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LibraryBoard | 2007-01-10 | 4 | Page 4 of 5 Minutes of the Alameda Free Library Board Meeting January 10, 2007 D. Library Building Watch (M. Merrick) Recording Secretary Merrick confirmed the Library Building Watch to be on hiatus due to an overwhelming workload. She advised the board that coordination of the community meeting rooms was taking on a life of its own, and had become a huge consumer of her time. Director Chisaki said that she will probably be reassigning the newsletter once additional staffing is brought on board. E. Patron suggestions/comments (Speak-Outs) and Library Director's response. Director Chisaki mentioned a letter that had gone to The Sun regarding pornography on Library computers. The same person wrote a speak-out on the subject as well. Chisaki read the speak-out and said she had already talked to the City Manager who in turn talked to City Council as they had received some calls on the subject. The speak-out writer then sent Chisaki an e-mail inquiring about staff response to his concern. Chisaki replied that it was not appropriate and apologized to the writer for having an unpleasant experience in the Library. He then asked Chisaki if she would mind him submitting her response to The Sun, and she agreed. That letter should be in print in the next weekly paper release. LIBRARY BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Board Member Krongold said she was involved with some different groups in town that are sponsoring Rabbi Michael Lerner, a prolific writer and editor of Tikkun magazine. There is an event on February 10th for which Krongold would like to have a flyer posted in the Library. Director Chisaki gave her okay and the posting was given to Recording Secretary Merrick to handle. Board Member Schoenrock spoke about the policy Director Chisaki would be drafting in regards to gifts to the Library. He would be more inclined to discourage gifts as it creates whole other issues. After a couple of years of accepting gifts, you can't take more because there's no space, how do you choose the gifts, or protect them once you have them. Board President Butter believes there would be some gifts you would definitely want, and to completely discourage them would not be good, so the policy would help to give the Library some discretion on what would be accepted. Board Member Krongold had found information on the Board Effectiveness Training done previously, and copies were distributed to the Board for their review. This item will be listed on the next meeting's agenda for discussion. DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS Director Chisaki stated that interviews for the Supervising Librarians-Adult and Children's Services would be held the following week. It was a very strong applicant pool, and seven candidates will be interviewed. The full-time Library Technician position received fourteen very strong applications, and seven candidates will be interviewed for this position as well. | LibraryBoard/2007-01-10.pdf |