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BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
MEETING OF JANUARY 201, 1970
TRUSTEES PRESENT:
TRUSTEES ABSENT:
MINUTES Of THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 16,1969:
BILLS:
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
COMMUNICATIONS:
Letter from Lawrence Productions., Inc. commending library.
Letter from City Attorney in regard to disclosure of assets.
Letter from State Library regarding Federal Library Services and Construction Act,
OLD BUSINESS:
San Mateo Libraries Cooperative Project (No progress. No meeting until April.)
Buz i ding --
Typewriter Demonstration
NEW BUSINESS
Charge for replacement of lost library cards ---
ADJOURNMENT:
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
OF THE
BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
DECEMBER 16, 1969
CALL TO ORDER:
A regular meeting of the Burlingame Public Library Board was held on the above given date.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 by Chairman Cohendet.
ROLL CALL:
Trustees Present: Trustee Cohendet, Trustee Hechinger, Trustee Phelan, Trustee DeMartini
Trustees Absent: Trustee Lynes - Excused, school meeting
MINUTES:
The minutes of the meeting of November 18, 1969 were approved and adopted.
BILLS:
Bills in the amount of $4,181.36 were ordered paid on a motion by Trustee DeMartini,
seconded by Trustee Hechinger and carried.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
The Librarian's-report was read and ordered filed. There was some discussion regarding
the C.L.A. Convention in San Francisco.
COMMUNICATIONS:
The Librarian read a letter from Mrs. Ethel Langsdorf, of the A.A.U.W. sending a
gift of $20.00 to be used for books in memory of Mrs. Julia Farrell. It was decided
that the Board should acknowledge this letter and that a letter be sent to Mrs. Farrell's
husband, informing him of this gift.
OLD BUSINESS:
San Mateo Libraries Cooperative Project: The Librarian informed the Board that while
he was attending the C.L.A. convention notice was received from the State Library
Consultant questioning several items on our application, one of which was the fact that
he could not find approval of the application by the City of Burlingame. The Librarian
got in touch with the City Manager, who contacted the City Attorney and received the
Attorney's approval of the application. This approval was then transmitted to the
State Library.
Building: The Librarian stated that the subject of our building was to be taken up by
the Council at their work session the first Wednesday in January. He stated that he
had compiled a list of furniture for the use of the library decorator, and that he
thought that most of our present furniture could be used. There was some discussion
of this, with emphasis on the fact that all furniture used should be in excellent
repair and correlated to any new furniture purchased.
Automatic Typewriter: Mrs. Patricia Thomas, cataloger, reported to the Board on the
advisability of purchasing a new automatic tape typewriter for use in typing catalog
cards. She brought out several points - 1. Library of Congress Cards and Wilson cards
are extremely slow in reaching us, sometimes as long as eight months, after the books
have been received. This delay necessitates our typing some three sets of catalog
cards ourselves for interim use in order that the books may reach the public. 2. This
involves a great deal of typist time, which could be eliminated if three sets of
cards could be run at I once r h t 3• Combined cost of L.C. cards and Wilson
cards per year :s approx:maFY 060!887. This cost could be eliminated. 4. Cataloger
must keep records and follow-up on all books which do not have L.C. or Wilson cards.
This entails additional expense for her time. 5. Typewriter can also be used for
other office work, such as making several copies of the same report or letter.
After Mrs. Thomas report, there was considerable discussion, in which the Librarian
brought out the fact that while this typewriter costs $4,000, it could be paid for at
the rate of $159.00 per year, and that it could be leased or rented for $22.00 per
month. Trustee De Martini asked the number of man-hours required for each book in
cataloging and was informed it was about 1/2 hour per book. Trustee Hechinger inquired
if other libraries of our size used this typewriter and was informed that it has just
come out - that some libraries used a more sophisticated machine, such as San Mateo
County which has one costing $19,000, but that the Librarian has seen nothing comparable
for such a low cost. He also noted that possibly some of the City offices would like
to use the machine occasionally. Trustee Hechinger asked what the result would be if
we bought the machine and entered into the cooperative system with joint cataloging.
The Librarian stated that even if we did join, there would be much back-up work to do.
After more discussion, it was agreed that the machine should be demonstrated to the Board
sometime in January, if possible, so that they might form more conclusive opinions.
NEW BUSINESS:
Chairman Cohendet informed the Librarian that the Board members would be pleased to
contribute a ham for the employees' Christmas party.
ADJOURNMENT:
Trustee Hechinger moved the meeting be adjourned, Trustee Phelan seconded, motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 8:45 P. M.
Respectfully submitted,
el Lechich
George'
Clerk of the Board
LIBRARIAN' REPORT
MQ GARY 10, 1970
REPLAKAMT OF MILER
in the early morning of December 29, the Librarian found that the library was
quite COT& Uyzn invest igat iny, he found that t boiler had sprung a leak of
sizeable proportions. HS called the City Quager and discussod the matter
with hin, and proceedad to call several p0 bin and heating contractors.
Lindstrbm was the first one who could send a men immadiately. As soon as the
Frcot of the furnace was removed, it was evident that the second section of tk�
boiler Ad a large leak; and it was determined Chat tiould try to remove tK
first section and replace the second section; but with the rernoval of the jaciet'
another hairline crack waz noted, thcuoh it was not leaking at tha tfire'� and it
was decided that the boiler should be replaced.
EsZinrwtes e obtained fry-: tkree paoplei Lindstrom, $6,500; Harry Lee, KAM',
and Myshore Plumbing, 1$,236® Aa wa had to hav, it as soars as possible and
1: 'Alstrom's estimate wzs the latest; ho wea told to proceed. During the. perba
Ohnn folleweio the library was maintained fairly comfortably, principally by
leavirg th, lights on all night.This period of Mao also, was about the
coldest weather we had had. Howeverp with added electric heaters, the staff d
kept fairly
As Councilman George had Informed M Mrarian that there wave funds in D-077
Mr library cmsd an thiz boiler is K slightly lard capacity than
the one that "az there and apparently more efficient, it is to be hoped that the
cost of this ropiccament can ba charged tar ccpital improvements.
ACCESSIONS AID WITHDRAWAL - 100K STOCK
During the ytar' tFellbrc-Y has Ra1mgad to discard enough materials to add only
a total of 303 Mumss to tha total collecticn, being n*" 173,764 vokmas in
the system A considerabie nunbeF of maps have Wan discardad, and, as 4een In
the January statistics, a new suparier c WM04 is laing Wed. We will have
AMOK all the maps that MM people WOM dcUre,
CEMEREMIS ROOM
The CA.A. conArence hal d is December offered a numbzr of sessions an Childron,s
Servicea. A film and discussien dealing with story telling proved to be
especially informativZ.
At tur tribitinnal Christmas Pro-School and School Age Story Mars, candy canes
AM& by the Lions Club vise given to the chillren0
CITY BURLINGAME
BUDGET, EXPENDITURE
V-1fiNTH OF jAN`UA-,1V,, 10�j
THI
MONTH DAT� ALL014AMCE SALANCE
1a ie 14,003.42 94,776.13 163, 121 68,344.87
4U-2`7 1,423.4 2-- v200
P
2 2 2 10 21k27 rintivig Postage 116�63 11035,73
P11_50? U ght, boat ftrv%�ar & water 2,83 61 5 1 0",SI.L,19, 4 11100 2 13B. 59
m- Te I 10 o 4 63v 05 940 337.95
x '17,87 2,50,3 2A02.t3
-?6 Building & Groun,�s Maint-aaace 13� 6 o 4 1
9,61104�86 35,000
�1-17 aoo'hs M. t4apa 3.065—c!7 15.395."
V-17 A Per f a�df cc I s 438.5M
'oj:057�75 3,200 132�25
Y8-17R 5f nd i nq 1,7 104�9-6 3,000 4,295.74
I YC CCIta I Qqj J-.9 74.'5 6 9�,13 1 -- 7-0..87
a 25V 0
9" 46,00 lai .20 25O 14o",S0
t 19A Au t n A'1 1 cm a E ca 42,85 96,45 300 2�3,55
;,.149-P-P coniventloa --- 176,25 253 M75
M-t 9T Mmstaas� ---
125
cutis to i Associatioms 11.3.-4z
160,75 25O 39.25
X'8+-211 Mi S Ce 1,3 ac4p-QU S =.x2„66 100 V?.34
--nips 1), nv 112.,j2 2 0
Typewriter Rec
C—nap, Ifisuraftee --- 2.v000 2N 003 DIV,
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2 8 6�,c 4 030 1 00
Ct b 3 1.50�0 0
caoit&l Expandittz-as 7.02
16' 6-50
9
5 533.4$
T*IAL DEFWZE 5'014u00 4 3 Y4.ti-e 6 2 9 5 .213?)23G,53
19,017.42 129, 170.60 225,716 96,545.40
:Z,uoF:�S id I�O:i�!";C t ClY1 7,897 1,06-o
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4,945
PariodiCz�is 8 0 531
37,749Mhonograph records 7 13
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Tot o°i ia'aP3Ca'D Circulation 3 _]'5.!;-'66_ �S
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DAILY ikV ERAS"
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1/3;f6o A001-0 CELLED TOTAL
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Child Mon-Fiction 17,336 u9 226 :7, **n51
H.S. :'ice:;-w i c`loo 2 7 �} � 20 D to i
;°ittE;i"t Fiction c .892 106 12 76,988
chiij Fiction 61 00
x ,T-14 1010 s�> a ; > tis OF 12iji/6 ,a73 521 575 332
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