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Meeting of the Trustees Special Collections Committee

The Boston Public Library meeting of the Trustees Special Collections Committee will be held on May 11 at 8:30 a.m.

This meeting is open to the public and will be recorded.

Watch the Zoom meeting

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Agenda
    • Committee Chair Report

    Ben Bradlee Jr, Committee Chair

    • Welcome Statement
    • Roll Call of Committee members
    • Approval of Meeting Minutes from November 29, 2022
    • Review of Engagement with Special Collections Statistics since Reopening

    Beth Prindle, Head of Special Collections

    • Discussion of Reparative Language in Collection Description  

    Beth Prindle, Head of Special Collections

    •  
    • Common Practices
    • BPL Harmful Language Statement
    • New Business
    • Public Comment                                                                                                                                                                
    • Please sign up for public comment the first 30 minutes of the meeting to support effective time management.  On occasion, additional public comments on matters formally on the agenda may be allowed at the discretion of the Chair, and time permitting.  Comments may alternatively be submitted in writing to the Clerk of the Board for distribution to the Trustees up to 24 hours in advance.”
    • Adjournment

    Ben Bradlee Jr, Committee Chair

    • Special Collections Committee

    Ben Bradlee Jr, Chair, K. Matthew Dames, Vice Chair,

    Jabari Asim, Joe Berman, Charles Cooney, Elliot B. Davis, Juan Enriquez,

    Jeff Hawkins, Lillie Johnson, David Leonard, and Beth Prindle

    Pamela Carver, Clerk of the Board

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