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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - LB - 2007.04.17 :'►URLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARYUURLINGAMEj Board of Trustees Agenda April 17, 2007—5.30pm480 Primrose Road—Library Conference Room SUGGESTED ACTION I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. WARRANTS & SPECIAL FUND Approval .ems IV. MINUTES g Approval Library Board of Trustees' Minutes March 20, 2007 V. CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION Information A. Revolving Account B. Trustee Account C. Duncan Trust Account VI. FROM THE FLOOR (Public Comments) VII. REPORTS A. City Librarian's Report—Escoffier Information `. B. Foundation Report- Escoffier Information C. Centennial Report-Toft (Centennial Essay, Poster,Art Contest) Information VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS IX. NEW BUSINESS A. Possible Author Lecture Discussion/Direction B. ALA Attendance Information X. ANNOUNCEMENTS XI. ADJOURNMENT Adjourn BURL NOANE Board of Trustees Minutes March 20, 2007 I. Call to Order President Toft called the meeting to order at 5:30pm. II. Roll Call Trustees Present: Nancy Brock, Bruce Carlton, Deborah Griffith, Katie McCormack, Pat Toft Staff Present: Al Escoffier, City Librarian Sidney Poland, Recorder III. Warrants and Special Funds The Trustees unanimously approved the Warrants. M/S/C (Griffith/McCormack) IV. Minutes The Trustees approved with corrections the minutes of the February 20, 2007 meeting. M/S/C (McCormack/Carlton) V. Correspondence and Attachments - �' The Trustees reviewed the correspondence. VI. From the Floor - No one from the public attended. VII. Reports A. City Librarian's Report - Highlight of Report 1. The Big Read: To Kill a Mockingbird - The Library will host a reception featuring music from the era played by the Ron Gariffo Orchestra and readings from the novel given by noted actor Charles Shaw Robinson (Berkeley Rep., San Jose Rep.) and San Mateo High School Drama Director, Brad Friedman. The event will begin at 7:00pm in the Lane Community Room. 2. Update on Patron Banned from Library for 60 Days The City Librarian received correspondence from Marika Martyus regarding the fact she was banned from the library due to improper behavior for a period of 60 days. This letter was referred to Larry Anderson, the City Attorney. Facilitation of the situation by an outside agency, such as Conflict Resolution, is being considered as the next procedural step. 480 Primrose Road Burlingame•California 94010-4o83 Phone(650)558-7474•Fax(650)342-6295•www.burlingame.org/library B. Library Foundation Author's Luncheon - The invitations are ready and the committee will meet Saturday March 24th to prepare the mailing. C. Centennial Committee Excerpts from three Burlingame History publications were prepared by Library staff and given to Burlingame High School and the six Burlingame elementary schools to be used as reference materials for the Centennial Essay Contest. Students are being requested to write an essay, poem or create a poster on the first 100 years of Burlingame History. Participating students will receive a certificate; winners will have the opportunity to be in the June 2, 2007 parade which is the official opening of Burlingame's Centennial. VIII. Unfinished Business - None IX. New Business A. Budget Proposal The City Librarian presented a power point of the Library's 2007- 20008 budget which is due to the City on March 23rd. The overall budget is similar to the 2006-2007 budget. Personnel requests --� include an increase in staff hours for the Children's Department and the maintenance crew. Additions will be made to the entire collection, as well as to the databases. Providing more public service hours was not a part of the budget requests. However, The List of Unfunded Items does include an increase in the service hours. X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:00pm. M/S/C (Carlton/McCormack). The next meeting will be held April 17, 2007 in the Library Conference Room. Respectfully Submitted, Alfred H. Escoffier City Librarian Library Board of Trustee Minutes 2 March 20,2007 Revolving Account Balances Report (Includes unrealized gains) As of 4/12/2007 4/12/2007 Page 1 4/12/2007 Account Balance ASSETS Cash and Bank Accounts Amazon.com 1,032.49 Children's Reading Club(designated) 805.79 Davenport(Elizabeth)Fund 140.00 . Friends of the Library 5,307.56- Gifts to Staff 200.00 Land's End 112.96 Large Print Books - 26.69 Manini(David) Fund 1,813.00 Moose(Gladys)Fund 100.00 -- Postcard Sales — 389.22 Staff Education-LSTA 1,092.00 Staff Recognition 153.48 Stone Mem. Lecture Fund(dsgn.) 791.85 Veech Fund(designated) 329.43 Volunteer Program(designated) 973.05 Writers Club 150.00 TOTAL Cash and Bank Accounts 13,417.52 TOTAL ASSETS 13,417.52 LIABILITIES 0.00 OVERALL TOTAL 13,417.52 Peninsula Community Foundation 1012 Roger and Jean Hunt Duncan Fund penin;ula Fund Activity Statement CDS aunity foundation October 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006 Fund Activity Q-T-D Y-T-D Beginning Balance $ 1,088,362.15 $ 1,038,091.76 Contributions 0.00 0.00 Investment Income 6,951.56 22,694.88 Gain/Loss on Gifted Assets 0.00 0.00 Gain/Loss on Investments 50,466.26 88,980.62 Interfund Contributions 0.00 0.00 Other Income 0.00 0.00 Grants 0.00 0.00 Interfund Grants 0.00 0.00 Support Fees (1,389.71) (5,377.00) Other Expenses 0.00 0.00 Ending Balance $ 1,144,390.26 $ 1,144,390.26 c,,_,ts Payable $0.00 Balance Available for Grants $279,849.00 Comments For questions, please call Candice Balmaceda, Vice President of Finance/Controller at 408.278.2235. Trustees Special Fund Balances Report As of 3/312007 4/122007 Page 1 3/312007 Account Balance Bank Accounts Anderson(O. E. E.)Fund 20,000.00 Donations-Children(designated) 250.00 Donations-Mist 2,473.54 - Duncan-Misc 1,355.64 Duncan-Fine Arts(designated) 4,010.76 Ellis Memorial 340.00 Farrell(Julia)Fund 6,644.06 Gottlieb(Ruth)Fund 125.00 Interest 3,207.04 Jackson(Dorothea)Fund 10,000.00 Karp Fund 200.00 Markus Fund 325.00 Mayall(Angeline)Fund 275.00 Nadaner Fund 15.00 Peltier Memorial Fund 1,270.00 Pine(Jane and David)Fund 1,000.00 Schmidt(Mary Jane)Fund 1,565.00 Schroeder(Alice)Fund 1,215.00 Shinnyo-En USA Fund 812.78 Thigpen(Dorothy)Fund(designated) 1,000.00 Trixler(John Thomas)Fund 2,210.00 Xerox Fund 25,256.46 TOTAL Bank Accounts 83,550.28 OVERALL TOTAL 83,550.28 BURL NOAME . rt April 17, 2007 THE BIG READ: To Kill a Mockingbird Launched! Over 150 guests attended our launch of the month-long NEA-sponsored reading initiative "To Kill a Mockingbird." The Ron Gariffo Orchestra played 1930's music. Local actors Brad Friedman and Charles Shaw Robinson did dramatic readings from the book. And we had wonderful refreshments and desserts. My thanks to the Burlingame Library staff who worked so hard to make our Opening Event such a success. i ! Three film programs are part of the next set of offerings: "To Kill a Mockingbird" film with Gregory Peck screened on Saturday, April 7 to a j crowd of 40. Both "Remember the Titans" and "The N-Word" will be screened the week of April 9th. The final premiere event in Burlingame will be the "Q 8s A with Scout" featuring actress Mary Badham in conversation with Tom Fitzpatrick at the Burlingame City Hall Council Chambers, 7 PM; April 24 . The Ron Gariffo Orchestra will make a return visit and refreshments will be served. All events are featured on our website: www.plsinfo.org/tkm. Live Homework Help: Tutor.com This excellent service was originally brought to us,by a grant from the California State Library. We are now paying half of the cost for the project. We are currently seeking additional grant funding. The State Librarian has asked me to testify at the hearing at the Capitol this month regarding a renewal of statewide funding for the program. California Legislative DM: Sacramento City Librarian, Al Escoffier will be attending the California Legislative Day in Sacramento on April 18th. The issues for Legislative Day include: Funding for the Public Library Foundation (per capita support for all public libraries); Continuation of TBR (Transaction based reimbursements for resource sharing); Library Building Bond Act; Supportof hive Homework Help: Tutor.com. I will keep you posted on the results of my meetings. Partnership Programming with Villa Montalvo We are expanding our web of programming by including the Montalvo Arts Center in our programming. Our initial efforts include sharing publicity for events. In addition, Montalvo Arts is offering half price to 48o Primrose Road•Burlingame•California 94010-4o83 Phone(650)558-7474'Fax(650)342-6295'-www.burlingame.org/library library users who mention they have a library card. The first two half price offerings are: --� • Yiyun Li, Winner of the world's largest short story prize, the Frank O'Conner Award, for her debut collection "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" Friday, May 4, 8 PM, Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, Special admission fee $ 10.00. • Salman Rushdie, in conversation with Angie Coiro, Sunday, May 20, 7 PM, Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, Special admission fee, $ 10.00. 2007-2008 Library Budget Submitted The library budget has been submitted with several small increases for 10 additional hours for professional librarians. We are also asking for additional funding for electronic databases, as the need for more specialized databases increases. The big ticket item.this year will be the re carpeting of the public areas of the library. The budget hearing will be May 30th at 6 PM in the Lane Room. Re-carpeting of Main Level Office Areas This fiscal year we were funded for re-carpeting for the main level office areas, back hall, stairwell and elevator only. These "back of house" areas have ripped and worn carpet due to the heavy traffic of book trucks and deliveries. The new carpet will be installed the week of May 14th. Staff will relocate to the Lane Room. We will be using carpet tiles made of"green" recycled materials (which even include fishing line!). The carpet tiles are durable and can be replaced in the future on a tile by tile basis as needed. We expect no interruption in service to the public. Foundation Author's Luncheon Underwritten Thanks to the donations of many members of the community, the first annual author's luncheon has been completely underwritten at $ 5,000. This is great news because if the event sells out, all of the proceeds will be profit to the Foundation for library programs. There is still time to pick up invitations for friends and neighbors, if you haven't already done so. 1 The Luncheon will feature former Senator Jackie Speier of Hillsborough discussing the book she co-wrote with three other authors, Michaelene Cristini Risley, Jan Yanehiro and Deborah Collins Stephens: "This is not the life I ordered: 50 ways to keep your head above water when life keeps dragging you down." The event will be held on Saturday, May 5th at the Crystal Springs Country Club at 11:30 AM. Patron Ban: Marika Magus I have been in contact with the Social worker for Marika Matyus regarding her banning from the library. We agreed that she could return after the 60 day ban if her behavior is acceptable. It is likely that Ms. Matyus will be moving from South San Francisco to Redwood City, so we may not see her again. Upcoming Events: • 13 April, "Remember the Titans" film, 4:30 PM • 14 April, "The N-Word" film, 2 PM • 17 April, Library Board Meeting, 5:30 PM • 18 April, CLA Legislative Day, Sacramento • 24 April, "Q &A with Scout" featuring actress Mary Badham, 7 PM, Council Chambers. Reception and music immediately following. • 27, 28, 29 April, Foundation Semi-Annual Book Sale, Lane Room • 4, 5, 6, May, Closing Event, "To Kill a Mockingbird" San_ Mateo Performing Arts Center, Ticketed event: www.smhsdrama.or • 4 May, Yiyun Li, Poet, Villa Montalvo in Partnership with PLS, 8 PM • 5 May, Foundation Author's Luncheon, Crystal Spring Golf Course, 11:30 AM • Memorial Day Closure, May 27 and 28; reopen May 29 • City Budget Study Session, May 30, 6 PM, Lane Community Room • Burlingame Centennial Parade, Saturday, June 2nd Alfred H. Escoffier City Librarian April 9, 2007 Escoffier, Al From: Escoffier, Al Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:25 AM Bruce Carlton; Deborah Griffith; Deborah Griffith; Escoffier, Al; Katie McCormack; Nancy �- Brock; Pat Toft Subject: Kaffir Boy Dear Board Members, As most of you know by now, the Burlingame Intermediate School has pulled the book Kaffir Boy from the school's curriculum. This was after being taught last year without incident and being taught through more than half the book this year. There is a very balanced article on the controversy on the front page of today's San Francisco Chronicle. Kerbey Altman (husband of former Foundation Board member Stephanie Lucas) is quoted in the article in support of the book and the way in which it was pulled from the curriculum without any formal process. In an article in the Daily Journal, the reporter mistakenly said the book was removed from the Burlingame Library. This is not the case. The book is widely held in Peninsula Library System libraries, is an award winning title, yet a frequently challenged one. As Board members, I think you need to know that we do indeed have a formal process for challenged materials here in the public library. A written challenge form must be filled out and a hearing is held before the Library Board regarding challenged materials. While we have had no comments from the public regarding this book, I wanted to let you know that unlike the school district we do have a selection policy and a challenge form. I would be happy to share this with you at your Board meeting next week. I think one of the most important issues surrounding this controversy is an effort to use this as a"teaching moment" for children, young people and families. Whether you approve of the book or not, the content of the book is inspiring and uplifting. Mark Mathabane's story is.a fascinating one and one in which young people can learn something more about the world beyond the borders of Burlingame. You might want to review his website at: www.mathabane.com. `rn the interest of creating a "teaching moment" around this book, Mr. Mathabane will be on the west coast later in May. If you would support it and the Foundation would approve it, we could invite Mr. Mathabane to speak at the Burlingame Public Library about his life, his work and thoughts about the controversy surrounding his work. While in no way do I wish to add to controversy in the community or feed into any sort of censorship issues, I do feel me may have an opportunity to open some eyes regarding not only this book, but the terrible poverty in the rest of the world and sheer determination and will it takes to successfully escape from it. Let me know your thoughts. With thanks, Al aqud City Librarian Burlingame Public Library- 480 Primrose Road Burlingame,CA 94010 650-558-7401 'The fruit of1de is love,joy,peace,patience,gentleness,goodness and hope." 1 FW: Kaffir Boy Page 2 of 2 As Board members, I think you need to know that we do indeed have a formal process for challenged materials here in the public library. A written challenge form must be filled out and a hearing is held before the Library Board regarding challenged materials. While we have had no comments from the public regarding this book, I wanted to let you know that unlike the school district we do have a selection policy and a challenge form. I would be happy to share this with you at your Board meeting next week. I think one of the most important issues surrounding this controversy is an effort to use this as a "teaching moment" for children, young people and families. Whether you approve of the book or not, the content of the book is inspiring and uplifting. Mark Mathabane's story is a fascinating one and one in which young people can learn something more about the world beyond the borders of Burlingame. You might want to review his website at: www.mathabane.com. In the interest of creating a "teaching moment" around this book, Mr. Mathabane will be on the west coast later in May. If you would support it and the Foundation would approve it, we could invite Mr. Mathabane to speak at the Burlingame Public Library about his life, his work and thoughts about the controversy surrounding his work. While in no way do I wish to add to controversy in the community or feed into any sort of censorship issues, I do feel me may have an opportunity to open some eyes regarding not only this book, but the terrible poverty in the rest of the world and sheer determination and will it takes to successfully escape from it. Let me know your thoughts. With thanks, Al agwd x.&caffkx City Librarian Burlingame Public Library 480 Primrose Road Burlingame,CA 94010 650-558-7401 'The fruit ofAfe is love,joy,peace,patience,gentleness,goodness and hope." 4/12/2007 FW: Kaffir Boy Page 1 of 2 Escoffier, Al From: ATTY-Anderson, Larry [LAnderson@burlingame.org] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:24 PM To: Escoffier, Al Subject: RE: Kaffir Boy I think your thoughts are very good. I would just worry that people might think that the Burlingame Public Library is trying to show it is more educated or intellectual than the District. Our Library has a more diverse audience and doesn't have a set curriculum. We also don't want the author's story lost in a debate about censorship. As the article in the paper today said, there are even two editions of the book for people's use. I would look to your wisdom/experience and the wisdom/experience of the Board and the Foundation, and creating a setting for the author's story rather than a debate about library policies. From: Escoffier, AI [mailto:escofFiera@plsinfo.org] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:14 PM To: ATTY-Anderson, Larry Subject: FW: Kaffir Boy Dear Larry, I thought I would run this by you to get your thoughts. I don't want BPL to appear to be challenging the School District if we were to do ahead with the lecture. I saw it as a way of perhaps defusing the current controversy by having community members themselves hear the author speak and have a question and answer period. I am neither endorsing or nor suggesting we not have this particular author. Do you have any problem with this being a Foundation sponsored program held at the library? I'm not sure the Trustees are interested, nor am I sure that Mr. Mathabane is available. Thoughts? Thanks, Al