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
May 2011 Trustee Meeting Minutes |
| Posted on Jul 08 2011 |
Granby Free Public Library
Trustee Meeting
May 4, 2011
The meeting was called to order at 6:10.
Present: Renee Still, Gwen Morrissey, Linda Casey, Nancy Evren, Virginia Snopek, Leah Condon, Dianne Barry and Director Jennifer Grant.
Absent: Bridget Roy and Carol Battersby.
The minutes from the previous meeting were read. Gwen made a motion with a second by Leah to accept the minutes with corrections.
Update on Capital Fundraising Committee: The Lion’s Club pancake breakfast was a success. The Lions are making a $1,000.00 donation to the Library Building Committee. In upcoming fundraisers, the Garden Tour will take place on June 26th. Tickets will be $12.00, with advance tickets costing $10.00, and senior tickets costing $6.00. Tickets will be available at the library and at the homes on the tour.
Re raffles: The March sweater raffle made $126.00. The stuffed bunny raffle made $25.00. Tickets for the beach house raffle are still being sold. The Knit-a-thon is still going on. The cast-off part will be on June 2nd. $193.00 was collected from the donation jar in the library. The time-line of the fundraisers was then discussed.
Importance of the upcoming Town Meeting: The article asking the town to accept the design of the proposed new library will be put on the agenda during the first Town Meeting. Virginia will be there to present the article. The Trustees are encouraged to be at the meeting to show support. A suggestion was made to ask Johnson Roberts (the architect) to come up with a design for a hand-out for the meeting.
Virginia had a meeting with the new Superintendent, Isabelina Rodriguez. She is supportive of the idea of a new library. She gave the OK for the Trustees to put fundraising jars in the schools. Ms Rodriguez asked for a formal letter from the Trustees to school committee asking for the committee’s vote of support for construction of the new library and asking for permission to put donation jars in the schools.
The Fire Department has donated a Kindle to the library for the benefit of the Library Building fund. . Discussion followed about the possibility of purchasing some Kindles and Nooks for lending in the future. E-books can be downloaded from the C.W. Mars digital catalogue. Jennifer is gathering information about this. C.W. Mars has offered to train the staff, patrons, and volunteers. A motion was made by Linda Casey with a second by Gwen Morrissey: The Director will be authorized to pursue information about e-readers for patron use. The motion passed unanimously.
The Friends will sponsor a plant sale on May 7th from 9:00-1:00.
Gwen has launched a donation jar project. A list of prospective sites to leave the jars was discussed. All proceeds will benefit the library building project.
Directors Report: Director Grant reported about the Overdrive collection, a digital catalogue. She has been getting e-mails about libraries contributing funds to this collection. The cost is between $4.00 and $30.00 each. A motion was made by Leah with a second by Gwen: Director Grant is authorized to spend $200.00 to add to the overdrive collection (digital catalogue). The motion passed unanimously.
After this is in place, there will be a campaign to advertise and support this. Information will be put on our website.
A motion to accept warrants in the amount of $745.43 and $678.12 was made by Nancy with a second by Gwen. The motion passed unanimously.
The next meeting will be on June 1st at 6:00.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Leah with a second by Renee at 7:40.
Respectfully submitted by Dianne Barry, Secretary
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