HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Trustees 03/25/2017MANSFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY
Board of Trustees Meeting - March 25, 2017
Attendance: Nancy Breef-Pilz, Marianne Mackie, Dana Hourlgan; 'Leonard fps'"tein an
Director Catherine Coyne. Nancy convened the meeting at 8:05 a.m. 7 II 'p `, `§
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Secretary's report. Minutes of the March 4 meeting were reviewed ani -- - -' IIed
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Librarian's reports. The librarians' reports were reviewed and highlights discussed.
Mobile hot spots. Cases for the two devices are on order. The board approved limiting
checkouts to one week (nonrenewable) with no holds allowed. Overdue fines will be $5/day with a
replacement charge of $100 if lost. T -Mobile access will cost about $65/month (for both devices)
and the Friends of the Library will cover the first $500 in fees.
RFID security. September, June, November and December are the months with lowest
circulation and would be the easiest times to close the library for RFID tagging.
Town manager. The town manager will be leaving effective March 31. John Stanbrook,
C.F.O., will be interim town manager.
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Gifts. The library received several gifts. N cy Swallow's family asked that in lieu of
flowers donations be made to the library. Other gifts were made for nature programming from the
Natural Resources Trust of Mansfield.
Library Reads. Catherine's review of Lisa See's The Tea Girl of Huinmingbird Lane was
published in the March issue.
OLD BUSINESS
RFID checkout and securitysystem. The board had a conference call with Dan Jannazzo
to clarify several questions concerning Bibliotecha's RFID. system. After the conference call the
board discussed various options. Marianne moved to purchase a Bibliotecha Selfcheck 500 system,
without the mobile inventory module, costing $46,972.50. After further discussion the motion was
unanimously approved.
Nancy moved to decline Bibliotecha's tagging service and to utilize volunteers for the work.
The motion was unanimously approved. The board discussed possible timetables for the project
with early June as the most likely period.
Employee time records. The board reviewed the library's sign in/out forms and forms for
requesting time off. Catherine explained her hard copy calendars and Excel spreadsheet with all
employees recorded and printed a portion of the spreadsheet. Vacation carryovers (one week) and
sick leave accumulation (34 weeks) were discussed.
Personnel issues. Recent employee difficulties were reviewed.
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