Virginia Snopek - Trustee Chair Person
Dianne Barry
Carol Battersby
Linda Casey
Leah Condon
Nancy Evren
Gwen Morrissey
Bridget Roy
Renee Still

Trustee Meetings

Held in the lower level of the library.

The next meeting is set for Tuesday, June 5th. The group will be meeting promptly at 6:00 p.m.

PROPOSED LIBRARY

  • One story design with maximum accessibility
  • Central Reading Hall with clear views to all areas
  • Expanded book collection area, orderly, logical, clearly signed
  • Expanded Circulation Desk Area with sufficient room for patrons and staff
  • Expanded Children’s Library Area with Program Room
  • Young Adult Room
  • Reference Area with collection of both print and electronic reference sources with sufficient workspace
  • Group Study/Local
  • History/Genealogy Room
  • Periodical Reading Area with sufficient display areas and room for browsing
  •  Sufficient seating, computers, and work stations throughout
  • Multipurpose small Conference and quiet Study Room with seating for twelve
  • Audiovisual Area that can adjust to new technologies
  • Display Areas for new books
  • Self Checkout Bays
  • Small Area with comfortable seating for patrons to relax and access wireless internet with own devices
  • Display Cases for Community and Library postings
  • Multipurpose Meeting Room for 60 people, accessible after hours
  • Ample parking for patrons-40

PRESENT LIBRARY

  • No handicapped accessibility between floors
  • Crowded, with no clear views to all areas
  • 30,000 items crowded in space designed for 5000 items
  • Circulation Desk immediately adjacent to entrance;significant patron traffic flow issues
  • No separate Children’s Program Room
  • Young Adult section in hallway
  • Reference Area limited to a free standing bookcase, no usable table space; often unnoticed due to cramped quarters
  • Microfiche reader, most local history/genealogy in storage
  • One periodical rack with one chair adjacent to handicapped entrance door
  • Patron access computers share space with staff workspace
  • No Study/Conference Room;
  • Two tables serve for patron use ,programs, and meeting space
  • Cramped, separate Audiovisual Areas; no room for expansion
  • Very limited Display Area
  • No room for Self Checkout Bays
  •  No room for separate area with comfortable seating for patrons to access wireless internet with their own devices
  • Display Area limited to 1 small bulletin board and on Circ Desk
  • Children’s Room is closed whenever it is needed for Meeting Room
  • Limited parking – 12

Meeting Minutes and Documents

 

April 2011 Trustee Meeting Minutes

Posted on Jul 08 2011
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Granby Free Public Library Trustee Meeting
April 12, 2011

Present:  Leah Condon, Nancy Evren, Bridget Roy, Renee Still, Carol Battersby, Dianne Barry, Virginia Snopek and Director Jennifer Grant.
Absent:  Linda Casey and Gwen Morrissey

The minutes from the previous meeting were read.  Bridget made a motion, with a second by Nancy to accept the minutes as amended.

The Director’s Report:  

At the most recent Department Head’s meeting budgets were discussed.  The Finance Committee is reviewing all budgets.  

Town Meeting will be held for two nights; May 9th will deal with non-money related articles, and June 13th will be for articles dealing with money.  

The contract for the cleaning of town buildings is up for renewal in June.  

Library Snap Shot Day is coming up on April 13th.  It is an opportunity to share pictures of activities happening at our library with libraries all over the state.  Approximately 200 libraries all over the state will be participating.  

Update on Capital Fundraising Committee:

Pledges for the knit-a-thon are still coming in.  Virginia turned over $420.00 in ticket sales for the pancake breakfast.  The Trustees will participate at the event by selling tickets, answering questions and serving meals.  Raffle tickets will also be sold.  The Book & Bake sale will take place on the same day as the pancake breakfast.  Since the weather forecast calls for rain, a rain date of April 30th has been chosen.  Plans for a music fest on September 24th are in the works.  The plan is for the event to run from noon to dusk.  Tickets will be $10.00 per ticket.  The Select board has given permission to use the kitchen, gazebo and pavilion.  The fee has been waived.  The Granby Firefighters will cook hot dogs and hamburgers.  There will be popcorn and fried dough machines.  Wayne Gagnon will draw sketches in the crowd.  We are looking for someone to do face-painting.  People are needed to fill the jobs of Event Coordinator, someone to book the bands, and someone to seek sponsors.  As part of this event, another segment under consideration is our own version of the Gong Show.  

Virginia passed out a spread sheet outlining Naming Opportunities for different areas of the new library.  

Director Grant has recorded her public service announcement for Channel 15.

Virginia has an appointment to meet with the new Superintendent to discuss the new library and talk about plans for the school to make use of the building currently housing the library.  Mike Quesnel talked about bringing up the issue of support by the School Committee for the new library.  The P.T.O. will discuss making a donation to the building fund at their May meeting.  The Granby Booster Club already has made a donation.  

Carol made a motion to accept warrants in the amount of $614.25and $840.45, with a second by Leah.  All were in favor.  The meeting adjourned at 7:30

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 4th at 6:00.

Respectfully submitted by Dianne Barry, Secretary

Never Falter, Never Quit! 

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