LIB 10-16-07 City of Cupertino
Library Commission
Special Meeting
October 16, 2007
1. CALL TO ORDER
At 7:03 p.m. Commissioner Miller called the meeting to order at Cupertino City Hall,
10300 Torre Avenue, Conference Room A, Cupertino.
2. ROLL CALL
Commissioners: Ron Miller, Janet Riddell, Kathy Stakey, Susanna Tsai,
City/Countv Library Staff: Sandy Abe, Ja-Lih Lee, Dorothy Steenfott
Absent: Ram Gopal
3. MINUTES
Commissioner Stakey moved to approve the minutes from the September 5, 2007 regular
meeting. Commissioner Riddell seconded and motion passed unanimously with Gopal
absent.
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
5. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
The Cupertino Courier published an article regarding Ja-Lih Lee's appointment as
Community Librarian.
6. CUPERTINO COMMUNITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
Ja-Lih Lee reviewed the monthly report.
7. COUNTY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
Ja-Lih Lee reviewed Melinda Cervantes' monthly report.
8. STAFF REPORTS
A. Consider canceling the Dec. 5 or Jan. 2 meeting.
Recording Secretary Dorothy Steenfott noted the next two Commission meeting
dates. It was noted that the January meeting falls on the day after a holiday.
Commissioner Stakey moved to cancel the December 5 and January 2 meeting
and to hold a special meeting on January 16. Tsai seconded and motion passed
unanimously with Gopal absent.
9. OTHER REPORTS
A. Mayor's Breakfast Liaison Report
Commissioner Riddell distributed her report from the October 10 Mayor's
meeting.
October 16, 2007 Library Commission Minutes Page 2
B. Commissioners
Commissioner Miller reported that he met with Melinda Cervantes regarding
parking. It was noted that Councilmember Richard Lowenthal would be invited to
the Library Commission meeting in November and that a special meeting would
be called if Councilmember Lowenthal was not available.
10. OLD BUSINESS
A. Library Building Corrective Work
The Commission reviewed an e-mail from Terry Green regarding the lighting
project in the library. Ja-Lih Lee noted that she had worked out a schedule with
Terry to minimize the impact to the public while the work is being completed. Ja-
Lih also indicated that the automatic book return project is moving slowly.
B. Parking
Commissioner Miller noted that there was no new data to report.
C. Friends of the Library
Commissioner Riddell stated that the book sale would be held on October 20-21
and that Commissioner Tsai would be volunteering again this year.
D. Library Foundation
Ja-Lih Lee reported that Santa Clara County is supporting the Silicon Valley
Reads program on February 23, 2008. It was also noted that one of the self-check
machines would be dedicated to Lois Woodruff.
11. NEW BUSINESS
A. Invitation to City Council Representative to Meet with the Commission.
Commissioner Miller indicated that he would invite Councilmember Richard
Lowenthal to the November meeting.
12. CALENDAR
The Commission reviewed the calendar as prepared by Commissioner Tsai. It was noted
that Commissioner Tsai would take the Mayor's meeting in November.
13. AGENDA BUILDING
Staff support for monthly commission meetings, consistent library hours and restroom
paper towel disposal were items for the next agenda.
October 16, 2007 Library Commission Minutes Page 3
14. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:44 p.m.
Dorothy Steenf
Recording Secretary
10-1-07 Cupertino Library Commission Meeting
Community Librarian's Report
September 2007 statistics
Number of items checked out 212,388 YTD 1,908,795
Number of library cards issued 1078 YTD 7086
September opening 238 hrs 28 days
Average # of items checked out 892 /hr 7,585 /day
Average # of visits (Gate Count) 2,469 /day
September programs and events
The Library began its 7 day service on September 10`~' when we opened from 1 to 9 that
day. The gate count for the September Mondays are:
9/10 @ 986
9/17 @ 1424
9/24 @ 1488
Our average daily gate count for the other 6 days is @ 2600.
Children's Room held its annual bilingual Moon Festival Story Time on September 20.
Librarian Lannie Kuo presented book reading and flannel board stories to 35
children and 15 adults. Thanks to the Friends, attending patron got to taste the moon
cake again.
The adult Book Discussion group also met on September 20 to talk about the book "The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon. 16 people came to
share their thoughts.
We had a full house of 42 people for the "Small Business Work Plan Workshop" on
September 15~'. This program was coordinated by the County Library Headquarter and
we hope to have more similar programs to satisfy the needs of our entrepreneurial
patrons.
October News
The Children's Room will be offering new Story Time schedules when we bring back the
Tuesday evening Story Time in October:
Tuesday @ 7 pm Bedtime Stories for the whole family
Wednesday @ 10:15 Toddler Stories for 2'/z to 3%2 year olds
Thursday @ 10:15 Toddler Stories for 1'/z to 2'/2 year olds
To support the parents, the Children's Librarians will offer two workshops that teach the
parents and other adults in the family on effective ways to use our library resources:
October 15~h @ 7 pm Library Basics 101 on Basic Library research skills.
October 27~' @ 2 pm Library Basics 102 on Library Databases and the
homework assistant program Brainfuse.
Other October programs include:
"Real World Retirement Planning"on October 7th by Foundation Board member Bob
Adams.
"Gocks- sock puppet for Teens" on October 13`h led by Teen Librarian Wen-Ying Jaw.
The Friends Book Sale will be held on October 20`h from 9 am to 4 pm and again on
October 21 St from noon to 3 pm.
New Book Area
The Foundation had given us an opportunity to propose new projects in programming or
operation improvement. We have decided to take this opportunity to look at ways to
improve our New Book azea. This is a highlighted area of the library that has become
quite congested sometimes. The Adult Services Librarians and Circulation staff are
working together. As of now, we have moved the Friends' Best Seller collection to the
low shelves by the window and the new fiction to the magazine walls by the Self Check
machines. Our ultimate goal is to add reading tables and identify the use of this area
more clearly with new collection and furniture arrangements. We don't plan to make any
significant building changes. We may replace some of our shelves with multi-functional
units that better display our collection.
Respectfully submitted by: Ja-Lih Lee, Cupertino Community Librarian