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LIBRARY BOARD Of TRUSTEES
October 18, 1971 - Minutes
The meeting opened at 4:00 P.M. with the following members present:
Clay Wiest, Acting Chairman, Dorothy Read, Acting Secretary, Ray Brookhart
and Georgina Cole, City Librarian.-
OLD BUSINESS;
Minutes of the August 9th meeting were read and approved. The officia
meeting time for the Trustees will be the 2nd Monday at 4:00 P.M.
Mrs. Cole presented letters sent to Mr. Howard Teakell requesting jani-
torial schedules. The library budget provides for $4,000.00 for the service
of a custodian. The schedule received is very inadequate since it does not
state where the custodian will be at any given time, with one exception.
Mr. Teakell requested Mr. Frank Narez, custodian, to advise Mrs. Cole of his
daily cleaning schedule.
The discussion on the final budget and library entitlement was tableduntil Don Hickethier could be present.
Mrs. Cole explained that we need to explore our book budget, which has
remained static for several years. This year $3,000.00 of the book budget
was expended on A.V. materials. A few comparisons - Oceanside has a book
budget of $50,000.00 and Chula Vista $90,000.00. Our book budget definitely
needs to be increased.
Additional shelving for 26,900 books is being installed. Needless to
say we are pleased, because it is so needed.
We need to follow through on Mrs. Coles suggestion made at the last
meeting, of forming committees on Finance and Budget; Building and Land-
scaping Maintenance and Long Range Planning.
A letter was sent to Mr. Jack Arnold requesting the sum of $197.00 be
made available for additional help to cover vacation and sick leave. This
sum was deleted from the new librarian's salary.
NEW BUSINESS: ' "
Miss Diane Lee Davenport, presented in bulletin form, the August audio
visual monthly report of the Serra /Regional Library System. Diane is out-
new A.V. Consultant from the Serra System.
Statistics for Carlsbad Library are exceptionally good -
52 films issued - 2nd highest of nine libraries
63 showings - 2nd highest of nine libraries
1,717 audience - 3rd highest of nine libraries
The Serra Slide Show and Multi-Media presentation are available for
interested groups.
The 1970-71 Annual Report of the Carlsbad City Library was presented
by Mrs. Cole. Comment will be reserved until the next meeting.
Gifts to the City Library
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Marx of Carlsbad presented five 16mm documentary
films of World War II. They are: Battle of Russia; Battle of Britain;
Why We Fight; Nazis Strike; and Divide and Conquer. Director: Frank Capra,
Narrators: Walter Huston and James Stewart.
Mrs. Victor J. Wagoner of Carlsbad-by-the-Sea presented a 1,500 shell
collection in memory of her husband Mr. Victor J. Wagoner. The shells are
beautifully mounted, labeled and classified. Many are rare - from the shore
of Taiwan, Ceylon, Indonesia and Japan.
We are very pleased with these gifts and we would like to encourage
other memorial gifts to the library. •.
Report of the C.I.C. • '
The Community Involvment Committee,reported by Dorothy Read, ask that
we request the city for. a light on the library parking grounds. There has
been an accident. The parking area is very dark and we have no lights.
Mrs. Cole stated that the Frineds of the Library have already requested
lighting and that we encourage,, the C.I.C. to request a light also.
Congratulations to Ruth for the "run on the bank". The 150 cassettes
and 10 machines were all checked out the first week. It was suggested we
write a letter of commendation to Ruth.
Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted,
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Dorothy Rdad, Acting Secretary