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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-08-16 BOLT MINSe CHULA VISTA PUBLIC LIBRARY%' - AUGUST 16, 2006 CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY 4:OOPM CONFERENCE ROOM BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: CHAIR CRAFT, 'VICE -CHAIR MARTINEZ,TRUSTEE HARTMAN, & VALERIO BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: TRUSTEE PASQUA CITY STAFF PRESENT: ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR PAULA BROWN, AND SECRETARY ANNA G/ULIANO, PUBLIC SERVICES MANAGER MAUREEN ROEBER, LIBRARIANS JORGE CASTILLO AND LISA BURGERT OTHERS PRESENT: JOAN ROSEMAN.FROM FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY I. CALL TO ORDER Board Chair Craft called the meeting to order at 4:04pm II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. Motion was made'(Hartman / Valerio) to approve the Minutes of the Wednesday, June 21, 2006 i meeting. Motion unanimously carried. At this time, it was requested that Item. IV -A Summer Reading Program be moved to the first item of topic. Permission was granted. IV. A. Summer Reading Program . Introduction .of Young Adult Librarian Jorge Castillo and Children's Librarian Lisa Burgert were made: A brief description of the themes "Paws, Claws & Animals" for the children's program and °Creature Feature" for the teen program were given and Trustees were advised that this Summer Reading Program 'signed up approximately 600 teens and 2400 children, a 25% increase from last year. Lisa,Burgert advised that Children Librarians visited over a dozen schools in the area promoting. the program and the Library to, over 6500 youth.. She also mentioned that they had begun Story Time programs at Salt Creek, Veterans and Monte Valle Recreation Centers and attendance at these programs was very good. Youth Librarian Jorge Castillo advised that the teen group was a little harder to reach but the reading program had 50% more finishers than last, year and programs such as Computer Camp, -the Chess Club, Teen Idol, and other_ Book Clubs were.beginning to bridge the gap. Assistant Director Brown advised that the top children & youth readers, along with the winner of the Teen Idol program would be presented to the Mayor and Council at a.meeting in September. At this time, it was requested that Item IV -C Deleting Online Predators Act be moved in order for, Public Service Manager Maureen Roeber to discuss it. Permission was granted.. IV. C. Deleting Online Predators Act Maureen Roeber advised that the Library was in the process of rewriting the Internet Policy because some of the areas in the present policy were confusing. One of the, big topics is social networks (ie:: MySpace) and'whether or not they should be -blocked, filtered or removed altogether. Once the City Attorney's Office reviews the revised policy, it would be presented to Trustees for approval. At this time, Trustees advised they did not believe the Library should make available sites such as MySpace to teens. Ms. Roeber advised she would relay this information to Ramiro Gonzalez, Principal Librarian, who was the lead in revising the policy III. CONTINUED MATTERS A. RANCHO DEL REY BRANCH PROJECT Paula Brown distributed a revised picture of the RDR Library advising it was at the nearing point of the construction phase. One significant change is that City Engineers have denied access to a driveway on H Street; this change has been turned back over to the Engineering Department asking them to come up with a solution to the traffic and driveway issue. Paula went on to say that final layout for furniture had been completed and by the end of the week, requests would go out to furniture vendors. She went on to say that the vendor for the automated sorting machine was willing to work with us and the sorting machine would be compatible with RFID. IV. NEW BUSINESS NONE V. LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT A. SUMMER READING PROGRAM — DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY B. ARTS MASTER PLAN Trustees were advised that the Arts Master Plan would be going to the public on August 29th at 5:30 in the Library Auditorium (moved from Council Chambers). Discussion regarding the One -of -a -kind artwork "Mother & Child," who the Chula Vista Cultural Arts Society was, and what "'an effort to bring public art to a planned library in Chula Vista ..." meant. Paula advised Trustees she would discuss these questions with Roderick Reinhart, Manager of the Cultural Arts Department, and would e-mail results to them. Trustees were also advised that Board Secretary would e-mail pictures of the new Urban Tree located at the corner of E Street and Third Avenue in Chula Vista. C. DELETING ONLINE PREDATORS ACT— DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY D. MONTHLY REPORT It was mentioned there was an error on the Monthly Report for June due to code changes. The error would be corrected and a revised report would be e-mailed to Trustees. E. OTHER VI. COMMUNICATIONS A. FRIENDS Joan Roseman advised that the "Friends" were very active with the Summer Reading program, donating approximately $5,700.00. Donations of books to programs such as prison libraries, the Salvation Army, the Library's Literacy Program, etc., were moving along and online book sales were doing well. — Union Tribune Article by Carly Bartkiewicz B. PUBLIC COMMENTS C. WRITTEN COMMENTS D. BOARD COMMENTS It was asked how applications for future Board members were coming along and Trustees were advised that there had been no recent application. It was requested that notice be posted on the Library Webpage. VII. ADJOURNMENT MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:29PM. Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 4:00pm Respectfully Submitted: hofaf o Approved: Anna Giuliano, Secretary