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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - LB - 1964.06.19 AGENDA BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 19, 1964 TRUSTEES PRESENT : TRUSTEES ABSENT: MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING OF MAY 20, 1964: BILLS: LIBRARIAN' S REPORT : MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT : OLD BUSINESS : Budget Library Borrowers' Survey COMMUNICATIONS : Letters from Mrs. Geraldine L. Nurney and Mrs. Aline Lorenz. NEW BUSINESS : ADJOURNMENT : MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BURLINGVE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD May 20, 1964 Due to lack of a quorum, the regular meeting of May 19th was postponed until May 20th at 10 AM. Trustees Present: DeMartini, Harrison, Moody. Trustees Absent: Cohendet,. Lynes. MINUTES: Minutes of the previous meeting of April 21, 1964, were read and approved. BILLS: On a motion by Mr. DeMartini, seconded by Mrs. Harrison, bills in the amount of $3,157.23 were ordered paid. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT: The Librarian's report was read and accepted. MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The financial statement was approved and placed on file. OLD BUSINESS: Parking. The Librarian reported that the city was negotiating for the old Donnelly house, and that as things stand at this time, the lot adjacent to the library and the Steinbeck lot were definitely in the Parking District. Budget. The Librarian reported that as yet there had been no action by the City Council in regard to a hearing on the budget. Library Borrowers Survey. The Librarian reported that due to the illness of Mrs. Fleming there had been no progress on the borrowers' survey but that Mrs. Smoody would carry through on the production of the necessary forms. Maior Capital Improvements. Extension of Parking Underneath. The Librarian reported that a letter had been sent to the Planning Commission expressing some of the possible provisions for an extension. The Library Board stated that they would like a copy of this letter included with the minutes. Branch in the Millsdale Shopping Area. The Librarian reported that there had beet some discussion of the possibilities and timing for a Branch in the Millsdale area. The consensus of the Board was that the project should be kept in mind but that active work on plans should be held up until the need, as shown by the building of additional residences in the area. COMMUNICATIONS: Letter from Mrs. Frank S. Erskine in regard to employment of police officer. The Librarian contacted Mrs. Erskine by telephone and stated our position to her satisfaction. ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. DeMartini, seconded by Mrs. Harrison the meeting was adjourned. Respectf'lly subm te ,-, _ CPf�C���ti�� 6eorg;4"Paul Lechich Clerk of the Board LIBRARIAN'S REPORT June 16, 1964 CIRCULATION The circulation for Maj was .02% less than that of May, 1963. However, as the library was open less time than in May,19639 the daily average circulation rose from 1,223 to 19258. The circulation for Sunday, Mai 31st was 315. This is the highest Sunday circ_,la.tion since the library opened. During the four-hour period there were mevaral hundred people in and out of the buildin . No doubt, more would have stayed but this was hardly possible with only 105 seats available in the main and reference rooms. Mr,0`° N S A E The Librarian and the Librarians of the county attended two matin:,j with Ri1ll.am Spangle & Associates in regard to their survey of libra Yacilities It order to determine whether or not a cooperative system would a feasible. The Librarian is working on various reports related to the survey team. The Librarian attended a three-day workshop on "your library in a master plan for public libraries in California." The workshop consisted of a series of panel d.isou,ssions with various experts and group meetings that endeavored to show how membership in systems of libraries could be applied to benefit an individual library. As could be ezpeoted, there were two quotes which L' impresesd me the most; they were from Mr. William Zion, a goverromental research cone,21tan a from Lafayette. The quotes were : "once a bureaucracy is interested, It is very- difficult to undo that interest" and "once a system, always a system." x 0 OF2a oHl IR NIS LIBRARIA�i e The King Arthur Reading Club opened for the sumer on dune 15th, to run 10 welts. During the last month a great deal of time and effort on the part of many people went into making the decorations. The Children° s Room is decoaaued with large khIghts on horseback, travel posters with pictures of castles, and dragons - the pattern for which was sent by Mrs. Terpay. Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Bergsing have contributed a good deal to the decorations and the plans for the program. Mrs. Dein volunteered to make 500 bookmarks and Xre. MfL,utlno volunteered to refurbish the knights Which were given us by the San Jose Library's Children's Room. In May, every classroom in every elementary school in Burlingame was personally visited by Mrs. Bergsing, Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Powell to Invite the children to Join the club. The club is off to a great start in both the main and the branch. In the first two days, 120 children had registered and made their first book reports, and record circulations were recorded. School-age story hour was ended with the last day of the school term. Pre-school story hour continues at the main library* On Friday, May 29th, two second grades from Washington School visited the, library. Mrs. Powell introduced the library to the children, and told a stop. Several children got their first library card- others took out books. Respectfully submitted, George Paul Lechich City Librarian CITY OF BURL117GAZ BUDGET MIN dDIT"JBE _. .,.�........Y,. LAgIC MONTH TO DATE ALLOWANCE TOTAL 3•1 Salaries 8, 644.21 1070480.38 1070685000 204.52 M-11 Supplies 3410.52 10552026 10600000 47074 M•12 Printing Postage 51029 2g44940 20450000 080 M•13 Li&it 0 Heat;, Power Water 435a31 20896034 2,900000 3066 M•14 Telephone 53058 466019 550000 83081 11.16 Building &- Grounds Maintenance 794031 20479000 20500,00 21000 M-17 Books and Uaps 30053082 21$992064 228,500000 507o36 I1417A Periodicals 370045 20050027 10500000 0 550027 M-17B Binding 856067 30086079 30100000 73021 M-t9 Convention (Librarian) 136035 191005 200000 9095 11-19A Auto Allowance 32090 208655 200000 • 8055 LI-19P Convention (Personnel) 5600 13lo-63 150600 18037 Vi-19T Convontion (Trustees) 31.20 74084 125600 50016 I Dues tt) Library Assns. 144o50 155000 10050 11-21 Miscellaneous 10660 66078 100000 33022 1I-27 Compo Insurance 2#000000 2$000000 2'000600 ••'M" M®28 Contracts 257.50 3#102.99 30120000 17001 C•90 Capital I?.openditures 756040 4,135,08 40967000 831092 TOTAL BEFORE SALARI"`'.S 92166030 47,9028011 480117,00 100x8089 TOTAL AF'TIR SALARIES 17,810.51 154,508.49 1550802000 11293.51 'JA%64 _MW _Buwa `,.Books: Adult Non-Fiction 119244 11765 Child Non-Fiction 2,370 1,413 Adult Fiction 6,485 2.374 Child Fiction 2sfiB,2 1,921 , Total Bryk Urculat:ion 22,781 7.530 Periodicals: X020 1,020 Tonal Books & Periodicals 23,801 8.547 Phonograph Kwcovds _ 559 SD --- -- Total Circulation 24060 8,547 Total Branch Circulation 8,,342 GRAtn' TOTAL CIRCULATION MAIN dc BRANCH �Z�Q� (19638 32'982) Daily Average for Mains 916 Daily Average for Branch: „342 1,258 RBGIST Tj2NS AD= CHILU Ima Membership April 30, 1964 10,822 3,110 13.932 Additions May 251 28 279 Withdrawals !;x, � _A TOTAU=T19TRATIONS AS-DE MAY 11. 1964 10.994 3.135 14,129 ACCESSIONS k WITHDRAWALS OF BOOK STOCKS AS OF RAND c: � s�® L Adults Ndn-Fiction 809860 362 too 81,122 Child Non-Fictl®n 13.637 73 11 13.699 HS Noe—Fictton 19448 13 2 11459 Adult Fiction 33.379 146 58 33.467 HS Fiction 3,632 14 9 3.637 Child Fiction 12 64 , 3 izAw TOTAL BOOK STOCK AS or MARY 31- 1964 145,853 672 193 146,332 Net Incrr-ase in Book Stocks 479 (InctWed in above figures: 166 gifts and 33New Titles) Pamphlets Added*- 103 Maps Added: 1 Pamphlets Discardede 17 Maps Discarded: a� R CORDINGS of 41 0 Acs �ontd_ 78ns 1,215 47 1,262 4549 211 — ®a 211 3309 268 - — TQM RECORD STOCK &JeF MAY 31. 1964 2,194 58 2 29250 N— DEPOSITED WITH CITY TREASURERs Main $912024 Branch 267007 $1.179.31 LIBRARIAN' S REPORT May 19, 1964 CIRCIILATION ~� The total circulation dropped 4.1% from the corresponding month of April 1963. Dwever, this loss is due entirely to the Main losses (8%) Whereas, the Branch gained 6.6%. Most of the 3.0% loss at the main is in the recreational reeding fieldg both In adult fiction 613.2%) and children' s fiction 616.50 . Record circula- tion also dropped 44%. The adult non-fiction lost only 2.60, while the children's non-fiction gained 17%. Periodicals lost 3.8%. This pattern seems as indicated in previous reports - seemingly due to lack of parking in the evenings, and congestion and confusion at the desk and in the stags, caused by the large number of students using the library. This deters the older patrons from coming into th6 library, This loss, as Indicated previously, in all the more difficult to account for in the face of an add itiorAl 1, 47 cad holds;s. There being now 139932 card holders against 12,685 is April. The loss in childred s fiction may be due to the fact that their parents who come in la the evenings, are staying away. It will be interesting to see if this WM is reversed during the summer when the obstreperous high school populavioa no longer Jame the facilities. Tho advint of a policy officer has, after a fashion, calmed the troubled waters. Fo aver, we are on our second offioer. Mrs. Marjorie Cooper, Library Assistants and a valued employee of the library ,.. since March 1959, passed away the sevent anth of May during her sleep* naring the past year she, with the aid of her husband* completed the "Burling- ame Library Scrapbook" entitled "Burlingame Public Library, Our Story." This was done with considerable thought and certainly with great devotion, and represents in outstanding contribution to our library self image. Bar death Is a jreat lose to the library and to the Branch Library, as eta knew books and popple e.nd was most successful in bringing the two together. The Chil.dran's Room has had a successful month with story hour attendance holding its own, and considerable use of the room for reference and raorea- tiona3 reading. On MAy 18th, .Mrs. Powell met with a class of vans from the College V our Lady of Mero; to Instruct them about children's literature and literary service to teed. s. There were fifteen nuns under the direction of Sister : ary Susanna. The class Wed many interesting questions and we fele; the meetiag was quite successful. All the children's staff have dsvo ted a good deal of time and energy to the prepawation,s for the Summer Read.sug grogram, which is due to begin oa June 15th. Respectfully submitted, George Pau'? Lechich City Librarian CITY OF BTIRI�lllGAI`t� .,.13UDGET EXPENDITURE 1IONTH TO DATE ALLOWPECE TOTAL S»1 Salariea PA 488. 13 98,836.17 1070685000 °,x'48 .83 M®3.1 Supp3.' os 58012 10210o74 1,0500400 38946 M»12 int gnu c°' Footage 289008 20397091. 204SOoOO 52009 M-13 Lijj2t0 Hoat 0 Power & Water 29Oe 4,2 20461003 20900000 41198097 U-14 Tolep one 36094 412061 55000 138 059 Ls-16 Building � Grounds ainten ce 52084 10654869 20500.sOO 815031 M»17 Books and !daps 10650040 1.80938*82 220500000 30561.alS -17A llorlodicals 25056 1.0679082 10500000 179082. M-1.7B Lending 251069 20230012 30.100400 869g8S ld-lq Convention (Librarian) 3.40 74*70 200000 125030 PlI1 A Auto A1lowanoe 21o70 175035 200000 24o35 Q»19P Cazm—%ation (Pereomel) »..,...» 126063 150o00 230$7 M-IST Coav nti on (Tras tee. »»®-.. 45*84 125 000 81.036 M-20 Duca to llbrrg Ae e o ®••••••• 144050 I55e00 10050 Psi»21 MI.--cellar-a as .sww»» 58078 100600 43o22 M-27 Comp a Izmvamce «•-•® .sw..w.r 20000600 290OOoOD M-28 Contrasts 256050 2084,49 30120000 274x51 C-90 Ca1,Atel lb'peuditures 220,48 30376068 40967000 10588632 TOTAL BEFORE SALIRTEES 30157025 370861082 480117 o00 1.00255oI.9 TOTAL .PFTs. 511,11 FZ 11,645.36 136,697.98 1550902000 STATISTICS FOR APRIL 1964 CIRCULATION MAN lr-H Books: Adult Non-Fiction 110,088 19923 Child Non-Fiction 19996 19430 Adult Fiction 69346 29470 Child Fiction _2,517 2087 Total Book Circulation 219947 79930 Periodicals: __Q38 _ 938 1,024 1.024 Total Books & Periodicals 22,885 89954 Phonograph Records 53_534 Total Circulation 23,419 89954 Total Branch Circulation 88,,254 GRAND TOTAL CIRCULATION MAIN & BRANCH 32 (1963: 33,694) Daily Average for Main: .858 Daily Average for Branch: _I!& 1,202 REGISTRATIONS ADULT CHILO +. Membership March 31, 1964 10,604 39071 13,675 Additions April 288 40 328 Withdrawals April - TOTAL RMISTRATIONS AS OF April 3-0,1264 100,822 3,110 139932 ACCESSIONS-A WITHDRAWALS OF BOOK STOCK: AS OF GRAND TML Adult Non-Fiction 0,� ADDED CAN68LLF.D 80,860 Child Non-Fiction 139460 192 is 139637 HS Non-Fiction 19433 15 mo 1,448 Adult Fiction 3301 183 65 339379 HS Fiction3 3,632 3,623 12 Child Fiction 12,777 162 42 121,89? TOTAL BOOK STOCK AS OF APRIL 30, 1964 845,076 970 193 1459853 Net Increase in Book Stock: ?77 (Included in abode figures: 1?7 Gifts and 581 New Titles) Pamphlets Added: 70 Maps Added: 2 Pamphlets Discarded: r 12 Maps Discarded: RECORDINGS: As 4 313Lt& negnalaned DIsVIWOW Grand Total 7804 19215 19215 45.92 209 2 211 330s __ 30 268 TOTAL RECORD STOCK AS OF APRIL 30, 1964 291541. 40 29194 _DEPOSITED WITH CITY TREASURER: Main 19232,89 Branch 1953788