HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Trustees Minutes 2/2/2002MANSFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING- FEBRUARY 2,2001,
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Attendance: Nancy Breef -Pilz; Chris Cormier Hayes; Leonard Epstejn `1o5eph;�lyrtp, i y
John Walgreen. The Director, Janet Campbell, was also present.
Joe convened the meeting at 8:15 a.m. in the Certuse Room of the Mansfield Public
Library.
Secretary's report. The minutes of the January meeting were not yet available.
Treasurer's report. Chris presented the treasurer's report which was approved.
Correspondence. Recent correspondence was reviewed.
Librarian's report. Janet highlighted her monthly report and various issues were
discussed.
Library usage. Janet reported on several unusual issues relating to use of the library
including an apparent theft of materials which triggered the alarm and resulted in pursuit
(unsuccessful) by a staff member. There was also a recent problem with a group of unruly high .
school girls using the internet who threatened other young. The police were summoned and the
problem was not repeated. The board discussed increasing from 15 to 18 the minimum age for
internet use without a parent's written permission. Kitty has reported daily library use by a group
of children about I 1 years old who appear to have been told to stay at the library by parents who
are presumably working.
PC support from SAILS For $400 +$50 per PC, SAILS will support all of the library's
SAILS PCs. Support will include on site maintenance, replacement computers during repairs,
hardware upgrades, software maintenance and upgrades, as well as security systems on each
computer. The library owns 14 such machines so the cost would total $1,100. The board
approved implementation of the service commencing in July. (The service does not include
internet computers.]
Chapter- a- day(on -line book club 1 Janet reported correspondence indicating enthusiastic
support for the new service.
DVD's. The library has started purchasing DVDs. Janet has withheld about half the
collection because they are R rated. The board approved shelving, noting that the adult oriented
material in the library is similarly accessible and may be borrowed by any card holder without
restriction.
Phone lines. The Town will be installing new phone lines and the library must provide
space for equipment in a secure area. The only apparently acceptable space is the electrical
room/storage closet, and the equipment would take up half the room. Since loss of that space.
would cause problems, the board asked Janet to investigate the possibility of using the attic as an
alternative.
OLD BUSINESS
ADA workstations. Joe reported that he has the chassis for the workstations and
anticipates they will be complete and operational by April 1.
Wheelchair accessibility. Janet reported that $7,000 remains in the building account and
recommended that at some point the board consider using those funds for a new automatic access
door.
Budget 2003. Janet's first budget meeting with the Town Manager is scheduled for
Monday, February 4.
Grants. At a recent grant workshop Janet learned that, pursuant to the Childrens' Internet
Protection Act, the federal government will not pay for any material that has any connection with
internet accessibility unless all internet computers in a library are filtered. Since our adult
computers are not filtered, we will be unable to use any federal grant funds for ancillary materials
to use with the ADA workstations as we had previously intended. Accordingly, Janet
recommended using our own funds to make the ADA workstations wheelchair accessible.
NEW BUSINESS
Next meeting. March 9, 2002.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.