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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 1959.11.17 .:iINUTT�S OF 'HE T'•5HMING OF THE BURLIi1GAi;U` PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD �iover_ber 17, 1959 u. - Trustees Present: Pres. Cohendet, Tii stee Harrison, Trustee Edwards Trustees Absent: Trustee Crosby, Trustee PToody i:linutes of the previous meeting of October 20, 1959, were read and approved BILLS On a motion by Trustee Harrison, seconded by Trustee Edwards, bills in the amount of 20,17.58 were ordered paid. LI BRARI AN t S RE-21 ORT The Librarian's report was read and accepted. R;O_ Y ETNA UNCIAL STATEIIMTT The financial statement was approved and placed or. file. OLD BUSINESS tac ;s tension. The building program was discv.ssed and, in light of the Librarian's report, all agreed. that progress vias most e«cellent. Re-olacement of Children's Librarian. A letter from Mfrs. Roltz was read stating that sh, vvisned to resign as of De0euiber 31, 1959, or sooner, if a replacement is made prior I o that date. It �*as moved by Trustee Edwards, seconded by Trustee Harrison, that vie accept the resi.c;nation of Mrs. Foltz with regret and that an appropriate letter be forwarded to her; also, that the Librarian continue his attempts to hire an adequate replacement. NEl6i BUSiNESS ivTrs. Cohendet asked the Librarian for a statement of the libraryts policies on book selections. She also asked for a formulation of policy by the Library Board limiting the camber of books that might be borrowed at one time. The Librarian stated that there was a very brief written policy in the minutes of a previous meeting and, that over the years, the Library Board had endeavored to remove all limits as to the number of books in various categories that could be borrowed. He stated that for many years previous to his period as City Librarian there had been no limit on the number of stacked books to be loaned at one time. He stated that this library had the largest number of books per capita of any public library that he is familiar with, and can see no justification for a limit on the number of books borrowed, other than the use of common sense by the librarian in charge of a circulation desk. This policy has resulted in the highest adult circulation of any library in the state, and has seemed to have created a Sreat number of satisfied patrons. There was a considerable discussion - some of it as to the powers of the Library Board in making policy decisions - of which the Librarian stated that there was no doubt that they were the policy-making body. Trustee Harrison_ said that it had been the Library Board's policy to remove restrictions *whenever and wherever possible. Trustee Edwards said that he 'believed that there should be some restrictions on the number of books borrowed. gyres. Cohendet said that the lack of policy in a written form was brought to her attention by an incident at the desk at which she was present, when a young mar_ wished to check out many volumes of a little used work for a high school prank. Lr. L.ec'ion stated that this was the only occurrence 4;ith v':hic'n he was familiar, and he believed it would have been caught before it was coml ietely carried out. Trustee Harrison stated that the subject should be held over for a fall Board. ADTOURY F T The meeting adjourned on an motion by Trustee "E dvriards, seconded by Trustee Harrison, and carried. R sped 1 s?�bmd itte , " ' 4 zr G. P. Lechich, Clerk of the Board