3pm Tuesday 13 November 2007. Presidential Report. Boston Public Library Trustees Meeting. Adams Street Branch Library 690 Adams

By thezak - 11/10/07 - 2:28 am

http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ifforum/2007-11/msg00...

. Statement of Board Chairman Jeffrey B. Rudman regarding Library
President Bernard A. Margolis ten years with the Boston Public
Library

. Required formal notice regarding employment contract of Bernard
A. Margolis

VOTED: that in accordance with the terms of the employment contract
by and between The Board of Trustees of the Public Library of the
City of Boston and Bernard A. Margolis, the contract is not
extended beyond the existing Employment Period ending on June 30,
2008.

wrested out of context are recycled versions of Margolis's unwillingness to install Internet filters

By thezak - 11/8/07 - 9:38 am

"Also wrested out of context are recycled versions of Margolis's unwillingness to install Internet filters -- except for children -- on library computers. Free speech may be uncomfortable at times, but it should never be so in a library.

Government Documents Department at our Boston Public Library on our Board of Elections.

By thezak - 11/7/07 - 11:22 am

According to Chapter 2 section 2-3.1 of the City of Boston Code, the Elections Department is under the charge of the Board of Commissioners, who are appointed to 4 year terms by the Mayor. The powers and duties of the Commissioners are spelled out in Chapter 51, Section 16A of the Massachusetts General Laws [url]http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/51-16a.htm[/url]

Community Wi-Fi Forum: Notes and Photos

By sooz - 5/16/05 - 5:54 pm
Community Wi-Fi Forum photograph taken by Steve Garfield. Michael Oh put together these notes from the April 19, 2005 Boston Wi-Fi Community Forum at the Boston Public Library. Steve Garfield's video highlights of the event are on Councillor John Tobin's weblog. ------