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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - LB - 1955.08.17 Minutes of the meeting of the WRLINGAf.ir,' PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD July 13, 1955 Trustees: Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Damm, Mr. Cargill, Mr. Burns, Mr. Fichtner. Trustees present: Mrs. Harrison# Mr. Cargill, Mr. Burns, Mr. Fichtner. Trustees absent: Mrs. Damm MINUTES The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as written. BILLS On a motion made by Mr. Fichtner and seconded by Mr. Cargill, the bills in the amount of $2,429.64 were ordered paid. LIBRARIAN IS R PORT The librarian's report was accepted and approved and the financial statement was accepted and placed on file. OLD BUSINESS The budget was briefly discussed. The Board felt that the budget had been expeditiously handled this year and that the library had received an equitable budget. COMMUNICATIONS A letter from Mrs. Esther Patterson was read concerning her retirement. NEW BUSINESS Discussion of the telephone will be held over until the August meeting. It was moved by Mr. Cargill and seconded by Mr. Burns that Mrs. Patterson's retirement request be accepted and that Mr. Cargill would write her a letter expressing the Board's satisfaction with her work over the years. A motion was made by Mr. Cargill and seconded by Mr. Burns that Mrs, Harrison be reappointed,as President of the Board. It was moved by Mr. Burns and seconded by Mr. Fichtner that Mr. Cargill be appointed as secretary. ADJOURNMII;T On a motion by Mr. Burns and seconded by Mr. Fichtner, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted George Paul Lechich Clerk of the Board Minutes of the meeting of the B"URLINGAPr.E PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD July 25, 1955 Trustees present: Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Cohendet, Mr. Crosby, Air. Burns Committee woman present: Mrs. Thayer Trustees absent: Mr. Cargill. Mrs. Harrison contacted Yr. Cargill who expressed his regret at his inability to attend as this was his wife►s birthday and he had to be present at a dinner in her honor. He stated that he was in complete concurrence with the activities of the board in regard to Miss Marrick. INTRODUCTIONS: Irs. Cohendet was introduced to the board members and to irs. Thayer, and Mr. Crosby was welcomed back. BUSINESS OF THE MEETING: Senior Librarian Miss Marrickfs demotion to Junior Librarian. DISCUSSION: Excerpts from the letter addressed to the Librarian from Miss Marrick in regard to her demotion was read and is here by transcribed: "I can see your point about wanting a person getting my .salary to take more initiative; so' I will accept the reduction in grade and salary." Mrs. Harrison outlined the position of the librarian and explained why Miss Marrick was retained at the end of the one year period simply because at that time there were no other professional persons ° available. She explained that due to her weight and size there were several tasks in her department which she did not perform even when assigned, such as, the checking of lists and bibliographies of books inorder to determine the holdings of the library. Miss Welbasky, the Assistant Librarian, was called in and she outlined the problem in detail, expressing the view of the staff which was in accord with those of the librarian. The librarian stated that as the employment situation had changed and that it was now easy to fill the vacancies in the pro- fessional classification that it would be very undesirable to have the occupant of a senior position who would not be able to actually supervise the junior position intellectually and who would not rank above them in responsibility. After some discussion it was roved by Mr. Crosby and seconded by Yr. Burns that Miss Marrick be reduced from Senior Librarian to Junior Librarian. The action to be effective August 1, 1955. ADJOURNMENT: The Meeting was adjourned by a motion by Mr. Burns and seconded by Mr. Crosby. Yl' y 1ZCJJliT101 Mo circulation resu!iiod :its slow -pt '^,:zd 3ranch and the 11ain showin.; a sli,ji-t inn.110.1-GO. T- qtr '10 ,!.5 over that of July 1351. D 0 0 5.'O;;i; The problons of story-,o and goods n,; out ,-z'.o a cuto with each passin7 month, as the capacity of our 1 .brary h2as b^"n passod by over a thousand volumes. Vie nov hav3 101 thousand vddiluraos accessioned with tlzreo or four t1)_o:aoan(CL -a:a- accessioned. MUE e advent of nov faces and Novi posit-ions the old, several problons will arise. spaoe o,�ic of the niDnor problons to solve. Ira all probabl33' y a;l uil tx_c> *�= r::4 A' o. professional people on the staff as of Lent. 11, 1055,, -lin.vo to chane to a dogee some of the job re ponsib.a-11t'l.os, rvcIo €�at-�.n to those tido are mono fitted the various tasl s, 4of�� I o. J' ei ?-'©vo been sadly ne,.,loctod for ti,-o lack of com- otcnt 4,olp. Tho librarian is still study-?n- the w�:�3.sEi�:i a. " J of the classification of Junior and &Sonlor Libmr':vzn to t.a-7: �, orc: aco_.rato Cess-, nation of the job respons .bilitles; i.e. L'rancl''� 7 Cataio�,er. Some d�.ff i ctaltias in thisprocess lust be o :�cria it "or to :insure pro:.otional possibilit.ios . I002 T I1 - overal c--auks that ann.-arod in, tl-io t`.1- r c ;y u ;i _ ,l:. G.n tho clip^; of the libraryh€�vo boon repaired ani. W£:c sur Paco gavel. This shoud last for several years. UI The surnor reading; club is stall f,cin`� full swin :in Q-10 children's roots of both tho ;=sin and the branch. Library. Tl-lo last fov weeks of the club find rlerabors readin- to catch up .T--i? .�acntlons, neasols otc.---thin^,s that nay have put them beF :i_nd in the n:nber of books roquired to earn a cortificat© at the pm—ty to b- hold Au Nst 31, 1355 at the Jurlin;aaae Recreation Oontor. The now fall juvonile boobs have boon ordcred ^n1 aro ca^enly avasted by the children and the ch:i.lc3ron's libriar:i.cn aI 1.1 o. A nov sot of paintin;,;s in oi3) dono b;; the n:ahils of Jaclquel .no .. lto are han;i n; In the chi.1:ren's roon? of the i -tv J.AIA. D-00 '-O-"L'II OF -Au;fist, 1055 A ,CJ j'i.T 8 To ];I,c�- C)t ;et ;.:oath Dato :,1.I1ovcnco ,-,.Ianco -2,/ S-1 Salarios 3713.21 7369.77 47,963.00 40,593.11= 10'31.G 5 -)0.C)o 1-11 'C"Up"plios 07 7,- u 10G.7)5 1.11-12 Prl ntl nr, x!2.30 G7 SO U,�Aqhoat C-. power 157,05 P"-"Jl I GG 200 -)0 --14 Tolenhono 10*00 30I00 X00. X1.00 _;rounds 21,00 -C-7.75 150O.Jt_ LI-17 Dooks _-.'ans I-)GO.Go 1172"52 100 -..0c �-17A !,oriloOicals 50.70 1067*31 1100,00 13 er".0 9 - E'-1713 ELI nCl n,- 0100 113)2*10 fr00000 Uonvo--.tion 1 fr"',5 1 0 0 -10A Amto allov, 11011"', 1,02 11`5.00 1 cc �,O Duos to L-Ib. Assn 00.00 GG.&D -1-2� Contract 177.000 343o30 2re-00,00 C-90 Ca, .L)Ital --d, 1:1)GI00 ;3.00 Total ,Ofo:?o C,Oca,Ios ;,0)12,01 22,_-07.00 Ic- Total after Salaries 4595,64 100681.80 70s460.00 59.,778.20 7.7 +ger+.y...,p..M•rw+v....,..s...ra..v.r+v.sr..•-_�!�°T�"r"'�_"_^'�':�.»•�...r.: .�r..a.u.v........0 uly A :.,j -7 72 _,onth ntc l�llowa ce i;alanco Pl : -11^r'+es 3656.55 3656.55 i?-11. "u-��l__cs 1,57.20 l�7.29 900.00 752.,'71 :i,nt_=n 25.00 25.00 800.00 775.00 L -).it'11ca ;�oS,cr 103,01 ':5.31 2,000.00 1,876.1 ]. -1'' i.:lc„Lone 26.00 25.00 350.00 .;3,1.0 ) -_16 'I,ounOs cd,n . ^5.75 20.75 1,500.00 1'i' �oolLs .ahs X03.3 30£1.£3_'- lOs9g1.00 10,12,.16 T _-1%t lc _-oc'- c� s 10-C .5:5 10")01.6 3 10100.00 6.1. -5 2. �_: 1�5 50 1 t. 0, 1... 0 15.00 1^5.00 -®_LOA Auto 1,_]_1o'7o 1^5.00 1`_5.0 ::_sacs to i,:,.b. Asc!n. 50.00 E0.00 --- '�; _ont_:"_r_ct 1GrI.90 1G7.90 2,210i..00 20032"'.10 c-00 _,a t a I 136.00 130.00 Total 25,�10,G�_I 25,'0.621,506.00 21,006,li< After salaries 6086.19 6086:19 E i;i1l"UC6 f On JULY 1955 :.I K JLKT I ON - � ��:�I:d i;:< i to t;ri Adult non-fiction --------------------- 4256 940 Child non-fiction --------------------- 1440 590 Adult fiction ------ ----------------- 6181 12112 Child fiction ---------------------- .Zep 2101 TJ'I'kL is00is Wsr1-1 5,846 rio-t call --------------------------- 644 5,)0 Phonograph r ;cor..s ------------------- 120 T:1IAL COiri 764 590 `10TAL C lr? JLhf i0ir y t ,4�6 �s. 2 e� GI h14D TOIAL CLstC�L�.Tii)�v z - 3 .1��Yi21 Daily avert e for 4ix in 569 5: 2 Daily awrig� for 1Branch 2 2<'.3 794 330 �..._-_ , lembersiip July 1, 1955 7716 2 +` 9 1.010135 Ad :itions in July 1 1 89 260 7;07 2558 0.,465 '.'`ith. rav,als in July 204 68 272 liemb-z�rsh ips Aug. 1, 1955 7703 2490 10,193 AC SSI,j vS h ,,L " iT iili0r joj& Added Lostx P•�id Adult non-fiction SS, OIS 171y 2 19 55,16,1'8 HS non-fiction 760 Chill non-fiction 4?j004 19 1 9,019 A:iult fiction 91 34 25,134 2,r 07T ,; ; IIS fiction ,�f 8 1 5 , ` 7 Z Child. fiction & S9 56 3 4 8,50 Alubum ofr _-coals � (1) soo,6�� .1g/9 G j 100,91�t� Pamphl3ts added ----------53 Pamphl its cane-fled -----156 O N- t ince)a6e in book stock----�'Y J4 ,lll ' ITH L;ITY '11H oji ,it ------- ¢600.23 amain ----X461.09 branch--- 139.14