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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - LB - 2021.12.21CITY v 0 ticow � � rPORATED Tuesday, December 21, 2021 City of Burlingame Meeting Agenda - Final Library Board of Trustees 5:30 PM BURLINGAME CITY HALL 501 PRIMROSE ROAD BURLINGAME, CA 94010 On September 16, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 361 which allows a local agency to meet remotely when: 1. The local agency holds a meeting during a declared state of emergency 2. State or local health officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing 3. Legislative bodies declare the need to meet remotely due to present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees On November 15, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 142-2021 stating that the City Council and Commissions will continue to meet remotely for at least thirty days for the following reasons: 1. There is still a declared state of emergency 2. County Health Orders require that all individuals in public spaces maintain social distancing and wear masks 3. The City can't maintain social distancing requirements for the public, staff, Councilmembers, and Commissioners in their meeting spaces Members of the public may view the meeting by logging into the Zoom Meeting listed below. Members of the public may provide written comments by email to publiccomment@burlingame.org. The length of the emailed comment should be commensurate with the three minutes customarily allowed for verbal comments, which is approximately 250-300 words. To ensure that your comment is received and read to the Library Board of Trustees for the appropriate agenda item, please submit your email no later than 5:00 p.m. on December 21, 2021. The City will make every effort to read emails received after that time, but cannot guarantee such emails will be read into the record. Any emails received after the 5:00 p.m. deadline which are not read into the record, will be provided to the Library of Trustees after the meeting. Online City of Burlingame Page 1 Printed on 1211712021 Library Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda - Final December 21, 2021 1. CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 p.m. - Online To access the meeting by computer: Go to www.zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 883 4545 8812 Passcode:684389 To access the meeting by phone: Dial 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 883 4545 8812 Passcode:684389 2. ROLL CALL 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS Members of the public may speak about any item not on the agenda. Members of the public may suggest an item for a future Library Board of Trustees' agenda during the public comment period. The Ralph M. Brown Act (the State local agency open meeting law) prohibits Trustees from acting on any matter that is not on the agenda. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of Library Board of Trustee Meeting Minutes for the November 16, 2021 Meeting Attachments: Meeting Minutes 5. CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION a. November Statistics Attachments: Adult Services Statistics Children's Statistics 6. REPORTS a. City Librarian's Report Attachments: Report b. Foundation ReDort C. Request for Reconsideration Attachments: Request City of Burlingame Page 2 Printed on 1211712021 Library Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda - Final December 21, 2021 7. OLD BUSINESS a. Staff Appreciation Event b. Public Art Donations Attachments: Robert Barry Bufano 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Resuming Library Hours Attachments: Staff Report b. 2022 Holidav Closures Attachments: Closure Schedule C. Monthly Topic - Teens Attachments: Teen Report 9. ANNOUNCEMENTS 10. ADJOURNMENT Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Library Board of Trustees will be made available for public inspection via the City of Burlingame's website: www.burlingame.org. City of Burlingame Page 3 Printed on 1211712021 Burlingame Library Board of Trustees November 16, 2021 Minutes Roll Call Trustees Present: Kris Cannon, Danielle Garcia, 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 October 19, 2021 Trustee Meeting. M/S/C (Nagler/Ostrow) III. October Statistics • Adult programming had a total of 13 programs with an attendance of 58. • Children programs including Storytimes, Class Visits and special programs totaled 44 with an attendance of 920. Pumpkin painting on the library front porch for Halloween was a huge success with 350 children participating. • Teens had 19 programs with 217 participants. • Homework Center will be discontinued until after final week for the high school students who tutor the students. • Teen Study Room will reopen for teens only on December 1, 2021. Ten teens will be permitted to use the room at one time. Masks will be required. IV. Reports A. City Librarian's Report • An internal recruitment will be held for Elaine Tai's full time position in Adult Services. Interviews will be held November 22, 2021. Once the full time position is filled, recruitment will be held for a 30 hour permanent part-time position. • There were numerous serious leaks around the building due to the October 24th storm. The windows in the Children's room on the west side of the building experienced heavy leaks that soaked the carpet under the windows. Some of the leaks were due to old caulking and full gutters. Facilities staff is working on tracing internal leaks. • United Against Hate is the week of November 14th through November 20th. The Committee has planned three programs: Antibias Storytime with Natalie Delahunt in front of City Hall, Teen Art and Poetry Slam grades 6-12 on the library's front porch and The Art of Calling In: Dismantling Racism Not Relationships. B. Foundation Report There is a possibility that the Foundation might be the recipient of a donation from a family whose son recently passed away. The donation would be used to purchase 2-3 small round tables for the Children's Department. C. State Report - Library Infographic Shortly after the state report was submitted, the library received a Library Infographic on key statistics for the fiscal year July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 such as 27, 462 people have a library card at our library, Interlibrary loans outside of library 107,707, 28.51 dedicated FTE staff and 413,750 checkouts. V. From The Floor No one from the public attended. VI. Old Business A. Staff Appreciation Event The Trustees would like to plan a staff appreciation event. A dessert party at the library was suggested possibly in January. Staff would receive a gift card from the Trustees. Brad will discuss this idea with the managers and report back to the Trustees. Trustee Cannon offered to work on the event. B. Employee Assistance Program Brad contacted Sonya Morrison, HR Director, and was advised that any employee who signs up for the program will be accepted immediately. There is a not a wait period that Sonya Morrison was aware of. VII. New Business - Public Art A. Approval of Public Art for Library Brad advised the Trustees that as the governing board for the library they have the responsibility to approve any permanent art that would be placed in the library. B. Barbara Berke - Artist Elaine Tai and Brad met with artist Barbara Berke last year and contracted with her to create an art form to hang from the chandelier. Since the chandelier fell and a replacement will not occur in the foreseeable future, Barbara and Brad have been working with other consultants to find a way to hang her art form in the stairwell. C. Lance Fung and John Talley - Art Patrons from Woodside, CA • Lance Fung and John Talley are coordinating the Anson Burlingame art tribute for the City of Burlingame. • Flying from San Francisco they saw the perfect hillside site for Robert Barry's text base work. Each word of the art work is 13 to 15 feet long and can be illuminated. • They offered to donate the art work to the Parks and Recreation Department. • Installation can be done by city staff or a recommended installer. Robert Barry will determine the placement of the words. At Brad's request Lance Fung is offering one of the words to the library. The words are Becoming, Believe, Another, Purpose, Possible Together. The tentative place for the library's "word" would be on the ledge of the public terrace facing west. VII. Action Items Brad will discuss the Trustees' suggestions for the Staff Appreciation Event with his managers. Brad will contact Lance Fung to express the library's interest in having one of the words and what choice of the "words" would the library have. VIII. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:OOPM M/S/C (Nagler/Garcia). The next Zoom meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be December 21st, 2021 at 5:30PM. Respectfully Submitted Brad McCulley City Librarian Burlingame Public Library Adult Services Stats November 2021 Program Date # Programs Attendance Sit N Stitch Tuesdays 5 14 English Learners Group Wednesdays & Thursdays 6 26 Intro to Cryptocurrency 11/9 1 36 United Against Hate Week: The Art of Calling In 11/15 1 11 Sterling Court Outreach 11/17 1 8 Booked on Crime book club 11/18 1 5 Total 15 Kanopy Month Plays Cost per Kanopy Kids and K Series (Great Monthly play Books) Invoice $5/month for unlimited plays Novemberr 290 $2 5 KIDS and $660 2021 11 Great Courses 306 total plays Pronunciator (Language Learning) New registrations Sessions Top 3 languages 3 6 English, Spanish (Spain), Korean Ancestry.com 54 Sessions with 661 searches run. Children's and Teen Monthly Statistics Nov-21 Children's Desk Reference Questions 646 Easton Branch Reference Questions 122 Programs Attendance Cost STORYTIMES Live Storytime with Miss Jenny Virtual 3 51 Miss Jenny Storytime IGTV views 3 214 Miss Jenny Storytime YouTube views 3 7 Miss Jennifer Storytime -- Zoom Live 2 31 Miss Kelly Storytime IGTV views 3 148 Miss Kelly Storytime YouTube views 3 8 TOTAL STORYTIMES 17 459 CLASS VISITS Preschool Class Visits at Schools Preschool Class Visits at Library Virtual Elementary School Class Visits on Zoom 1 22 Elementary School Class Visits at Library Middle School Class Visits at Schools Middle School Class Visits at Library TOTAL CLASS VISITS 1 22 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Sign ups 1 131 Tween Food & Fiction (Pie) 1 12 Carmen Bernier -Grand author event 1 106 Baby Sign Language 1 38 BPL Music Party 1 33 Homework Center (children) 9 39 United Against Hate Storytime live City Hall lawn 1 51 TOTAL SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN 15 410 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR TEENS Teen Environmental Workshop -- Food 1 10 Teen Environmental Workshop --Textiles 1 11 Teen UAH Writing Workshop 1 4 Teen Advisory Board 1 13 First Look Book Group 1 5 Teens Homework Center 9 44 Teen UAH Live Poetry Event 1 16 TOTAL SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR TEENS 15 103 City Librarian Report to Board of Trustees December 21, 2021 BURL i NGAM Personnel Updates: o Staff: Jason Yap has been hired as our new 40-hour Librarian for Adult Services. Staff are currently recruiting for a 30-hour Permanent Part-time Librarian. o Part-time Budget: General Updates: o Covid/CPU Update • Study rooms were reopened to the public Dec 1st • Lane Room Storytime may begin in -person in January but more likely March o Committees — Equity Team is assembling a BIPOC affinity group o Policy— Request for Reconsideration: (see attached document) o Significant Events — • Santa on the Porch o Facilities update — • Public Works is still waiting for contract details to be sorted out for HVAC upgrade • The Library has reached out to Smith, Fause, McDonald Inc. for an assessment of out Lane Room technology • The Library boiler has broken down twice in the last month. This is not ideal in cool weather but cant be helped given the age. o PLS/PLP (Peninsula Library System / Pacific Library Partnership) • N/A 1 a BURL'I'NOAME Citizen Request for Reconsideration of Library Materials Name: Last First Address: Street Address Unit # City State ZIP Code Home Phone: Email Complainant represents himself/herself? Yes or No If no, Name of Organization representing: Title: Author: Publisher: Date: Circle one: Book/eBook Magazine/periodical CD DVD 1. To what in the material do you object? [please be specific/cite page page #] 2. What do you feel might be the result of being exposed to this material? 3. Is there anything good about the material, in your opinion? 4. Did you read/listen/view the entire work? If no, what parts of it? 5. What do you believe is the theme of this material? 6. Are you aware of the judgement of this work by any literary critics? 7. Other comments about this item? Signature: Form adopted by the California Library Association, 12.13.1977. 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"We would like to donate the Owl to a deserving place where it would be displayed indoors and where children can engage with it indefinitely, and so I thought of the Burlingame Public Library. The owl as a symbol of learning seems very much apropos for a library. Our only requirement is that the sculpture be visible indoors to children especially and always on display, not in storage, and that it be well -maintained with regular waxing and polishing." Beniamino "Benny" Bufano (October 15, 1890 — August 18, 1970) was an Italian American sculptor, best known for his large-scale monuments representing peace and his modernist work often featured smoothly rounded animals and relatively simple shapes. He worked in ceramics, stone, stainless steel, and mosaic, and sometimes combined two or more of these media and some of his works are cast stone replicas. He had a variety of names used, and sometimes went by the name Benvenuto Bufano because he admired Benvenuto Cellini. His youthful nickname was "Bene" which was often anglicized into "Benny." He lived in Northern California for much of his career. San Francisco public spaces The numbers on the map and below suggest the shortest route by which a driver (or intrepid cyclist) may visit all of the Bufano sculptures in public spaces of San Francisco. • 01) Elephant (n.d.): 3-foot (1 m) bronze statue is located at the Museo ItaloAmericano,u 2 Marina Blvd., Building C • 02) Hand of Peace (n.d.): bronze with enamel statue, also at the Museo ItaloAmericano,u 2 Marina Blvd., Building C • 03) Madonna (begun in 1962):1661 almost 14-feet (4 m.) high, with a mosaic of young faces, pink, yellow and black. In a film portrait which contains a lengthy segment on creating this mosaic, Bufano states,"The figure of a child. It's a composite figure of all the races."u The monument is located in the Great Meadow, Upper Fort Mason; 150 yards north of 1325 Bay Street • 04) Frog (1942): 16" (.5 m) high, this work is located on the balcony of the Maritime Museum, 900 Beach Street. • 05) Seal (1942): 42" (1 m) high, also located at the Maritime Museum, 900 Beach Street • 06) St. Francis de la Varenne (1928):1681 this 18-foot [5.5 m.] monument is located on the south-east corner of Beach and Taylor Streets, Fisherman's Wharf. • 07) The Penguin: Golden Gateway Center, 480 Davis Court, near the south-east corner of Davis and Jackson Streets. The work is displayed across the street diagonally from Sydney Walton Square, a sculpture park. • 08) Sun Yat-sen (1937): Saint Mary's Square, corner of Quincy and California Street. This 12-foot [3.5 m] statue is said to be among Bufano's most famous works. • 09) The Penguins: entrance to the Stanford Court Hotel,u 905 California Street • 10) St. Francis (1970): Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street. The black and bronze, 5-foot [1.5 m) tall sculpture was originally located at the St. Francis Hotel but was moved to its current location in 1993.1701 • 11) St. Francis on Horseback (1935):1711 8-feet (2.5 m) tall; Westside Courts Housing Project, across from 2550 Sutter, in the courtyard behind the basketball court • 12) Bear (1930s): University of California, San Francisco, 608 Parnassus Street • 13) Bear and Cubs (1968): University of California, San Francisco, 530 Parnassus Street • 14) Female Torso: Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library,u 1 Jose Sarria Court; in the front lobby • 15) Rabbit, Seals, Fish, Bear and Cubs, Cat and Mouser Valencia Gardens Housing (1930s):1741 in the courtyard next to 33 Maxwell Court. • 16) The Madonna:f751 San Francisco General Hospital, courtyard at the north-east corner of Potrero Avenue and 22nd Street • 17) Saint Francis of the Guns (1968); City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus, between Phelan Avenue and the front entrance to the Science Building. Constructed of melted guns from a voluntary weapons amnesty program in San Francisco, this work was inspired by the 1968 assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. On the robe of St Francis is a mosaic tile mural of four of America's assassinated leaders: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy.0 • 18) Granite Nude Torso [male] (1934): San Francisco State University, courtyard between HSS and the Business Buildings, 1600 Holloway Avenue • 19) Head of St. Francis (1938): San Francisco State University, main quadrangle, between the Business Building and the Student Center, 1600 Holloway Avenue • 20) Penguin's Prayer (1939):u 11 Lake Merced Boulevard, between Brotherhood Way and John Muir Drive • 21) Peace (1939): opposite the Calvary Armenian Congregational Church, 725 Brotherhood Way. This 30-foot (9 m) monument was relocated to Brotherhood Way in 1996 after nearly four decades at the San Francisco International Airport. • 22) Bear and Head of Peace (ca. 1935-1940): Sunnydale Projects Community Center,1791 in Visitacion Valley, San Francisco, 1654 Sunnydale Avenue San Francisco museums[edit] • Animal sculptures: Randall Museum,u 199 Museum Way • Female Torso and Head of George W. P. Hunt: Sf 11f821 de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr., Golden Gate Park • Animal sculptures: California Academy of Sciences sculpture garden, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park • Fourteen works:u San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 3rd St. • St. Francis of Assisi: Museum of Mission San Francisco de Asis (familiarly known as Mission Dolores Museum), 3750 18th St. • Small Madonna (1968):1841 private collection: gifted to the Alioto family during the wedding of Angela Alioto and Adolpho Veronese in San Francisco eBURL1NG'!k,ME REPORT CITV O Avovwl- To: Chair and Board of Trustees Date: December 21, 2021 From: Brad McCulley, City Librarian Subject: Resumption of Pre -Pandemic Library Hours RECOMMENDATION Staff recommend that the Board approve the following post -pandemic Library hours schedule to be implemented in two parts. Weekend hours resume Feb 5, 2022. BACKGROUND & DISCUSSION Post lockdown it was decided Jun 15th, 2021 the Library would reopen to the public and continue Curbside Service for as long as possible. Staff have used this opportunity to save on -call hourly budget with an eye to resuming Saturdays and Sundays normal business hours without overburdening full-time staff. Pre -pandemic Library Open Hours: Monday — Thursday 10am — 9pm Friday and Saturday 10am — 5pm Sunday 1 pm — 5pm Current Library Hours Monday — Friday 10am — 6pm Saturday 12 — 4pm Recommended New Library Hours beginning Feb 5, 2022: Monday — Friday 10am — 6pm Saturday 10am — 5pm Sunday 1 pm — 5pm Recommended New Library Hours beginning July 1, 2022: Monday through Thursday 10am — 8pm Friday and Saturday 10am — 5pm Sunday 1 pm — 5pm 1 2022 Burlingame Public Library Holiday Schedule - DRAFT Date Day Holiday Days closed Jan 1 Sat New Year's Day 1 Jan 16, 17 Sun, Mon Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2 Feb 20, 21 Sun, Mon Presidents Day 2 Apr 17 Sun Spring Holiday 1 May 29, 30 Sun, Mon Memorial Day 2 Jul 3, 4 Sun, Mon Independence Day 2 Sep 4, 5 Sun, Mon Labor Day 2 Oct 9, 10 Sun, Mon Indigenous Peoples Day 2 Oct 31 Mon Halloween Close at 6 pm Nov 11 Fri Veterans Day 1 Nov 23 Wed Thanksgiving Eve Close at 6 pm Nov 24, 25 Thurs, Fri Thanksgiving 2 Dec 23, 24 Fri, Sat Christmas Eve (observed) 2 Dec 25, 26 Sun, Mon Christmas (observed) 2 Dec 30, 31 Fri, Sat New Year's Eve (observed) 2 YEAR 2023 YEAR 2023 YEAR 2023 Jan 1, 2 Sun, Mon New Year's Day (observed) 2 December 2021 Burlingame Library Board of Trustees Meeting Teen Update by Jenny Miner: My biggest objective in working with Teens at the library is to provide leadership opportunities for them and support them with their academic and personal growth. I have had the pleasure to write —5 letters of recommendation for college applications and scholarships this fall, and because of the opportunities I have had to observe them in applicable leadership positions, I have been able to write detailed letters. 1 have heard back from one Homework Center Teen Mentor that she won the scholarship I wrote a letter for. Hopefully more good news will be coming! Teen Volunteers: • Teen Advisory Board: o United Against Hate Week: Organized an Art & Poetry Slam on the front porch of the Main Library on 11/20 with TAB members Eva and Lexi (who is also on the UAH committee). It was a small but mighty event with 16 in attendance. We had 3 poets and z artists, plus San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto perform. At the end we had an open mic where one audience member came up and said a few words about how he felt inspired after the poets read their works. ■ TAB members also distributed UAH posters to local businesses on Burlingame Ave. & Broadway as well as displaying them in their homes. o Programs Created by TAB: ■ For Kids: • Snowflake art: 8o children came to the front lawn of the library on 12/10 and each decorated two snowflakes with glitter and sequins; they got to take one home, and leave one to hang in the big windows of the children's room. Teens planned what supplies I would purchase and ran the event with my support and guidance. ■ For Teens: • Environmental Workshops: TAB member Elena is a Youth Climate Ambassador and planned z workshops in collaboration with ReThink Waste for her Capstone Project in November. We were her other community partner and set up the Zoom plus helped with the promotion of the event. She presented a Food Waste program on 11/7, including a Zero Waste cooking tutorial, and a Textile Waste program on 11/14, including a tutorial on upcycled, no sew face masks. There were 21 total participants between the two events. • "Bead It" Craft Fair: Cellphone charms, bracelets, earrings. TAB member Angela gave me a list of cute beads that teens would love (lots of cute Kawaii beads!), which I purchased, and then we had the upper level terrace of the library open from 1-313m on 12/18 and teens showed up to put together their creations! o Teen Book Displays: This year I off loaded book displays to TAB, which has been a huge help to me and gives some ownership over the room to them! I chose some themes and TAB members have researched and sent me booklists which I then set up (or sometimes they come in and help) in the Teen Room. So far, the most popular book display themes have been: Judge me by my first line, BookTok made me read it, Once Upon a Crime, and We're Number One (first in a series) o Book Reviews for the Instagram Book Blog: TAB members submitted one book review each for the IG book blog, and TAB members Lexi and Adam keep it updated regularly. They tag authors and we have even had a couple of authors respond back! o Teen Volunteers: In July we brought back some In -Library Teen Volunteers: z Staff Assistants to help with SLC Registration and other tasks such as putting together craft kits and labeling books, 3 Collection Maintainers to assist Library Aides by putting sorting carts in alphabetical order, and z Media Managers to clean DVDs • Virtual Homework Center: o This fall we had 18 Teen Mentors (all stellar students with 3.5+ GPAs) for the Virtual Homework Center (6 each on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays). The program lasted to weeks (from 9/13 through 11/17) and our Teen Mentors had 97 sessions with students where they helped with math, science, language arts, social studies, Mandarin, and Spanish. Other Programs/Events: • College Admissions Essays Tips and Tricks Zoom Event with Dr. Elizabeth Stone and Meredith Joelle Charlson on Tuesday 9/21. We had 21 participants. • Virtual Practice SAT events on 8/14 and 10/23. We had 4 and 6 teens sign up respectively. The numbers have been dwindling with each practice test (in the spring we had events with 14-20 participants) now that many colleges have gone test blind, so we may not offer them anymore. • Cooking Classes: These always fill up very quickly and are super fun! o September: No -Bake Pumpkin Pies in a Jar (12 participants) o December: Hot Chocolate Bombs and Oreo Truffles (18 participants) • Dia De Los Muertos Sugar Skulls & Marigolds: This was supposed to take place on 10/22 on the Upper Level Terrace of the library, but got rained out, so teens came by the library and picked up a Take -and -Make kit to take home and complete. 12 teens participated. • First Looks Book Club continues on the first Tuesday of each month in collaboration with Hannah Walcher at Books Inc. Teens come by the library to pick up Advanced Reader Copies (ARCS) of the newest Teen/YA books and we meet over Zoom to give our reviews. Typically we get —6 people in attendance. Outreach• • BHS Book Giveaways: I went to BHS at lunchtime twice this fall to introduce myself to students and give away leftover Summer Learning Challenge book prizes, once the day before Halloween for Trick -or -Treat for a book, and the second was on 12/3 to do a Winter Reading Kickoff. I had --54 and --73 students come to these events, respectively. Teens are very busy and I think it is important to meet them where they are. BHS Library Media Technician Maurine Seto loves these events as it doubles the number of students who come into the BHS library at lunchtime those days, so we plan to do it again in February for "Love Your Library Week" and in March right before Spring Break for students to stop in and get a good book for their week off. • San Mateo County Reads book discussions at BIS and Crocker: I worked with Library Media Technician Lena Chang at BIS and Teacher Librarian Michele Gilchrist at Crocker Middle School to bring lunchtime book discussions for "Black Brother, Black Brother" in preparation for the Jewell Parker Rhodes author event that SMCOE organized for middle grade students. I had 24 students participate over two lunch periods at BIS, and 12 students over one lunch period at Crocker. Each student received their own personal copy of the book —z weeks before the event, read the book on their own time, then came to the library at lunchtime on the planned date to discuss the book with each other and me. • Library Promotional Materials: I am in constant contact with BHS, BIS, and Crocker librarians. I email them at the beginning of each month with a list of teen focused BPL programs for the month, including digital promotional files for their school newsletters, and I also deliver posters to them to display in their libraries for each Teen event at BPL. Looking ahead: Youth Poet Laureate Program: I would love to bring a Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) program to Burlingame in the future. Daly City has started a program and South San Francisco is exploring the idea, but the initial output is steep at $2,500 (a one-time fee so it is a program we would want to implement for a long period of time), so a grant or community benefactor with a love of poetry would be ideal. The benefits for the YPL we would select (after a competition where teens submit several works of poetry which are judged by a panel of community members) are that the teen attends poetry workshops with other YPLs across the country to improve their skills, their poetry would be published in an anthology with other YPLs across the nation, and they would be in the running to be identified as the next National Youth Poet Laureate. Just think! The next Amanda Gorman could come from Burlingame, CA! If you know any community members who are passionate about poetry and might be interested in becoming a partner for this program, please reach out to Brad or Kathy. Thank you so much for your support of the Burlingame Library and the teens we serve!