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April 12, 1978
Minutes of .the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Skokie
Public Library held April 12, 1978, at 5:30 p. m., in the Library.
Members present:
Diana Hunter, Richard Lindberg, Shirley Merritt,
and Norma Zatz, also Mary Radmacher, Chief Librarian.
Rabbi Karl Weiner
joined the meeting at 7:15 p. m. and Dr. John Wozniak at 8:00 p. m.
Meeting was called to order at 6: 55 by Diana Hunter, Vice President.
Corrections requested in the minutes for March 8 were:
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third paragraph, strike out first sentence in third paragraph; same paragraph
the second sentence should conclude "the Library to locate <loners" and on page
10 the location should be LaGrange instead of St .. Charles.
The minutes of the March 8, 197 8 meeting were approved, as corrected,
on motion by Mr.s. Zatz, seconded by Mrs. Merritt. Motion carried.
Financial statements and lists of bills were examined and the following
motion was made by Mr. Lindberg, seconded by Mrs. Merritt which, on roll
call vote, carried unanimously.
Motion:
That the financial statements for the General
Operating Fund, Reserve Fund for the Purchase
of Sites and Buildings, Library Construction Fund
be accepted and the lists of bills for the General
Operating Fund in the amounts of $24, 484. 06 and
$30, 652. 21 be approved for payment. All of this
subject to audit.
Circulation Report was accepted and ordered placed on file.
Mrs. Hunter commented that Verna Beaver has been working to get Skokie
newspapers on cassettes so the blind and handicapped can have the newspapers.
Report on the book bag sales and Library Use Statistics were examined.
Included in correspondence was a letter from Robert Wedgeworth,
Executive
Film
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Dir~ctor
of ALA, attaching a statement to be disseminated with the
The Speaker.
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A gift of $25. 00 has been received from the Civic Women 1 s Club.
Mrs.
Zatz made the following motion which was seconded by Mrs. Merritt and, on roll
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call vote, carried unanimousl y.
Motion:
That the $25. 00 gift from the Civic Women's Club
be put into the Sculpture Fund.
Mrs. Zatz made the following :µ-i.:::>tion which was seconded by Mrs. Merritt
and, on Toll call vote, carried unanimousl y.
Motion:
That any time the Library receives funds with no
designated purpose, such funds be put in a fund
established under the category of Undesignat ed Funds.
Miss Radmacher informed the Board of personnel changes and indicated
a new bookmobile driver has been hired.
The residents at the bookmobile stop at Drake and Emerson have complained
the vehicle makes unsightly ruts and asked if something co.uld be done to fill in the
ground at that stop.'
Suggestion was made that perhaps the Village might be able to
do something about this.
Mrs. Zatz mentioned she had been approached with the idea of building a
branch at the north end of Skokie.
Miss Radmacher explained the referendum for
a branch library had been defeated.
Mrs. Zatz expressed her conviction that Skokie Public Library should be
involved in any type of library legislation and should make an effort i;to see that
someone on the Board at all times is representin g this Library.
Mrs. Merritt asked about the possibility of this Library acquiring cassettes
this year.
Miss Radmacher mentioned they are available on inter-libra ry loan from
other libraries in the System and offered to supply Mrs. Merritt with a list of those
libraries.
Regarding the program Chicago Public Library has in which the Internal
Revenue Service has supplied special cassettes, Miss Radmacher said this Library
had them and none were picked up.
People connected with AARP have been at
Skokie Public Library three mornings a week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
from 9:30 to 1:00 p. m. in Conference Room A helping anybody 60 years of age or
over.
Mrs. Hunter recommend ed such service be publicized next year.
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Mrs. Hunter announced a change of date for Legislative Day in Springfield
to Wednesday, May 24, 1978.
Mrs. Zatz presented her report on Legislative Day in Washington verbally
and a written copy is attached to these minutes.
Copies of four papers covering
important is sues were distributed to the Board by Mrs. Zatz.
President Karl Weiner joined the meeting and assumed the Chair.
Budget Recommendations for fiscal year 1979-80 were presented to the
Board.
Discussion followed of salary increases and President Carter 1 s recommenda-
ti on that 5-1 /2 o / o be used as a cost of living increase.
Mrs. Hunter wondered if
the Library should think about it and use that figure across the Board.
Miss
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Radmacher reported the figure on cost of living increase for the Chicago area is
7. 9 o/ o.
Last year there were some merit ratings.
In conjunction with recommenda-
ti on from department heads, Miss Radmacher asked if the Board would like to make
a motion concerning salary increases but the consensus was to study this and def er
until the May meeting.
Rabbi Weiner said Miss Radmacher might want to look at
the schedule and come up with something by making a comparison with private
industries in this area to see if they are going to abide by the President 1 s request.
Mr. Matzer of the Village should be contacted to see what increases are going
to be given by the Village.
Motion by Mr. Lindberg, seconded by Dr. Wozniak which, on roll call
vote, carried unanimously.
Motion:
That the Skokie Public Library Board adopt the
Budget for 1979-80 fiscal year as presented.
Miss Radmacher mentioned she .
received a communication from
Johnson Controls today and the cost f::ir service and maintenance will be increased.
The budget can be amended if necessary to include cost of such service and
maintenance.
Mrs. Hunter mentioned the Trustee Workshop to be held May 19 - 20, in
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Urbana, Illinois and stressed the importance of new Board members attending
some type of workshop.
Regarding security, Mr. Lindberg, who has addressed himself to
security for several months, attempted to acquire engineering opinions on the
va~ious
forms of equipment.
He spent yesterday morning t:rying to reach the head-
quarters of the four vendors to talk with their engineering people.
In the afternoon
two people called him from the east and explained their operation from an engineering standpoint.
He then called Dr. Armington and John Martin at I. I. T.
Gaylord, 3M and Knogo are electro magnetic and the other system considered, Checkpoint, uses radio.J'l:-equency.
Mr. Lindberg talked with Mr. Jim
Magee of Checkpoint about the possible effect on pacemaker wearers.
He was
assured by Mr. Magee that a 5 megacycle hertzion. signal coming out of a gate
antenna is not of a value that would create radio activity and would have no effect
on a pacemaker.
Moreover, when one goes through the gate a photo electric cell
must be crossed and the pre·sence or incidence of the operation of the radiation
wave coming out of the antenna is very minimal and will not affect any device.
FCC does not have jurisdiction over any of these devices, that comes within the
scope of HEW.
Gaylord referred him to an engineer at Magnavox.
magnetic system.
all the time.
This is an electro
The gate is surrounded by megacycles and a signal which is on
They have a ,_sensitized tape and use a device to place that target
within the book in what they call an active mood.
at the circulation desk.
A book is activated and deactivated
This apparatus will not disturb pacemaker·s.
Knogo turned him over to the Vice President of Engineering.
emits a number of m . egacycles within the audio spectru:p:J..
photo electric cell to
~rig~er
it.
Their gate
A patron steps on the
If this were on alLthe time it would affect a pace-
maker but it is no:t and the transmit time back and forth is so small it is of no
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significance.
A photo electric cell is used for degousing all of this.
The degousing
unit of Knogo is similar to Gaylord.
Last of all he talked with 3M.
They use frequency of 900 hertzion waves.
It is on so little and at such a low level one would hardly hear it.
A photo electric
cell is used and when you get the beam the frequency goes on and the bells will go
off.
It would 'affect the pacemaker if the signal were on all the time but it is not.
Mr. Lindberg said as we know not one of the security systems is fool
proof and each one has advantages and disadvantages.
moment is Checkpoint.
His recommendation at the
He is fearful of the gousing and degousing and possible
effect on magnetic tapes.
Rabbi Weiner thanked Mr. Lindberg for doing an excellent job.
Mrs. Zatz referred to the current is sue of AMERICAN LIBRARIES in
which security systems are discussed.
When Mrs. Hunter expressed the thought that security systems have become a fad at this time, Rabbi Weiner replied as of now this seems to be the best
answer to the problem of missing books.
He asked Mrs. Hunter if she is still
questioning whether this Library should have a security system.
She agreed it
appears to be the only solution at hand and the Library Board could be asked what
it is doing about the tremendous loss of books.
She also suggested something like
a security system which is a concrete, tangible thing has more appeal and the
Library might get some revenue sharing funds for it.
Circulation Department liked the Gaylord system because books do not
have to be handled but can be deactivated by me;eely placing on the desk in the
position for charging or checking out to the patron.
of the gates which would be closer to the desk.
Also they liked the location
Technical Processes prefers any-
thing that uses the square target that will go in the cover of the book, in or under
the pocket, or between the book jacket and plastikleer cover.
Miss Radmacher
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suggested the Board might like to defer making a decision until the systems can
be examined again at the ALA Conference in Chicago.
Mrs. Hunter mentioned with John McGowan and Northwestern University
here why not find out from him what their experience has been.
installed Checkpoint and then later bought 3M.
They originally
She pointed this out because
university libraries give more attention to loss than anyone else and college
libraries all seem to be using 3M.
Mrs. Merritt mentioned the article in AMERICAN LIBRARIESssaid
there should be no reason why any company would not agree to rent a system.
The following motion was made by Mrs. Hunter.
Motion:
That the Skokie Public Library Board table action on
a security system specifically for, the Chief Librarian
to speak with John McGowan of Northwestern University
regarding his experience with 3M and Checkpoint and
for her to contact the City Colleges of Chicago as to why
they used Checkpoint and now are using 3M. Another
contact should be the University of Illinois to ask why
they are using 3M.
Mr. Lindberg voiced his objection to postponement of action.
seconded by Mrs. Merritt and voting was as follows:
The motion was
Mrs. Hunter, yes; Mrs.
Merritt, yes; Mrs. Zatz, no; Mr. Lindberg, no; and Dr. Wozniak, yes.
Motion carried.
Mr. Lindberg retired from the meeting.
All five photocopying :n2achines have caused problems.
An attempt has
been made to get a service contract from Olivetti without success. Vend-a-copy,
without a contract, will get someone to repair the machines at $28. 00 per hour,
plus cost of parts.
Mr. Flintrup stated to Miss Radmacher that after the machines
are put in order the Library should buy another kind of machine.
Mrs. Hunter 1 s
preference is Xerox to install their machines and have the patrons get good copies.
Miss Radmacher reminded the Board the machines are on lease-purchase and the
contract must be examined.
Recommendation was made to have the attorney look
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at the contract.
The Board was asked if it is ready to accept the suggestion that
the lease-purchase contract be cancelled and have machines on a vending basis.
M·rs. Hunter 1 s~:r.ecommendation was to dispose of the machines in any way Miss
Radmacher can manage.
The following motion was made by Mrs. Hunter which
was seconded by Mrs. Zatz.
Motion:
That the Olivetti lease-purchase machines be disposed
of either by terminating the contractual agreement or
selling the machines to Olivetti whichever is in the better
economic interest of the Library, subject to the legal
language in the contract allowing us this prerogative
and, upon disposal of these machines, a vending service
from Xerox or comparable machines be put in which
will be maintained, supplied and serviced by the corporation that owns the machines, providing this is an
economically viable idea.
Voting was as follows:
and Dr. Wozniak, yes.
Mrs. Hunter, yes; Mrs. Merritt, yes; Mrs. Zatz, yes;
Motion carried.
Miss Radmacher called Mr. Matz er regarding.setting up a meeting to
discuss the parking problem.
Library to gather statistics.
In the interim, the Village architect was at the
Mr. Matzer called yesterday to say he is still
gathering facts and the Village Board does want to meet with the Library Board.
Miss Radmacher asked the Board 1 s consent to send a copy to Mr. Matzer of that
portion of the minutes explaining this Board's concern about parking.
The Board
approved.
A program of American Short Stories and Films will be held in September,
Allan Schwartz asked the Library to co-sponsor this program.
Concerning revenue sharing, it was suggested to try Niles Township
this year.
Johnson Controls has requested an inc;reas e in the maintenance contract
effective May l, 1978 from $787. 00 to $1175. 00 per month.
·.Miss 'Radmacher
asked Johns on to extend the current rate for at least· one month since the proposal
was brought to the Library the day of the Board meeting.
When informed of this-
increase, Mr. Schiewe suggested asking them to up-date the estimate for maintaining the old building.
Currently the situation appears to be all right
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and the problems seem to have been resolved.
Suggestion was made to ask
Mr. Schiewe about whether the material being used for one company can be
l1S_ed by another.
Meeting adjourned at 10:00 p. m.
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