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LIB 01-06-10City of Cupertino Library Commission Regular Meeting January 6, 2010 1. CALL TO ORDER At 7:00 p.m. Commissioner Miller called the meeting to order at Cupertino City Hall, 10300 Torre Avenue, Conference Room A, Cupertino. 2. ROLL CALL Commissioners: Adrian Kolb, Ron Miller, Kathy Stakey, Ann Stevenson, Susanna Tsai, City/County Library Staff Melinda Cervantes, Rosanne Macek, Dorothy Steenfott Absent: 3. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Commissioner Miller opened the floor for nominations of Chairperson. Commissioner Tsai nominated Commissioner Stevenson. Commissioner Stevenson declined the nomination. Commissio~zer Miller nominated Commissioner Tsai for Chairperson. Commissioner Stevenson seconded and motion to elect Commissioner Tsai as Chairperson passed unanimously. Commissioner Miller opened the floor for nominations of Vice Chairperson. Commissioner Stakey nominated Commissioner Miller. Commissioner Stevenson seconded and motion to elect Commissioner Miller as Vice Chairperson passed unanimously. Commissioner Miller opened the floor for nominations for Secretary. Commissioner Stevenson nominated Commissioner Kolb. Commissioner Stakey seconded and motion to elect Commissioner Kolb as Secretary passed unanimously. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Stevenson moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of December 2, 2009. Commissioner Kolb seconded and the motion passed unanimously. 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. 6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS None. 7. REPORTS A. Cupertino Community Librarian Report Rosanne Macek reviewed the attached monthly report. January 6, 201 O Library Commission Minutes Page 2 B. County Librarian Report Melinda Cervantes reviewed the attached monthly report. C. Commissioner Reports Commissioner Miller updated the Commission regarding his report to City Council, Commissioner Tsai reported that another Sister City delegation was being formed, and Commissioner Stakey distributed the Mayor's meeting notes from October. D. Staff Reports Recording Secretary Dorothy Steenfott stated that there were none except for an a-mail regarding items C, D, and E under Old Business. E. Friends of the Library Commissioner Stakey reported that new officers would be elected, that another donation was made to the Teen Room, and that the next book sale would be held on February 20-21. She also noted that there was interest in doing a memorial for Ja-Lih Lee. F. Library Foundation It was noted that no meeting took place in December. 8. OLD BUSINESS A. 2009 Work Plan Implementation Commissioner Miller reviewed the <:tatus of the work plan from 2009. B. CALTAC Training -January 9, 201 O Recording Secretary Dorothy Steenfott confirmed that Ram Gopal would be providing lunch and Coffee Society would be providing coffee, tea and muffins for the upcoming training. C. Library Building Issues Including Stairs/Slide, Book Drop Water Management, and Statue Puddle at Coffee Society Lawn Recording Secretary Dorothy Steenfott provided a copy of an e-mail from Terry Green with comments from Carol Atwood. The Commission noted lighting for the stairs was not noted in the a-mail and that it still needed to be addressed. January 6, 201 O Library Commis-ion Minutes Page 3 9. NEW BUSINESS A. Commission Work Plan for 201 O Commissioner Miller requested that the Commission review the 2009 plan and bring their thoughts regarding areas to cover in 2010's work plan to the CALTAC training. 10. CALENDAR The Commission reviewed the calendar as submitted by Commissioner Stevenson. 11. AGENDA BUILDING Parking, Building Issues/Stair Edging/Slide, 2010 Workplan, CALTAC Training Update, JPA Reports 12. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. :~ Dorothy Steenf tt Recording Secretary Cupertino Library Commission Community Librarian's Report, January 6, 2010 Rosanne Macek Statistics November '08 November '09 Change Circulation 243,928 265,134 +9% New Library Cards 475 632 +33% Library Visits 69,124 72,528 +5% Circulation per Hour 1,075 1,184 +10% Bone Marrow Drive The Asian American Donor Program held a bone marrow drive in the library on December 19 in Ja-Lih's memory. The event also included a book signing by several well-known Chinese authors. The Cupertino Courier and San Jose Mercury News both carried nice articles about this event, which you can see here: httn://www.mercurvnews.com/search/ci 14094505?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com- www.mercurvnews.com Community Outreach Gayathri Kanth and Rosanne did a presentation about the library's electronic resources to the West San Jose Kiwanis group, which consists of several member: from Cupertino. Peet's Coffee in Cupertino (Homestead) does a fundraiser every year the week before Christmas. This year they chose the Cupertino Library as the recipient of donations. On December 24, they gave free coffee and tea to customers, and encouraged them to make a donation to the library. Peet's corporate headquarters matches local funds, and we should be receiving a check in February. December Programs In addition to our regular storytimes, class visits, and knitting group, we also had a program on the Art of Sudoku featuring World Sudoku Champion Thomas Snyder. We held our Cupertino Cinema Club for school-age children and their families, our adult book group discussed Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, and our Bookworms book club for first and second graders featured George and Martha by James Marshall. Our first ever "Teen Study Nights" was a big success! In p:rx-tnership with Cupertino's Parks and Recreation Department, and with snacks provided by the Friends of the Library, we had about 150 teens participate next door at Community Hall. It was quieter in there than the library, and the teens were actually STUDYING! Kudos to Dolly Goyal, our teen librarian, for putting this together. We plan to do it again in June. Upcoming Programs For children, our storytimes will resume in January, with 4 storytimes per week and class visits. We will hold another Cupertino Cinema Club, and will be doing a program on exploring the library catalog. Our adult services will feature a program on low cost immigration legal services, with a representative from the International Rescue Committee. Our adult book group will discuss this year's Silicon Valley Reads selection In Defense ofFoad by Michael Pollan. For teens, we will be having a "Name That Album" coritest. All teens who can correctly name the band and album for each album cover displayed in the teen area will receive a prize and have their name entered into a grand prize drawing. We will be promoting our essay contest in conjunction with Silicon Valley Reads. This year we will be featuring categories for both adults and teens. Essays will be due in February and the winners will be announced at our event on March 20. Staff News Pamela Moore has accepted a temporary assignment as Acting Community Librarian for Saratoga for approximately three months- We wish her the best in her new position, and hope for her speedy return to Cupertino. Clare Varesio has accepted the position as Acting Children's Supervising Librarian at Cupertino to fill in for Pamela. Clare received her MLIS from UCL~~ and has worked with us at the Cupertino Library for the past 2 years. Her previous experience was at the Los Angeles Public Library and South Pasadena Public Library. Rosanne will be out of the office for much of Jan. 5-22, finishing up her last class for her degree. Gayathri Kanth will be in charge during this time. Respectfully submitted, Rosanne Macek, Community Librarian Library Commissioners Report Melinda Cervantes, County Librarian Santa Clara County Library January 201 O ,~ In addition to In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan, Silicon Valley Reads has selected three cornpanion books for children: Carrot SOUP by John Segal, Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens and Seedfolks by Newbery Medal- winning author Paul Fleischman. Janet Stevens will be at the Saratoga Library on Feb. 2 at 7pm. The complete Silicon Valley Reads program guide is available at www.siliconvalleyread~:.org with printed copies available at each library. The Annual Library Friends and Commissioners Forum will be held on Saturday, Jan. 30, 201 O from 8:30am-12:30pm at the Santa Clara County Library Administration Offices. Keynote Speakers, Adam Gay and Sandra Swanson of OrangeBoy, Inc. will present survey findings and will be available for a more detailed discussion of community results during a breakout session. •ik. Santa Clara County Library is the first library in the U.S. to offer Bibliocommons, a new catalog that allows users to contribute content as well as search for titles. One patron called to say that the Library graduated from infancy to a Ph.D.! Nearly 20,000 patrons have already registered as new users. Check it out at www.santaclaracountylib.org. •J~ The next meeting of the Library JPA Board will be January 28 at 1 :30pm at the Library Administration Offices, 14600 Winchester Blvd., Los Gatos.