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Board of Trustees Minutes
October 17, 2006
I. Call to Order
President Toft called the meeting to order at 5:30pm.
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Nancy Brock, Bruce Carlton, Katie
McCormack, Pat Toft
Trustee Absent: Deborah Griffith
Staff.Present: Al Escoffier, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Warrants and Special Funds
The Trustees unanimously approved the Warrants. M/S/C
(Carlton/Toft)
IV. Minutes
The Trustees approved as written the minutes of the September 26,
2006 meeting. M/S/C (McCormack/Brock)
V. Correspondence and Attachments
Property Insurance for Library Collections - The City Librarian
presented insurance valuations of the library collections as
determined by the City's insurance provider.
VI. From the Floor - No one from the public attended.
VII. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report - Highlights of Report
1. OneBook/One Community - The appearance of Khaled
Housseni, author of the Kite Runner, at the Performing Arts
Center October 19, 2006 will conclude the first One Book/One
Community project. Isabelle Allende will be the featured
author for next year's project.
2. New City Website - On October 23rd a citizen's group will
review the new site and offer comments and suggestions. The
site address will remain the same www.burlingame.org/library.
48o Primrose Road Burlingame•California 94010-4083
Phone(650)558-7474-Fax(65o) 342-6295www.burlingame.org/library
3. Key Indicators - The City Librarian prepared a power
point program on key service indicators for 2005-2206. The
program showed increases per capita in the following
departments:
a. Circulation - 17 items - increase of 13%
b. Reference - 2.5 questions - increase of 4%
C. Children's - 22 items per individual checked out
In addition, there were increases in the following areas from
2003-2004: patron registration 13%, and database and
internet usage up 26%. Children's programs show a 10%
increase over 2005.
B. Foundation Report
1. Fall Book Sale - Sales for the event totaled $4,006.35.
2. Newsletter - The newsletter will be mailed out in early
November.
C. Centennial Report - Mayor Cathy Baylock and Councilwoman
Terry Nagel are planning to meet with some architects regarding ideas for
a Centennial monument. A fountain is one of the current suggestions. It
has been mentioned that the City consider holding a competition for the
project.
VIII. Old Business
A. Employee Achievement Awards Status - Trustees Toft &
Griffith
The information for the Employee Achievement Awards was provided
to each employee on October 6th. The deadline for nominations is
November 3rd. President Toft and Secretary Griffith will review the
nominations and select the recipients.
B. Employee Recognition Dinner/Entertainment
President Toft, Secretary Griffith, and Susan May from the
Foundation Board, will meet with Lisa Normandy from the
Doubletree on October 27th to finalize the set up and menu for the
event. Manuel Caneri and Vicki Machado will provide entertainment
for the evening.
IX. New Business
A. Ergonomic Book Drops
The Trustees unanimously approved the request of the City Librarian
to authorize the expenditure of$8,647.45 to purchase new book
drops and new ergonomically engineered carts. M/S/C
(McCormack/Brock).
B. Author's Luncheon - The Foundation Board has agreed to
provide a bus to the Author's Luncheon. Cost per individual is
$10.00.
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X. Announcements - Katie McCormack /Systems Advisory Board
Representative
A. CLA- CLA Conference will be held in Sacramento on November
11th. Pat Harding, Library Service Manager, and Barry Mills,
Technology Manager, will attend.
B. San Mateo Public - Trustee McCormack shared with the
Trustees some of the facts discussed at the SAB Meeting regarding
San Mateo Public's opening. It was noted that Genentech gave $ 2M
to the Biotech section, 8,000 people attended opening day, and
80,000 people visited the library during the month of September.
Materials borrowed increased by 163%, new cards increased by
277% and reference questions increased by 126%. This comparison
was based on San Mateo figures from August 2005 at their
temporary quarters.
C. Project Read -Programs are held in South San Francisco, San
Mateo, Redwood City, and Menlo Park. There are usually 300-400
participants in the program.
D. Joint Workshop PLS, BALIS and SVLS - SAB representatives
discussed having a joint workshop with Library Board members,
Friends, and Foundation members of PLS, Balis and SVLS libraries
to help plan programs. Suggestions for workshops were literacy,
fundraising, and aging population and what this means for library
�-- services. San Mateo has offered to host the event. Representatives
were requested to conduct an informal poll at their own library. The
Library Board of Trustees expressed interest in the event but not at
the present time. It was suggested that next year would be a time to
reconsider this project.
XI. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm. The next regular meeting will
be held November 28, 2006 in the Conference Room at 5:30pm.
M/S/C (McCormack/Carlton)
Respectfully Submitted,
Alfred H. Escoffier
City Librarian
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