i'm carol simmons, san francisco resident and former library director in the bay area. and i would like to speak in support of the library's budget request and in particular in support of the implementation of rfid technology. having read the article in the paper last week, i think there's an unfounded fear of privacy violations. and so i wanted to speak to a little bit of our experience down on the peninsula in implementing rfid beginning in 2009. so i have touched base with my colleagues down there to see if there has been any concerns or any reports of privacy violations and there have not. and as acting city librarian michael lambert said, it's because of the way that libraries implement rfid technology. they only use -- there are many types of rfid chips and labels and they're used in many industries, including retail and shipping. but the tags that are used by libraries are for inventory control only and they're used in order to increase efficiency of operations. they've only two elements on them. the bar code is through a reader and interfaces with the system. wh

my name is carol simmons and i'm a san francisco resident and a former library director in the bay area. i'm speaking to congratulate the friends and the library on their wonderful partnership. i have to tell you that as a former director in daly city that the san francisco friends and foundation has been a model for us in how to create a successful partnership between the library and the city. and so when we were forming our foundation in daly city, we turned to san francisco friends and foundation for advice and for mentorship. and they were extremely gracious in giving both to us and have helped us as we've come along and really raised some money for the daly city library. so i did want to congratulations the friends and family for this wonderful donation to the library and celebrate the partnership. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good morning. i'm maria sapella, executive director for friends foundation of the library. we're happy to be here. we've been a backbone and partner that allows the community to support its library. we do more than this gifrt -- gift to the l