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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2012.06.19 BURLiNGAMf : Library Board of Trustees Minutes June 19, 2012 I. Call to Order Trustee Towle called the meeting to order at 5:30pm. II. Roll Call Trustees Present: Betsy Corcoran, Deborah Griffith, Sandy Towle Trustees Absent: Katie McCormack, Lisa Rosenthal Staff Present: Pat Harding, City Librarian Sidney Poland, Recorder III. Library Board of Trustees May 22, 2012 Minutes The May 22, 2012 minutes were approved as written. M/S/C (Griffith/Corcoran) IV. Correspondence and Information Library Circulation Statistics - Easton Branch/Main Circulation at the Main and Easton continues to show an increase over 2011 statistics to date. It is important to note that the decrease in registered borrowers is due,to a patron purge which was completed May 18th. The following patron records were deleted in the purge: 1) patron cards that expired in 2007 or earlier; 2) patrons who had a zero balance and 3) patrons who had not been sent to collection. V. Reports A. City Librarian's Report Highlights 1. Personnel - Circulation Department: Geralyn O'Brien has been promoted to Library Assistant III, Raquel Metcalfe, a former BPL employee, will fill in temporarily for Louella Angeles. Children's Department: Michelle Gilchrist and Kelly Mackewicz have been hired to work on-call. Reference Department: Dena Grover, Chris Gray, and John Piche have been hired as on-call staff in adult reference. On June 20th, interviews for a full time and a permanent part time Reference Librarian will be conducted. 2. Discover & Go - Downloadable museum passes will soon be available to patrons through the Discover 8s Go program being offered by nineteen northern California public library systems. Each library in the network will share the cost of implementing the product. Each library will have its own museum passes. Is, 480 Primrose Road Burlingame•California 94010-4o83 Phone(650)558-7474'Fax(650)342-6295•www.burlingame.org/library B. Library Foundation Members of the Burlingame Library Task Force will have their first formal �. meeting on June 28th to begin organizing the capital campaign for the Millennium Project. VI. Unfinished Business A. Change of August Meeting Date The Trustees decided to keep the regular scheduled August meeting date. B. Recognition Event for Staff Member Pat Harding will work with the Children's staff to determine a date for this event. VII. New Business A. Employee Appreciation Funding The Trustees approved the City Librarian's request to provide $4,250 from the copier monies to fund staff appreciation needs such as anniversary gift cards, appreciation dinner, retirement lunches and other special events. B. Nomination and Election of Officers for 2012-2013. Trustee Corcoran was nominated and elected to serve as President and Lisa Rosenthal was nominated and elected to serve as Secretary of the Library Board of Trustees for the term beginning June 30, 2012 to June 30, 2013. M/S/C (Towle/Griffith) VIII. Announcements Trustee Corcoran made the following recommendations: �. • Contact David Chu and David Eger with regards to participating on the Millennium Task Force Committee. •. Suggest new names for Millennium Project. • Library should consider'putting together a "welcome" package for new businesses and residents. IX. Adiournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm. The next meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held July 17th at 5:30pm in the Library Conference Room. -Respectfully Submitted, Patricia Harding City,Librarian Library Board of Trustee Minutes June 19,2012 2