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LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - 6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
The regular meeting of the Library Board of Trustees was held on Thursday, February 6, 2020, in
the Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga,
California. President Pro Tem Mary Hannah called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.
Present were Members Hairston, Hannah and Temkin.
Also present were: Julie A. Sowles, Library Director, Cara Vera, Library Services Manager and
Jennifer Palacios, Executive Assistant II.
President Pro Tem Hannah led the Pledge of Allegiance.
A. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
None.
B. CONSENT CALENDAR
B1. Consideration to approve the Minutes of December 5, 2019.
MOTION: Moved by Member Hairston, seconded by Member Temkin, to approve Consent
Calendar Item B1. Motion carried 3-0-2 (with Member DeVries and Murrieta-Morales
absent).
B2. Consideration to approve the Library Revenue Balance Report of 2019/2020 Budget.
MOTION: Moved by Member Temkin, seconded by Member Hairston, to approve Consent
Calendar Item B2. Motion carried 3-0-2 (with Member DeVries and Murrieta-Morales
absent).
C. LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S STAFF REPORTS
C1. Consideration and discussion regarding the Library Status Report.
a) Consideration and discussion regarding general announcements. The oral report
will be presented by Julie A. Sowles, Library Director.
Library Director Sowles presented a Library Services update report.
b) Consideration and discussion regarding a review of Library Statistics. The report will
be presented by Cara Vera, Library Services Manager.
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D. BOARD BUSINESS
Library Services Manager Vera shared information from the Library Statistics for Fiscal Year
2019-20 document and reported the Children’s Programs statistics need to be corrected and
an update will be sent via email. (Copy on file).
C2. Consideration and discussion regarding Children’s Services, Adult Services and Library
Programming. The oral report will be presented by Cara Vera, Library Services Manager.
Library Services Manager Vera gave an update regarding upcoming Library Service
Programs.
C3. Consideration and discussion regarding LINK+ Oral presentation by Julie A. Sowles, Library
Director.
Library Director Sowles presented an oral staff report and PowerPoint presentation (Copy
on file).
D1.
Consideration and discussion to make a recommendation to the City Council Library
Subcommittee regarding the Macmillan eBooks embargo. The oral report will be presented
by Julie A. Sowles, Library Director.
Library Director Sowles gave a presentation regarding the Macmillan eBooks embargo and
offered several options on how to address the issue.
MOTION: Moved by Member Hairston, seconded by Member Hannah, to approve the
following recommendations to the City Council Library Subcommittee:
1. Send a letter to the CEO of Macmillan asking him to reconsider his decision and to state
the negative impact it is having on our residents.
2. Ask the Mayor to consider signing the Urban Libraries Council’s Statement on Equitable
Public Access to E-Books.
3. Revisit the situation again in the future in order to reconsider the idea of possibly
boycotting Macmillan eFormats. (The Library would still purchase print and audiobook
versions of Macmillan titles, but not eFormats.)
Motion carried 3-0-2 (with Member DeVries and Murrieta-Morales absent).
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None.
F. ADJOURNMENT
President Pro Tem Hannah adjourned the meeting at 7:37 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Palacios
Library Executive Assistant II
D2. BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS. (Comments to be limited to three minutes per
Board Member.)
Board Member Hannah read an article regarding inventions used in our daily lives in honor
of Black History Month.
E. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING