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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2022.09.20Burlingame Library Board of Trustees' Minutes Approved September 20, 2022 I. Roll Call Trustees Present: Mark Lucchesi, Mike Nagler, Elisabeth Ostrow Staff Present: Brad McCulley, City Librarian Jenny Miner, Equity Representative Sidney Poland, Recorder Guest: Eva Chen, Youth Poet in Residence II. Opening of Meeting Eva Chen opened the meeting by reading her original poem "in baker's beach (love at the end of everything)". Eva is a senior at Burlingame High School. Eva has been inducted into the San Mateo County Woman's Hall of Fame as a "Young Woman of Excellence". Eva will teach a workshop in poetry at the Library. The Trustees requested copies of her poem. III. Library Board of Trustees Minutes. The Trustees unanimously approved the minutes of the August 16, 2022 Trustee meeting. M/S/C (Nagler/Ostrow) IV. Correspondence and Information The Trustees reviewed Adult, Children's & Teens statistics. The most popular children's program in August was Summer Slime with an attendance of 114. V. Public Comment — No one from the public attended. VI. Reports A. City Librarian's Report —_Highlights • Ray Delara will replace Jason Yap as Acting Tech. Service Mgr. until December 31, 2022. • Easton recruiting for Library Assistant. • Peninsula Library System and Pacific Library Partnership announced that the State Library will fund online tutors for all libraries in the state. 1 B. Library Foundation • The Foundation event "Hello Louie" was enjoyed by all who attended. • The Foundation is overseeing the remediation of the Benny Bufano Owl. Hopefully, the procedure will be completed by November C. Monthly Topic — Equity and Diversity • Changing Portrayals Collection in the Children's Room Collection — Book plates and a spine label will be placed on materials that are considered to be outdated stereotypes of the following groups: racial, ethnic, gender identities and roles, disabilities, religious and political. This designation will inform and provide patrons with information regarding these outdated works. • United Against Hate Week November 14-19 — The Equity Committee has presented the idea of "Community Corners". Specific trees around the City will be designated as Wish Trees". Residents can write a wish for how to stand up for United Against Hate in our city and hang it on the tree. • Murals — The Committee is still trying to update the fairy tale mural in the Children's Room and find a solution to the mural in the Reading Room which has the sentence "Living in Burlingame is a Special Privilege". This sentence is offensive, as well as being an outdated concept to some residents. One idea being considered is to have a plaque that acknowledges the history of the early years of Burlingame noting that there were restrictive racial covenants for home ownership. Another idea is to have a community art response where residents can express their feelings on living in Burlingame today. VII. Old Business A. _Priorities for Potential Funding The City Librarian, Brad, requested that the Trustees review the goals for the Strategic Plan and indicate which goals they feel are still valid, goals that no longer serve a purpose, and add new goals that perhaps would be more effective in today's society. The Strategic Plan will be discussed at the October meeting. • COVID delayed the update of the Strategic Plan which was scheduled for 2019. • Staff will participate in the same exercise on October loth during Staff Development Day. 2 • Brad, the City Librarian, noted that emergency preparedness should be emphasized more. • Final Strategic Plan should become a normal part of staffs work day. • The goal is to have a written plan by January 1 st. B. Library Tuition Assistance Program Application The Trustees reviewed a draft for an application that the Trustees could use for tuition assistance to select library staff members who are working towards their MLIS or Bachelors degree. • Trustees discussed giving a higher amount than $3,500.00, as well as taking under consideration that it might be better to start at $3,500.00 and watch how the program is progressing. • Full Time and Hourly staff who have been employed by the Library for a year would be able to apply for assistance but they must have a grade average of C or higher for each course. • Applications must be approved by the City Librarian and Board of Trustees. The City Librarian must approve all courses before enrollment. • Trustees agreed that full time employees receiving financial assistance do not have to give one year of service to the Burlingame Library after receiving their degree. They should be permitted to accept positions elsewhere. • Hourly staff would not be subject to any restrictions in regard to accepting a position elsewhere. • The Trustees noted that an employee could apply for their financial assistance even though they are receiving financial aid from the City of Burlingame, have a scholarship or a grant. • This item will be on the agenda for next month. VIII. Action Item There were not any Action Items to be approved. 9 IX. Agenda Building The Strategic Plan and the Library Assistance Program Application will be on the October agenda. X. Announcements The Trustees did not have any announcements. XI. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:OOpm. The next meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held on October 181h at 5:30pm. Respectfully Submitted /s/ Brad McCulley City Librarian Burlingame Public Library Ld