A regular meeting of the Board of Library Trustees was held on Monday, January 5, 1998 at 7:30 in the Administration Office, 449 Broadway, Cambridge.

The following members of the board of Library Trustees were present:

Mrs. Olive Johnson, Chairperson
Mr. John A.P. Good, Treasurer
Ms. Janet Axelrod
Mr. Andre Mayer
Mr. James Roosevelt
also present:
Susan M. Flannery, Director of Libraries
Marian Hampton, Assistant Director
Marilyn Gagalis, Administrative Assistant

A motion to accept the minutes, as amended by John Good, of the December 1997 meeting was passed unanimously.

Correspondence was acknowledged from the following: Bobbie D'Alessandro Keith Michael Fiels Erich Arnold Ms. Flannery reported on the renewal campaign for the Friends of the Cambridge Public Library. To date, approximately 50% of the members had renewed and a small amount of new Friends had enrolled. The Board of Directors and Officers of the Friends were pleased with this initial response. They will continue to pursue new and renewed memberships through February.

Ms. Flannery's Friends report also included a discussion concerning the selection of museum passes to be donated by the Friends. Suggestions from the Board members included the M.I.T. museums, the Peabody Museum and the Glass Flower exhibit located at the Peabody Museum. John Good volunteered to contact M.I.T. for the purpose of gathering information for the Friends.

Mrs. Johnson reported the death of retired library employee Ken Williams. She requested that an exhibit be displayed in the library memorializing his contributions to the library. Susan Flannery agreed to provide that exhibit.

Ms. Flannery provided the Trustees with a copy of the City Manager's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Guidelines. She also provided a detail of the required changes in the library's present budget in order to meet the new guidelines as well as 1999 supplemental budget requests.

The next meeting of the Board of Library Trustees will be on Monday, February 2, 1998 at 7:30 p.m. at a branch library. Ms. Flannery will inform the Board of the exact location prior to the meeting date.

There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m.

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Andre Mayer, Secretary