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BiJRLINGA'42,; PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
December 15, 1954
Trustees present: President labs. Johnson, Mr. Fichtner, Mr. Cargill,
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n-'TrluTES
The minutes of the previous meeting of November 16 were
read and approved.
BILLS
On a motion by Mr. Cargill, seconded by Mrs. Damm, the
bills in the amount of ,;1,643.19 were ordered paid.
LIB ARIAN I S REPORT
The librarian's report was accepted and the financial
statement approved and placed on file.
OLD BUSINESS
Librarian's report. The librarian's report was discussed and
Mr. Lechich commented upon his attendance at various meetings.
The telephone booth was approved. The Friends of the Library
group development was accepted enthusiastically. Favorable
comment was _given to the report of the Children's Department.
Shelvinm. The librarian was instructed to purchase whatever
shelving and equiprlent are necessary.
Branch. '+r. Fichtner req,.ested the librarian to obtain a
wr—itte�n memorandum from Mr. Byrd in regard to his findings
concerning the site for a new branch library.
CO;>tIUNICATIORTS
A card was received from The Catholic Dau« tens of America
designating the gift of two subscriptions to the Catholic Digest.
A letter was read from Helen Kearney, librarian at Berkeley
t"ublic Library in regard to the family need's radio program
and its favorable acceptance by many.
A letter from the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community
Center complimented the library for its activities in connection
with Jewish Book Month.
A letter was received from the Hillsborough School District
thanking us for copies of Hillsborough School News which the
library gave them.
A letter from Professorlerrit of the Ichool of Librarianship
at University of California is quoted in full as follows:
"Dear <<r. Lechich:
Tabulation of the list of "good" books you recently
checked with your library catalog has now bBen completed.
Your library held 97.2 per cent of the fiction, 94.1 per
cent of the non-fiction, or 94.9 par cent of the total.
Comparative data are still very meagre, but I can tell
you that your library held more titles than Alameda.
I very much appreciate your help on this project, and will
send you a copy of the final report.
Very truly yours,
LeRoy Charles luerritt
Professor of Librarianship"
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The general decor of the library was discussed and it was
agreed that part of the displays were too overpowering, due
to the Treat number of book jackets, blurbs, and other
information in too massive aggregation.
ADJ0Ur a;11E-T
It was moved by rir. F'ichtner, seconded by Trus. Lamm, that
the meeting be adjourned.
respectfully submitted,
CJ. Lec ich
clerk of the Board