HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-05-17; Library Board of Trustees; MinutesCARLSBAD CITY
LIBRARY BOARD
Regular meeting—May 17, 1978
LIBRARY
OF T R U S T. E E S \
The meeting was called to order at 3:00 by President Schindler. In attendance
were Trustees Falkenstein, Driver, and Hammond. Also: Mrs. Cole,'Librarian;
Mrs. McWilliams, Genealogical Society; Miss Ayars, Friends; Mrs. Bishop,
League of Women Voters; and Mrs. Casler, City Council. Mr. Mannen, Adminis-
trative Assistant to the City Manager, arrived at 3:15 p.m. Trustee Munn was
absent.
Minutes of the April 19 meeting were approved as submitted.
COMMITTEES
Building and Grounds; Mr. Falkenstein called the Board's attention to
the memos to and from Mr. Eggleston at Parks and Recreation regardin
the problem with the area adjacent to the Library offices (ref.
minutes of 4/19). The Board doubted that merely sinking pier
pilings would be effective in stopping foot traffic through the area
A more likely solution seems to be something along the lines of Mr.
Eggleston's second suggestion, a fence. The problem with that is
largely an esthetic one, finding appropriate and attractive material
Since budgeting is always a problem, the Board briefly discussed
the possibility of volunteer labor for installation.
Mr. Falkenstein further reported that some problems had deve-
loped with the low bidder regarding application of the sun-shield
film to the atrium glass. City staff is handling the problem.
Personnel; No report. Pending is the City's classification study.
Planning: No report.
Legislation; No report.
OLD BUSINESS
CLSI; On May 16, the Council approved unanimously Carlsbad's contract
with CLSI. Pending is approval by the Oceanside City Council to
complete the joint purchase arrangement.
On behalf of the Board, Mrs. Schindler expressed appreciation
to Mrs. Casler for her support of computerized circulation and to
Mr. Mannen and the City Manager's Office for their diligent and
thorough research of the project.
Statistics: Circulation for April 1978 was up 4,172 over April of last
year. Refer to sheet for complete statistics.
Master Plan; The Friends volunteered to run the pin-map survey of
Library patronage during the week of April 24-29. Miss Ayars
reported that patrons were most cooperative in giving the volunteers
information.
Mr. Holt will use the data gathered in his revision of the
master plan.
Once again, through the help of the Friends, a time-consuming
but valuable task has been completed.
Trustee Positions: Mayor Packard has indicated his intention to appoint
Margaret Brownley and Ron Cipriano to the positions being vacated
by Father Driver and Mrs. Schindler.
CARLSBAD CITY
LIBRARY BOARD
LIBRARY
OF TRUSTEES
Regular meeting—May 17, 1978 (cont'd)
NEW BUSINESS
Library Report; Mrs. Cole was to give this month's staff report, but
Mrs. Schindler requested that the report be delayed pending the
seating of the new Trustees. Everyone was amenable to the idea.
Oral History: Mrs. Cole reported that Ede Westree had served as
interviewer of Rev. Roy Brokenshire and Verla Cochran had inter-
viewed Manuel Castorena. Both sessions were videotaped by Joe
Skymba. Next month, Ray Brookhart will interview Ray Ede.
Mrs. Cole also told the Board that Marge Howard-Jones had
t completed the first chapter of the new Friends' History of Carlsbad
and that Anne L'Heureux is hard at work on the lay-out and graphics
of the new book.
Jarvis-Gann: Mr. Mannen reported that the City stands to lose approx-
imately $2.4 million from the General Fund if Proposition 13
passes. He s-aid that City staff is currently investigating ways
to deal with" the loss in taxes and to allocate funds if the
proposition does pass.
Genealogical Society; Mrs. McWilliams gave the Board a list of 15 books
and assorted periodicals the Society has recently added to the
collection. The additions were accepted with the thanks of the
Board.
Friends; The Friends' $100.00 scholarship this year goes to Carol
Ongais, Miss Ayars announced.
The slate of.officers for 1978-79 was approved at the Member-
ship Tea at Mrs. Schindler's house. And the Book Fair is all set
to go on Sunday, May 21 in spite of the fact that the Journal
headline said it was to be Saturday.
Librarian; Mrs. Cole reported that Dan Arnsan has been working with
the deaf/hard of hearing group from the school district and had,
in the process, added mastery of sign language to his many
accomplishments. He also got a T-shirt from the kids that reads:
"Stop Noise Pollution: learn sign language."
On a sobering note, Mrs. Cole informed the Board that the
Library will have exhausted its available -space for books within
the next two years.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
T
Tom Hammond
Secretary
Next meeting: Wednesday, June 21, 3:00 p.m.
CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY
MONTHLY STATISTICS Da'
C I_RCJJLATI.ON_ Current Previous Increase
Year Year (Decrease)
Adult Total il, i i 3 /5, /-H a^L^i
Juvenile Fiction *f, a- gi x 3 .4T o
Juvenile non-fiction—including periodicals a.,a.%q a . o,-1o
Bookmobile Total (,3-1
TOTAL CIRCULATION 15 3i-5 3-i 155 f-
AUDIO VISUAL —FILM AND PROJECTOR
Film circulation 1/2.4
Film showings *7_o1
Audience 3-1 j^a. . 3.3. xSi 3 o 15
Projector Bookings , / o a. X_x ±.p
REFERENCE QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Adult reference questions \0*1_
Adult Readers Advisor Service / 3 it,
TOTAL ADULT ' " __l/tlA . 3.o3? 335"
Juvenile reference questions i ¥ o
Juvenile Readers Advisor Service
TOTAL JUVENILE 4x6
TOTAL REFERENCE QUESTIONS ANSWERED 2..?
REGISTRATION OF BORROWERS' TOTAL
Adu.lt--added - - 43% TO DATE
Adult--dropped
TOTAL ADULT 3.64 ' 3-3.. t
Juvenile—added ^3
Juvenile—dropped . ^
TOTAL JUVENILE |j_ ?. 10*f
MATERIALS ADDED
Adult fiction 3-^T5 CURRENT MONTH
Adult non-fiction
TOTAL
Adult Miscellaneous
Pamphlets KI :c r- c~f
V F 141 H.-cr«-£:cko
Records < Q f Nl < £-
Cassettes ^l PaTtPr^i 4
: a I <•Maps 5 Plfl
Films 10 — — (^ Tele(, Kcj.e Dl^^ct.
Ready Reference T_
A»^^g| /? e,-p e r-t~S _ ^0
TOTAL ADULT
Juvenile fiction TJX Unced^l< c^ J' ft B-'
Juvenile non-fiction 5_L !
Juvenile, records
Juvenile cassettes .
Toys
TOTAL JUVENILE
TOTAL ADDITIONS xb