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LibraryBoard | 2008-03-12 | 2 | Page 2 of 4 Minutes of the Alameda Free Library Board Meeting March 12,2008 NEW BUSINESS A. Wood Museum DVD (M. Merrick) Nancy Ely, Wood Middle School teacher and curator of the Wood Museum of History, had dropped off a DVD of the Museum's 2007 showing at the Main Library, and it was played for the Board. The Wood Museum of History will be hosted once again this year at the Main Library from April 21st through May 3rd. B. Budget Discussion (J. Chisaki) Director Chisaki reported that all departments had been asked to under spend by 2% at the mid-year mark, and are now being asked to cut an additional 8% off their respective budgets for the next fiscal year. Library staff members have been meeting to come up with ways to reduce costs and increase revenues; ideas such as raising meeting room fees, late fees and fines; charging for inter-library loan service and obituary searches are all being considered. Reducing the Library open hours to save part-time salary dollars has also been discussed. The Board had no objection to these proposed measures, so Director Chisaki will bring the ideas to the City Manager as a next step. C. Strategic Planning Committee Update (M. Hartigan) Member Hartigan called the Board's attention to the Strategic Planning Committee's timeline contained in their packets. There had been meetings on February 20th and the previous night, March 11th Consultants Kathy Page and Ruth Metz explained their process; brainstorming and 10-year visioning goals were discussed. The phone survey is underway, and the pollster will be at the next meeting to disclose the information collected in the process. Director Chisaki advised the Board that they would need to hold a special meeting sometime between April 15th and May 7th to talk about the telephone survey results and provide feedback for the committee to consider. The date for this special meeting will be set at the April 9th Library Board meeting. D. Art Exhibit Committee (R. Belikove) Member Belikove was not in attendance, and Director Chisaki pointed out that the first art display had been hung. There was a general feeling that the pieces seemed slightly askew, and that was because they were each hung from one line; there had not been enough hardware to place two lines on each piece. There is a catalog of all the items sitting at the information desk for people to look over if they would like additional information about the pieces or the artists. Once the current showing comes down, the Wood Museum of History will be next up. Two other groups have their display applications in at this point, so they will be next in line for showings. Everyone was in agreement that the tracks that were installed looked really good, and the work had been done for significantly less of a cost than originally proposed. | LibraryBoard/2008-03-12.pdf |