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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - LB - 1964.07.15 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD June 19, 1964 Trustees Present: Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Cohendet, Mr. DeMartini Trustees Absent: Mr. Moody, Mr. Lynes MINUTES: Minutes of the previous meeting of May 20, 1964, were read and approved. BILLS: On a motion by Mr. DeMartini, seconded by Mrs. Cohendet, bills in the amount of $9,166.30 were ordered paid. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT: ,The Librarian's report was read and accented. MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The financial statement was approved and placed on file. OLD BUSINESS: Budget. The Librarian stated that the budget had not as yet been passed by the City Council. Library Borrowers' Survey. The Librarian stated that due to the inadequacies of our present typewriters, we were unable to cut our first stencil and, as soon as we receive a new typewriter, we will cut a stencil and start the survey. COMMUNICATIONS: A letter was received from Mrs. Geraldine L. Nurney, City Librarian San Jose, thanking us for a gift of children's books which were duplicates of our own material but, which were valuable as a research collection. A letter from Aline Lorenz, thanking us for informing her of the gift of a lovely book from her nephew Dick Hinze, to the library in memory of her husband Joseph Lorenz. NEW BUSINESS: There was considerable discussion of a meeting date for the Library Board and it was agreed that at the next meeting the by-laws should be changed and a suitable date set, which would be subject to variation only under extraordinary circumstances. It was-moved by Mr. DeMartini, seconded by Mrs. Cohendet, that the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 P. M. be set for the next meeting date and, in order to conform with provision in Section 2 of Article VI Amendment "that such a notice of proposed changes of the by-laws shall be given with the call of the (next) meeting", such notice of proposed changes be sent with the notice of the call. ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. DeMartini, seconded by Mrs. Cohendet, the meeting was adjourned. Res a tfullysubmit d .or Paul Lechich Clerk of the Board LIBRARIAN IS REPORT July 159 1964 —ane circulation increased 13.43 over the month of June 1963. A comparison of the statistics for the two months shows that the largest increase took place at the Branch. it gill be Interesting to nate the effect on the July circulation of the increased number of children in the `summer Reading Club, .E 11GS ATUN The Librarian attended one and missed ens r-feting of '"8e head li`hrariams of the county and the survey team, The surrey to determine the t;ortt o`- and coi3$ and organi patiorn of a co= operative system will be completed by the and of September. The Librarian attended the pre-conferonce buildioig institute at Sts Louis, The subject of lighting was discussed at length® and one of the f`sa r"s presented was most helpNl, It WmLld raem® if I have interpreted it rightp that our floreseennt, ficture!q with the g]lase Holoph=e lenses are the best type of fixture for florescodat lighttIng. It is also possible to irncr'sase the amount of the light, using tubes which pro?-ace three times as ruch light in t hr o'28 we have at present The Librarian attended several meetings at the E"�A Ce ferennce, and vpennt consids�°'Lble tL' at the very extensive exhibits of library arnpliers ,FORT OF THF CHILD=z S LI9PtiARIAN Our major pr occwAtion is with the Ung Arthur Reader Chub,, 227 children have nwq%rell.ed at the Main T1Abv- j and 2" at the Branch. D 27 ing the third week we made a pr8l:U&1 P_T7 analy.is of the cUldren attending at the Main Lim. At that time we htd 7108 who are going into the following grades: First 3 Fifth 39 Second 37 Sixth 22 Third 53 Seventh 15 Fourth 32 Eighth ? We feel that the number of clftr° children is larger this year than last. Interest8Ing membsrs are a partially sighted child., ez,? tee children (roan Mexico City who know very little Fz glieh. I believe the librc y is rent-ribug a real service in helping these children In an effort to improve the of the Smmr dreading Program we have devised a Faport :Sheat to guide ch l en in the thlre grai?e or uP, in giving their book reports. Too may child-an ha,?a %nderstacd thin to be a time to recount a book almost verbatim, which does nei tb e whiles or the librarlane arty goota The report sheet has been helpful but we are looking for ways to Improve it. Our project to tralin and use young teen=age ®volunteers has worked out most satisfactorily. The four girls together 6,re contributing more than 40 hours a week. Two of this girls are atle to do very responsible jobs,, one is a good average helper, and one has proved too ianmature to be of great help, but c#.rn assist in simple and routine chores. The school-sage story hours have been discontinued for the summer since the Recreation Depart- ment offers Story Hours daily In the schools, and the Summer Reading Program consumes so much of the library staff time. Pre-school story hour is being continued through July. Summer attendance has been running about 25s which is really a very comfortable number of children to handle and quite a relief from the groups of 55 or larger we had been hawing, Respectfully submitted, `- George Paul Lechich City Librarian CITY of D RLL-.CTA1,TL BUDt}'RT EXP—" DIT-JM y MONTHTO DATE ALLOT"1A110E TOTAL 3-1 Salaries x51244.82 9,244.82 19-11 Supplies 50M 5o62 M-12 Printing & postage 449915 449015 1T-13 Li htp Hoat* Fonar : Wa;tor 209:27 204027 M-14 Telephone 23093 23093 M-16 Building &-. Grounds 1-Taintenanee 10AS 48 10 048 14-17 Books and ,.Taps 807097 807.97 TA-17A Periodicals 1$106044 10106044 M-17B Binding 79087 79x87 1lI� Convention (Librarian) --W..ft-' -m--- 1,1-19A Auto Allowance 4000 4000 S-19F Convention (Personnel) .--•*m "---- M-19T Convention (Trustees) w-mmew4m ----- M-20 Dies to Library Assns. 2x50 2x50 111-21 ?:Tiscellanems a --•-- 1,1-27 Compo Insurance •a.....- e-a..w.. 1;T-26 Contracts 250oOO 250000 C-90 Capital 22Tondiltzires ---�- ®-- -• TOTAL DEFOR:], SALARIES 2,9 944023 2#944o23 TOTAL AFTER SALMal"'S 12,139.05 12,139.05 STATISTICS FOR JUNE e,ait� AT :) MAIN BRANCH ks.z Adult Non—Fiction 66,678 18340 Child Non-Fiction 29151 19620 Adult Fiction 69128 28860 Child Fiction 3n628 Total Book Circulation 199385 8990► Periodicals: —37�0 .s 790 6f39 889 Total Books &. Perioftcals 20,175 9„793 Phonograph Records 52 527 = Total Circulation 209702 9;793 Total Branch Circulation 20223 GR NDOTAL CIRCULATION MAIN 8+ BRAVI 30 (2963: 280915) Daily Average for Main: 758 Daily Average for Branch: —M 19135 REGISTRATIONS ADULT CHILD TOTAL Membership May 32*1964 10,)994 39135 149129 Additions .lune zrffl 61 338 Withdrawals June TOTAL, WISTRATIONS AS OF June 30,, 1964 1.1©213 3919€ 149409 4�CESSIOPLS & WITHDRAWALS OF BOOK STOCK: AS W GRAND l MWED JM ELLRD , T Adult Non-fiction 8 .9122 453 124 81,,451 Child Non-Fiction 2.3961: 82 27 139754 HS Non-Fiction 19459 14 --- 19473 Adult Fiction 33467 148 22 339593 HS Fiction 3963 ' 10 9 39638 Child Fiction TOTALBOOK STOCK AS OF 196& 146032 746 199 246,879 Not Increace in Book Stock: 547 In �I ve i s: 1 d 2 t e Pamphlets Added: 56 Maps Added: 1 Pamphlets Discarded., 24 Maps Discarded: o= GRAND RECORDINGS �_ ACCESSIONER RpgARDED TOTAL 7848 1p262 61 4 19319 45°s 21.1 211 334s — 781 TOTAL RF,CORD STOCK AS OF J`aa'NZ ]to 29250 65 4 29311 DEMOS ITED WITH CITY' TREASURERMain $19 226 a 71 Branch 2 l2 1 481