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Library Board of Trustees Minutes
November 16, 2010
I. Call to Order
President Griffith called the meeting to order at 5:30pm.
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Betsy Corcoran, Deborah Griffith, Katie
McCormack, Lisa Rosenthal, Sandy Towle
Staff Present: Pat Harding, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Trustee Board Minutes October 26 2010
The Trustees unanimously approved the October 26, 2010
minutes. M/S/C (McCormack/Rosenthal)
IV. Correspondence and Information
Library Statistics
Trustee Corcoran wants to continue working with Barry, Pat and Sidney on the
revision of the monthly statistics in January. All board members agreed on
using the graph format prepared by Barry to illustrate the circulation statistics.
The City Librarian felt that the decrease in Easton's circulation can -
partially be contributed to budget constraints that have led to a decrease in the
purchasing of new materials and Friday closures which began in May 2009.
V. From the Floor (Public Comments)
No one from the public attended.
VI. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report
1. Millennium Project Planning- Staff members Barry Mills, Sidney
Poland and Pat Harding, City Librarian, will attend a presentation at the
Walnut Creek Library given by Dawn Merkes of Group 4, Walnut Creek
Library Foundation Board members and Library staff on the Library's
construction project. There will be a tour of the Library and guests can
observe how their RFID project functions.
2. RFID - 3M and Envisionware are the vendors in the running for the
RFID project; Backstage has been selected to tag the materials. Tagging is
scheduled to begin in January and February.
3. Teen Murder Mystery Night-Thanks to Amy Pelman and her
committee the first ever Library murder mystery night was a great success.
60 teenagers organized into groups and worked to solve the "Pink Diamond
Murder Mystery. The cast was comprised of teens, library staff and ,
Foundation members.
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B. Foundation Report '1
Foundation members are busy preparing the fall newsletter and finalizing the
details for the Children's Tea which will be held at the Easton Branch Library
on Sunday December 4th.
VII. Unfinished Business
Employee Achievement Event
Invitations will be given to staff and mailed to Trustees and Foundation
members before the holidays.
VIII. New Business
The Trustees unanimously passed the 3 part motion of Trustee Corcoran to
1) reduce the cost of the'Library ornament to $50; 2) Gift each council
member and the City Manager with an ornament at the December 6, 2010 City
Council Meeting; and extend the date of the drawing for the Christmas raffle
basket to December 13th. M/S/C (Corcoran/McCormack)
IX. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm M/S/C (Corcoran/Rosenthal)
The next meeting of the Library Trustees will be held January 18, 2011 in the
Library Conference Room at 5:30pm.
Res ectfully Sub
Pat Harding
City Librarian
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