HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 1968.06.12 MINUTES OF THE MEETING
OF THE
BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
JUNE 12, 1968
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 7:00 P. M. by Chairman Hechinger.
ROLL CALL:
Trustees Present: Chairman Hechinger, Trustee De Martini, Trustee Cohendet, Trustee Lynes
Trustees Absent: None
MINUTES:
The minutes of the meeting of May 21, 1968 were approved and adopted.
BILLS:
Bills in the amount of $11,150.78 were ordered paid on a motion by Trustee Lynes seconded
by Trustee DeMartini and passed unanimously.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT:
The Librarian's report was read and ordered filed. Trustee Lynes commented that the visits to
the schools, noted in the Children's Room report, were particularly well handled. There
was some discussion with regard to the Santa Cruz library, and others of recent construction,
being too functional and stark in design.
COMMUNICATIONS:
There were no communications.
OLD BUSINESS:
Building Program: Ideas were exchanged on the program, during the course of which it was
remarked that Mr. Holt seemed high. The Chairman stated that he did not think we should
hire a man on the basis of price. Trustee Cohendet said that Mr. Holt lived too far away
and that there were others more convenient, and that Holt would actually see us only twice
in the time he was working on our project. In line with this thought, the Librarian mentioned
that Sunnyvale had hired Mr. Coolidge for their work because he was able to spend a great
deal of time with them, and that of course we would be expected to do part of the public
survey for Mr. Holt. The trustees agreed that, while the Council would make the final decision
on the man hired, they would be able to voice their various opinions.
Budget: The Librarian announced that the Council had not yet passed the new budget.
San Francisco Cooperative Reference Project: The Librarian mentioned that we have not heard
any more about this project; that the City Council had a study session and this item was
on the agenda, but due to the length of the meeting they were unable to discuss it.
San Mateo Municipal Libraries Cooperation Project: The Librarian stated that the State has
made some suggestions as to changes in the proposed plan, and that there will be some
variations. When these are worked out, we will receive a copy of the modified plan and can
then decide. It was agreed by all trustees that the San Mateo County Plan (Spangle Report)
apparently could do nothing but help us. In connection with this, the Librarian gave our
total non-resident count for various surrounding cities, which was 683. He brought out that
a reciprocal agreement could be worked out with some, such as San Mateo (who have only
21 of our residents.) For example, we could borrow San Mateo's collection of films and use
their business collection as part of the imbalance in non-resident partons.
NEW BUSINESS:
Convention A.L.A.: It was announced by the Librarian that he will be attending the A.L.A.
Convention in Kansas City, and that he wanted to pay particular attention to a seminar on
methods of registration, with a view toward possibly changing our own system. He mentioned
that they will present all the latest I.B.M. machinery AT ch performs various functions
such as rejecting a borrower's card if there are fines charged against it, etc. etc. There
is also a method of registration for student cards which will employ Polaroid snapshots
on the card, thus insuring that it will be used by the student only. There was a discussion
of the price of I.B.M. equipment. The Librarian mentioned that the Santa Clara County
Library is using I.B.M. equipment as a part experiment in order to determine the cost and
practicality.
New Officers for Board: It was mentioned that it is now time to elect new Board officers, but
due to the lack of time at this meeting it would be taken up at the next Board meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
Trustee Cohendet moved that the meeting be adjourned in honor of Wayne Guthrie and that the
Board express its regrets anti thanks for the fine job he did as Trustee by means of a letter.
Trustee Lynes seconded this motion, and it was unanimously accepted.
Meeting adjourned at 7:45 P. M.
Respectfully submitted,
Geor`g�a Paul Lechich
Clerk of the Board