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Oar OP$p� -i <br />tv . <br />o � � <br />sJ9 lM_CORPOPP <br />Town of Reading <br />Meeting Minutes <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Board of Library Trustees <br />Date: 2014 -04 -16 <br />Building: Reading Public Library <br />Address: 64 Middlesex Avenue <br />Purpose: General Business <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Time: 7:00 PM <br />1 (C L�,E�I R K <br />LUA MAY 21 A 10: 54 <br />Location: Conference Room <br />Session: General Session <br />David Hutchinson, Acting Chair; Alice Collins, Secretary; John Brzezenski, <br />Cherrie Dubois, Vicki Yablonsky <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Andrew Grimes <br />Others Present: <br />Ruth Urell, Director, Amy Lannon, Assisant Director <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Amy Lannon <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />I. Call to order 7:08 P.M. <br />David Hutchinson called to order the regular meeting of Board of Library Trustees in the <br />Reading Public Library Conference Room. <br />II. Approval of minutes from last meeting <br />Motion: To approve minutes from March 3, 2014, March 10, 2014, and March 18, 2014 as <br />presented ( Cherrie Dubois / Vicki Yablonsky) Vote: Unanimous <br />III. Director's Report <br />a) Financial update: FY 2014 budget looks on target. Ms. Urell gave a brief <br />spending report on Big Read Grant, LSTA Customer Service Grant, as well as <br />update on revolving funds, gifts and state aid monies. <br />b) Big Read Update: Ms. Urell reported that the kick -off event on March 28 was a <br />great success with well over 200 people in attendance. She thanked the Trustees <br />for their continued support with this grant and invited them to the finale author <br />panel on Friday May 9, 2014 featuring Mitali Perkins and two other authors who <br />will discuss their new book, "Riffs on Life Between Cultures in 10 Voices." <br />c) Ms. Urell reported that Librarian Ashley Waring attended a day long workshop for <br />the Digital Commonwealth project. The workshop is part of the Reading Public <br />Library's commitment to collecting and preserving Reading history. <br />d) Conference Reports: Amy Lannon submitted Public Libraries Association (PLA) <br />report for trustee review. Also, eight staff members will be attending <br />Massachusetts Libraries Association (MLA) conference in early May, 2014. <br />Page 1 1 <br />