1995-05-15 Board of Library Trustees Minutes

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Board of Library Trustees Minutes of Meeting - May 15, 1995 Conference Room - Reading Public Library - 6:00 p.m. Present: Mrs. Elia Marnik, Mr. William Diamond, Mr. Robert Fields, Dr. Christine Redford, Mrs. Maria Silvaggi. Also present: Mrs. Rachel Baumgartner, Mr. Stephen Baumgartner. Absent: Ms. Cherrie Dubois. Mrs. Marnik called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Minutes: Mr. Diamond asked that the minutes of April 24 be amended to include the announcement of the donation of a microwave oven by Gray's. Mr. Fields moved to accept the minutes as amended. The motion passed. Financial report: There are two more bill rolls remaining in the fiscal year. The budget is on track. Statistical report: ILL statistics are not available yet for April. Corrected statistics will be issued when they are complete. Chair's report: Town Meeting went very well for the Library. Bill McLaughlin has been recommended for the Celebration Committee. The Chair and the Director will be doing some serious thinking about trust funds over the summer. Mrs. Marnik encouraged trustees to attend the Friends' annual meeting. The house tour was a fantastic success, the nicest to date. Director's report: Ms. Hanley attended the Massachusetts Library Association conference, and reported that programs on Friends issues are getting better and more political. Reading received two PR awards: first place in Coordinated Campaign for the tenth anniversary celebration, and a second place award for the Wee Care brochure. Some rugs were cleaned on Friday, in the lobby, the meeting room and the picture book room. The lobby needs more work. This Saturday will see the Friends' book sale, the Garden club's sale, and 'the Friends' concert. Summer reading club themes are rainforest/environmental for the. Children's Room (with the idea .a tree planting on library property) and "Mall Madness" for young adults. The Library Services and Construction Act, thirty years old, is gone now as far as we know, ;which is devastating news for library service in Reading, the state, and the country. It supports grants and staff at the Board of Library Commissioners. Ms. Hanley is expecting to hear from ALA on what we can do to get it back. Unfinished business: 1) Ms. Hanley distributed policies on fax use and Internet use, amended as suggested at the last meeting. The fee policy is not done yet, it is still being discussed by division heads and may be sent out before the June meeting. The Director would like to have a public hearing in June. There was discussion about staff use of fax and relevance of profit-making charges. Personal use of the fax machine is treated the same as use of telephones. The Board authorized the Director to advertise a public hearing next month.