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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - LB - 2010.05.18 URLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY .[ B"RL'"SAME 1 Board of Trustees Agenda - q , May 18, 2010—5.30pm C, RP 480 Primrose Road—Library Conference Room SUGGESTED ACTION I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. Library Board of Trustee Minutes for April 20,2010 Approval IV. CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION A. Library Statistics for April 2010 Information B. Easton Summary (New Business) Information C. Easton Meeting Minutes (April 30th-Nw Business) Information D. Easton Campaign Organization (May 10th-New Business) Information V. From The Floor (Public Comments) VI. FROM THE FLOOR (Public Comments) VII. REPORTS A. City Librarian's Report—Harding Information B. Foundation Report Information VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Joint Service Desk(Request for Funds) Discussion/Approval B. Computer Lab UpdateInformation/Discussion C. Time Capsule Update u i�t/j Information/Discussion IX. NEW BUSINESS `c W A. Easton Campaign (Team Easton) Information/Discussion B. Library Trustees Board Procedures for Term Renewal Information M ANNOUNCEMENTS XI. ADJOURNMENT Adjourn Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Library Board of Trustees regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at the Reference Desk of the Burlingame Public Library, 480 Primrose Road, Burlingame, California BURL13 NOAME Library Board of Trustees Minutes April 20, 2010 I. Call to Order Trustee Griffith called the meeting to order at 5:30pm. II. Roll Call Trustees Present: Betsy Corcoran, Deborah Griffith, Pat Toft, Sandy Towle ' Trustee Absent: Katie McCormack Staff Present: Pat Harding, City Librarian Sidney,Poland, Recorder Foundation Member Jim Cannon, Stephen Hamilton III. -Trustees' Board Minutes March 16, 2010 The minutes of the March 16, 2010 Trustees'meeting were unanimously approved with the correction that Sunday January 3, 2011 being changed to Sunday, January 2, 2011. M/S/C (Towle/loft) A new motion was introduced to amend the original passed motion of March 16, 2010 which stated that the "Trustees reserved the right to amend this motion and keep the Library open on Sunday January 2, 2011 rather than closing for 4 days in succession". The addition to the original amendment will read as follows: .... and further the Trustees reserve the right to keep the Library open on December 26, 2010 and January 2, 2011. M/S/C (Corcoran/Toft) IV. Correspondence and Information A. Library Statistics March 2010 Circulation totals at the Main were 57,562 which is an increase of 2.70% from the previous year of 56,047. Circulation totals at Easton were 6,360 which_is a decrease of-6.19% from the previous year of 6,780. Decreased circulation at Easton is a result-of the 10% reduction of open hours due to o the closure of Easton on Fridays effective May 1, 2009. B. Joint Service Desk Circulation and Reference staff are promoting a campaign for patrons to bring their library cards in hopes of making the checkout line move faster. Trustee Griffith suggested giving out the key chain version of the library card and perhaps including the chain. 480 Primrose Road-Burlingame•California 94010-4083 Phone(650) 558-7474-Fax(650)342-6295'www.burlingame.org/library 1 C. Quarterly Reports 1. Willert Trust The City Librarian, Pat Harding, advised the Trustees that the balance shown in the Wiliest Trust does not reflect payment of ergonomic items purchased for staff. 2. Copier Fund Pat Harding also noted that the color copier on the main level is being used more by the staff than the public and therefore is not cost effective. This machine will be moved to the upstairs staff area. The public will still have access to the two black and white copiers located in the copy room on the main level. 3. Centennial Fund The Centennial Fund is in arrears due to the back stock of the Library Christmas Ornaments. It was suggested that the Library could perhaps hold a "Christmas in July" promotion. V. From the Floor No one from the public attended the meeting. VI. Reports A. City Librarian's Report - Highlights . •� 1. PLS Highlights from April 1st Meeting- Following are some of the PLS activities: 1) RFID - Backstage is the vendor PLS is recommending for tagging materials;2) Evaluation of a web-based video conferencing product called Mega Meeting is in process; and 3) An LSTA grant for a program called Free 2 Read and Ride was awarded to PLS in a partnership with BART. The grant provides for a book distribution machine to be installed at the Millbrae BART station in September of 2010 which will provide reading and media material to commuters. 2. Programs - In April, the Library hosted successful programs in Children's, Adult and Teens. Brad McCulley, a Library Assistant, who is presently working on his degree in Library Science, held a job seminar entitled "Job Hunting Tools in a Tough Economy". The event was well received by the 38 attendees. Amy Pelman has formed a Teen Advisory Board that will meet on the 3rd Friday of the month. Shakespeare Comes to Burlingame performed "Hamlet" for an audience of 110 people. Library Board of Trustee Minutes April 20,2010 2 C B. Foundation Report Jim Cannon 1. Book and Author Luncheon - Reservations for the Foundation luncheon to be held on May 1st presently total 140. The room will hold 200. Sponsorships and donations have reached $20,000. Jim was encouraged by the positive response to this event. 2. Escoffier Society Stephen Hamilton The Escoffier Society will be composed of donors who have included the Library in their estate planning or who have given substantially to the Library over their lifetime. Stephen noted that a donor could name the Library as a beneficiary of their life insurance policy. July 18th is the tentative date for the Escoffier Society event. 3. Book Sale The Spring Book.Sale raised $6,400. VII. Unfinished Business A. Budget Update City Librarian The City Manager has agreed to the following budget reductions suggested by the City Librarian for the fiscal year 2010-2011. 1. Book Budget -The Foundation and the Library Board of Trustees will provide funding for the entire book budget in the amount of $180,000. 2. Library Positions-The Library Service Manager position will be eliminated; the Librarian II reference position formerly held by Maribeth James-Thibodeaux will be frozen. 3. Easton Branch -The City Council agreed not to close Easton. The City Manager will look to the Community to initiate a campaign to raise the $70,000 to maintain Easton. The Council will maintain Easton even if the entire $70,000 is not raised. As a 501 (c)(3) organization the Foundation will track the donations and issue a tax acknowledgement letter but it will not take a leadership role in the campaign. 4. Additional Closures The budget reductions agreed to by the City Manager, regarding the Library, alleviate the need to close the Main Library one day during the week for,the 2010-2011 fiscal year. B. Staff Recognition The Trustees agreed to table this issue until the 2010-2011 budget is finalized. C. Ergonomic Update The City Librarian advised the Trustees that she wanted to remove the desk panels on the Joint Service Desk in order to open up the sight line for staff. The City Librarian will bring cost for this project to the May meeting for approval. Library Board of Trustee Minutes April 20,2010 3 { J D. Time Capsule The Trustees agreed to work towards completing this project by June. Pat Harding will meet with Maryam Refahi to design a pamphlerfor the children's list of 100 favorite boo;:;;taff was suggested that "Survey Monkey" could be used to for --apprevv&or additional ideas regarding contents of the time capsule. VIII. New Business A. Easton Fund Raising Jim Nantell will hold a public meeting to discuss the Council's decision to keep Easton open and formulate procedures to begin a campaign to raise funds for Easton. Trustee Corcoran was nominated to serve as the Library Trustees' representative for the Easton fundraising project. M/S/C ( Towle/Toft) B. Public Terrace Joseph Cyr, of the City Building Department, has advised Pat Harding that the Library would not be liable if the public terrace was open to the public without being monitored by a volunteer or staff member. The Trustees approved a motion to keep the terrace open without consistent oversight by the staff. M/S/C (Corcoran/Toft) IX. Announcements Once Book One Community Michael Chabon will be the featured author for the One Book One Community event which PLS will sponsor on October 7th. Library staff members Maryam Refahi and Cathy Somerton have volunteered to design the website. Pat Harding asked the Trustees for $500 to cover the library's share of the expenses. The Trustees approved the motion to allocate $500 from the David and Jane Pine Fund to meet the Library's obligation for the One Book One Community program. M/S/C (Towle/Corcoran) X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:00pm. M/S/C (Toft/Corcoran) The next meeting 6f the Library Trustees will be held May 18, 2010 at 5:30pm in the Library Conference Room. Respectfully Submitted, Pat Harding City Librarian --� Library Board of Trustee Minutes April 20,2010 4 BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2010 Burlingame Registered Borrowers Burlingame Hillsborough Other Total Adult Patrons 17,367 2,991 0 20,358 Juvenile Patrons 5,210 1,471 0 6,681 Non-PLS Patrons 0 0 1,998 1,998 Teachers 99 it 87 197 Temporary Patrons 86 2 3 91 Outreach Patrons 25 1 0 26 Staff 27 0 38 65 Total Registered 22,814 4,476 2,126 29,416 Borrowers Circulation Totals This month total Main 53,345 This month previous year 52,119 2.35% This month total Branch 5,651 This month previous year 6,769 -16.25% This month Grand Total 58,996 This month previous year 58,888 0.18% *Easton closed on Fridays as of May 1, 2009. All Children's All A/V All Non-English Main 19,085 17,451 561 Easton 3,424 1,714 0 22,509 19,165 561 � Self Check Usage Total Items % of 1st Time Check Outs Main 29,795 78% Branch 2,855 70% Online Renewals Total Items % of Total Renewals Main 11,973 78% Branch 1,087 69% Reference Activity Inter Library Loans Questions Lent 4,505 Reference 2,324 Borrowed 2,524 Children's 1,385 TOTAL 7,029 Lower Level 1,662 Branch 438 e-mail 29 Reference TOTAL 5,838 BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2010 PAGE 2 Collections Main Titles Volumes Main Titles Added Branch Volumes Added Adult Non-Fiction 146 103 2 Children's Non-Fiction 54 50 3 YA Non-Fiction 0 0 0 Adult Fiction 380 239 34 Children's Fiction 150 87 22 YA Fiction 98 87 3 DVD Fiction Adult 65 21 17 DVD Fiction JUV 39 9 9 DVD Fiction YA 0 0 0 DVD Non-Fiction Adult 59 53 0 DVD Non-Fiction JUV 17 7 0 DVD Non-Fiction YA 0 0 0 BCKD Adult 64 45 9 Children's BKCD 13 9 4 YA BKCD 0 0 0 CD Music Adult 5 5 0 CD Music JUV 0 0 0 CD Music YA 0 0 0 Totals 1,090 715 103 Fines and Fees Main $8,316.91 Branch* 470.49 Total $8,787.40 Main and Easton Deposits Trustee Special Fund Photocopies/SAM Main $1,432,85 Photocopies/SAM Branch 26.30 Total Branch and Main $1,543.00 Estimated User Traffic Main 36,635 Daily Average Main 1,263 Estimated User Traffic 3,657 Daily Average Easton 175 Easton Total User Traffic 40,292 Total Daily Average 1,438 Community Room Adult Number of Attendance Meetings Public Meetings 6 157 Lincoln School Book Clubs 2 40 Library Adult Programs 4 91 Spring Book Sale 3 425 Total 15 713 Conference Room Book Club Adult 1 15 Library Board of Trustees 1 7 Library Foundation 1 18 Library Staff Meetings 4 20 Total 'BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2010 PAGE 3 Children's and Young Adult Programs Attendance Main Pre-school Story Time 3 134 Toddler Story Time 6 359 Baby Story Time 1 29 Total Story Time 10 Total Story Time 522 Attendance Special Programs Attendance Paws for Tales 1 21 Teen Advisory Meeting 1 12 Puppet Art Theatre (National 1 144 Library Week SAT Workshop 2 30 Dan Stone Author Event 1 35 Reception Dan Stone Author Event Evening 1 18 Author Talk Total 7 Total Special Program 260 Attendance Class Visits Elements 1 27 Preschool Outreach Visits Total Class Visits 1 Total Class Visits Attendance 27 Easton Story Times & Special Programs Attendance Questions Easton Preschool 3 71 Reference 438 Toddler 3 171 Total Programs 6 242 Class Visits elements N/A 1 Attendance 31 Total Class Visits 1 Total 31 Attendance Easton Internet Usage 692 Main Internet User Sessions Hour, Half Hour, &Es ress Children's Total 8,543 112 8,655 April Outreach Statistics Current 15 Add 2 Total Outreach Patrons 17 Deliveries 26 Pick Ups 1 Books 105 Paperbacks Audio Books 30 Music CD's 1s DVD's 15 Magazines 12 Total Library Materials 180 Easton Fundraising Meeting `- April 30, 2010 Easton Branch Library Introduction Jim Nantell, City Manager, welcomed the approximately 42 residents who attended and noted that the purpose of the meeting was to explore ways to raise additional funds to maintain the Easton Branch Library. He noted that rather than close Easton or cut other services at the Main Library, the City Council wants to'give the residents an opportunity to provide financial support to fund Easton operations for the fiscal year 2010-2011 and perhaps 2011-2012. The cost of maintaining Easton is $70,000 per year and it is hoped that a portion of this cost can be raised. City's Financial Picture City Council Member Jerry Deal advised residents that the City is facing a $ 3.1 million dollar deficit. Management has been looking at all departments to find other solutions other than cutting staff and services. For example, The Library Foundation and the Library Trustees have agreed to take on the responsibility of funding the entire Library book budget in the amount of $185,000. Hillsborough Contract Under the contract between the City of San Mateo, the City of Burlingame and Town of Hillsborough, Hillsborough pays for Library services on a per capita basis. Technology Lab/Saving Easton There was a question regarding the Library Foundation's fund raising for the Technology Lab rather than raise funds for the Easton Branch. The Foundation members determined that providing a specific goal as a reason to hold the Foundation's annual Book and Author's Luncheon would attract more interest and make the event more successful. This decision was made prior to the suggestion that we try and raise funds to maintain Easton Library. The purpose of the Technology Lab has many components: 1. Replace outdated computers. 2. Provide more computer access for patrons which is especially important as many more patrons are using our technology resources for their job searches. 1 �-- 8. Foundation could create an "endowment" for the future of Easton after the initial $70,000 is raised. 9. Create Easton Facebook page. 10. Identify and contact Easton alumnae. 11. Summer Reading—volunteer sponsorships. 12. Children's author at OLA. 13. Personalize library cards. 14. Donate books to library book sale. Procedure for Acceptance of Donations/Pledges Donations will be funneled through the Burlingame Library Foundation which is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Each donation will be individually entered into the Foundation's financial tracking contact and donor program Salesforce. Each donor will receive an acknowledgement letter containing the necessary tax information for donations. Other Suggestions Open Easton on Sunday instead of Saturday. Saturday is often filled with sports activities for children, as well as school events. Finding available staff members who could work on Sunday might be an issue. Perhaps charging a fee for Library cards would be a possibility. Under Section 18701 of the Education Code for all Libraries, the Legislature declares and insures that all people have free and convenient access to all library resources and services that might enrich their lives. Final Thoughts After discussing many aspects of how the community could help raise money to supplement the cost of maintaining Easton, the consensus of those in attendance was that the immediate focus should be on a direct fundraising campaign to Burlingame and Hillsborough residents rather than trying to organize an individual fundraising event. Immediate Steps to Implement Fundraising Campaign 1. City Council member Jerry Deal challenged attendees to match his pledge of$1,000; Margaret McCaffery accepted the challenge by pledging $1,000. Dr. Robert Cody pledged $500.00. 2. Stephen Hamilton, Treasurer of the Library Foundation, provided a sign- up sheet for those who wished to pledge that day. 3. Gretchen Cody and Nan Ryan volunteered to be block captains; a sign- up sheet was also passed around to attendees. 4. Betsy Corcoran will draft a letter to go out to Hillsborough and Burlingame schools. 5. Recruit school liaison in Burlingame and Hillsborough schools. 6. Put up large signs at both libraries. 3 Agenda for Easton Library Fund Raising Committee Meeting Monday; May 10,2010 7:00 p.m. Library Board Room Upper floor Main Library 1. Review Suggested Campaign Committee Structure (7:00) Attachment A 2. Identify Potential Names For Unstaffed Assignments. (7:15) 3. Review Suggested Campaign Approach and Priorities (7:30) Attachment B 4. Review Campaign Materials (7:50) a. Letter to school families b. Donation solicitation form c. Possible yard sign 5. Identify Follow Up Steps and Assignments (8:10) Attachment C 6. Schedule next meeting (8:25) 7. Adjourn (8:30) Attachment A Suggested Campaign Committee Structure Campaign Chair(s): Treasure: Stephen Hamilton Representatives from: Library Board - Betsy Corcoran Foundation— Susan May Hillsborough— Burlingame Mothers Club—Erin Nantell Subcommittee Chairs Elementary Schools Liaisons: Lincoln - Kate Philips Roosevelt—Scott Hawley Franklin—Kay Coskey BIS - OLA Parish—Marg Mc Caffery Neighborhood/Block campaign—Gretchen Cody Mailing Campaign - Marketing Materials - Staff Support Pat Harding, City Librarian Jim Nantell, City Manager Sidney Poland Patty Flynn Attachment B Suggested Campaign Approach 1. Proposed general theme is Join the "Team Easton" (1000 families contributing $70 or more) a. Possibly give yard signs (less than $2.00 cost) for families to post in their front yard to increase visibility and encourage neighbors to join with other neighbors. 2. Move forward with a direct fund raising campaign with immediate focus on school families. a. Should we keep track of donations by different groups? i. Each School ii. Alumni iii. 3. Followed closely by a general appeal through the City and other E-news opportunities (Schools, Hillsborough, Mothers Club, Chamber of Commerce) 4. Organize a neighborhood walking campaign effort that would take place in June/July time frame. 5. Get fund raising thermometer to show progress in front of Easton. 6. Depending on progress at the end of June/July decide if a mailing campaign is necessary. 7. In September consider the desirability of fund raising event(s). �. Easton Branch Fundraising Summary A group of 42 people met at the Easton Branch Library, Friday, to discuss raising the $70,000 to support the operation of Easton in FY 2010/11. Three City Council members attended—Terry Nagel, Jerry Deal and Ann Keighran. Representatives from the Foundation included Jim Cannon, Meeks Vaughan and Stephen Hamilton. Betsy Corcoran, a Library Board of Trustee member also attended. There were a number of ideas including using Easton as a community center for a variety of activities. The City Manager and residents in attendance felt that the immediate focus should be on a direct fundraising campaign to Burlingame and Hillsborough residents. (A copy of the meeting's minutes are attached). Sidney and I met with Jim Nantell on Wednesday, May 05, 2010 to go over the minutes from Friday's meeting and outline the next steps. We drafted an outline of the structure of the Fund Raising Campaign Committee and identified individuals from the meeting who might be willing to chair the committee and subcommittees. We decided that our initial focus should be to reach out to the parents of schoolchildren through school newsletters. A follow up meeting was held on Monday, May 10. (Agenda for Easton Library Fund `... Raising Committee Meeting is attached.) We identified possible contacts for school groups and invited them to attend this follow up meeting. In attendance: Susan May, Nancy Kux, Roger Kelly, Patti Flynn, Kathy von Mayrhauser, Elizabeth Hawley, liaison to Lincoln, Betsy Corcoran, Scott Hawley, liaison to Roosevelt, Kay Coskey, liaison to Franklin, Pat Harding, Sidney Poland and Jim Nantell. The goal for this meeting was to work on the materials for reaching out to parents of the Burlingame and Hillsborough Easton neighborhood public schools, and OLA. We also discussed other ways of getting the word out to potential donors. "Team Easton"was adopted by the group and Stephen Hamilton has set up a website allowing people to donate online through PayPal. The website is www.teameaston.org. The group went over the piece Betsy Corcoran had drafted to be included in school newsletters, the Mother's Club newsletter, and city and library newsletters. This should be going out to the newsletters in the next 2-3 weeks. School is out by mid-June. s Background 4-5-10 -- Council members said they would not vote to close Easton(Deal-absent) --Cathy Baylock said community should be asked for financial support of Easton 4-8-10—(Foundation Board meeting)Discussion on 3 possible actions for Foundation: 1. Take a leadership role and accept the challenge to raise more money that would go directly to Easton. 2. Accept that the Council will not close the Branch and do nothing. 3. Offer to be part of an exploratory committee for fundraising from the community. 4-8-10 -- Foundation comments: • Stay within our mission; supplement,not supplant • Recognize there is a need for long-term sustainable funding of libraries • Participate in exploratory committee • Use city resources to reach donors • Participation of Foundation fundraising for Easton should be: A separate campaign One-time emergency campaign Money should flow through Foundation,not city • Consensus: to be a part of the City committee and then assess, as a Board, our level of participation. 4-30-10 -- Public meeting re Easton Fundraising • "Easton public funding helps avoid other library cuts" (Jim Nantell?) • This is a"temporary" situation(Jerry Deal) • Fundraiser ideas (Chicken Ball,multi-use for Branch, silent auction, craft center) • Decided to first pursue direct donation appeal utilizing school liaisons and block chairmen. Pledges and checks amounting to approx. $28,000 have been received from meeting and subsequent word-of-mouth or newspaper articles. • Money received is being processed through the Foundation. 5-10-10—Meeting of Easton Library Fundraising Committee(organized by Jim Nantell and Pat Harding) • Participants: representatives from trustees, foundation,Lincoln, Roosevelt, Franklin, library staff, city(Team Easton) • Website: www.TeamEaston-or_e(info and donations also through Foundation website. BURL i MAME, : - OW / ranan Report May 18, 2010 Library Budget Reductions Fiscal Year 2010/2011 The City Council will be holding the Budget Study Session, Wednesday 5/26/2010 from 6pm — 8pm in the Lane Community Room. The proposed cuts for the library include$183,732 from the book budget; freezing the 30 hour Librarian II position; eliminating the Library Services Manager position and re-classing a Librarian-II to a Librarian III; and seeking public funding for Easton Library. This is a total of$445,305 and includes the public funding of Easton for$70,000. This is a 12.18% reduction from the pre-cut budget of$3,655,940. Personnel We had to make some difficult, creative decisions to balance the budget for the next fiscal year. This included freezing the 30,Reference Librarian position vacated by Mary-Beth James- Thibodaux's retirement and eliminating the Library Services Manager position and re-classing a Librarian II to a Librarian IIL The City manager authorized us to go ahead with the recruitment of 2 Librarian IM's; one Librarian III in Children's because of Sue Reiterman's retirement and one Librarian III for Reference which is a re-class of a Librarian H. Both of these recruitments will be closed internal recruitments. Linda Santo has been appointed Reference and Adult supervisor and Kathy von Mayrhasuer has been appointed Children's Services and Easton Branch Manager. Dan Alvarez.announced his retirement effective June 30, 2010. Dan has been with BPL for 20 years working as a Reference Librarian, cataloger, book selector and doing Interlibrary loans. We will not be replacing Dan immediately but will use several of our very experienced on-call librarians and Brad McCulley, a Library Assistant II who will complete his Masters in Library Science in December 2010. News From PLS • RFID. Linda Crowe spoke to-Lori Ayre, a well known library technology consultant about the PLS RFID project. Lori expressed some concerns about moving forward with RFID. Lori expressed her concern that we were embarking on a major RFID project within PLS when it appears that a newer RFID technology has been introduced—UHF RFID After reviewing the materials sent by Lori, Strategic Planning Team is recommending: o Put the current RFID project on hold pending further analysis of UHF-RFID o Analyze the viability of UHF-RFID for PLS's project _ Considerations: 1 48o Primrose Road•Burlingame•California 94010-4o83 Phone(650)558-7474'Fax(650)342-6295www.burlingame.org/library o Do not want to invest in a technology that will be superseded in less than 24 months o Improved capabilities and functionality with UHF-RFID o May cost substantially less to implement that current RFID technology because less hardware is required Programs Adult Programs Amy Pelman presented two Tech Talk programs— Introduction to Microsoft Office 2007 on Wednesday, April 2e from 7-8pm and on Friday, April 30th from Noon-1 pm. We had 21 people in.attendance for the two tech programs. Shanghai, Art of the City, a museum docent program was presented on April 21. 23 people attended. Teen Programs Amy Pelman had her second Teen Advisory Board meeting on April 23rd. There were 12 teens who are excited about sticking with the program. They will be meeting the 3d Friday of each month at 3:30 PM. They are calling the group: B—Tab (Burlingame Teen Advisory Board), with the idea that the°B° can be used cleverly(like"B—Creative," °B—Involved,' etc). Maryam -� is graciously helping design a few logos to choose from. They have put a suggestion box in the Teen Room for programming,ideas. In May, the B—Tab will be working on developing a video tour of the library which, if it turns out well, we might want to put on the library website, Facebook, etc. We had a SAT/ACT Combination Practice Test and Follow-up workshop on April 24th and April 2r. We had 30 students attending Children'Programs We had another successful Paws for Tales program on April 23`d with 21 children attending. In honor of national Library Week Puppet Art Theater presented "The Three Little Pigs' on Sunday, April 11th. There were 144 children attending. The Dan Stone Memorial Author Event with Bharati Mukhedee was held Thursday, April 29th. The author visited 2 English classes at BHS. She then spoke at a gathering of friends and family of Dan Stone. At 7pm she spoke at a public event. There were 18 people attending: 2 y Upcoming Events: " Adult Events May 26— Budget Study Session Lane Community Room 6pm June 7— Birth of Impressionism — Masterpieces from the MUSEE D'ORSAY 7pm Teen Events: May 22— Dying to Tie-Dye ...Socks 2pm-4pm Children'Events: May 28— Paws for Tales 3:30pm-4:30pm ' 3 Request for funds to complete the Joint Service Desk This is a follow-up request to finish up the remaining issues on the Joint Service Desk. As you know the reference side of the Joint Service desk was replaced with a larger flat desk surface. We removed the tall panels that block the sight lines and replaced the deep low part of the L shape with a narrow, counter surface so that there is not one continuous surface. This gives staff better visibility of the door, front lobby and the Popular Material Room. I would like to request the funds to finish the desk by lowering the high end panels on the circulation side of the desk. This will give reference and circulation staff better visibility of the Children's Room, the staircase and the hall leading to the restrooms and elevators. Attached is the quote from Ross McDonald to lower the 3 end panels and cut an additional hole in the counter top for the printer. Ross McDonald Co., Inc. QUOTATION LSr{:W APNRLZ=&CHELI I`C 97UTIONS ' 11—64 Stcalth st,cct Project No.: 89193 ' L-eennore. CA W-551 _yam Quote No.: 2 Date: 4/27/2010 Pat Harding Phone No.: 650342-9797 Burlingame Public Library x410 480 Primrose Road Fax No.: 650 342-1948 Burlingame, California 94010 email: Circulation Desk Remodel 63uantEty1r11t knee Tocol 1 lot Cut down desk panels as discussed. Trim as necessary. Work to 1,875.00 be preformed on a Sunday morning. lot Cut 1 3/8" hole in new counter top for wire passage. Clean 250.00 and reseal existing counter top. aT s 00Quotation : .................-......... Net 30 An Necessary Bob Schmidt E-mail: rschmi rossmcdonaid.com G?uotation Accepted'" Da 'signed quotation will allow Ross McDonald Co.to proceed with order. 89193 BuriirIgame PL circ Desk Page 1 of 1 Quote-O(2) Library Trustees' Board Procedures for Term Renewal 1. Anna will send a letter to the present Trustees notify them that their term is completed. An application for applying for another term is included. 2. Council has to formally authorize the opening of the positions on the Library Board of Trustees. 3. A letter and application form will be sent to applicants who have been on a 2 year waiting list. 4. Anna will sent out a press release. 5. Jeanne Dewey will put the information on-line.