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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Packet - LB - 1975.12.16 BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD �- AGENDA December 16, 1975 TRUSTEES PRESENT: TRUSTEES ABSENT: BILLS : Warrants: $7, 637. 92 Special Fund: $647. 47 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 18 1975. LIBRARIAN' S REPORT: - CORRESPONDENCE : OLD BUSINESS: Non-resident Overdue Fines : Air Conditioning: Retirement Open House for Mrs. Miriam Dunn : Staff Christmas Party: Reminder--Wednesday, December 17th, from 12 Noon to 2 P.M. NEW BUSINESS : ADJOURNMENT: NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 20, 1975. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD November 18, 1975 CALL TO ORDER: The meeting of the Burlingame Public Library Board was called to order by Chairman Pro Tem Lynes at 5:00 P.M. on the above given date. ROLL CALL: Trustees Present: Trustee DeMartini, Trustee Hechinger, Trustee Lynes, Trustee Phelan Trustees Absent: Trustee Cohendet, excused, business trip Also Present: Mrs. Patricia M. Bergsing, Assistant City Librarian BILLS: Warrants in the amount of $5,970.26 were ordered paid on a motion by Trustee DeMartini, seconded by Trustee Hechinger. Special Fund bills totaling $645.26 were paid on a motion by Trustee Hechinger, seconded by Trustee Phelan, and carried by those Trustees present. MINUTES: Minutes of the meeting of October 21, 1975 were approved and ordered filed. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT: Copies of the graphs and tables showing comparisons of our library to other libraries in the System were distributed to the Board. The Librarian explained that the Salary and Classification Survey was completed by a team from the State Cooperative Personnel Services, hired by the City of Burlingame. Out of the eight libraries, Burlingame was ranked seventh in the survey. Librarian Lechich's statistics showed that Burlingame Library should have ranked fourth. The Librarian will be discussing it further with the City Manager to make appropriate changes. CORRESPONDENCE: A thank-you note from Mrs. Robert Crede, Vice-President of the University of California Faculty Wives of San Francisco, was received. 'Mrs. Crede expressed their appreciation for the interesting, entertaining and informative Book Chats that Miss Joan Riordan gave in October. OLD BUSINESS: Air Conditioning: The Librarian reported that the engineer had been in to thoroughly check our system and will submit cost estimates and other suggestions. Raise in Non-Residents Fee and Overdue Fines: Tabled. NEW BUSINESS: Retirement Open House for Mrs. Miriam Dunn: A copy of the invitations for Mrs. Miriam Dunn's Retirement Open House was distributed to the Board. The Open House will be held on December 28th, 2 P.M. to 4 P.M., at the Easton Branch Library. NEW BUSINESS: Continued Staff Christmas Party: The Board was invited to the Staff Christmas Party which will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 1975, between Noon and 2 P.M. The Board members and their spouses were cordially invited to attend. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 5:55 P.M. with the next Board meeting scheduled for December 16, 1975. Respectfully submitted, 9 George Pz[ul Lechicl4 Clerk of the Board GPL:jq LIBRARIAN'S REPORT December 16, 1975 `,�LAT I ON: Circulation increased .890 over November, 1974. This small gain was made possible by the Branch, whose circulation increased from 3,966 to 5,259. The Main decreased from 24,538 to 23,464. Possibly, this has something to do with the increased difficulty in parking. The largest decrease was in Adult Non-Fiction which probably more affected by the teen- agers. The excellent fall weather is probably the real reason of the Main's decrease. CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE: The California Library Association Conference was held in San Francisco from November 30th to December 4th. The following staff members attended the conference: Patricia Bergsing, Alfred Escoffier, Joan Riordan, Patricia Thomas, Warren Wickliffe, Carole Gilmore, Barbara Lazarus, Valerie Conserva, Esther Cummings and Lora Shank. Trustees Hechinger and Phelan also attended various meetings. INVENTORY: We have started the inventory of the 600's. Mrs. Joy Molder coordinating this inventory with Mr. Warren Wickliffe doing the 620's. He is also searching the second-hand catalog for replacement copies of out-of-print missing books. PENINSULA LIBRARY SYSTEM: rOlie system directors are spending some time and thought on the proposed change in the State �1.ans for library aid to the systems, based on the Peat, Marwick and Mitchell & Company report. If this study as now written is accepted by the State, we may benefit financially as the library is a net lender at $1.25 for each loan. The Reference Department participated in a survey of non-resident use during the first two weeks of the month. The results reflect strong non-resident use of reference operations-- with 30% of all transactions being patrons who live outside of Burlingame. The indication of this survey would mean that we answer more reference questions from. non- residents than our residents ask of other libraries--this also would result in substantial payment to us -- the net reference fee would be $14.25 each. A more extensive discussion will appear in the next Librarian's Report. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT: The puppet play performed for the school-age children during Children's Library Week was repeated for the pre-schoolers at Easton Branch Library on November 25th. Programs for the -holidays will include tree-decorating and a pinata party. Candy canes provided by the Burlingame Lions Club will be given to the children at the tree-decorating party. Visits to the classrooms for book talks as well as classes visiting the library are occurring lon� a continuing basis. ,.E this time, the staff of the Children's Room wish to extend Season's Greetings to the members of the Board. STATISTICS FOR NOVEMBER 1975 CIRCULATION MAIN BRANCH Books, Adult Non-Fiction 10,080 1,078 Child Non-Fiction 1,228 613 Adult Fiction 7,563 1,924 Child Fiction 1,839 1,024 TOTAL BOOKS. . .. . . . . .20,710. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4,639 Periodicals 1,459 634 Pamphlets 198 6 Maps 4 - Games 7 16 Subtotal. . . . . . . . . .. .22,378. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .5,295 Phonograph Records 878 - Slides - - Art Prints 89 - Cassettes 41 - Films 69 - Equipment Loaned 9 - TOTAL CIRCULATION. . . . . . .23,464. . . .. . . .. . . . .. . .. . .5,295 GRAND TOTAL CIRCULATION, BRANCH & MAIN. . . .28,75 (1974 Circ: 28,504 - .89% Increase) Average Daily Circ., Main: 885 Average Daily Circ. , Branch: 221 TOTAL DAILY CIRC. AVERAGE. . . . . . . .1,106 TRAFFIC: Total Traffic, Main ,882 Daily Average Traffic, Main: 1,014 TRAFFIC COUNT AT BRANCH LIBRARY NOT AVAILABLE REFERENCE STATISTICS: A/V USE TALLY: Reference Requests Total: 1,205 ILL Activity Incoming: 306 Microfilm Use: 7 ILL Activity Outgoing: 299 A/V Equipment Use: 105 �D TOTAL REF. ACTIVITY: 1,810 ILL Activity Total: 605 Total A/V Use: 112 REGISTRATIONS: ADULT CHILD TOTAL Membership 10/31/75 15,643 3,291 18,934 PLS PATRONS Additions - November 1975 388 50 388 TO DATE: 4,480 Withdrawals - November 1975 361 57 418 Increase of: 99 TOTAL REGISTRATIONS - 11/30/75 15,620 3,284 18,904 ACCESSIONS & WITHDRAWALS OF BOOK STOCK: AS OF CAN- GRAND TOTAL AS 10/31/75 ADDED CELLED OF 11/30/75 Adult Non-Fiction 121,925 551 43 122,433 Child Non-Fiction 16,858 53 10 16,901 Y.A. Non-Fiction 2,999 3 - 3,002 Adult Fiction 42,615 249 10 42,854 Child Fiction 12,563 57 9 12,611 Y.A. Fiction 2,376 3 - 2,379 199,336 91.6 72 200,180 Net Increase in Book Stock: 844 Included in above figures: 109 gift books and 460 new books Pamphlets Added: 105 Maps Added: 25 Pamphlets Discarded: 6 Maps Discarded: 0 TOTAL. . .12,859 TOTAL. . .1,043 RECORDINGS: AS OF 10/31/75 ADDED DISCARDED AS OF 11/30/75 78's 501 0 0 501 33's 3,439 5.6 33 3,462 Casettes 304 0 0 304 TOTALS: 4,244 56 33 4,267 DEPOSITED WITH CITY TREASURER: MAIN: $1,304.10 BRANCH: 177.38 TOTAL: $1,48 8 CITY OF BURLINGAME BUDGET EXPENDITURE LIBRARY FUND ACCOUNT NUMBER 03-750 DECEMBER, 1975 THIS TO BUDGET ' MONTH DATEALLOW. BALANCE _ S-1 & 3 Salaries 11 Office Expense 36.52 2,019.63 4,368 2,348.37 12 Special Departmental Expense 136.49 1,183.36 2,970 1,786.64 12.1 Books and Maps 5,019.39 27,965.39 54,500 26,534.61 12.1A Records and Cassettes 52.69 1,554.36 2,000 445.64 12.2 Periodicals 105.54 5,136.94 6,500 1,363.06 12.3 Binding -0 1,336.49 2,258 921.51 12.4 Cataloging 167.20 931.43 2,3.50 1,418.57 13 Small Tools and Equipment 68.90 154.92 300 145.08 16 Communications 167.55 905.58 1,900 994.42 17 Utilities 826.35 4,72.9.39 10,790 6,060.61 Maint. of Bldgs. and Grounds 2.42 3,679.99 4,100 420.01 20 Maint. of Equipment 58.24 472.00 550 78.00 20.1 Operations of Equipment -0- 4.92 200 195.08 21 Prof. and Special Services -0- 2,400.00 2,400 -0- 22 Other Contractual Services 910.00 4,732.00 10,500 5,768.00 23 Insurance and Surety Bonds -0- -0- 2;000 2,000.00 24 Dues and Subscriptions -0- 143.00 325 182.00 25 Travel 9.54 76.17 500 423.83 25.1 Con- & Mtgs. - Librarian 45.09 116.72 275 158.28 25.2 Conf. & Mtgs. - Personnel 20.00 283.84 300 16.16 25.3 Conf. & Mtgs. - Trustees 12.00 12.00 250 238.00 26 Training. &Safety Program -0- 55.00 300 245.00 29 Other Charges -0- 12.66 100 07.34 Capital Outlay -0- -0- 675 675.00 TOTAL BEFORE SALARIES 7,637.92 57,905.79 110,411 52,505.2.1 TOTAL AFTER SALARIES