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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2022.10.18Burlingame Library Board of Trustees' Minutes Approved October 18, 2022 I. Roll Call Trustees Present: Kris Cannon, Danielle Garcia, Mark Lucchesi, Mike Nagler, Elisabeth Ostrow Staff Present: Brad McCulley, City Librarian Sidney Poland, Recorder II. Library Board of Trustees' Minutes The Trustees unanimously approved the minutes of the September 20, 2022 Trustee Meeting. M/S/C (Nagler/Ostrow) III. Correspondence and Information Brad, the City Librarian, reviewed the method for collecting all statistics each month relating to specific collections and placing them in one specific location for all staff to access. For example: Children's Books, Children's Audio -Visual, e-Books, Databases, Programs and even door counts. • Trustees would like to have the statistical information every 3 or 4 months. • The Trustees brought up the idea of having a work shop for the public on-line or in person on the data bases the library provides to its patrons. IV. Public Comment —No one from the public attended the meeting. V. Reports A. City Librarian's Report —Staff Development Day Oct. 10/ 10/2022 • Staff Development Day began with a zoom training given by Karin Peabody. Lunch and group activities were held in Washington Park. Staff returned to the library for a team building discussion. Staff felt the day was well spent with new ideas of how to work together and benefit the library. • Next year the library will hold Staff Development Day in a different format and recognize Indigenous People Day by closing the library for the holiday. • Closing for Indigenous People day means that staff will have to find a way to hold Staff Development Day on non -regular work days in order to still receive 1/2 day off for Christmas and 1/2 day off for New Year's Eve as stated in the MOU. 1 • Brad, the City Librarian, has asked staff to give him suggestions on how to reinvent Staff Development Day B. Foundation Report — Highlights • The Foundation made approximately $4,000 dollars on the October book sale. • The Foundation Speaker Series will hold an event featuring the San Francisco Cast of Mortified on Sunday November 6th at 5:30PM. Tickets will be available on-line only. VI. Old Business A. Priorities for Potential Funding 1. Strategic Plan • Put on agenda for December Trustee meeting. • Brad, the City Librarian, emphasized to the Trustees that this is their opportunity to select the items in the current plan that they feel strongly about and want to have it included in the updated Strategic Plan. • It is also their opportunity to note items that should not be included in the updated Plan. • The Trustees noted that finding a way to reach the underserved population of Burlingame needs to be addressed. • Trusteed Cannon suggested obtaining a list of new residents and reaching out to them by sending a "Welcome to Burlingame & Hillsborough" postcard featuring the library and a few of its programs. 2. Satisfaction Survey Brad, the City Librarian, introduced the Satisfaction Survey. This survey will most likely be on-line. Responses from the survey will be considered for the Strategic Plan. B. Library Tuition Assistance Program Application 1. The Trustees discussed the areas of concern regarding the possibility of funding a scholarship program for staff that is working towards their MLIS or even their Bachelor's Degree. 2. Trustee Nagler will have a phone conversation with Mario De Ada who is the head of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation scholarship program. VII. "New Business A. "ALA Read These Banned Books" Trustee Nagler recommended purchasing 50 of the books entitled "Read These Banned Books" at a cost of $13.00 per book. The idea would be to make the book available to libraries who might be underfunded or would not have access to the publication. The Trustees supported the recommendation and requested it be placed on the November agenda for a vote of approval. VIII. Future Agenda Items A. Discussion of Brown Act Sessions B. Strategic Plan 2 C. Library Assistance Program Applications IX. ACTION TIMES A. Brad will discuss with Patti Flynn the possibility of creating a graph to depict some of the library statistics he introduced at the meeting. B. Approval of Purchasing "ALA Read These Banned Books." X. ADJOURMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:OOPM. The next Zoom meeting of the Library Trustees will be held December 20, 2022 at 5:30PM. Respectfully Submitted, /s/ Brad McCulley City Librarian Burlingame Public Library 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1E. Trustee Nagler will have a phone conversation with Mariio De Ada the head of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Scholarship Program on Monday October 315t. VII. New Business A. "ALA Read These Banned Books " Trustee Nagler recommended purchasing 50 of the books entitled "Read These Banned Books" at a cost of $13.00 per book. The idea would be to make the book available to libraries who might be underfunded or would not have access to the publication. The Trustees supported Trustee Nagler's recommendation and requested it be placed on the November agenda for a vote of approval. VIII. Future Agenda Items A. Discussion of Brown Act Sessions B. Strategic Plan C. Library Assistance Program Applications IX. ACTION ITEMS A. Brad will discuss with Patti Flynn the possibility of creating a graph to depict some of the library statistics he introduced at the meeting. B. Approval of Purchasing "ALA Read These Banned Books". X. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:OOPM. The next Zoom meeting of the Library Trustees will be held December 20, 2022 at 5:30PM. Respectfully Submitted Brad McCulley City Librarian Burlingame Public Library 19