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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2018.04.18Burlingame Library Approved Board of Trustee Minutes April 18, 2018 Roll Call Trustees Present: Kerbey Altmann, Mike Nagler, Randi Murray, Lisa Rosenthal Trustee Absent: Andy Blanco Staff Present: Brad McCulley, City Librarian Sidney Poland, Administration Assistant/Recorder II. Library Board of Trustees Minutes The Trustee unanimously approved the minutes for March 20, 2018 Board of Trustees meeting. M/S/C (Nagler/Altmann) III. From the Floor (Public Comments) Public guests: Robin Montoya and Sara Simson IV. Statistics March statistics included the new graph created by Patti Flynn to show a 12 month comparison of circulation and study room usage. V. Librarian's Report A. Highlights • Personnel- Vince Lubrano has received a promotion to Library Assistant and will transfer to the Easton Branch. Interviews for Library aide positions will begin in the latter part of April and first weeks of May. • Facilities Staff - Legs on the long study tables in the Media and Reading Rooms are being reinforced. Moving the tables for special events in these two rooms will now be easier. • First Friday - Attendance at the First Friday Art Show continues to increase. Trustee Altmann suggested handing out application for library cards at the event. B. Foundation Report • Book Sale April 20th - April 22na. • Donor Appreciation Event in Media Room on June 8th. • Foundation and Lions Club are partnering to donate books to the African Library Project. VI. Unfinished Business A. Wrap Up of Staff Development Day Brad prepared a survey for staff to give their comments and suggestions, . • The overall event category received the following ratings: 55.58%, 29.63% very good, 14.81% good. There were zero ratings in the Fair and Poor Categories. • Overall staff had a positive feeling regarding the structure of the day's activities and want to make it an annual event. Team work was the theme chosen by the committee. Some specific comments made by staff were as follows: "Continued follow-up to keep conversations/action steps going, "Team work was great", "the day was a great balance of activity, fun and learning". • Joanne Bond was the organizational coach for the event. She created a high level of interest and energy amongst the staff. Joanne introduced "the Cycle of Renewal" and through team activities was able to help staff explore different ideas of how to better communicate with co-workers and in one's personal life. • There will be a follow up meeting with Joanne Bond to ascertain how well we are keeping the momentum of "Staff Development Day" in play. Communication will be the focus of the meeting. B. Website Update On April 23rd, the Website Committee will meet to discuss the library's website and work towards finding a path to make the website more user friendly. C. California State Library Board and Pacific Library Partnership • Brad attended the California State Library meeting in Sacramento on April 17th as an executive board member of the Pacific Library Partnership. • The focus of the meeting was to update the regulatory language of the Library Services Act to meet current and future needs of our libraries. • The meeting concluded without updating the regulatory language of the Library Services Act. • The State Finance Department did not support the suggested changes. D. Update on Speaker's Series • The Committee met and discussed the pros and cons of the event. It was noted that the process for selling tickets should be reviewed. • The featured speaker and date for the next event have not been finalized. • The date for the next Speaker's Series has not been determined. VII. New Business A. Monthly Topic - Technical Services This item was tabled until the May meeting. B. June Trustee Meeting at Easton Brad will let Kathy know that the Trustees would like to have the June Meeting at Easton. VIII. Action Items A. Plaque for Jim Kaufman The Trustees passed a motion to approve purchase of a plaque in memory of Jim Kaufman in the amount of $300.00 M/S/C (Rosenthal/Nagler) • Brad will check with his contact at Alpine Awards to find out if it is possible to get a mockup of the plaque after it has been completed. • Maryam will be asked if she can design a library emblem. Members of staff may be asked to contribute to the inscription. Final draft will be presented to the Trustees. IX. Announcements A. Trustee Vacancy Trustee Blanco has advised the Library Board of Trustees that he will be resigning his position at the end of June. Brad will check with Administration at City Hall to determine the term limits for the remainder of Trustee Blanco's position on the Board of Trustees. B. April 18, 2018 Minutes Trustee Altmann noted after the minutes had been approved, that the City Manager was given an incorrect title in Section A of New Business. The March minutes will be put on the agenda for approval at the May Trustee meeting. X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:45PM. M/S/C (Altmann/Nagler) The next meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held on June 19, 2018 at the Easton Branch Library. Respectfully Submitted, /s/ Brad McCulley City Librarian City of Burlingame