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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2024.04.16Burlingame Library Board of Trustee Approved Minutes April 16, 2024 I. Roll Call Trustees: Jill Goldsmith, Mark Lucchesi, Elisabeth Ostrow Kris Cannon, Danielle Garcia Staff Present: Brad McCulley, City Librarian Sidney Poland, Recorder Ray DeLara, Technical Service Manager II. Agenda Items Approved by Trustees A. Approval of March 19, 2024, Minutes B. Approval to move Ray Delara's report after public comment. M/S/C (Ostrow/Goldsmith) C. Approval to move City Council Topics after Ray Delara's report. M/S/C (Cannon/Goldsmith) III. Library Board of Trustee Minutes The Trustees approved the March 19, 2024 Board of Trustees Minutes. M/S/C (Goldsmith/Ostrow) IV. Public Comment No one from the public attended the meeting. V. Correspondence and Information Attendance in both children's and adult programs continues to increase. This month Circulation Statistics were included in the statistical report. So far this year circulation statistics total 66,640 vs 64,322 for 2023. VI. Reports A. Monthly Report — Ray De Lara Ray presented the Trustees with a summary of plans and projects both current and future in the Technical Service Department. Here are some of the highlights. • New AMH should be operational by the week of April 22nd. • The system is smaller than the old AMH and therefore two more work stations can be added. • Children sewing classes are held in the Tech. Lab. Adult classes may be available in the future. • Upon the completion of a review by the Technical Service staff memory kits for dementia patients will be introduced into the library collection. • The works of local authors are available to the public. However, their works are not in the Collection Development Plan. • The Technical Services staff is in the beginning stages of creating a new website, as well changing the Tech. Lab to a Maker Space. B. City Librarian's Report Brad included three policies in his report: the Public Records Act, Data Retention Policy and Law Enforcement Records Requests. These policies give staff the background needed to respond to any requests by law enforcement to turn over any library public records that are legally requested. C. Foundation Report Trivia Night is Friday April 26th. The event is sold out. VII. Old Business A. AMH The plan is to have the AMH up and running the week of April 22nd. The date that it will be available for public use has not been determined. B. Lane Room Upgrade There is not any current information. C. Library Quote Plaques There were 100 quotes submitted. The committee is currently reviewing the entries. VIII. New Business A. Community Outreach Last year the library held its first children's event at Victoria Park. It was very successful and plans are in the beginning stages for this year. B. Adult Literacy Topics Due to time constraints, this topic will be on the May agenda. C. City Council Topics The Trustees discussed their upcoming meeting with the City Council on May 20th. D. Library Trustee Service Years Trustee Cannon will complete her three-year term in July of this year. IX. Adjournment The meeting closed at 7:OOPM. The next meeting of the Library Trustees will be held May 21st at 5:30PM in the Library Conference Room. /s/