2006
�. TO; Larry Anderson, City Attorney
FROM:Al Escoffier, City Librarian
RE: property Insurance for Library Collections
Attached please find the-Inventory of Library. Collections-with the costs
attached. We used the value given to us by you from page 12 of the
Lexington-Public Entity Property Insurance Program.
Using these figures the following Values were determined:
Main Library Collections: $ 13,909,313.00
Easton Branch.Collections; $ 458,728.00
Grand Total all Collections: $ 14,368,041.00
These figures are for collections only and'do not include Furnishings, '
Fixtures or,Equipment.,FF&sE figures. could be determined by the cost of
FF&sE for the 1997 Remodel of the Main Library and the FF&sE for the
2004. Easton Remodel. Since a number of"antique" pieces from the
1930's were redone for each project, this would not show by taking only
'the cost of FF&sE for both projects, but would likely be higher, since
quarter-sawn oak furniture from the original building, etc. was refinished
and reused.
If you have,any questions, please let me know. The figures are as of
October 6, 2006 from our online catalog statistics from PLAN (Peninsula
Library Automated Network.) "
48o Primrose Road•Burlingame•California 94010,-4083
Phone(650}558-7474Fax(650)342-6295•www.burlingame.org/library
Burlingame Library Foundation Booksale
Fall, 2006
October 6, 7, 8, 2006
Friday, October 6, 2006
5:00-8:00 pm
Total of purchases ( ? ) and admissions ( ? ) _ $1743.50
(Spring, 2006 total = $2295.55)
Saturday, October 7, 2006
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
? purchases $1647.85
(Spring, 2006 purchases $1092.50)
Sunday, October 8, 2006
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
90 purchase (approx) $615.00
(Spring, 2006 80 purchases (approx) $513.80
Fall, 2006 Total for three days $4006.35
Spring, 2006 Total $3901.85
Fall, 2005 Total $1373.00
Spring, 2005 Total $3085.75
Fall, 2004 (one day) $1400.00
City of Burlingame
Events Calendar
2007-2008
Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07
10/8/07-Columbus 11/12/07-Veterens
Schools Out Schools Out Schools Out 9/3/07-Labor Day Day Day Winter Break
10/31/07-
7/4/07- 8/3/07-Aquatics 9/9/07-Admission Halloween Safe 11/22/07-
Art in the Park Independence Day Family Night Day Streets Thanksgiving 12/25/07-Christmas
11/23/07-Post 12/7/07-Tree
7/1/07-Criterium 8/11/07&8/12/07- 9/15/07-Movies in Thanksgiving Lighting/Open
Bike Race Bicycle Race Art&Jazz Fest the Park St.Paul's Festival Holiday House
8/17/07&8/18/07- 11/18/07-Fresh
Music in the Park Burlingame Avenue 9/16/07- Pet Parade McKinley Harvest Market Closes for Elementary Winter
Lions Car Show July 1,8,15,22,29 Sidewalk Sale on Broadway Festival Winter Concert
Elementary Spring 7/20/07-Aquatics 8/18/07-Movie in McKinley Haunted
Concerts Family Night the Park Bay Front Clean Up House Little Big Game BIS Winter Concert
7/21/07-Movie in Chronicle's Annual
BIS Band Concert the Park Tour De Peninsula Rotary BBQ BIDE Kitchen Tour BHS Spirit Week
Graduation Chili Cook Off Red Ribbon Week
Centennial Kick
Off Event:
Ceremony/BBQ for BHS Band/Train
Fire Dept 6/6/07 Family Spirit Night Station
Centennial Kick Second Centennial
Off Event(2): Event:10/6/07 or
6/8/07 or 6/9/07 AYSO Opening Day 10/7/07
OLA Fun Fair
Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08
Community Golf
New Years Presidents Week St Patricks'Day Spring Break Tournamnet Schools Out
MLK Day Lion's Casino Night BCE Dinner/Dance OLA Dinner Auction Fresh Market Opens Art in the Park
Rotary Gala Fund Lincoln Lion Dance
Raiser Taste of the Town BBQ Bike Race
Third Centennial BHS International McKinley Flea
Event Week Market Lions Car Show
Elementary Spring
BHS Spring Musical Franklin Carnival Concerts
BHS Basketball
Tournament BIS Band Concert
3/22/2008-Lions
Easter Egg Hunt/
Breakfast Graduation
Final Centennial
Event:6/6/08
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From: Escoffier, Al
"snt: Friday, October 06, 2006 3:15 PM
J: BPL Staff
subject: Charette Boards
Dear Staff,
The foam board display in the main library lobby is from the SOBA (South of Burlingame Avenue)
architectural Charette. A Charette is something that is done to generate ideas about a public project. A group
of local architects (including Group 4 who did this building) participated in the Charette on Saturday,
September 30th. The public gave input on ideas and the architects took the ideas and made the boards as part
of the "brainstorming" for ideas for the area.
Among the ideas you will see: a cinema complex, a "bow-tie" park near the old Greyhound depot, a main entry
to Howard Avenue, a performing arts center, etc. You'll also see a design done my children on what they
would like to see!
The City Council authorized this event and the architects donated their time to develop a list of possible ideas
for downtown improvement.
We will have more information later from the City Planning Department.
Further information may be garnered direct from Planning at 558-7250.
Thanks, Al
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October 9, 2006
Al Escoffier
Burlingame Public Library
480 Primrose Rd.
Burlingame, CA 94010-4083
RE: Donation to Washington Parish(Louisiana) Library System
Mr. Escofffer,
Please know we received your generous gift of$1,000. We sincerely appreciate your
efforts on our behalf. The board, staff and I want to personally thank you for helping us
�. as we recover after Hurricane Katrina.
Good luck in your future endeavors and please let us know if we can ever return the
favor.
Cordially,
/jLe6
Gabriel Morley
Director
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BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2006
Patron Statistical Classes -New Adds
Registered Borrowers Previous month's total #Added Total Registered
Burlingame Adults 20,771 188 20,959
Burlingame Children 5,961 62 6,023
Hillsborough Adults 3,101 25 3,126
Hillsborough Children 1,733 16 1,749
Non-San Mateo Co. Borrowers 2,180 28 2,208
Totals 33,746 319 34,065
Circulation Activity Main Easton Branch
Adult Print Materials 17,313 1,083
Children's Print Materials 9,540 2,012
Audio/Visual Materials 11,514 1,483
Circulation Totals
This month total Main 50,358 This month previous year *20,801
This month total Branch 4,905 This month previous year - 1,869
This month Grand Total 55,263 This month previous year grand *22,670
*August 1-16 Dynix Stats; III stats are not available.
Express Check Use
Patrons Items % of Circulation
Main 5,554 21,134 54
Easton 570 2,541 54
Reference Activity Inter Library Loans
Questions Lent 3,323
Reference 2,982 Borrowed 2,382
Children's 1,395 TOTAL 5,705
Lower Level 2,824
Branch 491
TOTAL 7,692
Collections Main Titles Volumes Main Titles Added Branch Volumes Added
Adult Non Fiction 420 281 7
Children's Non Fiction 38 18 10
YA Non Fiction 0 0 0
Adult Fiction 346 202 24
Children's Fiction 269 103 48
YA Fiction 39 26 4
DVD Fiction Adult 27 6 2
Children's DVD's Fiction 71 26 16
YA DVD Fiction 0 0 0
BKCD Adult 29 23 5
Children's BKCD 17 11 2
YA BKCD 1 1 0
CD Music Adult 2 2 0
�- otals 1,259 699 118
BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2006
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Fines and Fees Main $9,656.96
Branch* 621.39
Total $10,278.35
Main and Easton Deposits
Trustee Special Fund Photocopies/SAM (Main)** $876.50
Branch 8.60
Total $885.10
Estimated User Traffic Main 38,077 Daily Average Main 1,228
Estimated User Traffic Easton 3,279 Daily Average Easton 121
Total User Traffic Total Daily Average 1,349
Community Room Adult
TOTAL MEETINGS HELD 16 Attendance 413
Adult Library Programs Attendance
Lectures, Film Series etc. 0 0
Book Groups 2 30
Children's and Young Adult Programs Attendance
Programs are not held in August
Pre-school Story Time
Toddler Story Time
Total Story Time Total Sto Time Attendance
Class Visits
Preschool Outreach Visits
Total Class Visits Total Class Visits Attendance
Special Programs Attendance
Total Attendance
Easton Story Times &Special Programs Attendance Questions Easton
Programs are not held in August
Preschool Reference 491
Toddler
Total Programs Total Attendance
Class Visits Attendance 1
BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2006
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Easton Internet Usage
User Sessions 1 449
Main Internet User Sessions
Hour, Half Hour, & Express= Childrens Remote Website Total
10,167 461 2,128.88 12,757
August Outreach Statistics
Outreach Patrons 28
Active 23; Semi Active 5
Deliveries 36
Pick Ups 4
Books 135
Magazines 10
CDs Music 24
Books on Tae 6
Paperbacks 12
DVDs 7
Total Library Materials 194
BURL MANE
City Librarian's Report
October 17, 2006
The Kite Runner: One Book/One Community
The culmination of the "One Book/One Community" programming will be
the appearance of Khaled Hosseini at the Performing Arts Center on
October 19th. The City Librarian will be taking the speakers to dinner,
and introducing them at the event.
Burlingame completed one of over 50 programs around the "Kite Runner"
with the very successful presentation of the Emmy award winning film
maker Stephen Olsson's "Last Images of War" on October 11, 2006 at 7
PM. The previous program, "The Beauty Academy of Kabul" was shown
on September 27th to a crowd of 65.
Book Sale A Success!
The semi-annual Book Sale, held by members of the Burlingame Library
Foundation, earned over $ 4,000.00 to help pay for library programs.
This was one of the more successful sales in recent memory. We own a
debt of gratitude to co-chairs Stephen'Hamilton and Jim Cannon.
Fire Sprinkler Replacement
Over 60 fire sprinklers have been replaced in the atrium area of the -.
library. The heads were recalled by the manufacturer, so no cost other
than supervision has been incurred by the city. Facilities is taking this
opportunity with 3 levels of scaffolding to clean the skylight and change
the bulbs in the chandelier. UBS will also do high ledge dusting and
general clean up.
Launching of New City Website
Work is nearly complete on a New City Website. A citizen's group will
review the site and make recommendations before it goes live. On the
new site you will be able to apply for a library card, reserve an internet
session or make a donation. The new site address will be the same:
www.burlingame.org/library. The Foundation's new website is:
www.burlingamelibraxyfoundation.ori.
Results of Downtown Charette on Display
The results of the downtown Charette for SOBA (South of Burlingame
Avenue) are now on display in the main library lobby. The 12 large foam
boards display an array of ideas for a future downtown Burlingame. We
are pleased to display this important part of city planning in the library.
480 Primrose Road•Burlingame•California 94010-4083 1
Phone(650)558-7474'Fax(650)342-6295'www.burlingame.org/library
Library Collection Valuation
The City Librarian was asked by the City Attorney to develop statistics on
the value of the library's collections for insurance purposes. The last
review was done in 1999. The total value of the collections only is over
$ 14 million. The library is truly a valuable city resource.
Assemblyman Leland Yee Visits PLS Council,
Assemblyman Leland Yee visited the PLS Administrative Council meeting
on October 5th at the invitation of Al Escoffier. Assemblyman Yee is
reaching out to his constituents. We are especially pleased he is
interested in libraries, as we will be losing Jackie Speier from the Senate
this fall and it's important for local libraries to a voice in the legislature.
Assemblyman Yee was grateful to PLS for the work on the "One Book,
One Community" project.
Meeting with Architects on Centennial monument
The City Librarian will be meeting with the committee on the Centennial
monument on Friday, October 13th. This will help Council and staff get a
better idea what might be possible with such a monument and what the
costs might be.
Upcoming Events:
• Columbus Day Holiday, Monday, October 9, Closed
• "Images of War" film documentary with Stephen Olsson, October 11, 7 pm
• Library Board Meeting, Tuesday, October 17th, 5:30 PM
• Centennial Events Committee, Tuesday, October 17th, 7 PM
• "One Book, One Community" Hosseini Event, Performing Arts Center, Delaware
Avenue, San Mateo, 7:30 PM
• Foundation Author's Luncheon bus, Saturday, October 28
• Halloween Story Time, Monday, October 30th, 7 PM
• Veteran's Day, Friday, November 10, Closed
• California Library Association Conference, November 11-13, Sacramento
Alfred H. Escoffier
City Librarian
,October 10, 2006
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• Collect statistics monthly
• Report statistics monthly for Board of
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• Report statistics and key Indicators
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POPULATION SERVED
• City of Burlingame
• 2/3 Town of Hillsborough
• Total : 35,632
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which is adjusted annually,
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• Programs for Toddlers
• Programs for School Age
• Programs for Teens
• Holiday programs
• Poetry workshops - - -
• Summer Reading Clubs -,own&
• Visits to nursery schools, �3
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VISITS TO CLASSROOMS
• Visits made to 8 schools in Burlingame
& Hillsborough
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• First grade visits
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• 19, 795 children — up 10% over last year
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• New online catalog system (August 2005)
• 3rd self check machine at Main
• Increased collection marketing, displays
• Creation of multiple copy "Quick Picks"
• Expand outsourcing of cataloging &
processing
• Increased children's staffing
• 16t" national Public Relations award
ONEf5OOK ,, ONE COMMUNITY
• "The Kite Runner"
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Set up over 50 programs system wide
Focused on culture, politics, history of
Afghanistan
A NOVEL
"Powerful.,.Haunting"
—Tha New York Times Book Review
"A mownQ,portraR of modern AfQhamata ;_ �
Author made personal appearance at PAC
Burlingame held two Emmy award winning film
documentaries
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GOALS AOR TH15 YEAR
• Implement more user-friendly catalog
• Expand outsourcing
• Implement "acquisitions" & "serials"
modules of online catalog
• "One Book" project
VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS
Outreach to shut-ins
In house volunteers
Book sale and special event volunteers
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Over 2,080 hours per year!
BURLINGAME LIBRARY
FOUNDATION
• The 10 year old Foundation to supports
and supplements library services
• Raised $ 1 M for Branch Library
• Pledges to raise $ 50 , 000 per year for
programming & PR
• Support staff training
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Item IXA. Purchase of Ergonomic Book Drops
Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board authorize an
expenditure of$ 8647.45 for two ergonomic book drops for the main
library.
Background: When we moved back into the library in 1997, we
purchased new book drops which were then state of the art. Since that
time, we have experienced a series of injuries related to emptying, pulling
and pushing the carts. We have had several workers' compensation
claims as well.
At the last Public Library Association conference in Boston, we
discovered a vendor who made ergonomically engineered carts with
stainless steel surrounds. The drops are ergonomic, because instead of
an empty cart weighing upwards of 150 lbs, empty; the new carts weigh
50 lbs empty. This means that a full cart is much lighter and easier to
handle. One of the features of the new drops is the "Rubbermaid"
industrial grade carts with large wheels. This makes the carts easy to
push or pull and allows staff who ordinarily could not move the carts to
do so.
Amy, Pat and I visited the Weekes Branch of the Hayward Public Library
recently which has been using the new drops for several years and is
very happy with them.
I think this is an important investment in the future health of the staff.
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