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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Trustees 02/08/1988LgU\Y/ US I MAR - 718 t 0 KV Board of Library Trustees Mansfield Public Library Minutes of February 8, 1988 At 6:30 pm the Mansfield Building Committee held its meeting in the Trustees' Room of the Library giving us the opportunity to review the blue prints of the new Library/COA Building, and to ask questions. The Trustees' meeting was called to order at 7x40 pm by chairman, Colin Cauldwell.. He read the minutes from the meeting of January 9, 1988, and they were approved as read. Marie Willis gave the Treasurer's Report. Dinah Amsden asked for a check of $26.75 for New England Mobile Book. Fair, for memorial books. A list of gift --book titles was distributed. Ac- knowledgments will be sent by the corresponding secretary. Dinah Amsden reported that ABLe was running smoothly, so far. Books are still being checked -out on bath systems. The MARC records for periodicals must be looked at before they can be put on line and circulated by computer. Since the Building Committee had met previous t our meeting,, Colin Cauldwell offered to answer questions about the building. Concern was expressed for the maintenance of the landscape. P=erhaps local professionals would volunteer their services. The stones presently located outside the Memorial Library will be transferred to the inside of the new building with an ex--. planation of their significance. Alex Salachi reported that the Fund Raising Committee for the new Library/COA Building has received $136,000 in pledges. A suggestion was Tilade to contact farmer Library Trustees to ask for donations. This could be done by correspondence from the present Trustees. Questions were raised about money which was donated for the new library previous to the establishment of the Fund Raising Committee. It was decided that the money would remain in the Trustees' Account for now, and eventually given to the Committee. The Personnel Committee will be meeting on Monday, February 29, at 7pm at the library. Dinah Amsden reported on the Finance Committee hearing which was held on February 4, to review the 1989 Budget. a part-time reference position had been requested in this budget; however' it had not been listed as a new town position in a recent story in the Sun _C_hr_o_nicl_e. ^^Ihe two higta school pages will be leaving their jobs here at the library. The vacant positions will be posted in the High School in hopes of new applicants. The new completer is now loaded with a word-processing software package, Wordstar 2000. The library ran out of oil in January. The charge from the maintenance call will be subtracted from the next oil charge. the nest Board of Trustees' meeting will be held on Satur-- d<ay, March F, at 9 am. 1 Respectfully submitted, Nancy Breef-Pilz> '''- � , « eytendance Colin Cauldwell Marie Willis Alex Salachi Nancy Breef~Pilz Dinah Amsden 2