01/14/2015 Library Commission Regular Meeting Adopted 02/11/2015CITY OF GILROY
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR
LIBRARY COMMISSION MEETING
7:00 P.M.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Vice -Chair Smith (Carol) at 7:02 p.m.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
The Agenda forthis meeting was posted on January 8, 2015 at 3.30 p.m.
Library Commissioners Present: Patricia Cooper, Carol Smith, Hugh Smith and Joyce Taylor.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion made by Commissioner Cooper to approve the minutes of November 12, 2014.
Motion was seconded by Commissioner Taylor.
Motion passed 4-0.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion made by Commissioner Smith (Hugh) to approve the agenda of January 14, 2015.
Motion was seconded by Commissioner Taylor.
Motion passed 4-0.
INTRODUCTIONS
None.
PRESENTATIONS
None.
PUBLIC . PARTICIPATION
None.
OLD BUSINESS
A. Discussion of Library Commission Work Plan
This item was tabled until more information can be gathered.
NEW BUSINESS
A. Election of 2015 Chair and Vice -Chair
Commissioner Smith (Carol) nominated Commissioner Smith (Hugh) for 2015
Chair of the Library Commission. The motion was seconded by Commissioner
Taylor.
The motion passed 4-0.
Commissioner Smith (Hugh) nominated Commissioner Cooper for 2015 Vice -
Chair of the Library Commission. The motion was seconded by Commissioner
Taylor.
The motion passed 4-0.
zv i z) rnenas. commissions. t naowment and Foundation Forum —The annual event will be
held on February 7, 2015 from 9;OOam — Noon, with lunch. The keynote speaker will be Robert
Dawson, author of The Public Library: A Photographic Essay. Topics will include: What's
New at the Library, A Commissioners Roundtable, Operating a Used Book Store, Succession
Planning; Understanding the Library's Budget, Super Science Searches and Silicon Valley
Reads 2015.
Upcoming Special Author- Events Graeme Simsion to Visit Santa Clara County Libraries —
The New York Times best-selling author Fraeme Simsion spoke about and signed his book,
The Rosie Project, along with his forthcoming sequel, The Rosie Effect on Januay 13, 2015..
Two hundred and fifty people attended the event, which was held in the Orchard City Banquet
Hall at the Campbell Community Center located at 1 W. Campbell Avenue.
The Rosie Project, which is an international sensation, is narrated by an oddly charming and
socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest; to find out if he is capable of love.
When Don Tillman sets out to find the perfect partner, he knows she will not be a barmaid, a
smoker, or a late-arriver. Yet Rosie Jarmon is all these things. She is looking for her biological
father, a search that Don might be able to help her with. An unlikely relationship blooms,
forcing Don to confront the whirlwind that is Rosie — and the realization that love is not always
what looks good on paper.
Author Graeme Simsion is a former IT consultant and the author of two nonfiction books on
database design who decided, at the age of fifty, to turn his hand to fiction. His first novel, The
Rosie Project, .was published in 2013 and translation rights have been sold in over thirty-five
languages. Graeme lives in Australia with his wife Anne and their two children.
Silicon Valley Reads — Silicon Valley Reads 2015 will explore the immigrant experience in the
upcoming "community reads" program. Each year, the program promotes reading and literacy,
and engages the community in dialogue about themes in books relevant to Silicon Valley.
The 2015 theme "Homeland and Horne: The Immigrant Experience", will find common ground
among residents of the region. It offers a trio of books originating from three different
continents: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo; The Book of Unknown Americans by
Cristina Henriquez; and Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich (Beth) Minh Nguyen.
More than a third of Santa Clara County residents were ' born outside the U.S. Each came to
America with a different dream, but all strive to balance maintaining a connection to the culture
of their homeland, while adapting to the ways of their new home.
Companion books for young people that relate to the "Homeland and Home" theme have also
been selected: My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits (Ages 4-8); Dancing Home by Alma Flor
Ada and Gabriel M. Zubizarett (ages 8-12); and Something About America by Maria Testa (ages
12 and up).
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"Homeland & Home: The Immigrant Experience" will include more than 100 free events
throughout February and March, leading off with an event at the Heritage Theatre in Campbell
at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:45) on February 41h that will bring together all three authors.
City Librarian, Lani Yoshimura
Lani distributed a report and Calendar of Events to the Commissioners. See attached reports.
COMMISSION COMMENTS
None.
STAFF COMMENTS
One position on the Library Commission is vacant. The open recruitment has been extended
until January 20, 2015.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Discussion of Library Commission Work Plan will remain on the next agenda.
ADJOURNMENT
Vice -Chair Smith (Carol) adjourned the meeting at 7:35 p.m.
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the Gilroy Library Commission will be held on Wednesday,
February 11, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Gilroy Library Meeting Room, 350 W. 6th Street,
Gilroy, CA.
L - e Conrotto, Recording Secretary
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