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Board of Trustees Agenda _
March 20, 2012-5.30pm o
480 Primrose Road-Library Conference Room /C L l BRP
SUGGESTED ACTION
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. Library Board of Trustee Minutes for February 20, 2012 Approval
IV. CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION Information
A. Library Statistics for February 2012
B. Julia M. Farrell Memorial Fund Annual Distribution
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V. From The Floor (Public Comments)
VI. REPORTS
A. City Librarian's Report—Harding Information/Discussion
B. Foundation Report
VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Millennium Update Information/Discussion
B. CALTAC Workshop Report Information
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
A. Easton Daily Count (Hand Out at Meting) Information
B. Budget Discussion
C. Legislative Day Information/Discussion
D. Relationship With Internet Archive Trustee Towle Discussion
IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS Information
X. ADJOURNMENT Adjourn
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Library Board of
Trustees regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for
public inspection at the Reference Desk of the Burlingame Public Library,
480 Primrose Road, Burlingame, California
BURL''MOAME
Library Board of Trustees Minutes
February 21, 2012
L Call to Order
President Towle 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. Library Board of Trustees January 17, 2012 Minutes
The January 17, 2012 minutes were approved as written.
M/S/C (McCormack/Rosenthal)
IV. Correspondence and Information
A. Library Circulation Statistics - Easton Branch/Main
`- 1. Easton: Both Easton and Main statistics increased over
January 2011; Easton by 11.75% and Main by 1.19%. Another
possible contributing factor to Easton's popularity is a heightened
awareness of the services due to the Easton campaign in 2010.
2. Gate Count - President Towle inquired into the possibility of
obtaining a daily gate count of Easton patrons. Patti Flynn will be
contacted about this matter.
3. Trustee Suggestions
• Upgrade program signage outside Bellevue Entrance. A flag
would be eye catching.
• Introduce a month of incentives to encourage patrons to check
out additional materials such as book marks or a raffle.
B. CALTAC Workshop
Sandy Towle, Lisa Rosenthal and Pat Harding will attend-this event
which is being,held at the Walnut Creek Library on Saturday, March
3rd.
480 Primrose Road Burlingame•California 94010-4083
Phone(650)558-7474.Fax(650)342-6295•www.burlingame.org/library
V. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report
1. Capital Improvement Projects 2012-2013
Pat Harding has begun the process of meeting with City staff to discuss
requests for Capital Improvement Projects for the Millennium Project, as
well as the Thin Client Solution.
2. Thin Client Solution
Pat, Barry (Technology Services Manager) and Linda (Reference and Adult
Services Manager) took a field trip to Redwood City Public Library to become
acquainted with The Thin Client Solution.The system eliminates individual PCs
and hard drives and uses virtual desktops which connect to a server where
data is stored. The Thin Client has several advantages including reduction of
overall cost, centralized management and quick and easy setup just to mention
a few.
3. Going Green @ BPL
Going Green @ BPL is the Library's new slogan for the campaign. A committee
is working on signage as well as obtaining the proper receptacles to be placed in
the Library in order to encourage patrons to:participate in "going green".
B. Foundation Report
1. June Lamb has accepted the Foundation's request to be the 3rd author at
the annual Book and Author Luncheon May 12th at the Peninsula Golf and
Country Club.-
2. September 14th has been selected as the date for the second "behind the
scenes at the Library" event. Raziel Ungar will be the committee chair.
Community leaders, school personnel, business leaders etc. from the
community will be invited. Time of the event is 5:30 to 7:30PM.
VI. Unfinished Business
A. Millennium Project
1. The Millennium Project will be divided into 3 phases:
• 2013-2014 Upper Level - installation of materials handling system
(current Circulation office), Circulation staff relocated to upper level,
reconfiguring office space to accommodate staff needs and create a
collaborative group feeling, addition of a meeting room and provisions for
more public seating
• 2014-2015 Lower.Level-technology lab in-compact shelving space-,
additional study rooms
• 2016-2017 Main Level- cafe, book store, teen room
2. Millennium Campaign
Pat and Michael Brownrigg, City Council member, met with Alison Cormack,
co-chair of the Capital Campaign for the Palo Alto Public Library. Ms. Cormack,
discussed her campaign plans and offered suggestions and ideas that could
be valuable to us in our efforts to build community support for the ,
Millennium Project.
Library Board of Trustee Minutes February 21,2012 2
Trustee Griffith emphasized that both the Library Trustees and the Library
Foundation should consider making a financial commitment to the project
before asking the community for contributions.
B. City Council Assignments
Each year the Trustees communicate with individual Council members to
appraise them of certain issues the Trustees are discussing. Following are the
assignments for 2012:
• Sandy Towle Ann Keighran
• Deborah Griffith Jerry Deal
• Betsy Corcoran Michael Brownngg
• Lisa Rosenthal Terry Nagel
• Katie McCormack Cathy Baylock
C. Extend Library Outreach Betsy Corcoran
Trustee Corcoran is encouraging the Trustees to be continually thinking and
having conversations of ways to build patterns that will keep the community
focused on the Library and its services. Immediate ideas to consider:
• Ways to ease disruptions to patrons during Millennium
construction.
• Be aware of possible "E book explosion". Consider
"E-book clubs".
VII. New Business
A. Request Funds for Architectural Services
The Trustees unanimously passed a motion to allocate $ 4,000 from the Willert
Fund to the Millennium Project for,the purpose of meeting additional architectural
costs which are not to exceed $ 9,500. M/S/C (McCormack/Corcoran) Pat,
Harding noted that this request from the architect, Wayne Gehrke, will be for
services that were beyond the original scope of the August 9, 2010 agreement.
B. Request for Funds for PLA and ALA Conferences `
The Trustees unanimously approved funds in the amount of$ 4,155.41 for Pat
Harding to attend the Public Library,Conference in Philadelphia in March 2012 and
for Barry Mills to attend the American Library Association Conference in Anaheim
in June,2012. M/S/C (McCormack/Corcoran).
VIII. Adjournment _
The meeting was adjourned at 7:00pm. The next meeting of the Library Trustees
will be held March 20, 2012 at 5:30pm.
_Resptctfully Submitted,
Patricia Harding
City Librarian
Library Board of Trustee Minutes February 21,2012 3
BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
Month: February Year: 2012
Burlingame Registered Burlingame Other Total
Borrowers
Adult Patrons 1E19,541F 3,227 01 22,768
Juvenile Patrons 6,184 1,645 0 7,829
Others 215 8 2,377 2,600
Total Registered 25,940 4,880 2,377 [3:3:,19:7
Borrowers
Circulation Total Circulation Previous Year Percent Change
Main 51,364 47,949 7.12%
Branch 6,747 5,596 20.57%
Total - F 58,11111 53,54511 8.53%
Self Check Usage Total Items Percent of Initial Check Outs
Main 28,619 79%
Branch 3,197 65%
Total 31,816
Online Renewals Total Items IPercent of Total Renewals
Main 12,062 77%
Branch 1,503 78%
Total 13,565
Gate Count Monthly Average per day
Main 34,270 11 1,224
Branch 4,221 176
Total =138,491 1 1,400
Internet Usage Total User Sessions
Main Adult 7,313,
Main Children' 58
Branch 488
Grand Total 7,859
E-Content/Total'Downloads or Sessions E-Content/Total Downloads or Sessions
Overdrive: a-books 320/audiobooks 86 Safari: readable pdf- 142
Freegal Music 59 users/357 songs down loaded
Databases: 1,643
BPL Website: 14,588
�I Total Items Added to Collection(Main&Branch 760
Total Number Outreach Materials Delivered 28
BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
Month: February Year: 2012
Community Room UsageNumber of Meetings Attendance
Public Meetings 6 306
Library Meetings 1 26
Library Adult Programs (speaker and docent programs 2 265
City Meetings 4 87
Library Educational Programs 1 69
Book Sale 2 days) 2 250
Total 15 6"971
Conference Room
Book Club Adult 1 15
City Meetings (Department Heads 1 10
Library Staff Meeting 7 34
Foundation Meetings 3 28
Trustee Meeting -1117
Public Meeting (National Charity League Board) 1 8
Total 14 102
Stud Room
Users- 39 Patrons 93
Children's and Young Adult Programs--Main
Number Attendance
Story Times
Preschool 4 274
Toddler 9 793
Baby Story Times i 80
Total Story Times 14 1,147
Class Visits
Preschool 1 34
Elementary Class Visits to Library 0 0
Elementary Class Visits at the Schools 0 0
Teen Class Visits 0
Total Class Visits 1 34
Special Programs
Book Buddies 511 150
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Julia M. Farrell Memorial Fund 1 5th year anniversary
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February 28,2012
Ms.Patricia.Harding
City Librarian .
Burlingame Public Library
480 Primrose Road
Burlingame,CA 94010-4083
Dear Ms.Harding:
We are pleased to enclose a check in the amount of$231.84,representing a gift from Silicon Valley
Community Foundation on behalf of the Julia M.Farrell Memorial Fund,a fund of the community
foundation. This donation is an annual distribution to purchase books.
We congratulate.you and your staff on the outstanding services Burlingame Public Library provides to the
community.
Sincerely,
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D.Lea Rauscher
Director,Grants,Gifts and Compliance
Grant#: 2012-94955(1014)
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City Librarian Report
March 20, 2012
Programs—Library staff have been very busy with a number of programs for our community!
In Children's Kathy von Mayrhauser had seven class visits for Poetry Month in January—all from
McKinley School. Two of the classes were 4th/5th grade students. Kathy presented poetry, several
book talks, and information about our booklists and the library collection to this group. Amy Pelman
gave a presentation on the library databases and how to find information for homework assignments.
Each year the library awards large stuffed animals to the school library for the schools writing the most
poetry. This year McKinley was the first place winner and Lincoln and South School tied for second
place.
Kathy continues to have monthly book talk visits with Our Lady of Angels fifth grade students from
Mrs. McMorrow's class. She met with 36 students at the Easton Branch on February 10th and will have
another book talk visit with this class on March 12th.
Over 200 parents and children attended the Dr. Seuss's Birthday Party program on March 3rdi
In Teen's Amy Pelman, working with the Burlingame High School librarian, had the first Book Cafe at
BHS this month. During lunch time,Amy brought cookies, coffee and
books. 30 kids came, ate all the food, and drank lots of coffee. Amy
performed book talks and gave out a write-up of the books she
�-- brought. The kids were excited to learn we will do this program once a
month!
Amy is also starting a book club at San Mateo County Youth Services
Center. Amy will be there 4 Thursday evenings in March.
The Adult reference staff has been very busy with jobs programs, docent lectures, and a new travel
series. The February 23'd Employment Roundtable Featuring Bay Area employers had 65 attendees.
Employers included:
Consumer Credit Counseling of San Francisco (Nonprofit)
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport(Hotel)
Randstad (Staffing services)
Securitas Protective Services (Security)
SolarCity(Solar)
Our first travel program on February 9th featured Tom Stienstra presenting Sierra Crossing. We had
approximately 200 people for the event! The second travel program featured Alison Bing on Lonely
Planet's Italy and had about 70 attendees.
CALTAC
Sandy Towle, Lisa Rosenthal, Deborah Griffith and I attended a CALTAC program—California Libraries:
A Necessity or"Nice to Have" on February 25th in Walnut Creek. There was a great panel of speakers
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including keynote speaker, Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner. A major topic of discussion was the
elimination of library funding from the state's budget this year and the concern that this would
continue next year. If this happens we are in danger of losing matching federal dollars because LSTA—
Library Service and Technology Act grants require maintenance of effort from the state. LSTA monies
provide a number of programs throughout the state for libraries including training, innovative services,
and competitive and cooperative negotiations for resources. Speakers also spoke to what today's
libraries are: Community centers; community assets; early literacy providers;job centers; bridges in
the digital divide; places where people come to be better citizens; cool place for businesses.
RFID update—There are now 52 languages available for patrons checking out using RFID. We are still
troubleshooting the gates for accuracy.
Programs at the Library- Upcoming Dates:
For Children
Just Baby& Me Story Time Jan. 6, Feb. 3, March 2, April 6, May 4—10:30 AM Lane Community Room
March 17 St. Patrick's Day Program of Songs &Tales "Three Cheers for the Irish!"featuring
singer/songwriter MaryLee Sunseri—11 AM Children's Room
April 14 National Library Week Puppet Show Bunny Boot Camp featuring Puppet Art Theater—
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Story Time Schedule
2012 Winter Story Time Session 3anuary 3rd March 29th '
Main Library Story Times Easton Branch Story Times
Preschool Story Times Bedtime Story Time
Ages 3-5 Ages 2-5
Tuesdays 10:30 AM Wednesdays 7:00 PM j
Toddler Story Times Toddler Story Time
Ages 18 mo - 3 Ages 18 mo - 3
Wednesdays 10:30 AM Thursdays 11:30 AM
Thursdays 10:30 AM
3ust Baby and Me
Ages 0 - 18 mo. i
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For Children and Teens
March 21—May 9 Book Buddies— BPL Books Buddies is our reading enrichment program that pairs
teen volunteers with elementary age readers. Book Buddies meet once a week for 45 minutes to read
together and do literacy activities on Wednesdays from 4:30-5:15 PM in the Lane Community Room.
For Teens
March 1 -23 Hunger Games Trivia Content-The Hunger Games is the hottest teen novel right now.
Soatmcod .,m Ax.S�0'1f The movie version will be released March 23rd. We will have a Hunger Games quiz
far a GNi to fie lil"ys
on our website starting March 1St. If participants score at least 85 percent on the
quiz,they will be entered into a drawing for cool Hunger Games stuff—such as a
y'' Hunger games t-shirt, Hunger Games board game, movie tickets, etc. Check out the
.IF:r• new QR code on our website!
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March 17 SAT Practice Test—11 AM-3PM
March 28 SAT Score Giveback—7 PM-8 PM
For Adults
March 22 Re-Inventing Yourself- a Job Hunting Program Presented by Ron Visconti of
Phase2Careers— 6:30—8:30 PM Lane Community Room
March 24 Shakespeare on Tour Presents: Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Two performances 12
PM & 2:30 PM and a Playshop at 1:15 PM Lane Room
April 3 Discover the Hidden Side of Europe-Tuesday, April 3rd
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Easton People Count March 1— March 15 2012
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Thursday March 1 183
Friday March 2 101
Saturday March 3 106
Monday March 5 172
Tuesday March 6 183
Wednesday March 7 202
Thursday March 8 187
Friday March 9 125
Saturday March 10 87
Monday March 12 169
Tuesday March 13 169
Wednesday March 14 182
Thursday March 15 212
�- SAMPLE LETTER
March 1, 2012
The Honorable (Name)
(Office)
(Capitol Address)
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear(Title, Last Name),
Thank you for your strong leadership on behalf of public libraries. I urge you to exert that
leadership in rejecting Governor Brown's recommendation to eliminate State funding for
public libraries.
In FY 10/11, public library funding by the state was $30.4 million. In FY 11/12, the Governor
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ecommended no funding, but the legislature restored funding to $15.2 million but it was
subject to the budget trigger which then resulted in eliminating all funding for public libraries
this fiscal year.
Please restore $8.5 million to the California Library Services Act, $3.7 million to California
Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services, and $3 million to the Public Library
Foundation, which provides per capita support to libraries for book purchases, children's
programs and other core library services.
We understand that these are challenging times and, like all Californians, are willing to work
harder to provide the same critical services with fewer dollars. Yet we would be failing you
and the people of California if we did not point out that these cuts will cause serious harm
while achieving very little, either as a money-saving effort or an attempt to shift the burden of
statewide programs to local communities.
The California Library Services Act allows local library jurisdictions to cooperate in a
meaningful way throughout California, in offering library services to State residents who live
outside their local jurisdictions. For a minimal amount of funding, anyone who lives in
California has been able to borrow materials from any public library in the State, with few
exceptions. Such a service would not be a good candidate for local funding, and it goes a
long way to providing equity of access to information for all California residents.
We also would remind you and your colleagues of the importance of maintaining some
funding for public libraries because California receives a significant amount of federal
funding, as a match to our own state funding. California will lose all of its federal funding for
libraries, approximately$16 million, if state library funding is eliminated. This double whammy
will severely impact libraries.
Finally, I would urge you to reject the elimination of California's support for literacy services.
This will have far-reaching implications for Californians who are least able to advocate for
themselves—namely, those adults without basic reading and writing skills. More than 3000
people are now on waiting lists and programs have had to reduce their capacity without any
state support this year.
Please send a strong message to the Governor, that his proposal to eliminate all state
funding for public libraries is a false saving that we just can't afford when now, more than
ever, we need an informed, literate and educated citizenry.
Sincerely,
[your name here]
California Library Association
950 Glenn Drive,Ste.150,Folsom,CA 95630 i Phone:916.779.4573 ( Fax:916.447.8394 i www.ola-net.org
Tips for lobbying Your Legislator:
Addressing Governor Brown's 2011-12 Library Budget Cuts
By Mike Dillon and Christina DiCaro, CLA Lobbyists
"SHOCK AND AWE" BUDGET REQUIRES A UNIQUE APPROACH TO LOBBYING
The 2011-12 Budget, unveiled by Governor Jerry Brown on January le, is one of the most challenging
Budgets that the California Library Association and library interest groups have ever had to respond to. The
Governor's Budget proposes the total elimination of three important library programs, as the Administration
attempts to push more services that were previously administered by the state down to the local level.These
unprecedented cuts;totaling $30.4 million, affect the California Library Services Act (funding for the systems
and cooperative. loaning and lending), the California Library Literacy Services, and the Public Library
Foundation.
The Budget is not only unique in its devastating impact on library programs, but the Governor is also asking
the legislature to respond quickly,seeking$12 billion in tuts to programs by the first week in March
This expedited Budget schedule means that library supporters will need
to act now, in order to make the desired impact with key legislators.
WRITE, FAQ, OR CALL THE KEY BUDGET LEGISLATORS AIVD YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY
Please recognize the sense of urgency surrounding this very real Budget threat. If the Budget Subcommittee
members, key Budget Chairs and Vice Chairs, and the Legislative leaders do not hear from the CLA
membership and library interest groups in the next fepr weeks that these proposed cuts are strongly opposed
by you and your colleagues, all may be lost. The Budget Subcommittees are the critical first (and often, last)
place that an issue of this magnitude is vetted and publicly debated. The Budget subcommittees will make a
recommendation to the full Budget Committee in each house as to whether or not they think funding should
be preserved for any or all of the three library programs. Without the subcommittees' endorsement of the
three programs, it will be extremely hard to save them down the road. (See information on Flow to contact key
legislators on the CLA website under"Day in the District"tools.)
THE MESSAGING THIS YEAR MUST BE DIFFERENT, MORE FOCUSED
DO: Participate in "Day in the District" on Friday January 28 or Friday February 4th(or a day of your choosing
in February).These visits may be the single most important piece of advocacy you can do this year. Your
visit, one-on-one, with your legislator in the district will allow you to have an extensive conversation
about the programs targeted in the Governor's Budget, and relationships will be strengthened between
you and your representative. Don't forget to leave information for your legislator about your library and
2011 Tips for Talking to L.egislatm
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the programs you provide. You may want to leave them with a copy of their funds received by district.
This run is courtesy of the State Library and appears on the CLA website under"Day in the District."
60: Explain to your legislator, in practical terms, what the loss of a program such as the California Library
�-' Services Act(e.g.Transaction Based Reimbursement)would mean to your library. If the systems were to
cease their existence due to lack of funding, would your library likely refuse to loan to non-residents? If
you lost literacy funding, how many Adult learners in your library would not be served?
DO: Start from scratch. Often if a legislator does not sit on the Budget Subcommittees or Budget Conference
Committee, or did not previously serve in local government, they do not understand the myriad of
services you offer, nor would they know the impacts of the loss of these funds. If you are talking to a
Freshman legislator or a legislator that is not directly involved with the Budget, assume they need to be
educated on the basics of all of these programs.
DO: Stress that the CLSA and the literacy programs are state programs, and they would not be good
candidates for a shift to the local level.
DO: Keep it positive and practical. Since every conceivable programmatic area of the Budget is being cut in
the Governor's Budget, it is important that your message is not one of"Don't cut us." Rather,we will be
more successful with our messaging if we offer a more pragmatic approach such as:
"Our lobbyists have been actively working with the Budget Subcommittees and
the leadership to)mind a reasoned compromise that will allow the state to make
some reductions to these three programs, all the while protecting a level of
service that won't dismantle the programs."
USE THE TOOLS PROVIDED BY CLA
CLA is in the unique position of having to launch a major,statewide effort to encourage members to write,fax,
or call legislators, within in a very short timeframe.A Steering Committee was established to create tools that
you can use in order to convey your message. These tools are posted on the CIA website under "Day in the
District"and are available for your use in your"Day in the District'meetings or can be utilized in the formation
of your letters to your legislators.The tools include the names of key legislators and their contact information,
as well as Talking Points and two PDFs from the State Library indicating the funds broken down by Assembly
and Senate districts.
REMEMBER
PLEASE WRITE THE LETTER, SEND THE FAX, OR MAKE THE CALL.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
HELP US SAVE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDING IN THE STATE BUDGET.
2011 Tip for Talking to Legislators
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2012 Legislative Talking Points
In FY 10/11, public library funding by the state was $30.4 million. In FY 11/12,
the Governor recommended no funding, but the legislature restored funding to
$15.2 million but it was subject to the budget trigger which then resulted in
eliminating all funding for public libraries this fiscal year. These programs support
equitable access to library resources for all California residents,resource sharing
among public libraries, and adult literacy. Please restore once again $15.2 million
to these vitally important library programs and, at the same time, enable the state to
make its required match to receive federal funding for libraries.
California Library Services Act
Please reinstate $8.5 million to make it possible for public libraries to share
resources and open their collections to residents of other communities that cannot
meet their information needs, whether because of distance, limited collections and
hours, or other reasons. Through this program every Californian has access to the
resources of all the state's public libraries. This a state program, not one that is the
responsibility of local jurisdictions.
California Library Literacy Services
Please reinstate $3.7 million for library literacy programs serving English-speaking
adults who read below the 6`'grade level. These programs leverage $1 of state
funds with $5 in local and private funds. Without state funding, some programs are
closing and 5500 fewer adult learners will be tutored by volunteers. Currently, over
3000 people are on waiting lists.
An estimated 23% of California's adult population lacks basic literacy skills. This
program enables participants to reach their goals, including voting for the first
time, reading to their children, and securing a job or a promotion.
Public Library Foundation
Please restore $3million to this program,that provides per capita support for book
purchases, children's programs and other basic library services. For some libraries
this is their only funding for library materials for their community members to use
and check out.
Prevent a Double Whammy the Loss of$16 million in
Federal Funding!
Without $15.2 million in State matching funds, California will lose its Federal
Funding for libraries. Federal Library Services and Technology Act(LSTA) funds
provide funding for literacy programs, the Braille and Talking Books Program, a
statewide Summer Reading Program for children and teens to prevent"summer
slide" in reading ability and other vitally important public library programs.
Insert here what the loss of these programs means to the
legislator's constituents — what will local services look like
without these programs?
Library Goals for Fiscal Year 2012 -2013
`-- 1. Goal: Complete the design for the Millennium Project including specific
architectural renderings of new spaces and implement the first phase of the
Millennium Project which results in moving staff works spaces and upper level
stacks by June 2013.
2. Goal: Work with City, Foundation, Trustees and Community members to
develop funding for the Millennium Project which results in the initial phase of a
capital campaign including development of a leadership committee, a feasibility
study, and a solicitation plan in place for the project by October 2012.
3. Goal: Expand the library's a-book collection and training for library patrons by
adding funds to the PLS-wide a-book collection and offering classes in
downloading titles on e-readers by October 2012.
4. Goal: Implement a server/thin client solution to deliver Internet service to the
public computers in the Electronic Gallery in order to increase speed and
decrease cost by October 2012.
5. Goal: Work with Peninsula Library System (PLS) and Peninsula Library
Automated Network (PLAN) to investigate a new Integrated Library System (ILS)
for the management of ordering, cataloging and circulating materials and
providing a public access catalog to library patrons by December 2012.
6. Goal: Work with the Human Resources Department to become fully staffed
based on staffing needs after retirements and reorganizations within library
departments by October 2012.
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