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Library Board of Trustees Minutes,
September 20, 2011
I. Call to Order-
President Towle called the meeting to order at 5:30pm.
IL Roll Call
Trustees Present: Betsy Corcoran, Deborah Griffith,
Lisa Rosenthal, Sandy Towle
Trustee Absent: Katie McCormack
Staff Present: Pat Harding, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Trustee Board Minutes August 16, 2011
The August 16, 2011 minutes were approved as written.
M/S/C (Griffith/Towle)
IV. Correspondence and,Information
A. Library Statistics - Easton Branch/Main
For the mbnth of August, Easton circulation increased 24.78%; the
main library decreased -0.26%. The statistics showed that circulation
at the Main was improving. Trustee Rosenthal suggested that the
Library advertise Freegal. Holding a Freegal workshop taught by a
teen was an idea put forth for consideration.
V. From the Floor (Public Comments)
No one from the public attended.
VI. - Reports
A. Librarian's Report
1. Staffing- There is a moratorium on hiring Full Time or
Permanent Part Time staff as salary negotiations are in progress;
hourly employees may be hired as they do not receive benefits.
2. RFID- RFID self check will not go-live until most of the PLS-
libraries have been completely tagged. Installation of the self
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checks has been re-scheduled until November 16th at the main
Library and November 17th at Easton. •-�
-3. Open Source System -The Peninsula Library System is
considering the possibility of changing its automated system from
III (Triple I).to the latest version of Evergreen. Evergreen is the
only open source system that is currently able to handle a
consortium the size of PLS. PLS Administrative Council will meet
in December to make a decision on the proposed project.,
4. New Reading Program -Amy Pelman of the Children's
Department and Liza-Wardell, Librarian at Burlingame High
School, are introducing a new book talking program to interested
students entitled Get Reading Program. Amy will visit BHS
monthly to discuss teen literature; teens can check out the books
on site.
B. Foundation Report
Escoffier Event the behind the scenes event held on September
6th for Escoffier Society members was a great success.
Guests were divided into groups and rotated to 5'stations that
were manned by staff. Guests were introduced to the new
technology the Library is using.
• RFID in the Circulation and Technical Services Departments
• Smart Board for Computer Education Training (CET) and
Jobs Programs _
• Early Literacy Stations in the Children's Room-1 bilingual
station and 3 English language stations with a total of 50
educational programs
• Large monitor in Teen Room that provides new opportunities
f for teens to research which books they would like to check out.
Guests also ventured to the lower level for a presentation of the book
selling procedures both on-line and through book sales within the
library.
VII. Unfinished Business
A. Millennium Update
Pat Harding is meeting with Wayne Gehrke in a few weeks to discuss
ways to re-design the main level in order to accommodate the
materials handling system.
B. Visit to Internet Archive
President Towle gave a review of his visit to Internet Archive with-
Pat
ithPat Harding, Lisa Rosenthal, and Sidney Poland. Internet Archive is
located in an old Christian Scientist Church at 300 Folsom at
Clement. Brewster Kale, the founder of IA and Robert Miller,showed
us the inner-workings of how the books are digitized and information
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VIII. New Business.
A. Spanish Collection
The Library is planning to expand its Spanish language collection.
OCLC is no longer pre-selecting or pre-cataloging foreign language
materials. Vera Warrick, Technical Services Librarian, will be
ordering and cataloguing the new Spanish books. The Library is also
looking into partnering with San Mateo County Library System for
ordering and cataloging the Chinese collection.
B. Lane Room Sign
Trustee Griffith requested that the Library purchase a sign for the
Lane Community Room programs which would be permanently
placed outside the Bellevue door.
IX. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm. M/S/,C/ the next meeting of the
Library Board of Trustees will be held October 18, 2011 at 5:30pm.
Respectfully Submitted
Patricia Harding
City Librarian
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