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BURLIN GAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
November 16, 1953
Trustees present: President--Furs. Johnson, Mr. Fichtner, Mr. Burns,
Mr. Cargill, Mrs. Damm.
MINUTES
ES
The minutes of the previous meeting of October 21, 1953, were
read and approved.
BILLS
On a motion by Pyr. Fichtner, seconded by Mrs. Damm, the bills
in the amount of j2,772.37 were ordered paid.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
The Librarian's report was accepted and the financial state-
ment was approved.
OLD BUSINESS
Moving Main Desk. The main desk has not yet been moved, but
it is hoped that it can be done in the next few days.
Ed Leis' Dinner. Mrs. Daum, Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Lechich
attended t e nner given for the retiring Fire Chief E. Leis.
NEM BUSINESS
Technical Books. In refering to the Librarian's report Mr.
MEEK: expressed some surprise at the relatively small pro-
portion of the budget spent for technical books. He stated
that it might be advisable to break the non-fiction down into
separate catagories. The Librarian explained that due to the
shortage of help at the Library we do not have the staff at
the present time to do the additional statistical work this
would require.
New District Expansion. It has been brought to the attention
of the Library by school. and recreation groups that there
will be the possible need of an additional branch or some such
facility to handle the new development in the dills Estate Sub-
division. There also may be some demand by the Peninsula
Hospital for the services of the Library similar to those
received by Mills Hospital from the San Mateo Library. These
and similar problems should receive such study as necessary
to formulate plans for future development.
ADJOURNIdENT
On a motion by Mr. Fichtner, seconded by Mr. Burns, the meeting
was adjourned.
BURLiN(;AME PUBLIC LIBRARY
Librariants Report on Activities in the Library
November 19, 1953 - December 16, 1953
Meeting of the- Bay Area Library Executivesm The Librarian attended
the annual organizational meeting of the Library Executives of
,the Bay Area at the University of California, at which time there
was a discussion of library standards and of a possible television
urogram to be sponsored by the libraries of the area. The Lib-
rarian was appointed to a committee to determine the approximate
contributions of the various libraries--depending on their size,
budget, n°amber of patrons and the population of the area they
serves It is hoped that some ,Mast figure can be arrived at which
will allow equitable sharing of the .cost of such a .frojecta
Magic Car et4Miss Marraeki Reference Librarian, successfully un-
he Magic Carpet to approximately 713 peoples
Branch Furnaoe. The �6pairs to the Branch furnace have been completed
and a time clock has. been installed which will allow the furnace
to be shutdown during the night and morning and automatically
started in time for the building to be warm when the branch opens.
This should result in some saving in our gas bill.
Replacement of the Fluorescent Lits* The City Electrician and his
assistant replaced all; of he burned-out fluorescent tubes; and it
was noted that some of the sockets in the fixtures did not seem
to work. At some time in the future$ the fixtures that do not
operate correctly will have to be removed and checked.
Book-Week Class Attendance at the Library* This year instead of con-
fining our regular Book-Week 'activities to one weak, we have tried
to distribute over the fall season the visits of various classes
to the Library. This resulted in a much smoothen easier operation
than usual. In all eight classes were held, during which 238
children learned about our library,
Part-Time E,mRlolees.- Due to the elimination of $20000 from the Library
Assistants, part time, salary budget, we have been faced with the
problem of taking care of our increase in business Ina not alta-
gather satisfactory fashion. Fortunately we had no applications
for the position of Junior Librarian which we had open. The funds
resulting from the fact that we did not obtain a Junior Librarian
have been used to cover the salaries of our part-time .employees,
without whom it would be very difficult to keep the Library oper-
ating on its present schedule and to keep our stacks in some
semblance of order:
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Fart-Time Em to ees Cont.
If one adds the salary budget for all the. part-time employees
together, it amounts to $6,645, of which we have spent so far
this year 50708875. There remains $923.25. The unexpended
salary for the Junior Librarian is $30513. This added. to the
unexpended portion of the part-time employees ' salary budget allows
us about 4,449a25, which is about equal to the amount spent
during the latter half of the past financial year, for part-time
help.
However, if our circulation continues to increase, it will be with
considerable difficulty that we will be able to keep the Library
in good order6 By using the funds in this way we have not been
able to have a directing head of the Branch Library and this un-
Satisfactory condition will probably be carried on throughout the
year, as we will be unable to hire ' a Junior Librarian. It also
means that we will not be obliged to shorten the hours of service
at either the Main or Brandi Library.
We have been unable to increase the hourly rate of pay of our
Part-time employees to correspond to the increase granted the
other part-time employees of the city. It is easy to see that
when the two libraries are open the number of hours they are at
present, and we must have people cover this time, the lower rates
of pay allow us to stretch our funds to the maximum. The situa-
tion, however, is an unhealthy one,
Circulation. The circulation for the previous month was about 20 per
cent higher than for the same month last year. The combined daily
overage circulation for the Branch and the Main in 1952 for Novem-
ber :es 674; this. year it was 801,
CITY OF B, URLIN
�. B.� EXPENDITURE
D-80 LIBRARY Month of December 1953
ACCOUNT This To Date Budget Budget
Month Mos. Allow. Balance
S-1 Salaries 3,227.79 19,951.63 $39,488.0019.,536.37
M--11 Supplies 74.63 432.06 950.00 517,94
M-12 Printing 113.23 357.96 550.00 192.04
M-13 Light"Heat-Power 269.29 880.65 2,200.00 1,319.35
M-14 Telephone 30.82 177.99 360.00 182.01
M-16 Bldg.-Grnds.Maint. - 938.70 1,600.00 611.30
M-17 Books and Maps 982.14 51087.87 9,500.00 4,412.13
M-17A Periodicals 149.10 363.87 700.00 336.13
M--17B Binding 195,92 1,140.76 2,200.00 1,059.24
M-28 Contract 167.90 11007.40 22200.00 1,192.60
M-19 Convention Exp. 1,35 41.05 125.00 83.95
M-19A Auto Allowance 8.80 28.20 125.00 96.80
C-90, Capital Expend. - 474,06 696,00 221.94
Total before salaries 1,993.18 102980.57 21,206,00 100225.43
TOTAL $60,694.00
51220.97 3072932.20 29,761.80
December 12, 1953
Mr. Robert Fi". ilice ler
`The Grolier Society, Inc.
Suite ')12 - 34-5U Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles r. Unlif.
llcarlr ;��r. r�l►e�eler ;
Hearty "Thanks to ihC Grolier Society, and
your wonderful Dr, flotfield for a most s,_tccessf zl visit of the
W4AIGOiC U��ttPET ON Wt LLLS" to tale Uity of Burlin vme
Everything went soloothly, and the interest and
res,;onse lived rap to coy wildest izones !,nd expectations ; For a
day-ond-a-half "stand" it strikes me that the total atterldrlrnce of
713, which was what Dr, hatfielcl checked p, was very fine. The
breatc-clown of that total was : Fridays 597; Sat�rrday : 116, with
nrobably between 266 - 30C school children, Dr , Hatfield told inn,
SCHOOLS.
the tarn-out of the schools was really «.ore than
aratifyi-;g. the English to cher of the Burlinggrtme ili�;lI School, "r.
Rossier, brow.-lit all his classes over to tl,e Sia is Uarpet, all clay
lon"o i nd many of the students carne bti-ck aftiain after school hours,
They hr;cl been riven the opportunity to st!-idy tip on the subject in
adv;,.nce, of coarse, and I was ara�tr7,ed at the knowledge soi-e of View
dtspl;+yed. Dthin!; one of my several brief visits to tite txe filer I
heard a hi ,-h school boy (ltci Axerin:,, some of Vie hierolly ihics on
the 1-,Iyl-)ti,-,in pal3yrus from "The 3ook of the t}egad." .jnother 'goy
f<bOut eleven years ol(' knew all ohout tie of the �ir�;ira
zry z-:ad her '=resentntion at the T'er���le, em tiic cover of the
grey volvet-covered book, rith ricl. ea-broidery.
The l rincirpo l of the 14icKinley AfI lcentary Scpro0 1 ,
;�r . !:o')inson, s(Izlt six of !)is classes over to the exhilAt. )any of
the other elementary schools z�lso sent b..ts('s over - i Haven' t the
full re;;ort yet. Cluny st tctents cc,jjue on t ieir or-n int native with
their families, the "made Carpet" lea vin, been recomiJende*d to them
by their Principals and. Teochers at school .
The net"hbarin- city of Belmont sent a school
buslood froc, their IE'lementary Schools. And the parochial schools,
whicl, hz l been notified by letter as welt .Ps circ' Ai,1r ierxl =-)osters,
rxlso t zrrled out in lame number.
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i`U IAGITY incla(led i.,-Avo,rrz�tAoed announcements stch -�s yort
have seen; si:Ay -rosters, ;3r-inte4 I'>'.it.1 Cir' ,'ice t!nd Cates, nrw-Y -;r °.er
notices, and a riAio taltz on tours. , Dec. 10th, at I0 :15 A. 4. on
Station XV3A in San MateoO mirso Jessie .11iitttern, for treaty-fivve
years 'fechni cu.1 i:(?i for or Cho S vmford Univ. Press , gave the ;pro err res
as the 4'steRt spe ker, with tate sVidio rannnr.mcep, t:�tC1 Ianstess �}f
"Toe 3,)rbara Ai len Show" giving the rirtestions to her from Vie prvp� red
script by Barry Holloway for a la-minute rodto -irograu..
I hap,=rued to be in the "Ala.gic t:arliet" ri-hen Dr, Hatfield �ve
lits t�:.ltc to one of the :school classes, in this ease forty-seven
boys find !jris about sixtti grade. I was most impressed by ttie
lively and interesting,, talk, it certainly made that inantuz.�ate exiiil)it
cove to life, as it were, t nd I learned. a lot I had not knomn, the
yomn sters were most attentive and interested, and I vdislired the sI.-ills,
a-ticl �tnrlerstzinding of human n��ture which Dr, tatfield rtis:Nlr:yed in
holding! Cicir attention and really ter;cizin r tlae... Not only that, :)pit
c.i-+taring their i,ainglWtion to ti-ie extent tiiat rr«;ny ci�mv back l ter,
with frig*n(Is r:art relatives,
fou certainly irrve a rvonderf it extrit)it in "Tile Magic Uarpet" _:nd
�„ a r,rost �rr,:.cious -,nd instructive host in Dr, Hatfield ,
un behalf of Lite over Seven Hundred nierAmrs of the 1}=ibl i c ullo
saw "The 11 is Cart" exhibit yesterday and to0ey - Z.,aut on behalf
of the Library Hoard, and OTir Librortan, :ajr. Lechich, I want to
exterxt oar grptitude and con,--ri-;'dations for tate visit,
iincereiy
Harriet Marr:=ck
Reference Librarian
News,p; icer clip lin-s enclosed.
STATI STI C S FOR NOVE M BER 1953
CIRCULATION MAIN BRANCH
Adult nonfiction --------------- 4179 930
Adult fiction ------------------ 4950 1817
Child nonfiction --------------- 1298 764
Child fiction ------------------ 2171 1448
TOTAL BOOKS CIRCULATED 12,598 4,959
Periodicals -------------------- 880 597
Phonograph records ------------- 108
TOTAL OTHER ITEMS CIRCULATED 988 597
TOTAL CIRCULATION 13,586 5,556
GRAND TOTAL CIRCULATION 19,142
1952 1953
Daily average for Main ----- 511 �5
Daily average for Branch --- 163 241
Combined daily average 674 5�'I
REGISTRATION ADULT CHILD TOTAL
Membership November 10 1953 ------ 7169 2297 9466
Additions in N=ovember --------- 223 82305
_30 2379 _
Withdrawals in November ---- -- 187 _ 85 272
Membership December 1, 1953 ------ 7205 27U 943
ACCESSIONS AND WITHDRAWALS OF BOOK STOCK
ADDED LOST AND PAIDCANCELLED TOTAL
Adult nonfiction --- 166 � 0 r ^� 5T,
Adult fiction ------ 105 5 1 24,916-,5'9
Child nonfiction --- 61 0 0 7,961
Child fiction ------ 87 1 3 7,33
(15 gifts included in above addition)
Net increase of book stock 409
Pamphlets added 42
Maps n 1
DEPOSITED WITH CITY TREASURER $595.69
Main 4475.38
Branch 120.31