1975-06-19 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 06/19/1975
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Louisa V. Conrad, Lester C. Ayers, Richard J. Bronstein, Michael Larivee,
Mieth Maeser, Sheila M. McGarr, Frances M. Moran, and Beatrice R. Vitale
Board members absent: Diane M Isenberg
Others present:
Recorder: Mark A. Nesse
Beverly Public Library
Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
June 19, 1975, 7:30 P.M.
Present: Mrs. Conrad, presiding; Mr. Ayers, Mr. Bronstein, Mr. Larivee, Mr. Maeser, Miss McGarr,
Miss Moran and Mrs. Vitale
Minutes of the last meeting were read & approved.
Committee Reports were called for:
Finance Committee - financial statement studied
Circulation Committee - circulation charts studied
Farms Committee - no report
Bookmobile committee - no report
Personnel Committee - to write a letter to the Mayor requesting an ordinance change for
reclassification of the Librarian.
Librarian's Report:
Highlights of departmental reports were noted:
Circulation - new art prints purchased.
Reference
Farms - weeding of book collection is continuing.
Youth Room
Children's Department - toys well received as was the railroad reading club
Audio/Visual - two new films (W.C. Fields & Charlie Chaplin) were purchased, as
was a new slide projector.
Old Business:
- Status of Ad-Hoc By-Laws Committee was briefly noted
- Use of CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) employees was reported by
Librarian:
1. Relabeling project
2. Graphics work for "Beverly in 1900"
3. Mending and reorganization of periodicals
4. General "filling-in" during vacation periods.
New Business:
- Summer programs in the library to include a circus reading club and drama group in the
children's room.
- Letter from Beverly Hospital was read thanking the library for the puppet show.
- Trust fund report was put on file.
- Report on the status of program "Beverly in 1900" to be done in co-operation with NSCC
in the fall.
- Letter to be sent to Mayor Viiale after 7/1/75 regarding our need for a microfilm
reader/printer. Librarian asked trustees to lobby for this item with their aldermen.
Adjournment: 8:55 P.M.
Mark A. Nesse
Clerk