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Library Board of Trustees Minutes
January 16, 2011
L Call to Order
President Griffith called the meeting to order at 5:30pm.
iI. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Deborah Griffith, Katie McCormack, Lisa Rosenthal,
Sandy Towle
Trustee Absent: Betsy Corcoran
Staff Present: Pat Harding, City Librarian
Sidney Poland: Recorder
III. Trustee Board Minutes November 16 2010
The Trustees unanimously approved the November 16, 2010
Board of Trustee Minutes. M/S/C (McCormack/Towle)
IV. Correspondence and Information
Library Statistics
The Trustees preferred the Circulation graph that Barry prepared from Google
docs. Trustee Rosenthal noted that the worksheet prepared by Sidney showing
the actual numbers for circulation comparisons, programs etc. is a useful
backup tool to the graph.
V. From the Floor (Public Comments)
No one from the public attended.
VI. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report
1. Librarian I Interviews -Interviews for the Librarian I fulltime position,
that was vacated when Dan Alvarez retired, will be held on January 20th.
Jim Cannon, Susan Goetz and Roslyn Douglas will serve on the interview
panel. The position is scheduled to be filled by February 1, 2011. -
2. Millennium Update -Tours of 3 libraries Walnut Creek, Milpitas and
Mountain View to view their implementation of RFID and sorting equipment
will take place on Friday January 28th. Trustees, Foundation Directors and
Library Managers will participate.
Wayne Gehrke and Andrea Wills of Group 4 will be the facilitators at the
Millennium workshop to be held in the Lane Room on Saturday the 29th.
Jim Michalko of OCLA will be the guest speaker. This workshop is open to
Trustees, Foundation Directors, Library Managers, Teen Volunteers, and
interested members of the public.
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3. Group Study Room -The study room will be open for patron use
during library open hours for a two hour period; students will have
priority for room usage during the hours from 3:00-& 7:00pm.
4. Grant Writing-Amy wrote a grant to the Eureka Institute for a
mobile smart board and projector and received a positive response; Brad
McCulley is writing a grant to the Atkinson Foundation. Trustee
McCormack volunteered to assist in reviewing any grant proposals that
staff might be pursuing.
B. Foundation.Report
1. Members and Officers for 2011-Nancy Rausch and Jean Chiang
were elected to serve on the Foundation Board of Directors for a
term of two years. Officers for the year 2011 are as follows:
Susan May President
Michael Ma Vice President
Stephen Hamilton Treasurer
Audrey Bcjack Secretary
2. Book and Author Luncheon -Jack Bowen author of If you Can Read
This: the Philosophy of Bumper Stickers, and Adam Haslett author Adam
Haslett who wrote a series of short stories entitled Union Atlantic have
accepted the Foundation's invitations to speak at the annual Book and
Author Luncheon. There is a possibility that Michael Krasny will be
_ able to be participate in the event.
VII. Unfinished Business
A. Employee Achievement Event
-The event will be held this Sunday, January 23rd at the Doubletree Hotel.
Approximately 90 guests will attend. .
B. Proposed Library Holiday Schedule
The Trustees unanimously passed the motion to approve the Revised Library
Holiday Schedule dated January 11, 2011. M/S/C (McCormack/Rosenthal)
C. Easton Update
City Manager, Jim Nantell, advised the City Librarian that since the Easton
Campaign reached its goal, the campaign is now concluded. In the future,_'
donations made specifically for Easton will be managed by the Foundation.
VIII. New Business
A. Attendance Correction
The Trustees approved the corrected attendance record of Trustee McCormack.
M/S/C (Griffith/Towle)
B. Tapestries Cleaning and Repair ,
The Trustees agreed to move this item to the February agenda.
C. City Council Meeting with Trustees March 21, 2011 6:00pni
The Trustees agreed to move this item to the February agenda for further
discussion.
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D. Draft of Library Goals 2011
The Library goals were discussed and suggestions were made to prioritize the
goals by placing new goals at the beginning of the document followed by the
on-going goals.
E. Staff Holiday Lunch
The Trustees moved to approve the expenditure of$300 from the Staff
Recognition Account to pay for the staff holiday luncheon and to replenish this
account with $1,000 from the Trustees Special Fund for future needs of staff.
M/S/C (McCormack/Rosenthal)
IX. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:00pm M/S/C (McCormack/Rosenthal)
The next meeting of the Library Trustees will be held February 15, 2011 in the
Library Conference Room at 5:30pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pat Harding
City Librarian
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