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OF f 4� <br />_ Town of Reading <br />Meeting Minutes <br />1�3�'1NCO4Q��P� <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Board of Library Trustees <br />Date: 2015 -05 -18 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: Reading Public Library Location: <br />Address: 80 General Way <br />Purpose: General Business Session: <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />r�ECEIVr. U <br />;OWN CLERK <br />DING, MASS. <br />z15 JUN I P b: 39 <br />Vicki Yablonsky, Chair; John Brzezenski, Vice Chair; Alice Collins, Secretary; <br />David Hutchinson <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Cherrie Dubois, Andrew Grimes <br />Others Present: <br />Susan Beauregard, Teen Services Librarian; Ruth Urell, Library Director; <br />Amy Lannon, Assistant Library Director <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Alice Collins <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Call to Order at 7:01 p.m. <br />I. Teen Services Report (Susan Beauregard) <br />Teen Librarian Susan Beauregard presented an overview of library services for teens <br />since the move to the temporary location at 80 General Way. Events included a Hunger <br />Games Challenge, the BoSwaMoCo (Book Swap Movie and Cocoa) event which was <br />quite popular and recently won an award for best logo from the Massachusetts Library <br />Association. This year the library has a total of 15 Netguides, specially trained high <br />school volunteers who work one -on -one with patrons on technology related issues. <br />This is the largest group ever and the size of the group allows for personalized tech <br />assistances every day of the week. The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) continues to have <br />a strong core of students, many of whom have been with the group for four years. TAG <br />highlights include a recent visit to Barnes and Noble where TAG members selected a <br />number of books for the Teen Collection. Finally, this year the annual Teen Tech Week <br />program included a workshop led by the RMHS Robotics Team. <br />Teen Librarians Susan Beauregard and Renee Smith attended a jobs program for teens <br />at Wilmington Public Library and hope to launch a similar program, most likely once the <br />library has moved back to 64 Middlesex Ave. <br />The annual summer reading program is getting underway and this year's theme is <br />"Unmasked." The librarians have several unique and exciting programs planned, <br />including an illusionist, a book craft event and an Instragram contest. The librarians are <br />collaborating with local business such as Zinga, Chipotle, Subway, Bertuccis and the <br />YMCA who will provide incentives throughout the summer. Also this summer, Teen <br />Page 1 1 <br />