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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - LB - 1964.02.17 AGENDA BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 17, 1964 TRUSTEES PRESENT : TRUSTEES ABSENT : 4— MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING OF JANUARY 221 1964 BILLS : LIBRARIAN' S REPORT : MONTLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT : OLD BUSINESS : Par_ king Demolition of Building COMMUNICATIONS: NEW BUSINESS : Appointment of Children*s L&brarian 4wel� Increase in Fees Duplicate cards Looking up cards 5` /C Capital Expenditures Typewriter — Calculator / ADJOURNMENT: l `✓pie_., MINUTES OF THEMEETING OF THE BURLIAJGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD January 22, 1964 TRUSTEES PRESENT: Moody, Lynes, Cohendet, Harrison TRUSTEES ABSENT: DeMartini MINUTES Minutes of the previous meeting of December 16, 1963, and the adjourned meeting of December 17th, and the special session of January 6, 1964 were read and approved. BILLS On a motion by Mrs. Cohendet, seconded by Mr. Lynes, the bills in the amount of $3,071.66 were ordered paid. LIBRARIAN'Sr 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 stated that the City Council is going to conduct a hearing on February 3rd on the parking situation. COMMUNICATIONS A letter was received by Mrs. Harrison from Nancy L. Aitken expressing her displeasure at the arrangement of the stacks which permit voyeurs to view from lower floors. The discussion brought out that this has been a problem since the construction of the library, and that the same problem exists in other libraries. It could be partially corrected by the use of screens at a cost of $2,000 - 03,000. It was stated that at present such funds are riot available, but that perhaps sometime in the future the openings might be closed by such means if and when the money is available. Mrs. Aitken's letter will be acknodtledged by the Clerk. A letter of resignation from Mrs. Terpay was read. NEVA BUSINESS The letter of resignation from the Children's Librarian was accepted with regret. The Librarian stated that the position will be filled when possible, and that the situation is not as pressing as it has been previously since we have a half-time Children's Librarian, Mrs. Dunn, and that Mrs. Bergsing has had considerable experience in this field. Registration Period: It was agreed that, for the time being, the registration period would be extended from three to four years in order to permit the changeover, to machine charging without having to issue renewed cards during the first year transition period. Increased fees, Duplicate Cards, and LookedJup Cards. Action on this issue was tabled until the next Board meeting. Petty Cash. On a motion by Mr. Lynes, seconded by Mrs. Cohendet, it was voted that 525.00 addition petty cash be added to the present funds, making a total of $100.00. The money will be requested from the City Treasurer. Respectfully subm' tt d, Georgie Paul Lechich Clerk of the Board LIBMUMV S RaOAT February 17, 1964 CIRCULATION The circulation increased 2.7% ever January of 196% and 9.0% over January of 1962, =0=10N CAL CIIMa : About 3/4 of the new Dickman Dorm-were' Identification Cards have been typed, and it is expected that the charging machines will be in use by the end of the month. FR,1tT .l � r At a recent meeting of the Friends of the Library, the Board of Directors voted to gecomaend to the membership at the Annual Meeting scheduled for February 24th at 10:00 that the association should become inactive. CIIIT.DRI�i'„�FABM On two different wDrningrs in January when they visited the Branch, Mrsa Dum instructed the sixth ;rade class from Roosevelt School on the use of the library. Before she left, firs. Terpay decorated the bulletin boards for February with valentines and bookjackets of Washington and Lincoln. The display came was changed and to now featuring dolls from foreign countries loaned to us by Donna %Iorrell, a Page in the Children's Room. 1..Idri1191the two weeks between February 1st when ,yrs. Terpay's resignation became effective and February 17th when firs. Powell begsa, the work of the Children's Boom was temporarily supervised by Mrs. Durno and ifts. Bergring. Hrm. Dunn conducted all the story hours, both at the main library and the branch, and increased her vorking hours slightly to cover the added duties. On Valentine's Day, Mrs. Dunn held a special story hour at the main library. In addition to the stories, each dbi.lrl made a Valentine to hang on a Valentine tree. Candy hearts were provided and eagerly devoured by the 55 children who attended. Pars. Pergsing and fts. Powell attended the rebruary meeting of ACL. Respectfully submitted, George Paul Lechich Cleric of the Board CITY OF GURLVIGAME ,�:. _._. �.a: �.x r,.<� u, x. -.w.� -z•._ BIEDGET EXP1M. ITURE ;•10 T I I OF FE[3ItU�1KY 1964 THIS BUDGET BALANCE NCE MU V& TOTAL S-b `;alar{. � 8 :j. ,n ...r,•. 4 . 107,685-00 j=•Sii+. eya �r.,Iviie% 3 -,lies lies 79.27 788.16 1,600.00 811.84 14-4 rinting Postage 24.69 .,611.46 2,450.00 838.54 A-13 '.right, Hent, Poorr & Water 282.59 1,751.88 2,900.00 19148.12 H_i4 Telephone 17006 303062 550000 246.38 m 1 IS BM- ding & Gronnds lairtenance 56.59 729.75 29500.00 1,770.25 rs ar.3 1aps 1,489.68 149224.72 22,500.00 8,275028 7 t ?'ar It i-a?s 28.25 195879' 10 1,500.00 (87.10) r< ..ag 257.26 1,74,6.85 3,100.00 1,353°15 ,1--t Co vontion (Libra-rian) - 0 - 71.20 _ 200.00 128.80 ."Ito Ai?ovance 1.60 144.65 200.00 55.35 `./: 'i' Convention (Personnel) - 0 119.13 150.00 30.87 3.49T Convcaltsoa (Trustees) - 0 - 43.64 125.00 81.36 A-20 Lu s to Library 1s ms. - 0 - 69.50 155.00 85.50 X4-21 Nin:ellaneous 11.50 41 .04 100.00 58.96 iYt-2 iC aM.i. Insux anc - 0 - - 0 - 2,000.00 2,000.00 4.2t° Con-tracts 270.75 2,084.49 3,120.00 11035-51 Cmc^ Capital Ex a ditures 673.92 2,617.40 4:967.00 2,349.60 TOTAL SALARIES 3,193.16 - 27s934.59 489117.00 20,182.41 TG TAL krIY L'D. SAL21,11ESS 11,89?.50 100,703.03 155,602.Oo 559 098.97 i'3;r"' 3 G •i a r 9 CLCrY Books.- Adult Non-Fiction 10,163 1,727 Child Noir-Fiction 1091$8 1,438 `- Adult Fiction 6,636 2,529 Child Fiction 1.836�,��,� Total Book Circulation 21,228 7,530 Periodicals: 953 9 3 .®..lT......�Z ._ 4�1... ..., 801 _ Total Books & Periodicals 22,181 8,331 Phonograph Records: X60 . - i22 --- --- Total Circulation 22,790 8,331 Total Branch Circulation 8.331 GRAND-_TOTAL CIRCULATION kWN & 13Ii N.0: (196,2: 30,219) Daily Average for Main: 836 Daily Average for Brunch: 320 1,156 R,EC,IST, IONS: ARM 9Z-AAR T0�ZU 3embership December 31, 1963 10,017 2,998 13,015 Additions January 379 60 439 Withdrawals January �1�,v 24 6, TOTAL REG13TRXTIONS AS OF M- 8 12fa 10,051 29977 13,028 IONS. & IfIXIInRAt ,F„OBOOK STOCK: As of GRAND 1 1 d ai Cancellked. TOTAL Adult Non-Fiction 79,7 2 301 57 Child `Jon-Fiction 13,464 63 132 13,395 US Non-Fiction 1,411 8 8 1,.411 Adult Fiction 33,022 84 21 33,1185 TIS Fiction 39600 5 3 3,602 Child Fiction .�.t � TOTAL TVOK STOCK AS OF VA R 31- 120 _r 143,948 516 241 144,223 Net Increase in Book Stock - 275 (Includes 34 Gifts & 347 New Titles) Pampf lets Added: 141 Maps Added: 5 Pamphlets Discarded: 59 Haps Discarded -- W, !4gO1Qj,1qfS: of 12=31-63 Accessioned Dom' cadged G&and Xgtal 7V4s 1,215 1,215 4598 209 209 TOTAL ITOGOI',D STOCK AS OF J&7 _11&.L2& _ 2,157 2 2,155 D10 IS TFtTII CITE II .ASTJITIIta Main c 1,030.53 Branch 245°77 L S 1,276°30