1989-11-20 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 11/20/1989
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Nancy A. Bender, Edward E. Brindle, Diane J. Costa, Nell B. Olson,
Helga Sealco, and Nathan T. Shindler
Board members absent: Katherine L. Fanning, Frances J. McCarthy, and Susan M. Salt
Others present:
Recorder: Sheila Glowacki
Regular Meeting
Board of Trustees -- Beverly Public Library
November 20, 1989 7:30 PM
Present: Nancy Bender, Edward Brindle, Diane Costa, Nell Olson, Helga Senko, Toby Shindler.
Also present: Thomas Scully and Sheila Glowacki.
Nancy Bender presided.
Disposition of minutes of the previous meeting: Edward Brindle moved that the minutes of the
previous meeting be accepted. Motion passed.
Committee reports. Personnel: No report.
Administration: No report.
Finance: No report. Committee will meet in the next few weeks.
Long Range Planning: No report.
Report of the Librarian: 1) There will be a strategy session December 1 for all libraries that received
state construction grants. Hopefully a plan will be developed to encourage the governor to release
funds for construction. 2) Tom and Sheila met with Daniel Baker, a fund raising consultant who
described his experiences with fund raising for libraries. 3) There is a leak in the skylight in the Barnet
Room. 4) The Children's Room light fixtures are so old that we have been advised to disconnect them
as they blow out. 5) The FY91 budget for NOBLE was presented and discussed. Nell Olson moved
to accept the FY91 NOBLE budget as presented. Motion passed. 6) The Friends of the Farms are
having their annual Christmas party December 10 from 2 to 4. They are also donating money to start
a CD collection at the Farms. 7) Friends of the Library have provided funds to start a books on tape
collection at the main library. 8) The two Apple circulation computers that have been upgraded to
IBMs are now being used for public use. One computer is in the children's room and the other is at
the Farms. 9) We will be receiving our delivc~ van next week. It will be used for home bound
deliveries and transporting items back and forth from the Farms. We are preparing a proposal to
contract with NOBLE to deliver items to Gordon, Endicott and Montserrat Colleges. 10) Circulation
reports were distributed showing an increase in all departments.
Communications: A letter of appreciation was received from a resident of Beverly Commons
commending the Library on the Bookmobile service.
New Business: A discussion was held whether the Board wanted to meet with Daniel Baker. It was
decided to wait until m°ter the first of the year.
The meeting adjourned at 8:40.
The next meeting will be December 18,1989 at 7:30 PM.
Sheila Glowacki - Recorder