HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - LB - 1962.07.16 MINUTES OF THE MEETING
OF THE
BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
June 20, 1962
Trustees Present: Trustee Harrison, Trustee Cohendet, Trustee DeMartini
Trustees Absent: Trustee Moody, Trustee Lynes. In the absence of Chairman Moody,
Mrs. Harrison acted as chairman. Mr. DeMartini was welcomed as
a new member of the Library Board.
MINUTES
Minutes of previous meeting of May 15, 1962 were read and approved.
BILLS
On a motion by Mr. DeMartini, seconded by Mrs. Cohendet, bills in the amount of
$5,414.30 were ordered paid.
LIBRARIANtS REPORT
Mrs. Cohendet suggested that a letter be written to the Women's Auxiliary of the
Lion's Club thanking them for help in the summer reading club.
MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The financial statement was approved and placed on file.
OLD BUSINESS
Disposition of property. The Librarian stated that no action was taken by the
City Council. Mr. DeMartini stated that he attended the Council meeting and felt
that no action would be forthcoming until the parking district was actually formed.
Non-resident fees. After a brief discussion, it was tabled until the next meeting.
COMMUNICATIONS
A letter from John Coleman commending the library was read.
NEW BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
On a motion by Mrs. Cohendet, seconded by Mr. DeMartini, the meeting adjourned.
Resp ctfu'l�bmitte
Georg Paui Lechich _ __
Clerk of the Board-
LIBRAIRIMOS kt&-,0XT
July 16, 1962
CIRCULATION
� Irculation increased 6.&' over that of .June, 1961. This is probably
due in part to the increased activity of the reading club "program. Since: many of
the adults who bring their children to the library take out books, the 808 '
increase in the chiidrenQs circulation probably also effected the adult circulation.
ACQUISITIONS
The library added 7,.527 volumes of which 1,480 were gifts. It discarded 2,371
volumes of outdated or worn-out books. Of these added volumes 4,982.were indite -
aidual titles. A table comparing the local libraries in regard to individual titles
added is as follows for 1960®61:
Burlingame 4,863 Redvmod City 2,721 South S.F. 4,853(3)
Berkeley 3,764 Alameda 3.,169 Daly City 39714
Richmond ,781 Vallejo Not listed San Bruno 1i,112
Palo Alto ,465 Santa Posa 2,717 San Rafael 3,869
San Mateo Not listed Santa Clara.- 5,793 (1) Menlo Park No record
San Leandro Vot listed Mountain Vier 6,626 (2)
(i) Santa Clara, '& very rapidly growing city of over 60,000, has ,a library of 51,260
volumes. . They purchased 11,982 volumes and added 5,793 titles. They have over
27,000 'patrons.
(2) Mountain View added a total of 12,503 volumes in an effort to establish a basic
collection.
(3) This" figure wast be in error as it would hardly be -.possible for only:-100 dupli.
cates to be purchased out of a total of 4,953 -volumes,,
It is interesting to note that we added far mare titles per capita than any of
the libraries- in this class.
CHILDREN'S S ROOM
Ne Sc-M—Diving Sumner Reading-Club was off with a bang on June 18th. That first
week 154 boysand girls retorted on the first 2 books that they had read this stammer and
received their chart and diver cut .out, thus becoming members of the club. They will
report on two books a week for tote 10 weeks of summer, adding s different sea animal
to their chart etch week. With a choice of five colors for each cut-out, blue has
been overwhelmingly popular. By now we have 465 members -2f.50 at Main and 215 at the
Branch--more than double the 200 odd members of*-last yearns. Viking Club. And everyday
a few new members- .are joining and making up their reading and .reports. There has been
a resulting increase in circulation and registration. Several parents from Hillsboroub
and Sati Mateo have paid for non-realdent cards, sa that their children could become
Scuba Reading Club .menbers.
The scuba Reading Club is popular with allages®-3 kindergartners, are reading
and reporting on primers .and pre-primers, and a few 7th graders are members. (Usti••
ally even 6th graders consider themselves too grown up for a reading club.) The
children are also cor.tributin- t3 the displays, bringing in shell o and a Matel Scuba
diver.
Tie: firat pre-school story, hour was on Wednesday, July. 11, and will be held
every Wednesday at 10 throughout the summer. Newspaper releases were sent to the San
Mateo Times and- the Advance. The Advance did. not print the announcement- until the
morning of story hour, and the Times did not print it at all. Nevertheless, 19 small
children assembled for this first story hour.
The regular story hour for school ,age children has been dropped duringthe summer
at both main and the Branch. Attendance was falling, and there is the reading club
for this age group.
The Main Childrents Room has completed tha .inventory of picture books. Simul",
taneously ,with iAventory,. _this collection was tieeded, the books tnPi led, and replace.
�- mitts ordered. The picture book collection is now in very good condition.
Respectfully submitted,
George Paul Lechieh
Librarian
CITY OF BURLINGAME
BUDGET EXPENDITURE
MONTH OF TJLY. 19 2
- - - THIS BUDGET BALAN
MOP11TH TO DATE ALL(VANCE TOTAL
S-1 Salaries 8$050.49 8,050.49
M-11 Supplies 64.39 64.39 1,700.00 1,635.61
M-12 Printing & Postage 341.99 341.99 2,300.00 1,958.01
M-13 light, Meat, Power & Mater 194037 194.37 29,750000 2,555.63
M-14 Telephone 39.55 3955 550000 510.45
M-le Sldg. & Grnds. M air..t. 34.98 34.98 29500.00 2,465002
M-17 3001,.s & 1,11aps ,.237040 1,237.40 20,000.00 189762.60
M-17I, Periodicals 914.46 914.46 19200.00 285.54
'" 17P S33n:2ing" 200.55 2f}t}i 36100.00 2,899041
M-19 Convention (Lbrn) -- 175.00 175.00
M-19A Auto Allowance 200.00 200.00
M-19F Convention (Personnel) --- 130.00 150.00
M-19T Convention (Trustees) --- 125.00 125.00
M-20 Dues to Library Assns. 150.00 150.00
M-21 Miscellaneous -N .N 100.00 100.00
M-27 Covap. Insurance- ..-•. -e- 29000.00 29000.00
M-28 Contracts 250.00 250.00 39,120,00 2,870.00
C-90 Capital Expenditures --_ -.._ 1,309.64 1,309.64
TOTAL BEFORE. SALARIES 3.277.73 3,277®73 41,429.64 38,151.91
TOTRL AFTER SALARIES 11,328.22 111,328.22
STATISTICS FOR JUNE I` 62 --
CIRCULATION MAIN PRANCH
Adult Nan-.Fiction 6,945 1,408
Child Non-Fiction 2,153 1.555
Adult Fiction 6,370 29809
Child Fiction
Total Book Circulation
Periodica4ss 90808 66466
Total Books & Periodicals 20,069 8,991
_
Total Branch Books & reriodicals 8.991
Total Branch & Main 2 06 ,0
Phonograph Records: 643 64_ 1
1_
Total CirculaY�ion Main & Branch— � 9.703
Total Branch records 1
GRAWD TOTAL CIRCULATION MAIN & ZRA'RCH � (1961: 27x887)
Dai 17 Average for I'iaitit 759
Dally Average for Branch: 346
` OTn L AILY AVERAGE l,ltl3
REGI S':Rh.
- 'I^SVS ADULT CHILD TOTAL
RE S
Merbership INay %, 1962 -9,279 2,949 12,228
Additions Juni* 291 1?Q 461
Withcr4mals Jure 2 405
TOTAL. REGISTRATIONS AS OF
9.297 2,987 12,284
ACCESSIONS & WITHDRAWALS OF BOOK STOCK As of GRANA
�® 1-6
Adult NonFiction 92 ?2 Added Cancelled TOTAL
� , 02 3 _...' �.�.
Child Non-Fiction 13x153 24 25 13x152
HS Non-Fiction - - 1,287 2 1,286
HS Fiction Adult Fiction . 31,,738 130 61 31,807
3.r--5 4 439725
Child Fiction -111228 15 4 611,8
TOTAL BOOK STOCK AS OF
JUNE 30. 19 2 136,483 565 251 136,797
treeInc ase in Book Stocks 314
® m��Included in above figures: i7"_gifts & 410 Nsv Tit1e;,,)�
Fsr�shlets Added;_ MaP
$ s Addedt 1.
S
Pa ,Mets Discarded: 46 Maps Discarded oa
RECORDINGS Aw of 1-62 Accessioned Discarded Grand Total
7898 1,22 .� ,. a,,.a
226
4548 204 mom,,., 204
33999 .�, 14
TOTAL RECORD STOCK AS OF
JUNE
6 1 14 2,003
UEPOS T D WITH CITYYTTREASURER
Main $1,080.99
- Branch 0.
0