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Minutes of the Board of Library Trustees Meeting TOWN CLERK
Monday, June 18, 2012
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David Hutchinson, Chair; Richard Curtis, Vice Chair, Alice Collins, Cherrie Dubois, Andrew Grimes, Vicki
Yablonsky, Dorota Socha, Library Asst. Director.
Meeting called to order: 7:10 pm
May 21 Minute approved unanimously. R. Curtis /A. Collins
Financial Report
Trustees are wondering if the $2,000 for staff salaries to cover the overspending of FY 2012 was
approved.
Trustee Liaisons' Reports:
Foundation (Dick Curtis)
Dick wasn't present at the meeting therefore, he has nothing to report at this time
Friends ( Cherrie Dubois)
Summer Sizzlers about 90 people showed up for the event. It included very short Friends
meeting, election of officers, and a farewell to Susan Axelson. It was a very successful evening.
To make the Friends more visible last week and this week, Friends set up a membership table on
the first floor. As a result 5 new Friends were recruited so far.
Assistant Director's Report:
Evergreen — Its implementation was on May 29, 2012. Evergreen is the online catalog that
replaced Millennium, our older electronic catalog. Current system is not a solution for
everything that the old system couldn't do but Evergreen has potential and could accommodate
future changes. Evergreen is an open source Integrated Library System which means that if
additional funding is provided, customization can be made with the developers. In the old
system, Millennium, the only option for updates was when a new version came. There was no
customization flexibility. Staff is still in the learning process. Users of Evergreen found it more
difficult to use than the previous system. Current system has more flexibility in terms of users'
control. Users can: change passwords, usernames, update email addresses, opt for different
types of notification, create lists and email records as well.
Ebooks circulation —there a more than 100% increase in ebook circulation. This is due to several
factors, one is that there is a much larger selection of titles, two is that there are more different
formats offered this year than a year ago at the same time, thirdly, we have seen that a lot of
people received eReader devices during the holiday season. There was a significant increase of
users who brought their digital device to the library to learn how to download eBooks. In the
spring our reference librarians provided several drop -in sessions for iPad, Nook, and Kindle for
the public.
Summer Reading Program — as of this morning there were over 400 kids that signed up for the
Children's Summer Reading Program — Castle Quest - -which started on Friday, June 15, 2012.
Shaking Up Shakespeare, 2012 Teen Summer Reading (June 18 — August 11) will offer learning
about sword and arms training from the medieval and renaissance ages as well as a workshop
for any budding actor /actress who would like to take their talent to the next level.
Despot Housewives a medieval- themed summer for the Adult readers will run through June 25
— August 17.
New Reference Librarian: Andrea Fiorillo —will be starting on June 22, 2012. Andrea's
responsibilities will be: Information Desk, managing our large print collection, deliveries to the
homebound, and the LiveWires programming series. Andrea is currently the Adult Service
Librarian in Medfield. She recently directed the "Medfield Reads" program series and has
experience in reference, reader's advisory, collection development, outreach and grant- writing.
There will be a "meet Andrea" event in the staff lounge on Monday June 25 at 2:00 p.m.
Retirement Reception for Nancy Aberman - Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Nancy worked and provided an excellent service at the Reading Public Library for 28 years.
Election of Officers
The following officers were approved unanimously:
Chairperson: David Hutchinson
Vice- Chairperson: Richard Curtis
Secretary: Alice Collins
Trustees
Questions about Evergreen (please see Director's Report section).
Nancy Aberman was invited to the meeting. Trustees acknowledge Nancy's exceptional service
to the community and their gratitude to her.
Trustee Items:
Next meeting: Monday July 16
(On July 16 Trustees will decide if Trustees should meet on August 20)
Adjourn
The motion to adjourn was made 8:20 p.m. (Andrew Grimes /V. Yablonsky)
RJespectfully submitted by-
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