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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Packet - LB - 1968.02.20 At" So spi sro R I SwIN Mai it"WIR Mgt l FWIT AVVOW3.4 70 �-- � � ZZs � . ,,. a•, ' �� ' � � ,�� ,4 r. t { ggg ....,yg. �^v'�IrY�•.a:, x:,:p,., ��zYaei�.d+.�:r.C.y�...jn. �i'9 4 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD JANUARY 16, 1968 t Trustees Present: Hechinger, Guthrie, Cohendet, De Martini Trustees Absent: Lynes. Excused on account of illness. MINUTES: The minutes of the meeting of December 14, 1967 were read. _ Trustee Hechinger stated that there was an error in the "Trustees Present" as Mrs. Cohendet was present. Minutes are to be corrected. BILLS: Bills in the amount of $3,336.31 were ordered paid on a motion by Trustee Oe Martini seconded by Trustee Cohandet. Carried. OLD BUSINESS: Building Program: The Librarian stated that he had contacted four well-known library consultants, Coit Coolidge, Margaret Troke, John Henderson, and Bernard Van Horne. He stated that Mr. Coolidge called at the library and submitted a proposal in writing. Mr. Van Horne also called, and after considerable discussion decided that he did not wish to submit a proposal. He stated, however, that he felt that the building was inadequate and that a new one should be provided. Mr. Henderson called at the library and discussed the project with the Librarian, and later submitted a letter which, in brief, followed a similar tine as Mr. Van Horne's. Mrs. Troke, although unable to come to the library, reviewed the materials the Librarian had sent her, and stated that though she was very interested, she felt that she did not have the time to become involved; and that she felt the Librarian could do an adequate survey. The Board, after considerable discussion in which it was brought 9t Mr. Coolidge did not submit with his proposal a statement of his qualifi- cations, decided that the Librarian should definitely try to find other library consultants and he was so instructed. Part of the proposal as submitted by Mr. Coolidge concerning business books was briefly discussed by Mr. Hechinger, and it was agreed that something along this line should be done. Gift Book Sale: The Librarian stated that gift book sale would of necessity be again postponed, but he hoped that before too long we would have a place available to conduct the sale. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned on a motion by Trustee De Martini seconded by Trustee Cohendet. Rewe tfully submit, led,of� !�"" George Paul Lechich Clerk of the Board LIBRARIAN'S REPORT FEBRUARY 20, 1968 CIRCULATION AND TRAFFICt In the Librarian's Report for April, 1967, it was noted that circulation and traffic seemed to go .band in hand - thus indicating that our system of counting traffic, though not accurate, is at least a good estimate. Wi%h the pronounced increase in circulation (8% more than the same month last yaor) , the traffic showed 2.2% increase. The circulation for December was 24,:650 for January 34,004. The traffic for December was 26,222, for January 34,491. It is interesting to note that 20% of the increase was in fiction and 16% was in nonfiction - and this at the Main Library. SPACE: The librarian is looking for storage: space outside of the library. He is also trying to locate an empty store for use in the book sale which must be € eld i,mmarliately, for there is no longer any space; for discarded books. Consolidation of stored but not discarded books is being studied with the hope what, sm-, space may result. The library office is being partially moved to the Board Room in order to allow more space for the cataloging staff. It is hoped thai: two or three people will be able to work in this space. CHILDREN'S ROOM: Fehruary has been busy for the Children's Department at both the Main Library and the Branch. tiol Towing up on the agreement with the schools, Mrs. Dunn has already visited the 2nd, 3rd, fifth and sixth grades at Franklin School and has made appoint- raents to visit the same grades at Lincoln. Mrs. Egan returned to war k February l and plunged right in making appointments to visit McKinley and Washington schools. So Far, the response has been very enthusiastic and the results most gratifying. Valentine story h=ours x-*-re held at ;both libraries with the childrin cuing early -.rid making Valentines to display in the room. The Lion's Club provided the necessary materials and everyone seawad to have a good tire. Plans are going ahead to have Mrs. Zilpha Snyder, a local children's author and trais year's runner-up for tt�. rA6-bery Awards visit Washington and McKinley Schools or ri(ay morning, tt rch 22. From 3 - 5 in the afternoon, we are planning an open houze at the Branch library so children at the north end of Surlingwie will have ars oppor- tunity to -meet her. They will be serve6 punch and cookies, and we are hoping for a good crowd. CITY OF BURLINGAME BUDGET EXPENDITURE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1968 `-' THIS BUDGET BALANCE MONTH TO DATE ALLOWANCE TOTAL S-1 Salaries 11,409.31 93,817.41 143,250 49,432.59 H-11 Supplies 8.78 1,355.22 10,800 444.78 (c) M-12 Printing S Postage 308.17 1,720.61 28900 1079.39 (c) M-13 Light, Heat, Power S Water 252.52 29057.04 3000 942.96 M-14 Telephone 62.19 519.26 850 330.74 M-16 Building & Grounds Maintenance 14.87 992.69 20500 19507.31 M-17 Books b Maps 2,532.76 19,821.01 27,800 79978.99 M-17A Periodicals 362.50 2,475.27 2,500 24.73 M-17B Binding 284.55 12866.54 2,600 733.46 M-19 Convention (Librarian ) 3.50 90.75 250 159.25 M-19A Auto Allowance 27.80 95.30 300 204.70 M-19P Convention (Personnel) loft. 100.26 150 49.74 M-19T Convention (Trustees) 8.00 42.00 125 83.00 M-20 Dues to Library Associations -loft 205.50 200 - 5.50 M-21 Miscellaneous --- 41.00 100 59.00 M-24 Typewriter Repairs 75.37 135.37 175 39.63 M-27 Comp. Insurance --- --- 20000 20000.00 M-28 Contracts 310.00 29470.00 3,900 1,430.00 M-29 Microfilming Advance loft- --- 750 750.00 C-90 Capital Expenditures 193.10 208.10 3,500+ 3,291.90 TOTAL BEFORE SALARIES 4,444.11 34,195.92 55,400 219204.08 TOTAL AFTER SALARIES 15,853.42 128,013.33 198,650 70,636.67 STATISTICS FOR M-luARY, 1968 CIRCULATION MAIN BRANCH Books, Adult Non-Fiction 10007 1,671 Child Non-Fiction 2,475 10294 Adult Fiction 7x587 2,751 Child Fiction 2 9g4 2,057 Togas Book Circulation 23#164 2501M 7,775 � Periodicals 1.457 1,457 903 903 Total Books s Periodl s ` fi ,6?.1 ,6 76 Phonograph Records 683 683 --- ..�,...��...25',3M b9676 Slides 24 24 m�- Q_- Total Circulation 'total Branch Circulation 8,6,Q GRAND TOTAL CIRCULATION MAIN & BRANCH , (19670 310413) Daily average for Main 905 % of increase 4 Daily average for Branch 334 TOTAL DAILY AVERAGE TRAFFIC COON r JANUARY Daily Average, t-a n 923 Total Traffic, Main 25,835 Caily Average, Branch 333 Total Traffic, Branch 3 656 3 REGIS RATIONS, ADULT CHILDTOTAL terrship, Dec. 310 1967 �9 ; 073'1 Additions, Jan., 1968 426 5o 484 Withdrawals,, Jan., 1968 4 55 48 TOTAL REGISTRATIONS AS OF i 1 68IK10125 MAU ACCESIIONS AND WI W S OF BOOK STOCK: AS apt` CAM- GRAND 121,31/bi ADDDEO CELLED TOTAL Adult Non-Fiction5s2.05. €439 9~ 95,591 Child Non-Fiction i6, 2; 47 4 16,970 HS Non-Fiction 1P973 22 0 1095 Adult Fiction 36,865 129 150 36,844 HS Fiction 3,828 18 15 3,831 Child Fiction 13,823 36 256 1131603 TOTAL BOOK STOCK AS OF 1/31/68 a o 69r NIT INCREASE IN BOOK STMK 183 Included in above figures 84 gifts end 421 new titles aiprlets A e 8� ps Added 0 Pamphlets Discarded 37 Imps Discarded 0 Totalpamphlets 8&591 Total Mas 1&023 RECORDINGS: ASO ACCES- IS- GRAN i 6 - SSI"ONED CARDED TOTA 78's * � 5 � 45's 234 0 0 234 ts 2 3 ureUSITED PdITH CITY MEASUFS'R< MAIN $ 0245.27 5i AijiCIR 325-11 TOTAA. 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