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Board of Library Trustees <br />Minutes of Meetings August 6,1998 <br />Present: Mrs. Maria Silvaggi, Chair; Mr. Stephen Conner; Ms. Cherrie Dubois, <br />Ms. Donna InDelicato, Mr. Richard Ogden, Dr. Christine Redford. <br />Absent: No one <br />The Board of Trustees meetings was called to order at 7:02 p.m. <br />The minutes of the June meeting were approved. <br />Regarding the finance report, Mrs. Silvaggi asked some questions about <br />various aspects of the budget. The report was accepted after Mr. Conner's <br />motion was seconded. <br />While discussing the statistical report, we were informed that paperback <br />circulation is up and that Hot Off the Press is working well. One complaint <br />registered by a patron is that there is not enough esoteric material in the <br />library and that some classics are not part of the collection; Seven Years Before <br />the Mast, fore example, was unavailable. We were also advised about the <br />possibilities, indeed, realities, of nationwide interlibrary loan (ILL). <br />Mrs. Silvaggi reported that she would not be in town for the Budget Council <br />meeting of September 10. <br />Power to the people, but not necessarily power to the library: the building <br />seems to be experiencing some power problems; an amp monitor has been <br />put on the fuses to see if the cause can be found. We hope for a solution, <br />perhaps via Peter, if the problems persist. The building needs to be upgraded <br />to 600 amps (from 400), with an eventual increase to 1200; this work would be <br />done on a Sunday. To help work around the problem, some electrical <br />equipment has been turned off so we won't have a power failure again. Ms. <br />Hanley thinks the HVAC installation may be the culprit, as electrical failures <br />never happened prior to that. <br />Ms. Hanley reminded us that the library will be closed September 10 for Staff <br />Development Day at the Textile Museum in Lowell; the library will reopen <br />for patrons at 6 p.m. On September 21, the staff will host a little fete for the <br />trustees. <br />Karen and Peter Brown are the new presidents of the Friends. <br />New liaison assignments were made this evenings: <br />Friends Dr. Redford <br />Staff Mr. Conner and Ms. Dubois <br />