Minutes

LIBRARY CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Final Minutes & Meeting Notes

Meeting of December 19, 2007

Room 278 City Hall

San Francisco, California

Chair Sue Cauthen called the meeting to order at 6:05 PM.

Present: Braun, Cauthen, Cuttler, Kallen, Lee, Ryan, Seeman, Warfield, and Weaver.

Absent: Edouardo, Resnick, Situ, Soto, Vogel. Three vacancies.

Douglas Ryan agreed to take the minutes of the meeting.

Minutes: Cuttler moved to approve the minutes for July-November, with Braun seconding. The motion passed.

Immediately after the vote, at 6:15, Warfield left the meeting. The official meeting was adjourned for lack of quorum at 6:15. However the group continued to discuss library business although no action could be taken. These notes are provided on an informational basis.

City Librarian Luis Herrera spoke about Link+ (a new program for borrowing from other libraries) and San Francisco Public Library’s 2008-2009 budget and outlined the specific areas to which the new budget will apply. He then answered questions from Library CAC (LCAC) members.

Two guests provided public comment: Ted Bamberger, a Project Read tutor, and Frederic Lindner, a retired Lowell High School English teacher. Because of the informal nature of the gathering, they sat at the conference table and contributed to the general discussion.

Issues discussed included SFPL’s new budget, including the role of books; LCAC outreach and public participation; LCAC’s presence on SFPL and City websites; bilingual resources; the NEA study on reading; library tours; and supervisor interface regarding execution of the changes recommended in the Controller’s audit of the branch construction and renovation program.

The next meeting will be January 16, 2008, at 6 PM in Room 278 of City Hall.

The informal discussion concluded at 8:15 PM.