2013-10-22NO
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 6:30 P.M.
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Margaret Altman, Mary Behrle, Marshall Handly, Anthony Kline,
Joanne Panunzio, and Myron Schirer -Suter
Board members absent: Georgia Bills, Neil Olson, Kevin O'Reilly
Others present: Patricia Cirone, Anna Langstaff
Recorder: Anna Langstaff
Joanne Panunzio presided.
Marshall Handly made the motion, seconded by Margaret Altman, to accept the minutes of the
regular meeting of September 17, 2013 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) State Aid: Patricia Cirone reviewed the state aid financial report. 2) FY2014 Budget: Patricia
Cirone reviewed the FY2014 budget. 3) Building: RFPs will go out soon, with repairs to begin in
March. "Newer" skylights will be part of this project. There will be discussions on how to
safeguard public internet computers. 4) Personnel: Katie Nelson has been hired as the new full
time assistant in the circulation department. Interviews for the Head of Reference position will
begin next week. 5) Security: Warren Graham came to the library on October 8 to do some
individual security consulting. He did a walk - through of the Main Library and Farms Branch and
came up with a list of suggestions. 6) Meeting Room Bookings: There has been a problem with a
group which, due to a number of incidents, have been denied further room bookings. 7) NOBLE:
NOBLE added two new databases, Novelist Plus and EBSCO A -Z. Further improvements to
Evergreen have been implemented, with more to come. A decision has been made on a mobile
version of the catalog but with no release date. 8) Programs: Summer reading art reception; book
sale; Tech Tuesdays; Pajamas in My Dreams; Anime program, Teen Advisory Board; Dara's
music program; Beverly High School Band in the Winter Street plaza.
Communications
None
Unfinished Business
1) Unattended Child Policy: Trustees reviewed the draft of the unattended child policy.
Patricia Cirone will re -work the policy and present it at the next meeting.
New Business
None
The next meeting of the board will be Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 6:30 P.M. at the Main
Library.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:15 P.M.