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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2011.10.18 BURLIMOAMI : Library Board of Trustees Minutes October 18, 2011 I. Call to Order President Towle called the meeting to order at 5:30prd. II. Roll Call Trustees Present: Betsy Corcoran, Deborah. Griffith, Lisa Rosenthal, Sandy Towle By Phone: Katie McCormack Staff Present: Pat Harding, City Librarian Sidney Poland, Recorder III. Trustee Board Minutes August 16, 2011 The September 20, 2011 minutes were approved as written. , M/S/C (Rosenthal/Griffith) IV. Correspondence and Information A. Library Statistics Easton Branch/Main 1. For the month of September 2011, Easton circulation increased 23.65%; the statistics at the main library decreased -0.83%. 2. Trustee Towle suggested that Freegal be promoted in the school . newspapers, the Burlingame Mother's Club newsletter and the Burlingame Patch. Hopefully this message would reach a wider audience and increase Freegal usage. V. From the Floor (Public Comments) No one from the public attended. L 48o Primrose Road Burlingame•California 940io-4o83 Phone(650)558-7474•Fax(650)342-6295•www.bur(ingame.org/library VI. . Reports '1 A. Librarian's Report 1. Staff Recognition Patti Flynn,and Jeff Mikulik were honored with Employee Service Awards at the City's Service Award Luncheon. Patti has 30 years of service and Jeff has 20. 2. New Children's Program - Book Buddies In November, Fifteen trained high school students and fifteen elementary school children will partner together to begin a new reading enrichment program. & Assembly Bill 438 Governor Brown signed AB438 into law on October 8th. This bill "imposes requirements on a city or library that intends to withdraw from a county free library system and operate libraries with a - private contractor." Supporters felt the bill would protect jobs and provide for more community input on whether to outsource library services. 4. Children's Department A Kindergarten library card drive is underway at Burlingame and Hillsborough schools. A Library card drive for 4th, 6th and 9th graders will start at the end of November. Requests for class visits have increased and are scheduled every week in October and November. B. Class Visits Class visits to the Library have increased due to the fact many school librarians lost their positions due to budget reductions. Therefore students are not being taught basic library research skills. The Trustees discussed ways that the library could help these- students. hesestudents. • Offer an occasional research class on Saturday i.e. scavenger hunt. • Target middle school students. • Have conversation with school personnel to determine needs. • The City Librarian-will discuss these ideas with Kathy von Mayrhauser, Children's Librarian. Pat expressed some concern that the Children's staff has a full schedule for this fiscal year. s C. Foundation Report Attendees at the Farmer's Market welcomed the Book sale; revenues have averaged over $200 the last three times. Cara Black and Gary Pomerantz are the featured authors for the Book and Author Luncheon. Library Board of Trustee Minutes October 18,2011 2 VII. Unfinished Business A. Millennium Update Pat Harding met with Wayne Gehrke and Andrea Wills of Group 4. Subjects discussed were as follows: 1. Review of questions from Escoffier Society Event. 2. Consider'option of placing materials handling system in Circulation Room. 3. Move Foundation book store to area where materials handling system is shown on the plan. 4. Create a new plan without a public back door entrance: (Plan B) The meeting concluded with the agreement that Wayne would prepare Plan A and Plan B, one of which would include changes discussed above, to present to the Project - Management Team, as well as Foundation and Library Trustees. B. Community Room Signage for-Library Programs on Bellevue Ave. Jim Kaufman built a program sign holder to be placed outside the Community Room to notice Library events held in the Lane Room. C. Internet Archive Internet Archive has agreed to take library books that have been weeded from the collection for placement on their site. VIII. New Business A. Burlingame Library Internet Policy The Reference Staff re-wrote the Library's Internet Policy and requested that the Trustees review the content and approve the changes. Changes to the policy are as follows: 1. Patron has computer access of 2 hours with Library card.. 2. Patron has computer access of 1 hour without a Library card; pass provided. (Passes are given, to out of state visitors and patrons from different counties.) The Reference Staff felt that by limiting computer access to 1 hour without a card, patrons would be motivated.to bring their cards. The Trustees unanimously approved the changes made by the Reference Staff to the Library's Internet Policy. M/S/C (Rosenthal/Corcoran) L _ Library Board of Trustee Minutes October 18,2011 3 IX. Announcements The Trustees,discussed the Employee Achievement Awards dinner that will be held January 22, 2012 at the Double Tree Hotel. • President Towle requested that the event be placed on the November 15th agenda for approval of the Nomination Letter. • Trustees Rosenthal and McCormack will review the nomination. letters for the employee awards. The full board will make the selections. • Nomination letters will be given to employees November 16th; nominations will be due on December 3rd. X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:50pm. M/S/C/ the next meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held November 15, 2011 at 5:30pm. Respectfully Submitted, Patricia Hardin City Librarian Library Board of Trustee Minutes October 18,2011 4