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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995/10/05 - Agenda Packet - Library Board of Trustees LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA REGULAR MEETING First Thursday 7:00 p.m. October 5, 1995 Civic Center Council Chambers 10500 Civic Cemer Drive Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730 City Councilmembers William J. Alexander, Mayor Rex Gutierrez, Mayor Pro Tem Paul Biane, Councilmember James V. Curatalo, Councilmcmber Diane Williams, Councilmember Boardmembers Robert Howdyshell, President Laura J. Muna-Landa, President Pro Tem Rebecca Davies, Boardmember Gina Gregory, Boardmember Edward E. Swistock, Boardmember  PAGE Board of Library Trustees Agenda l Regular Meeting, October 5, 1995 A. CALL TO ORDER 1. Roll Call: Howdyshell , Davies , Gregory Muna-Landa __, and Swistock __ B. CONSENT CALENDAR The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. They will be acted upon by the Board at one time without discussion. Any item may be removed by a Boardmember or member of the audience for discussion. 1. Approval of Minutes: September 7, 1995. 1 2. Approval of grant application: Words and Visions of Historic West 9 End: Upland and Cucamonga, the Vintage Years. C. LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S STAFF REPORTS The following items do not legally require any public testimony, although the President may open the meeting for public input. 1. Library status report: oral report presented by Library Staff. 2. Budget report: presented by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. 3. Approval to apply for "MURLS" grant of $9,240: presented by 30 Robert Karatsu. 4. Approval of Council to investigate an "affinity" credit card with proceeds to support the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library. Status report by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. 5. Summer Reading Program: A look back, presented by Children's Services Supervisor, Renee Tobin. PAGE Board of Library Trustees Agenda 2 Regular Meeting, October 5, 1995 D. BOARD BUSINESS The following items have been requested by the Board of Library Trustees for discussion. They are not public hearing items, although the President may open the meeting for public input. 1. Dues: Board requested staff report on the current dues paid for 31 Boardmembers, staff, etc. Report presented by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. 2. Report from staff on progress on Defining Basic Service: oral report presented by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. Select tentative date(s) for Task Force meeting. 3. Fundraising Task Force: Oral Reports Report on the Friends of the Library Barbeque. Presented by President Paul Williams. Report on proposed Focus Group meeting for Business Friends. Report by Robert Karatsu, Principal Librarian. Report on current methods of recognizing donors. Reported by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. Selection of proposed date for next meeting. 4. Update on Literacy Grant: Introduction and comments from Literacy Coordinator Lori Hopkins. E. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING This is the time for the Board of Library Trustees to identify the items they wish to discuss at the next meeting. These items will not be discussed at this meeting, only identified for the next meeting. F. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC This is the time and place for the general public to address the Board of Library Trustees. State law prohibits the Board from addressing any issue not previously included on the Agenda. ,~ PAGE Board of Library Trustees Agenda 3 Regular Meeting, October 5, 1995 G. ADJOURNMENT I, Vivian Garcia, Library Administrative Secretary of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on Thursday, September 28, 6:00 p.m., 1995, seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54953 at 10500 Civic Center Drive. CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DATE: October 5, 1995 TO: President and Members of the Library Board of Trustees Jack Lam, AICP, City Manager FROM: Deborah Kaye Clark, Library Manager SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 7, 1995 RECOMMENDATION Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees for September 7, 1995. BACKGROUND Minutes taken and compiled by Library Administrative Secretary Vivian Garcia. R~esp~ctfully submitted, Deborah Kaye Cla.r?P~ Library Manager ~ CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Regular Meetim, A. CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting o£the Library Board of Trustees was held on Thursday, September 7, 1995, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California. The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. and the pledge of allegiance was led by President Pro Tem Muna-Landa. Present were Boardmembers Davies, Gregory and Swistock. President Howdyshell was absent. Also present were: Jerry Fulwood, Deputy City Manager, Paul Williams, Friends of the Library, Deborah Clark, Library Manager, Robert Karatsu, Principal Librarian and Vivian Garcia, Administrative Secretary. B. CONSENT CALENDAR B1. Approval ofminntes: August 3, 1995 B2. Approval of retention of existing fees in Schedule A, unchanged. B3. Approval of State Library Report. MOTION: Moved by Boardmember Swistock, seconded by Boardmember Davies. Motion carded 4-0-1 with Howdyshell absent. C. LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S STAFF REPORTS Cl. Library status report: oral report presented by Library Staff. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, presented an oral status report on the library. Staff finished the Summer Reading Program with 1600 children in the program. Staff was busy with grant applications, one completed and one more under consideration for the Board this evening. The Telecirc is now telephoning patrons with overdues as well as delivering the good news of reserves waiting for them. Magazines will now be circulating. Tom Shollenberger, Cucamonga County Water District Manager was enthusiastic about running the promotion for the Foundation. He is presenting the idea to his Board. The target is April, National Library Week for the campaign. The Library Board Minutes September 7, 1995 Page 2 Mayor will be asking the local rapid transit district to sponsor consideration of one day each week in the summer to be known as "Library Day." On that day, any child under the age of 18 can show a library card from libraries participating in the program and receive free transportation to the library. Referring to handout Item C1, while our statistics look good in terms of transactions, our revenues were down. C2. ' Budget report: presented by Deborah Clark, Library Manager.. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, reviewed pages 23 and 24 with the Board. The carry-over amount of $63,665 will roll over, since everything that we earn rolls over into the next year. In the proposed budget that the Board will be looking at, staff has treated the $63,665 amount as reserves. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, went over the Budget amendments for 1995/96 on page 25. The biggest change is that staffdecided not to appoint a full-time circulation position at this time. Staff has reduced $50,000 here and there within accounts. Staff eliminated some dues money which means librarians will not have their dues paid for by the library. Jerry Fulwood, Deputy City Manager, stated that annually for the next five years and for the succeeding five years after that, the Library will have to pay the County $100,000 for the first five years and then $50,000 for the next five years. Staff has made a proposal to the County to buy out the contract for $400,000 cash. At this time, staffhas not heard back from the County. The money that will be used is from a bond issue that we are defeasing. This is not general fund dollars, it is bond dollars. If the County does not accept our proposal, then staffwould look at using the bond money to make the annual payments. C3. Approval to accept $5,000 grant award by the Weingart Foundation: presented by Robert Karatsu, Principal Librarian. Robert Karatsu, Principal Librarian, stated this is a grant which was prepared back in May and the Weingart Foundation replied by saying they could not fund the entire amount, but they would fund $5,000. Staff is asking the Board to accept the grant for two multi-media computers for the children's room with the software and a few other items. MOTION: Moved by Boardmember Swistock, seconded by Boardmember Gregory. Motion carried 4-0-1 with Howdyshell absent. C4. Approval to participate in two joint grant projects: a) Joint Project for Linking Public and School Libraries in San Bemardino County: presented by Robert Karatsu, Principal Librarian. Library Board Minutes September 7, 1995 Page 3 Robert Karatsu, Principal Librarian, stated that this is a grant proposal from San Bemardino County Library System along with public school libraries and several city libraries. The grant is to link some of the school and public libraries together, so that they would have access to each other's catalogs and some of their resources. MOTION: Moved by Boardmember Swistock, seconded by Boardmember Davies. Motion carried 4-0-1 with Howdyshell absent. b) Joint Project to Preserve and Collect Local History: oral presentation by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated the California Preservation Grant Fund really is emphasizing large resource libraries. The State Librarian is trying to have on-line in the state data base, materials of local history interest. In order to achieve that, the State Librarian is willing to co- fund jurisdictions that have materials that are worthy of merit. Matching funds will be needed. Digitized form of information will not be accepted. Instead of Internet, they require an OCLC record. OCLC is the State data base as well as being an international data base. The State requires the library to use OCLC for cataloging of photographs or cataloging any local history documents. This will require a fee of approximately $5 for each record into OCLC to create that record. They also require that it be available to inter-library loaning to any institution or photocopying to any institution that requests it. President Pro Tem Muna-Landa asked, when you say matching funds, how much are we looking at? Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated that in the grant, staff may ask for anything between $500 and up to $25,000. Staffis looking at a $6,000 project with the brunt of it to be Upland, because Upland will be having the person housed at their location. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated staffwould like direction to continue the procedure working with Upland with the understanding that staffis to be very cautious in the application and look at a lower dollar amount. Also, to direct staffto continue Rancho Cucamonga local history collection building efforts. MOTION: Moved by Boardmember Swistock to direct staffto continue the local history project in a very cautious and low cost manner, seconded by Boardmember Davies. Motion carried 4-0-1 with Howdyshell absent. C5. New fmcs/fees proposed for review and approval/denial as outlined in Schedule A: presented by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. Boardmember Swistock asked if this was consistent with the Basic Services Task Force findings? Library Board Minutes September 7, 1995 Page 4 Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated, yes it is. President Pro Tern Muna-Landa asked if on the renlal books, are we still going to have some copies that are just available for check-out and rental books will be additional copies? Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated yes. MOTION: Moved by Boardmember Davies, seconded by Boardmember Gregory. Motion carried 4-0-1 with Howdyshell absent. C6. Publicity Plan: presented by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, reviewed the Plan with the Board. One concern brought up by Renee Tobin, Children's Supervisor, was Number 1, weekly releases on storytime. Should we really be advertising a weekly storylime since we have no room for additional children? President Pro Tem Muna-Landa stated for staff to try the storytime releases monthly with special events being released as they are happening. D. BOARD BUSINESS D1. Follow up on goals distributed by President Howdyshell at the March meeting. President Howdyshell was absent. D2. Report fxom staff on progress on Defining Basic Service: oral report presented by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated staffwill be finishing up the Basic Service this month and will then present it to the Task Force. D3. Report from the Fundraising Task Force, including the Donor Wall: oral report presented by Boardmember Swistock. Boardmember Swistock stated that the Fundraising Task Force did some brainstorming. Target goal was $50,000 in the next year. Some of the ideas: pursue some things with the Quakes which cannot happen until the spring; to host a big, single fundraiser - idea was a telethon of some sort. Boardmember Swistock did get an update fxom John Mannerino, Mark's Cablevision enthusiastically embraced the idea of a telethon. There is a major technical problem, however, Mark's does not have Library Board Minutes September 7, 1995 Page 5 remote camera capabilities. The time line is for the spring to coincide with National Library month, April. Boardmember Swistock asked if staff had a time line on the Business Friends publication? Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated that staff will bring that back next month. Paul Williams stated that on September 24, at the Filippi Winery there will be a fundraiser for the birthday of the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library. There will be a band, door prizes, winery tours, storytimes for the children, a clown, petting zoo and a barbeque. Tickets will be sold in the bookstore. Adults are $6 and children are $3. All proceeds will go directly to the Library. President Pro Tem Muna-Landa stated the cake is being donated by Albertsons. Are we going to be able to advertise this on the public access channel? Paul Williams stated, yes. President Pro Tem Muna-Landa stated she had an idea and wanted to bounce it off of staff, a friend of hers from Concord Foods suggested staff might want to try a fundraiser where we would insert a flyer with every book in which the pan:on would receive a discount at local pizza places or Italian restaurants, and he in turn would round up all of these Italian restaurants and pizza places to make a donation ora $1 for every pizza. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, asked if President Pro Tern Muna-Landa wanted to establish a date for the Task Force to meet, this would be a good idea to bring up and staff could talk it through. D4. Update on Literacy Grant: oral report presented by Deborah Clark, Library Manager. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated that staff will be contracting with the City of Upland to provide the Literacy Coordinator. This will go before Council on September 20. E. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING El. Boardmember Swistock requested that staff have an update on Phase II Collections. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated that we just started, so staff will bring an update in November. E2. Boardmember Swistock requested that the Library sign on Baseline pointing to Lions park, Library Board Minutes September 7, 1995 Page 6 be removed. Also, staff might want to look at the due structure, he is not sum that it is appropriate to save $400 and not to pay for professional dues. President Pro Tem Muna-Landa asked if within the budget, do we pay for dues for Boardmembers? Deborah Clark, Library Manager, stated yes. President Pro Tem Muna-Landa stated that she would rather that their dues not be paid and keep up staffs dues. Boardmember Swistock agreed with that. He would like staff to bring it back to the next meeting. E3. President Pro Tern Muna-Landa stated that with the donations being received from the community, she would like to have a system in place where there would be certificates which would be sent to the businesses to thank them as well as letters. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, asked if the Board would like some type of program for next month on the agenda of things staff might do to recognize donors. E4. Boardmember Davies stated on the monthly statistics, there was a donation of $100 during the month of August. Is there a way that the Boardmembers might be aware of who donated that and if that information could also be reported to the Board at the monthly meetings? E5. Boardmember Davies asked that the four school districts be advised of the free dial-up access of the Magazine Index component, including, what steps they need to take to make this work for them. Robert Karatsu, Principal Librarian, stated that staff would do this. Boardmember Davies requested that the Board be provided with a copy of the letter. E6. Boardmember Davies stated that with regard to the Summer Reading Program, the library received a lot of donations from several business, if the Trustees could have a list of those businesses so perhaps on their own, they could write personal thank you notes. E7. Boardmember Davies asked if on the children's calendar of events, could the Board Meeting be included on it. -7 Library Board Minutes September 7, 1995 Page 7 F. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC Fl. Request from Charles Richards, representing the Rainbow Praise Center, to use the Community Room for five consecutive days in September. Deborah Clark, Library Manager, reviewed the request with the Board. Boardmember Swistock stated that the request is for a modification of the policy and he does not see a compelling reason to change the policy. Boardmember Gregory stated that the impact, especially with the five days, Sunday through Thursday was during a heavy student time and would also impact the parking. MOTION: Moved by Boardmember Gregory to deny the request for the use of the Community Room, seconded by Boardmember Swistock. Motion carried 4-0-1 with Howdyshell absent. G. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Moved by Boardmember Swistock, seconded by Boardmember Gregory to adjourn to October 5, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. Motion carried, 4-0-1 with Howdyshell absent. The meeting adjourned at 8:19 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Vivian Garcia Administrative Secretary Approved: CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ~~ v. STAFF REPORT DATE: October 5, 1995 TO: President and Members of the Library Board of Trustees Jack Lam, AICP, City Manager FROM: Deborah Kaye Clark, Library Manager SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF GRANT APPLICATION RECOMMENDATION Approve grant application submitted on September 15th to the State Library for the sum of $20,447. BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS The State Library, under the directorship of Kevin Start, invited local history grant applications and emphasized the importance of joint projects to achieve resource sharing and result in the best service gain for the greatest population. Under such guidelines, we have partnered with the Upland Public Library to present the application entitled "Words and Visions of Historic West End: Upland and Cucamonga, the Vintage Year. Working with the historical collection located in Upland, the grant would hire a part time temporary librarian for 15 hrs. per week to perform the tasks outlined in the project summary, on page 11 of the agenda. In writing this grant, both member libraries stressed the need to use "in-kind" matching funds, as opposed to actual budgeted or raised dollars. While this may place restraints on the likelihood of funding, it was a budgetary necessity. FINANCIAL IMPACT: A commitment of $2,500 for two year from both the Friends of the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library and the Friends of the Upland Public Library. (~esgectfully submitted, Deborah Kaye,A~l~rk ) Library Manag~ California State Library Library Services and Construction Act, Title III Fiscal Year 1995/96 LOCAL HISTORY MATERIALS APPLICATION Submit in five copies by 5:00 p.m., September 15, 1995 to Attn: B~rb~ra Will, Libr'~a'y Development Services, California State Library, P.O. Box 942837, Sacramento, CA 94237- 0001; street address: 900 N Street, Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95814. 1. Project title: Tales of the West End: Words & Visions of Vintage Upland and Cucamonqa 9. Applicant jurisdiction: City Qf Upland/Upland Public ~ibrary 450 ~q. Euclid Ave. UPland, CA 91786 3. Applicant contact: Linda Yao Phone: (909) 931-4203 R-31st 4. District: Assembly Brulte State Senate Leonard House J. Kim R-41 5. Population: Client (UPl) 67,453 (R.C.) l14,547Total 182,000 6. Participants other than applicant: SIGNATURE LIBRARY/AGENCY cucamo. 7. LSCA amount requested: $20,447 Project Title: Tales Of The West End .... Applicant Jurisdiction: Upland Public Library 8. Project Summary: complete in space provided. Together, the Upland Public Library and the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library comprise t82,000 residents and over 35 square miles of historic Inland Empire. The Upland Public Library has been collecting materials of historic interest for the past 30 years. The scope oftbe collection is broad, consisting of documents, local histories, photographs and oral history tapes. (Attachment A). The Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, while new, also houses a collection of materials collected by the City, containing over 25 oral and transcribed local histories and approximately 100 photographs. A Historic Preservation Advisory Committee for the two groups was created in August and had their first meeting September 7th. (Attachment A). The consensus of the group, concurred to by staff, was that while serving as a repository for materials, lack of funding for staff and resources has resulted in small at'tempt at preservation, little organization or knowledge of the strengths of the collection and poor access for the public. Working with the Committee as a focus group, the following proposal for funding was created: The thrust of this proposal is to hire a project coordinator to work for 15 hrs. p6r week at the Upland Public Library along with a corps of volunteer and support staff to accomplish thc following: 1) Assess the collections, evaluate the holdings, and recommend specific preservation needs 2) Establish guidelines for the cataloging through OCLC of documents, photographs and oral history tapes in the collection 3) Orient and train staff at the Upland and Rancho Cucamonga Public Libraries as to the scope and content of the collections, basic arts in preservation of materials and basic cataloging to continue the project in the future 4) Select a minimum of 100 oral history tapes and 100 pl~otographs for reproducing and cataloging for maximum accessibility. The selection emphasis will be on photographs and oral history tapes that reflect the multiethnic roots oftbe community, especially those that relate histories of the three major historic drives of the area: 1) Water management 2) The Citrus Industry 3) The Wine Industry 5) Design a long range plan to allow the libraries, through the intervention of staff and volunteers, to continue to catalog and reproduce in a logical order the remaining collection and additional donations received 6) Create a publicity plan that will include the on-going acquisition of historical materials of interest as well as generating a publicity piece to promote the audio/visual history available Upland Public Library and the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library are committed to the joint sharing of resources. Copies of originals will be freely exchanged, providing greater access for the public. Both libraries are committed to the continuing effort to collect materials, with the understanding that original documents will be located in the geographically most appropriate Library, and a copy to the other agency. // Project Title: Tales Of The West End .... Applicant Jurisdiction: Upland Public Librar~ 9. Budget Summary LSCA Other funds In-kind Total (1) (2) (3) (4) a. Salaries&Benefits 11,210 19,219 f30,520 b. Library Materials 0 c. Operation 7,800 3,000 5,0~3C .~ 15 ,SOO d. Equipment 0 0 0 0 e. Indirect Cost 1,337 ~ 1 ~337 f. Total 20.447 3.000 24.210 $47,657 10. Description of the collection. Upland Public Library: (Attachment B) The overall scope of the collection consists of 100+oral histories, 14 boxes of photographs and negatives, 37 file cabinets containing maps, posters and clippings, and manuscripts covering the broad scope of history of the west end of the Inland Empire over the past 100 years. Rancho Cucamonga Public Library: The overall scope of the collection consists of approximately 100 photos of various city buildings and structures and 25 local histories on reel-to-reel tape, with u'anscriptions made. 11. Product specifications. Treatment for Oral Histories shall be as follows: Each master interview consists of 2-4 cassette tapes or 1 reel to reel tape accompanied by a typed transcription. Each master will be duplicated, so that a master tape will exist in both the Upland and Rancho Cucamonga libraries. Circulating copies of each tape will then be made for the purpose of both local lending and interlibrary loan access. One copy will be delivered to the State Library. All photographs and negatives will be treated as follows: All photographs of good quality will have a negative created and stored at either the temperature controlled archive department of the Upland or the Rancho Cucamonga City Hall. Each negative will have two print copies made for both the Upland and Rancho Cucamonga Public Library. One copy will be delivered to the State Library. All tapes and photos will be cataloged on OCLC, using the "OCLC Guide to Preservation Data". Project Title: Tales Of The West End .... Applicant Jurisdiction: Upland Public' Library 12. Project Methodology. * 10 community volunteers will be trained to assist in clerical inventorying of existing historical files. *2 sessions for staff on the art of preservation of documents will be presented by specialist Jim Corwin. * 1,600 negatives/photos will be reviewed, categorized, labeled and stored or set aside for restoration '125 oral histories will be reviewed * 100 photos will be selected for full OCLC descriptive cataloging and the cataloging performed * 100 oral histories will be selected for full OCLC descriptive cataloging and the cataloging performed *5 staff members will be trained to catalog media and documents of local history interest using OCLC *The remaining photos and oral histories will be catagorized by level of significance in 15 groups of 100 for photos and 9 groups of 10 for oral history interviews for future treatment *2 sessions for the public on the art of preservation of documents will be presented by specialist Jim Corwin; *5,000 pamphlets will be printed, promoting the collection accessible by direct access to Upland/Rancho Cucamonga public libraries and available through interlibrary loan throughout California. 13. Project actions in time sequence. Recruit part time Librarian Staffto direct project: October 15, 1995 Order tape copying equipment and blank cassettes: October 15, 1995 Publicize success of joint grant application and invite additional donations of historic photos as well as input from the public on materials they find of historic interest October 15, 1995 Orient coordinator to the Upland historical collection November 15, 1995 Review of historical files and preservation where needed November 15-March Provide training in preservation to volunteers/public December, 1995 Present classification plan for photos and oral history collections to staff and Preservation Committee January, 1996 Train selected volunteers in classification techniques January, 1996 Present selected 100 photos and 100 oral history tapes to be cataloged to the Preservation Committee February, 1996 Publicize selected photos and human interest story of tapes to again solicit donations of historic materials February, 1996 Begin reproduction of tapes using volunteers February - April, 1006 Begin creation of negatives where necessary, repair of photos where necessary, creation of prints for local library access February -April, 1996 Create long range plan, including guidelines for preserving, cataloging, storing, controlling and safeguarding originals and copies of archived materials as well as generating more donations of historic materials April - June, 1996 Create publicity piece for distribution promoting the collection June - July, 1996 Project Title: Tales Of The West End .... Applicant Jurisdiction: Upland Public Library 14. Personnel requirements and staff training. Staff to be hired: I Librarian, 20 hrs. per week for a period of 9 months The part time Librarian will be recruited as a part time salaried position for the City of Upland. Required is cataloging experience on OCLC as well as some archival work. Desirable is experience in supervision and training. Job description is attached (ARachment C). This position will be expected to develop a classification system as well as catalog materials and train volunteers and key support staff This position will work directly under the supervision of Linda Yao, Director of the Upland Public Library. Reference Librarian Jim Corwin, on staff at the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, will serve as special consultant on the project. ~h'. Corwin's background is extensive in the arena of archival work (Attachment D) and he will provide the preservation training for staff and public. Overall project organization cha~ is atracbed as ARachment E, including current volunteers who served as for library employees for Upland Public Library, specializing in archival care. 15. Means of Identifying and Locating Materials The 100 photos and 100 oral history tapes selected for the major focus of this project will be cataloged directly into OCLC. Both Upland and Rancho Cucamonga Public Library are OCLC clients and will supply terminals and staff for dial-up access. Since the photo and oral histories are unique, original online input will be required. This item is budgeted for under operations at the rate of $4 per cataloged item. These items will appear in the on-line catalogs of both Upland and Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, resulting in dial up access for information regarding these records. In addition, future plans for both Upland and Rancho Cucamonga Public Library include Interact access to the public by January, 1996. Rancho Cucamonga plans to generate a pro. iect to provide digitized information by dial-up access through the Interact for the photographic collection. There is strong interest in the School Districts for this project and current technology exists in Rancho Cucamonga to make it cost effective to supply. Finally, the publicity piece to be produced at the close of the project will be a visible print reminder of the wealth of material available to interested local historians. Project Title: Tales Of The West End Applicant Jurisdiction: Upland Public Library 16. Statewide Significance. Significant in both the photo and oral history collections are facts and lore relating to the ful[owing issues: water rights, citrus growing and the California wine industry. Water and all of the issues relating to the management of water distribution is mentioned in many of the interviews including accounts of local zanjeros who controlled the water flow to the growers. Of historical significance in the Inland Empire region is the settlement of this area by the Chaffey brothers. The Chaffeys developed a system to manage the distribution of water based on the amount of land owned. This is a significant development for a State that has a history of drought and where a great percentage of the land is considered semi- desert. In addition, approximately 10% of the oral history interviews collected are in Spanish. Since many interviewed worked for the local vineyards citrus groves, grape groves and packing houses, these interviews provide a wealth of information about the working and living conditions of these laborers. Of particular interest is one interview of a worker who was heavily involved in the 1933 labor strike of vineyard workers. While this project will give some assistance to the entire local history collection, the major focus will be on the oral histories and photos that support the issues of California's diversity, California's major citrus industry and California's burgeoning wine industry. 17. Evaluation Process. The Historic Preservation Committee, is composed of citizens representing the following local historical organizations: Etiwanda Historical Society/Upland Historical Society; Rancho Cucamonga Historical Commission Upland's Women's Club and Rancho Cucamonga Women's Club; Charley Communities Cultural Center; Chaffey Joint Union High School District In addition to first establishing our pilot project format, this group will review classification method, access methodology, the initial 200 items selected for treatment and the final long range plan to maintain and preserve this effort so that it will continue in the future. The public will also be invited, in each publicity announcement, to share particular interests with the staff working on the project and finally, the two public presentation on preserving family and local history documents will also formally request input on interests for local history materials through a written survey. 18. Methods of Continuation. The creation of a Long Range Plan for continuation of the project is critical for this joint project of two public libraries. While funding is limited for both jurisdictions, volunteerism is exceptionally strong. To add strength to the project, both the Upland Public Library Friends as well as the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library Friends have agreed to donate $1,500 each to purchase preservation materials for this year and the next year as well to show good faith for the project and commitment to a long range goal of continuation. Project Title: Tales Of The West End .... Applicant Jurisdiction: Upland .Public Library The cataloging guidelines established, as well as the classification system created by the project staff under the assistance of Jim Corwin, will be readily accessible and used by staff at both the Upland and Rancho Cucamonga Public Libraries. Finally, both libraries will be using the methods provided in the project with the capability of providing digitized information to the public in the future. While not considered "stable", it is extremely popular with both the public and the school districts, who wish to access photographic information in that most convenient format. Project Title: Tales Of The West End .... Applicant Jurisdiction: Upland Public Library 19. Program budget: I_,SCA funds requested. Assessment Cataloging;Publicity/ & Preservation Reproduction AccessTota~ (1) (2) (3) (4) a. Salaries: 3,770 3,770 3,770 $11,310 list personnel Benefits @0 % SUBTOTAL 3,770 3,770 3,770 $11,310 b. Library Materials: 0 0 0 0 c. Operation: Telecom/0CLC $ 400 Travel 0 0 0 Supplies 3,400 Postage Printing 0 0 4,000 Tape production OCLC tapeload SUBTOTAL 0 3,800 4,000 7 /7 Project Title: Tales Of The West End Applicant Jurisdiction: Upland Public Library 19. Program budget: LSCA, continued. Assessment Catalogingt Publicity/ & Preservation Reproductign AccessTotal (1) (2) (3) (4) d. Equipment over 0 0 0 $5,000 e. Indirect cost, 447 445 445 7% 18~ maximum 1,~$7 f. TOTAL LSCA 4,217 8,015 8,215 20~447 g. Other funds 1,500 1,OOO 500 h. In-kind 8,903 8,403 6,904 i. TOTAL PROJECT 14,620 17,418 1~.619 47,657 8 Project Title: Tales Of The West End .... Applicant Jurisdiction: Upland Public Library 20. Narrative support for LSCA budget. Salaries: $11,310 for a pan time Librarian 780 hrs (20 hrs. per week for 9 months) Critical for this project is the assignment of a part time librarian with a strong commitment in local history at the helm· While a Library Assistant was considered, a Librarian was requested due to the need to develop classification standards, our desire to have someone capable of leadership and training and the willingness to work with volunteers to carry on needed work after completion of the project. The operations: $7,800 $1,300 to purchase a cassette duplicator capable of making three copies of each tape at high speed $1500 to purchase 1,200 blank cassettes (3 tapes per inter.) 2 copies for Upland~l Rancho/1 State Library $600 to create 100 negatives and generate prints for use, storage and circulation $4.000 to create and have printed a publicity piece promoting the collection a the end oftbe project $400 in OCLC & telecommunications charges for the creation of all original records for each photo/tape history cataloged Indirect: $1,337 or 7% for indirect included 21. Narrative support for other funds. Support: $3,000 Friends of the Library from both the Upland Public Library as well as the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library have agreed to commit the sum of $1,500 each year for the next two years as a minimum to assist in the on-going work of a local history collection. 22. Narrative support for in-kind contributions. Salaries: $19,210 The following staff members will have time assigned to the project: Jim Corwin (5 hrs. per week) $3,895 MLS Librarian Library Clerk (5 hrs. per week) $2,574 The following volunteer staffhave committed to the project: Melicent Arner (15 hrs. per week) $7,566 (retired Upland Staff member) Betty Maxie (10 hrs. per week) $5,175 (retired Upland Staff member) Supplies: $5,000 All photocopying will be supplied by the libraries. All supplies and materials, including acid free storage folders, negative preservers, film marking pens, etc., will be purchased by the libraries. All file cabinets and storage containers will be supplied by the libraries. OCLC terminals will be committed for project. /? Project Title: Tales of the We$l End... Applicant Jurisdiction: ~ 23. Certification. a. I affirm that the jurisdiction or agency named below is the legally designated fiscal agent for this program and is authorized to receive and expend funds for the conduct of this program. b. I affirm that any or all other agencies participating in the program have agreed to the terms of the application/grant award, and have entered into an agreement(s) concerning the final disposition of equipment, facilities, and materials purchased for this program from the funds awarded for the activities and services described in the attached, as approved and/or as amended, application. (Signed): ~/~::~~ntative Dateg/14/9~ (Printed) Linda Name and title Organization: Upland Public Library Street/mail address: 450 North Euclid Avenue City: Upland County: San Bernardino ZIP+4 91786 Telephone: (909) 931-4203 FAX (909] 931-4209 INTER_NET e-mail: ATTACHMENT A RANCHO CUCAMONGA PUBLIC LIBRARY HISTORICAL PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD (In alphabetic order) Millicent Arner 6353 Emerald Rancho Cucamonga CA 91701 (909) 987-4420 Colonel Arthur Bridge Catherine Bridge 8715 Banyan St Rancho Cucamonga CA 91701 (909) 987-2797 Don Clucas 2087 N. Second Upland CA 91784 (909) 982-7039 Betty McNay 7600 Calle Casino Rancho Cucamonga 91730 (909) 982-3078 Bob Schmidt 6917 Beryl Street Rancho Cucamonga CA 91701 (909) 987-2942 Marjorie Stamm 6767 Amethyst Rancho Cucamonga CA 91701 (909) 987-2103 Maxine Strane 7403 Archibald Rancho Cucamonga CA 91730 (909) 987-2835 Peter Tolstoy 9540 Hillside Road Rancho Cucamonga CA (909) 987-2109 ATTACHMENT B UPLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION Catalogued Uncatalo~ued Direct Via Staff PAMPHLETS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: YES YES -Chino .-Chino Basin MUmcipal Water District -citrus Fruits Industry -Earthquakes-Upland -Fire -Flood (4 boxes, 1938-1983) -Maps 1950 thru 1980 (Seven boxes) -Murd News (1982-present) -Ontario -Pomona -Rancho Cucamonga -Route 66 -San Bemardino Flood Control Distr/ct (1938-1977) -Sister City. Programs CITY REPORTS YES YES  ppland Planmng Dept. Annual Reports (1946-1984) land Public Libra/? Publicity Repons (1942-1991) -Upland Public Libra.DF Monthly Repons { 1979-presem) -Ci~- of Upland Budget ( 1951-1994) -Filed chronologically -Not Indexed YEARBOOKS --Total 116 YES YES -Argus -.Chaffey College (1911-1965) -Echo -Beulah College (1932-1965) -Fasti .--Ontario High School (1907-1960) -Hielan -Upland High School 0956-1993) - Not Indexed CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORTS: YES YES -~'alifornia Journal of .%fines and Geolo~ -I~:estern ~:ater News -Department of Natural Resources -Bound repons and pamphlets -Not Indexed -Filed chronologically NAME AND DESCRIPTION : ORGANIZATION PATRON ACCESSIBILITY ~ Uncatalo~.~ Direct ~ Via Staff , CALIFORNIA COLLECTION PERIODICALS YES YES -All uncatalogued -Filed alphabetically: --Boo~:~ of the .';;outhwest -C,4 Historical Quarterly --California History --Crv C4 --High Country --Historical Socie~' of Southern California --Journal of the West --Land of Sunshine --Out West -Overland ,¥[onthly -Pacific Monthly --San Bernardino Coun~ Museum Quarterly --Southern California Quarterly -No mmn index COMMUNITY DIRECTORIES YES YES -Upland phone directories (1912 -current) pland industrial d/rector/es (1972-1975) ~land advertisers directories (1973.1979) · ntario-Upland Street Address Directories (1984-1994) -Pomona and nearly.' communities Street Address Directories (1981-1994) -No Mare DirectoD- Friends of Upland Public Library Historians Album YES YES (1967-current) ORAL HISTORY YES YES -Total: 73 English language tapes completed 11 spamsh language tapes completed, with English translations -Approx. 22 tapes in process ofbe/ng completed -Master Index -Copies of completed tapes are avail, for special loan MAPS. POSTERS. SPECIAL NEWSPAPER ISSUES -Approx. t~'o hundred items  ot accessible to staff or patrons ZS NAME AND DESCRIPTION ORGANIZATION PATRON ACCESSIBILITY Catalo~ Uncataio~/L~_- Direct ~ Via Staff PHOTOGRAPHS YES YES -Fourteen boxes of negatives -Photo Master index, arranged by subject -Esther Bouhon Black's Photograph Collection: Seven volumes of photographs, including index SLIDES YES YES Esther Boulton Black's Stories of Old Upland -Tw'o master indexes -Four sets avail for special loan FILE CABINETS -Thirty, seven cabinets filled with information in the form of books, photographs, newsprint, scrapbooks, manuscripts, term papers, and brochures, -SUBJECT INDEX located in Reference Dept. (also indexes articles from the Inland Vall~ -KEY TOPICS: l~uthors ~"--Chafl'~, College ---Chino Histo~' --Churches -Claremont Historic Houses -Educators -Entertainers -Floed-Histor~ -Historic Houses -Judges -Madonna of the Trail --Mildura. Australia -Mt. Baldy Village -Ontario 100th Anniversary -Pomona College -Rancho Cucamonga Historic Houses -Rancho Cucamonga - HistoD. --San Antonio Canyon --San Antonio Lakes -San Antonio Water Company -San Bernatdmo County - Cities and To~,as HSan Bernardino Count3' - HistoD' uSports - Biography -Upland - Business -Upland - Historic Houses pland Town Center pland Unified School District -Water Conse~'ation --Water Histo~ --Water Supply - Upland ATTACH~'E~T '~ SPECIAL PROJECTS LIBRARIAN Part time/20 hrs. per week for 9 months (14.12 per hr./no benefits) DESCRIPTION: Under the direction of the Director of the Upland Library, plans and coordinates the organization, preservation and cataloging of historical materials for the existing archives of the Upland Public Library and the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library. This is a grant program, limited to a 9 month duration. EXAMPLES OF TYPICAL DUTIES: Duties may include, but are not limited to the following: * Assess the existing collections, evaluate the holdings currently located at two public libraries * Establish guidelines for cataloging historic media through the use of OCLC * Plan meetings and presentations to the Historical Advisory Board * Train staff and volunteers in basics of preservation techniques * Recruit, interview and help train volunteers * Prepares monthly and quarterly reports to the State * Create a publication promoting archival holdings of the Upland Public Library QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge of: Professional level of knowledge of library issues and organizations Archival experience Long Range planning experience OCLC cataloging experience Ability to: Work effectively with volunteers Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with two jurisdictions Commtmicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE A minimum of three years of experience as a professional librarian in any library setting with a background in archival or rare materials handling. ATTACHMENT O Curriculum Vitae James A. Com4n is currently one of the reference librarians here at the Rancho Cucamonga Public Librar-j. Prior to joining the staff Mr. Corwin was employed by the Huntington Library & Art Collections as Principal Manuscript Conservator and Head of the Conservation Department. In March of 1991 the Los Angeles Times wrote a feature article about him (attached). When the Los Angeles Public Library burned in 1986 Mr. Corwin was one of the first to receive a call from the staffand he worked on the preservation of materials from the rare book vaults. Mr. Corwin was a charter member of LAPNet (Los Angeles Preservation Network) o a group of conservators and library administrators formed shortly after the disastrous L.A. Public Libraxy fires - where he taught many workshop classes on disaster preparedness and the preservation of family heirlooms. In graduate school while working towards his Masters Degree in Library Science he helped preserve the local history collection pertaining to the Japanese Internment during World War II that was housed at the California State University at Fullerton. During his tenure at the Huntington Library from 1980-1992, he lectured, and taught workshops extensively throughout Southern California about the proper care, repair and preservation of family papers and photographs. Preserving'Family Documents and Photographs - Lecture & Workshop Glendora Public Library, 1993 The History of Cyanotypes - Lecture Occidental College, Photographic Workshop, 1991 Proper Care and Repair of Your Family Treasures - Lecture Gene Autry Western Heritage Museuna, Preservation Lecture Series, 1991 Making Mylar Enclosures for Family Documents and Photographs - Instructor - Workshop Sponsored by Friends of the Glendora Public Library From Creation to Conservation, Evolution of the Written Word - Lecture Southwest Museum, Preservation Lecture Series, 1991 Card Cradle Design for the Exhibition of Books - Lecture Society of California Archivists, Annual Meeting, November 1990 Networking Between Conservators - Lecture California State Library Task Force, Preservation Conference, March 1991 Making Phase Boxes for Books: Instructor - Workshop Sponsored by Huntington Library & Art Collections Salvage of Water Damaged Materia: Instructor - Workshop Sponsored by Los Angeles Preservation Network Conservation Techniques for Repairing Books and Manuscripts: Iust~'uctor - Workshop Sponsored by LAPNet - Getty Conservation Institute Conservation Techniques for Repairing Books and Manuscripts: Instructor - Workshop Sponsored by LAPNet - Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum 23 of 37 Complete Record 01777050 36615 He Hopes Not to Leave His Mark on Presidents' Papers A~ngeles Times (LT) - MONDAY February 18, 1991 BOB POOL; TIMES STAFF WRITER tion: Home Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 2 Word Count: 689 James A. Corwin got a letter from George Washington the other day. It was a simple one-page note. But it spoke eloquently about 200 years of rough treatment at the hands of historians and it cried out for Corwin's help. The letter was delivered to the right man: Corwin is an expert at repairina the frayed remnants of historical figures. ~ These days, every day is Presidents' Day for Corwin. He is principal manuscript conservator for the Huntington Library in San Marino, where he has begun a major preservation effort for the papers of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The library's famous collection--started in 1919 by railroad tycoon Henry Huntington--contains 450 documents signed by Washington and more than 250 items signed by Lincoln. The collection draws scholars from all over the world seeking a hands-on feel for the two American presidents' words. But that personal touch, along with the ravages of time, are leaving many documents brittle and torn. "The greatest damage to documents is from people simply handling them," said in, 36, of San Dimas. Exposure to air and light also causes deterioration. modern inventions such as ballpoint pens, adhesive tape, plastic binder covers and metal paper clips. Corwin and assistant Susan Rogers, 38, of Altadena are methodically examining each Washington and Lincoln document and making repairs when needed. Their goal is to make their work invisible. The Washington letter was a real challenge. Dated Aug. 31, 1792, it was written as a letter of reference on a large sheet of paper that was folded and sealed with a glob of wax. "This one is torn in several places and worn through. It needs patching where the missing piece has been pulled away. It should be reinforced along its fold," Corwin said as he studied the letter over a special filtered light table. Patching and reinforcing work is done with a durable Japanese tissue paper made from shrubs and tree bark, he said. It is glued to the damaged document with a non-staining, non-shrinkable mixture made from zin shofu, a Japanese wheat starch. Industrial chemicals are used to remove damaging adhesive from the old documents. A household misting device restores moisture to dried-out, crumbling paper. ~rwin said everything he does to documents is reversable, which means future 'vators can remove his patchwork if new techniques are developed to serve old paper. "We do repairs, not restoration,,, he said. "Our work is not to make something look bright and clean. We never do a treatment to make something look prettier." For that reason, Corwin decided not to do a thing to a Lincoln-signed copy of :mancipation Proclamation brought into his office the other day by John ~. , the Huntington's archivist of American historical manuscripts. The historic 1862 document, which ordered the freeing of slaves, was smudged along its edges. Its printed text and distinctive Lincoln signature were clearly legible. The paper was not torn or frayed. Although representative presidential documents are kept on public display in the library, about 15 scholars each year seek permission to do hands-on research with Lincoln and Washington papers, Rhodehamel said. One of them, Paul Zalt, a retired Cal State Los Angeles professor, relied on the library's collection when he wrote two books about presidential jokes and one-liners: "Abraham Lincoln Laughing" and "George Washington Laughing." "It's hard to articulate what it's like to work with these materials," Zal! said. "You get all tingly. It's almost euphoric to think you're holding something Lincoln held. On the other hand, it scares the bejabbers out of ycu. Especially when you stand up and little flakes of paper fall off." Corwin said he feels the same excitement when he examines a prized letter cr important document. One of the papers he recently worked on was an April 11, 1865, note written by Lincoln to his personal bodyguard, giving the man the night off on the day oln made his fatal visit to Ford's Theatre. don't want to think of them as relics," he said of such documents. "If you do, you get awfully nervous. But I've never made a mistake I couldn't fix." Caption: Photo: James Corwin examines a Washington envelope in need of repair. Photo: Letters were written by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. M~RSFIA TP, AEGER-GORMAN / Los Angeles Times Descriptors: LINCOLN, ABR3kFIAM; WASNINGTON, GEORGE; h~LrNTINGTON LIBRARY; PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS; DOCUMENT PRESERVATION Copyright (c) 1991, Times Mirror Company Attachment E PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL CHART PROJECT: TALES OF THE WEST END: WORDS AND VISIONS OF VINTAGE UPLAND AND CUCAMONGA R.C. I UPL Library Director Library Director Special Projects * [ Citizen Reference Librarian .......................... Librarian ....................... Advisory .5 FTE Volunteers * Grant funded position CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA STAFF REPORT DATE: October 5, 1995 TO: President and Members of the Library Board of Trustees FROM: Robert Karatsu, Principal Librarian SUBJECT: APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR MURLS GRANT RECOMMENDATION Approval to apply for MURLs funding from the State Library for the sum of $9,240 to be used toward the purchase of Reference materials and any recommendation or input from the Board regarding potential needs they have identified in reference services. BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS This year, the Library is eligible for a MURLs grant. MURL stands for Major Urban Resource Libraries. MURLs grants are funded by the Federal Government using Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) monies. The California State Library administers all MURLs funds. In California, all public libraries serving a jurisdiction of over 100,000 people are eligible for MUILLs funding. Using a population-based formula created by the State Library, the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library is eligible for $9,240. The intent of the MURLs program is threefold: - To support and expand the library services and resources of major urban resource libraries. - To expand the collections of major urban resource libraries in ways which address regional needs. - To assure statewide access to the collections of major urban resource libraries. Within the next few weeks, Reference Staffwill discuss the focus &this grant application. Preliminary discussions have centered around three areas &need: 1). Business resources, particularly specialized CD-ROM products and trade directories; 2). Resources to support school assignments; and 3). Resources to assist the job hunter. The complete grant application is due at the State Library on October 31 st, 1995. At the November meeting &the Library Board the final grant application, including resources to be purchased, will be presented for their approval. Respectfully submitted, Robert Karatsu Principal Librarian CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DATE: October 5,1995 ~ the Library Board of Trustees ~ TO: President and Members Jack Lam, AICP, City Manager FROM: Deborah Kaye Clark, Library Manager SUBJECT: DUES: PROPOSAL FOR PERSONAL/INSTITUTIONAL DUES RECOMMENDATION That the Institutional dues remain the same and the personal dues be allocated as recommended below. BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS The 1995/96 budget contains $2,200 fordues, reduced from $4,000 in 1994/95. For clarification, ALA stands for American Library Association, CLA stands for California Library Association and CMLEA stands for Children's and Media Librarians and Educators Associations. The following institutional dues are required: Inland System Dues: $1,150 Class Dues: $ 135 MCLS Affiliate: $ 100 Below is staffs recommendation for personal dues: ALA for Director: $160 (Publication "American Libraries" & "Public Libraries" CLA for Principal: $100 (Publication "California Library Bulletin) Children's Supervisor: $100 (Toward CLA or CMLEA) CLA for Librarians: $225 ($75 each toward their choice of CLA or ALA) ALA for Board: $175 (Publication "American Libraries" for each Board member) Remaining: $ 55 To cover any dues increases which might occur prior to '96/97 ~Resiectful y submitted, Deborah Kaye Cla~J Library Manager