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Board of Library Trustees
Minutes of Meeting -July 6, 2004
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Present: Vicki Yablonsky, Chair; Bill Anthony; Suzy Axelson; Karen Brown; Stve o ,
Karyn Storti; Kimberly Lynn, Director; Elizabeth Dickinson, Assistant Director.
Ms. Yablonsky called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Announcements
Ms. Lynn announced that she has accepted a part-time position at the Andover Public Library.
She will be working in the Reference Department, and also in the young adult area. Mr. Conner
announced that he has accepted a full-time position as a young adult librarian at the Beebe
Library in Wakefield. The Board offered congratulations to both.
Agenda: New Director Search
This meeting was called for the express purpose of discussing the search for a new director.
There were no other items listed on the agenda.
Ms. Lynn passed out a draft job posting which the Board then spent some time discussing. A
number of changes were made. These included:
• changing the word "administrative" to "supervisory" and increasing the number of years of
experience required in a supervisory position from 2 to 3.
• adding language specifying expertise in technology
• adding language which would be descriptive of the community (i.e. population, geographic
location) and the library (circulation statistics, size of collection, staff size and budget)
Ms. Lynn will revise the posting, incorporating these changes, and send to Carol Roberts,
Personnel Administrator.
Ms. Yablonsky then distributed an example of a "Charge" to the Screening Committee. The
Board felt that the essential elements of the charge should be:
• conduct a nationwide search
• develop a working timeline for the search process
• interview those candidates who appear to be most suitable; review candidates backgrounds
and references
• present 3-5 finalists to the entire Board for final selection
Karen Brown made a motion to adjourn that was seconded by several of the Trustees. The
meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m. The next meeting will be held on Monday, August 2, 2004.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth Dickinson
Assistant Director