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Library Board of Trustees Minutes
June 28, 2011
Trustees Sandy Towle and Deborah Griffith were congratulated on their
reappointment to the Board of Trustees by the Burlingame City Council.
I. Call to Order
President Griffith called the meeting to order at 5:30pm. President
Griffith noted that this was a makeup meeting due to lack of a quorum
for the scheduled meeting on June 21, 2011.
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Betsy Corcoran, Deborah Griffith, Lisa Rosenthal,
`Sandy Towle
Trustee Absent: Katie McCormack
Staff Present: Pat Harding, City Librarian
Staff Absent: Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Early Literacy Computers and Smart Board Presentation
A. Early Literacy Computers
Four early literacy computers programmed for ages 2 to 10 will be
installed in the Children's Room; 3 in English and 1 in Spanish.
Standard English edition has 50 educational programs; Standard
Bilinguaj Spanish edition has 38 titles in English and 39 in Spanish.
Total discounted cost,,since the Library,belongs to CALIFA, is $9,610;
regular cost is $14,125. A 3 year warranty covering hardware and
software is part of.the package. The Trustees recommended that we
track computer usage carefully."
B. Smart-Board Presentation Amy Pelman
The Smart Board is an effective teaching tool which is being used to
serve community members who need basic computer training for
Computer Education Training (CET) classes are held the 2nd and 4th
Thursday of the month in the evenings. Class size is limited to 14; each
student is provided with a wireless computer.
IV. Trustee Board Minutes 24, 2011
The May 24, 2011 minutes were approved as written.
M/S/C (Rosenthal/Towle)
480 Primrose Road Burlingame•California 94010-4083
Phone(650)558-7474.Fax(650)342-6295-.www.burlingame.oig/library
V. Correspondence and Information ,
A. Library Statistics
Circulation statistics for the Main showed an increase of 4.5%: Easton
increased 14.37%. Trustee Griffith suggested that better signage for
Lane Room upcoming events might increase attendance.
B. Account Summaries for Revolving and Trustee Funds
The City Librarian, Pat Harding, advised the Trustees that the Revolving
Account, which includes the Foundation's quarterly contribution to the
Library, will now be transferred to the City's financial reporting system
Universe. The Trustees' fund is already tracked through Universe. The
purpose of this change is to give immediate insight into how specific
monies have been spent. The Duncan Fund will not be included in the
Universe system.
Vl. From the Floor (Public Comments)
No one from the public attended.
VII. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report - Highlights
1. Budget Status -The budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2011 to
June 30, 2012 has been approved by the City Council. There were
not any cuts to the Library's budget this year .
- 2. RFID - RFID tagging is scheduled to be completed by July 8th.
3. Millennium Project - Wayne Gehrke will present his-two design
options to the Project Management Team for review and comments on
r July 13th from 3:00-5:00 pm in the Library Conference Room. The
first week of August Wayne Gehrke will conduct a workshop for the
Foundation Board, Trustees and Council members based on the
recommendations from the Project Management Team regarding the
two design options.
4. Internet Archive - The bound periodical digitizing project is
moving along.
5. Harry Potter-Party - Members of the National Charity League will
make cupcakes and assist at various stations at the event.
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B. Foundation Report
The Foundation summer newsletter is scheduled to be released in
mid-July. Members are working on plans for the Escoffier "open
house". Technology stations featuring the Library's latest acquired
equipment i.e., smart board, children's computers will be placed
around the Library. The Children's Tea will be held December 4th.
The committee is considering the prospect of having two separate
seatings.
VIII. Unfinished Business
A. Early Literacy Computers - Fund Request
Trustee Towle moved that the Trustees fund the AWE project at a
cost of$9,618, using monies from the Trustees' copier account.
M/S/C (Towle/Corcoran) Ongoing maintenance is part of the Library's
regular computer program.
B. RFID
A RFID demo will be scheduled for the Trustees; a demo will also
be given at the Escoffier event.
IX. New Business
A. Nomination and Election of Officers
Trustee Towle was nominated and elected to serve as President of the
Trustees and Betsy Corcoran was nominated and elected to serve as
Secretary of the Trustees for the term of one year.
M/S/C (Griffith/Rosenthal)
B. July Agenda - Trustee Griffith requested that the Employee
Appreciation Event be placed on the July agenda.
X. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:40pm M/S/C (Corcoran/Rosenthal)
Trustee Griffith was thanked by all present for serving as President for
the .past year.
The next meeting of the Library Trustees is tentatively set for July 12,
2011 in the Library Conference Room at 5:30pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Patricia Harding
City Librarian -
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