8/31/2009 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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S $12,000. In addition, authorizing the new positions at October Town Meeting will allow the library to include the newly created positions in the FY 2011 budget process. The new library is four times as large as the old building. The staffing situation is similar to the circumstances the Fire Department encountered when trying to open the Fire Substation with existing staffing. Although we have one new facility (unlike the Fire Department's two buildings), the new library is a two story building requiring staffing on both floors and is not dissimilar to staffing two buildings. Now that the new library is under construction, voters can get a sense of the building's size. The current staff of 5.5 Full Time Equivalents can not adequately staff the larger facility and service the increased number of library users. We need a Deference Librarian to staff the new Deference Department on the second floor. This is a librarian with specialized training in information sources, who will assist patrons using the library databases and the adult collection. volunteers shelving returns will help monitor who is on the second floor and that the are' is being used properly. The volunteers will alert the reference Librarian to any problems and he/she will actually deal with the problem. The Teem Room is located adjacent to the Reference area. Students will creed assistance using the library's resources. The reference librarian will assist them as well as supervising the Young Adult Room to see that the teen users are being respectful of other patrons' need for quiet space. In addition, the reference Librarian will be assisting adult patrons in by to use the library's Internet stations and will troubleshoot minor hardware problems and will monitor the quiet study areas available for tutoring. The Children's Doom in the old library was a section of a single large open area and everyone used a central check out area. The new library includes a separate Children's Wing, with its own circulation desk. The room is closed off from the main library space for security reasons and noise control. Circulation staff at the main desk cannot help provide coverage for the Children's Circulation desk.. we need a minimum of two staff in the Children's Department to provide coverage in this room. The current staffing level l person) would leave the Children Librarian alone in a 5,000 square foot room. Her responsibilities include assisting children to find information, supervising proper use of the room, ordering collection materials, and conducting children's programs. In addition, she does outreach to the schools and hosts return visits from the students. We creed a Circulation Assistant to perforin circulation activities, checkout children's boobs, cover the phones and help the Children's Librarian monitor safe use of the room.