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Trustees Of The Boston Public Library Meeting

There will be a Meeting of the Trustees as a Corporation and Administration Agency on September 28 at 3 p.m.

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Chairman’s Call to Order and Report Robert Gallery, Chair

    Welcome
    Allen Knight, Branch Librarian

    Review and Approval of Minutes for the Trustees Meetings held on May 16, 2017

  2. President’s Report David Leonard, President

    Proposal for Community Room Dedication at West Roxbury Branch

    Councilor Matthew O’Malley

    Friends of the West Roxbury Branch

    Dudley Design Update
    Eamon Shelton, Director of Operations and Alison Ford, Major Projects Manager

    Schedule of Major Topics          

    David Leonard, President                                                                                                     

  3. Trustees Finance and Audit Committee Evelyn Arana-Ortiz, Chair Trustees Finance and Audit Committee

    Review of Boston Public Library Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017:

    VOTED:         that,  the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston approve the Boston Public Library’s Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017.

    Approval of Vendors for Preservation Supplies:

    VOTED:         that,  the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston approve the use of Hollinger Metal Edge Company, Gaylord Archival and University Products, for the purchase of preservation and archival supplies.

    Report of “Gifts, Grants, Donations to the Boston Public Library, Fiscal Year 2017 

  4. Trustees Fellowes Athenaeum Trust Committee Evelyn Arana-Ortiz, Committee Chair

    Program Grant Selections

  5. Trustees Special Collections Committee Laura Irmscher, Chief of Collections

    Update on Special Collections Sound recording deaccession from May meeting.

    Update on Print Inventory

    Approval to Loan four (4) objects to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for period January 2018 to June 2018, for purposes of an exhibition devoted to the art of M.C. Escher.

    VOTED:     that, the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, pursuant to the terms of the Exhibition Loan Policy, approve the Loan of four (4) objects to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for purposes of an exhibition devoted to the art of M.C. Escher for period January 2018 to June 2018.

    Approval to Loan two (2) objects to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for period September 2018 to January 2019, for purposes of an exhibition devoted to the art of Kay Nielsen.

    VOTED:         that, the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, pursuant to the terms of the Exhibition Loan Policy, approve the Loan of two (2) objects to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for purposes of an exhibition devoted to the art of Kay Nielsen for period September 2018 to January 2019. 

  6. Strategies & Services for Patrons living with Homelessness, Substance Abuse and Prison Outreach

    Mayor’s Office of Recovery Services

    Jennifer Tracey, Director of Mayor’s Office of Recovery Services

    Citywide Agenda

    David Leonard, President

    Homelessness Approach

    Michael Colford, Director of Library Services                                                                              

    Eamon Shelton, Director of Operations

    Youth Services Outreach

    Jess Snow, Teen Services Team Leader

    Prison Outreach

    Anna Fahey-Flynn, Collaborative Services Manager 

  7. New Business

    Discussion on going paperless for Trustees meetings

  8. Public Comment
  9. Adjournment

    Robert Gallery, Chair

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