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SAN RAFAEL PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
AGENDA
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
6:00 P.M.
Virtual via Zoom
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CALL TO ORDER
• Roll Call
AGENDA AMENDMENTS
MINUTES
1. Approve regular meeting minutes of May 10, 2022
MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
2. Introductions/Awards/Recognitions/Presentations
• Presentation by Jill Tokutomi: Summer Reading 2022
3. Public Comment from the audience regarding items not listed on the agenda. Speakers
are encouraged to limit comments to 3 minutes.
MATTERS BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
If necessary to assure completion of the following items, the Chairperson may establish time
limits for the presentations by individual speakers.
4. California Library Association Conference Report
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BOARD REPORTS AND COMMENTS
5. Other brief reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars attended by Board
members.
STAFF REPORTS AND COMMENTS
6. Other brief program updates or reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars
attended by staff:
NEXT MEETING: July 12, 2022
ADJOURNMENT
Notice
Any records relating to an agenda item, received by a majority or more of the Board less than 72 hours before the
meeting shall be available for inspection in the Library, 1100 E Street. Sign Language interpreters and assistive listening
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documents are available in accessible formats upon request. Public transportation is available through Golden Gate
Transit, Line 22 or 23. Paratransit is available by calling Whistlestop. Wheels at (415) 454-0964. To allow individuals with
environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity to attend the meeting/hearing, individuals are requested to refrain
from wearing scented products.
Minutes subject to approval at the meeting of June 14, 2022
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BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
MINUTES
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San Rafael Library – 1100 E Street, San Rafael, CA
May 10, 2022 – 6:00 P.M.
Virtual Meeting Recording Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HhD3AJPPCE
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Duque Hughes called the meeting to order at 6:03 P.M.
Roll Call
Present: Trustee Cortes
Chair Duque Hughes
Trustee Han
Trustee Lentini
Trustee Vahdat
Absent: None
Also Present: Susan Andrade-Wax, Library & Recreation Director
Henry Bankhead, Assistant Library & Recreation Director/City Librarian
Catherine Quffa, Assistant Library & Recreation Director
Jinder Banwait, Administrative Analyst
Matthew Hurley, Librarian I
Paul Cohen, PMCohen Public Affairs
AGENDA AMENDMENTS
None
MINUTES
1. Approve Regular Meeting Minutes of April 12, 2022
Chair Duque Hughes invited public comment; however, there was none.
Trustees provided comments.
The minutes of April 12, 2022 were approved as submitted.
Minutes subject to approval at the meeting of June 14, 2022
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Trustee Cortes moved, and Trustee Han seconded to approve the minutes of the
April 12, 2022 meeting.
Ayes: Trustees: Cortes, Han, Lentini, Vahdat, & Duque Hughes
Noes: Trustees: None
Absent: Trustees: None
Abstain: Trustees: None
Minutes approved as submitted.
MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
2. Introductions/Awards/Recognitions/Presentations
Library Facilities Planning Update by Paul Cohen of PMCohen Public
Affairs
Staff responded to questions from the Trustees.
Chair Duque Hughes invited public comment; however, there was none.
Trustees provided comments.
Outreach to the Service Support Area (SSA) by Librarian I Matthew Hurley
Staff responded to questions from the Trustees.
Chair Duque Hughes invited public comment; however, there was none.
Trustees provided comments.
3. Public Comment from the audience regarding items not listed on the agenda
None
MATTERS BEFORE THE BOARD
4. FY 2021-2022 3rd Quarter Annual Revenue and Expenditure Budget Report
Presentation by Henry Bankhead, Assistant Library and Recreation Director/City
Librarian
Staff responded to questions from the Trustees.
Chair Duque Hughes invited public comment; however, there was none.
Trustees provided comments.
BOARD REPORTS AND COMMENTS
5. Other brief reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars attended
by Board members.
Trustee Lentini provided an update from the Parks & Recreation Master Plan
Steering Committee.
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STAFF REPORTS AND COMMENTS
6. Other brief program updates or reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or
seminars attended by staff
Presentation by Henry Bankhead, Assistant Library and Recreation Director/City
Librarian, Susan Andrade-Wax, Library & Recreation Director, and Catherine
Quffa, Assistant Library & Recreation Director
Staff responded to questions from the Trustees.
Chair Duque Hughes invited public comment; however, there was none.
Trustees provided comments.
NEXT MEETING: June 14, 2022
FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS
• None (other than what is on the workplan)
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:22 P.M.
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LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
AGENDA REPORT
June 14, 2022
Item #4
TITLE: California Library Association Conference Report
SUMMARY
The City of San Rafael’s Library and Recreation Department sent 10 staff to the recent
California Library Association Conference in Sacramento between June 2 and 4, 2022.
This year’s conference theme was “Together Towards Tomorrow”. Six San Rafael staff
participated in presenting three conference presentations. Staff also attended
preconference sessions on Thursday June 2nd and concurrent conference sessions
June 3rd and 4th.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Board of Trustees receive the California Library Association Conference
Report.
BACKGROUND:
Annually, employees of the library attend the California Library Association conference.
Staff usually support the conference by presenting and sometimes help organize the
event as members of the California Library Association. The conference was held
virtually in 2021 due to the pandemic and was cancelled in 2020 . Usually, the
conference takes place in late October or early November, and the conference location
traditionally rotates between Southern and Northern California. Because of the COVID
pandemic however the conference will take place two years consecutively, in June, in
Sacramento. In the past, due to venue logistics, the conference had taken place two
years consecutively in Pasadena, CA. This year’s conference attendance was
considerably less than usual at only 800 attendees. At the 2019 conference in
Pasadena there were approximately 1700 attendees.
DISCUSSION:
San Rafael Staff attended some or all of the three days of the conference. A mix of staff
will be sharing what they learned as part of the presentation to the Board regarding this
item. The following were the presentations that included San Rafael Staff:
Community Wellness with Comfort Dog: Library and Public Safety Partnership
San Rafael Library is partnering with the San Rafael Police Department to create
a new kind of Community Wellness Assistant position to proactively encourage
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positive behavior in the main downtown library. Working with the Police
Department's Mental Health Liaison and the police comfort canine, we are
creating a new position trained by the police, funded by the library, dedicated to
using a proactive, canine assisted approach to actively address issues
surrounding homelessness in the downtown library.
Presenters: Henry Bankhead, Lynn Murphy Mental Health Liaison, San Rafael
Police Department, Jennifer Madrid, Community Wellness Assistant, San Rafael
Public Libraries.
Preferred Not Required: Round Two (with Feeling)
This is a second round of the perennial discussion about why the master’s
degree in Library and Information Science, though beneficial, should not be a
requirement for librarian positions. The panel will expound upon the reasons,
experience and evidence that underscores the necessity of an experiential based
path for librarianship, gained through work in the field, which should be embraced
as a parallel path to success and promotion in public libraries.
Presenters: Henry Bankhead, Jamie Poirier: Deputy Director | Public Services
Solano County Library; Basia Jędruszczak and Alejandra Barrios Librarians: San
Rafael Public Libraries
Ebooks for All
The State Library is happy to bring to your public library access to a collection of
40,000 YA and Children's eBooks. In addition, your library can join the Palace
Project and use an open source, privacy friendly eReader that can pull content
from your other eBook providers (like CloudLibrary and Overdrive). Meet the
team, hear from libraries that are already working on the project and learn about
the outreach and implementation supports that are in place to make this project
successful for your library.
This project is supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act,
administered in California by the State Librarian.
Presenters: Christopher R. Durr, Library Programs Consultant, California state
Library: Jen Lemberger, American Rescue Plan Act Coordinator, California State
Library, Henry Bankhead, Assistant Library and Recreation Director / City
Librarian: San Rafael Public Libraries: Migell Acosta, Library Director- San Diego
County Library: Micah May, Director of Ebook Services - Digital Public Library of
America.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact associated with this item.
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ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
Any other action as determined by the Board.
Submitted by:
Henry Bankhead
Assistant Library & Recreation Director / City Librarian