HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-04-12 Board of Library Trustees MinutesMinutes of the Board of Library Trustees Meeting
Monday, April 12, 2010
Attending: David Hutchinson, Chair; Vicki Yablonsky; Cherrie Dubois: Karym Storfi; Didh1
Curtis; Jeff Doucette; Dorota Socha, Assistant Director; Michelle Filleul, Head of Circulation
Department
Meeting called to order 7:01 pm
Minutes approved unanimously (Storti/Doucette) -
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Regional Reorganization (Michelle Filleul)
• Six Regional offices are going to be reorganized into one office named: Massachusetts
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• Temporarily the MLS will have two office locations: Waltham, Metrowest area; Whsaaly,
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Western area. Eventually the plan is to relocate only one office along the Mass Turnpi e
• Interlibrary Loan delivery system contract is budgeted and in place through FYl 1.
Current level of service will continue until that time
• NOBLE ILL Center is closed effective 5/2010. In state ILL and nation wide OCLC
retrieval services will be offered through ILL Centers in Wellesley and Quincy
• Databases: Funding permits Regional offices to renew database licenses for current
member libraries through FYI 1. Effective FY12 statewide contracts for databases will be
reduced from current numbers
Financial Report
• Discussion of budget form and Technology Fund encumbrances
Statistical Report (D. Socha)
• Graphs of circulation statistics were reviewed: print and nonprint materials FY1998-2010
Foundation (R. Curtis)
• Foundation meeting was cancelled; no report
Friends (C. Dubois)
• Travel photo contest display received more entries and was larger than anticipated
• House tour planning progressing; additional hosts needed
Municipal Building Committee Report (V. Yablonsky)
• Accepting input at this time
• Meetings are scheduled for every other Thursday except during Town Meeting; members
of committee are representatives of elected boards
• Joe Huggins and Mary DeLai presentation re: work orders, prioritizing, capital plan
• Future meeting presenters: Town Manager; DPW; Cemetery; Police Department; Fire
Department; Library
Director's Report (D. Socha)
• "How are we doing?" forms distributed to Trustees
• ALTAFF Benefits newsletter distributed to Trustees
• Children's Room shelving installation in progress; review of payments
• Request Domta to continue to build a folder of photographs of the condition of the
building
• Update of staff member's recovery from a back injury
Building Project (D. Hutchinson)
• Trustees will ask to make a brief committee report at the beginning of Town Meeting
• Question re: progress to hire a planner
Trustee Items
• Ben Nichols' estate bequeathed $2000 unrestricted
• Ethics training online; all Trustees must complete; Dick and Jeff still need to take it
Adjourn
The motion to adjourn was made 8:15pm (Storti/Yablonsky)
Next meeting: Monday, May 17th, 2010, Conference Room, Reading Public Library
Respectfdl�y� submitted,
AllisS oa DaSilv�a��
Recording Secretary
Senior Library Associate