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Burlingame Library
Approved Board of Trustees Minutes
October 19, 2021
I. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Kris Cannon, Danielle Garcia, Mike Nagler,
Elisabeth Ostrow
Staff Present: Brad McCulley, City Librarian
Tommy McMahon, Adult Services Manager
Sidney Poland, Recorder
II. Library Board of Trustees Minutes
The Trustees unanimously approved the minutes of the September 21,
2021 Trustee Meeting. M/S/C (Nagle/Ostrow)
III. Correspondence and Information
At Brad's request, the Trustees agreed to move directly to the Adult
Services report and than use the remainder meeting time for the
discussion of SVCF Funds Around Use Limitations.
IV. Report - Adult Services - Tommy McMahon
The Trustees requested further information on the following subjects.
A. Information Desk - Two staff members, one from Reference and one
from Circulation, work the desk together. Staff has been cross-trained
to assist patrons in both Circulation and Reference issues.
B. Collection Budget - No major change in the collection budget but there
was a natural reduction in spending because Baker and Taylor closed
during the early days of COVID and books were not available. Tommy
reallocated a portion of the book budget to the library's Overdrive
Advantage and purchased additional copies of the most popular items
which are only available to Burlingame residents.
C. Data Bases - Tommy represents the library on the PLS Info Services
Committee where negotiations take place for sharing the databases and
other resources. Brad and Tommy support being part of the PLS
consortium. The advantages are that the cost is shared and patrons
from all PLS libraries have access to most of the current databases.
V. From The Floor
No one from the public attended.
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VI. SVCF Funds Around Use Limitations
Brad requested that the Trustees provide him with guidelines as to library
projects or library needs that he could ask the Trustees to fund.
• Brad noted that Foundation members had also inquired as to what
specific projects the Trustees fund. The Foundation funds library
programs, events, technology and furnishings. E-books were
formerly funded by the Foundation but e-books have now been
included in the City budget for the library. Burlingame's share of the
PLS budget for e-books is $45,000.
• The Trustees fund capital improvement projects through the Duncan
Trust which is managed by the SVCF. Other financial requests are
funded through the Library Trustees Account. Staff Development is
an area that the Trustees expressed interest in financially
supporting.
• In conclusion, the Trustees felt that it was not necessary to provide
guidelines for funding requests from Brad. The Trustees agreed that
in the past his requests had been well founded and benefited both
the library and the staff.
• The Trustees mentioned the possibility that it might help future
librarians if Brad documented his thought process for determining
funding requests (e.g. examples of requests that were funded, those
that were not and why the Trustees did not agree to fund the
request).
VII. Announcement
Elaine Tai, who joined the Adult Services Department in October of 2016,
has accepted a position as a Supervising Librarian with the City of
Berkeley. Elaine's last day will be November 4th.
VIII. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:00PM M/S/C (Nagler/Ostrow).
The next Zoom meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be
November 16, 2021 at 5:30PM.
Respectfully Submitted
/S/
Brad McCulley
City Librarian
Burlingame Public Library