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2004-12-15 City of Beverly, Massachusetts Public Meeting Minutes Board: Library Trustees Subcommittee: Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:00P.M. Place: Beverly Depot Restaurant Board members present: Todd Balf, Lindsay Diehl, Kathleen McMahon, Neil Olson, Kevin O’Reilly, Joanne Panunzio, Helga Senko, and John Young Board members absent: Others present: Thomas Scully, Anna Langstaff, Rose Olson, Bill Panunzio, Greg Senko Recorder: Anna Langstaff John Young presided. Lindsay Diehl made the motion, seconded by Kathleen McMahon, to accept the minutes of November 30, 2004 as read. Motion passed. Public Presentation None Committee Reports Personnel: No report. Administration: No report. Finance: No report. Long Range Planning: No report. Report of the Library Director 1) Budget: Tom Scully met with Mayor Scanlon to discuss the library’s proposal to fully fund FY2005 budget. The Mayor cannot make a commitment at this time. Tom Scully reported that staffing will be a problem with the resignation of Dean Baumeister and the anticipated maternity leave of Jocelyn Tavares. 2) Decertification: The Beverly Public Library will be officially decertified on January 6, 2005. Communications None Unfinished Business 1) Policy on Serving Decertified Libraries: There was a discussion on serving residents of communities not certified as meeting minimum standards. Neil Olson made the motion, seconded by Lindsay Diehl, to: withdraw the proposed Policy on Serving Residents of Communities not Certified as Meeting Minimum Standards of Service as presented at the November 30, 2004 meeting. Motion passed. John Young presented a draft Policy on Lending to Residents of Municipalities with Closed or Decertified Libraries. Neil Olson made the motion, seconded by Lindsay Diehl, to: adopt the proposed Policy on Lending to Residents of Municipalities with Closed or Decertified Libraries, as amended. Motion passed. (policy on file with these minutes) New Business None The next regular meeting of the Board will be Tuesday, January 25, 2004 at 7:00 P.M. at the Main Library. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:45 P.M. Policy on Lending to Residents of Municipalities with Closed or Decertified Libraries. The Beverly Public Library will deny borrowing privileges, including interlibrary loan, to residents of communities with closed or decertified libraries. Service to library patrons is greatly enhanced by cooperative efforts of libraries willing to share resources. This idea relies on every library making a contribution to the collective effort. If a library fails to maintain minimum standards for collection development, hours of operation, or staffing—as defined and governed by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners—that library puts excessive reliance on other libraries. As a participant in the certification and state aid program, the Beverly Public Library shares its resources with the Massachusetts public libraries and residents of the state whose libraries have been certified by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. To encourage all communities in our state to fairly fund their libraries and fully participate in the cooperative effort, the Beverly Public Library Trustees voted to decline borrowing privileges and library services to decertified libraries and the citizens of those communities. The Beverly Public Library will continue to welcome all residents of Massachusetts to its reading and reference rooms regardless of the certification of their hometown libraries. December 14, 2004