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The regular meeting of the Skokie Public Library Board of Directors
was held Wednesday evening~ December 13th1 with the following in attendance:
Mrs .. Miles T0 Babb~ Mrs 0 W Ca Griffini. Mr 0 Lo 0 11 Green, Rabbi Karl Weiner,
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Mr~ Louis Weingart:, Miss Mary Radmacher, Librarian and Mrso Elaine Mta.ller,
represent.ative from the League o.f Women Voters.,.
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The President, Mr4 Green ealled the meeting to order and in the absence
of the secretary, Mrs,. Regan, appointed Miss Radmacher acting secretary pro-tem..
There we're no minutes. ava·il.able of the pre-vions meeting,.
The lists of bills as attached were presented and approved for payment
upon motion made by Mr. Weingart and seconded by Rabbi Weinerc All ayes,.
The financial reports for October and November were presented and accepted
upon motion made by Mrsa Babb and seconded by Mrs. Griffine All ayes.
The circulation report was placed on file,
; M:-i.ss Radma.ch.er.·r.epor:ted: the~· following appointments: Miss Martha Nakao
full•time assistant iu. Childr.eu 1 s and. Ynung PeGple' s Department, effective
November 13th; Mrs. ,Edith,Graf·11Um,;pll1rt-time ti'ay page in Circulation and Adult
Services Departments, effective November 27th and Mrs. Violet LGbono part-time
day page in Circulation Department; ef fee ti ve November 27th. ·
As a recruiting measure Mi$s Radmacher has sent letters and job descriptions
of vacflllcies to all accredited Library Schools in the United States and has placed
advertisements in leading professional journals.. Letters of acknowledgement
have been received. from the Library Schools but to date there are no prospects ..
After a careful study of the circulation loan period the Librarian recommended an extension of the loan period from two (2) weeks to three (3)
weeks 1 with no renewals. Other provisions in Miss Radmacherts recommendation
included: a re-issue of the books provided the book abd the patron's library
card are presented at the place of the original issue, that there is no reserve
on the book, and that the book is not more than one week overdue. Mro Green
recommended changing the provision for re-issue of overdue books to no re-issue
of overdue books. Mr. Weingart moved and MrsR Babb seconded approval of this
loan policy with Mr. Green's recommended change. All ayes.
· Because· (a.) of the large expenditure for reserve po-stals ($1~5.oo in
9 months) and (b) the increasing number of b.Goks reserved and not called for:.
the Librarian recommended a 5¢ charge for each reserve, payable when the reserve is made. Mr. Weingart moved and Mrs~ Griffin seconded the motion to
· approve the above recommendation. All ayes. The 5¢ is to be refunded if the
reserve is cancelled before the card is mailed0 These circulation procedures
are to go into· effect January 1, 1962 - at the same time the increase in the
cost of the fee card (To $10 0 00) becomes effective 0
Insurance on the building and contents and workmen 1 s compensation are due
for ~enewal. Robert Throop•s insurance schedule for a total of $2,149 0 00 was
approved for renew~l on Mr. Weingart 1 s motion to accept and Mrs. Griffin's second 0
All ayes. A copy of the complete insurance schedule is attaehedp
�Folding tables for the Lecture Room were discussed and prices presented ..
It was decided that Miss Radmacher should investigate other styles and lower priced
tables.
Mr. Green reported on the meeting in Mayor Greisdorf's office December 6th
to discuss at greater length the Mayor's idea of the Village making available
to the Library a large sum of money (possibly $100,000) for purchase of books
and personnel to process them. Included in this meeting were: Mr. Green;
Marvin Glink,. Village Attorney; Ben Marsh, Village Manager; William White,
Village Finance Director, MayorGreisdorf and Miss Radmacher. The legality
of the Library accepting such a sum; how the Library could reimburse the Village
for such indebtedness; whether or not book purchases could be made from the
library construction fund account; etc were discussed., No decisions were reachedo
:Miss Radmacher reported that the.~% .sales tax.which the Library has been
. paying since last July is now ruled QU.t. effective November 20th with this statement ·signed by Theodore Isaaca, Director of Revenue: " The Attorney General has··
given this Department a written o,pinion helding that :free· pu.blic libraries that
·are not operated by .commercial enterprises (whether sl!leh libraries are governmental units or not), are organized and operated 'exclusively for charitable
purposes~
Consequently sales of any kind to such free public libraries are exempt from the Retailer's Occupational tax and the Use tax"~;
· Since a ,statement for reprinting, page,· inserting in volumej resewing and
· rebinding volume in amount·· of Seventy Five dollars sent··NQvember 16,. 1961 to
Mro Philip Janis and.daughter Mayil)m Janis has been ignored., Mr"> Weingart
m.ov.ed . and Mrsior Gmffin sec.o.nded the. motion for Mr-o~ Green to prosecute the
.girls involved in ·tearing out the page from the reference/book. All ayes.,.
lilr 0 Weingart suggested special eommendation;;.;of Mr., Green's action in this
matter.
Miss Radmacher reported the interest expressed by Rand McNally to aid
in a special observe.nee of Nati.onal Library Week in Skokie April 8 - 14:,
1962. Mr. Green appointed a National Library Week Committee composed of
Mrs"> Griffin, Mr 0 Weingart, Rabb~ Weiner and himself.,
The need for closing off the reference area for better control of these
materials was discussed and the proposal submitted by Business Interiorsz Ine.,7. for counter and added shelving was presented~ The labor and materials for
the work in keeping with the character of the present layout would amount to
$3298,.00. The decision to go ahead with this was made on Mr<I Weinag;r·,·~t,tg
motion and Mrs11 Babb's second. All ayes 4
The meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m0
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Minutes, Wednesday, December 13, 1961
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Skokie Public Library. Board of Trustees
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Radmacher, Mary (Secretary)
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1961-12-13
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Public Libraries -- Illinois -- Skokie
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Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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1960s
library board meetings