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Meeting of the Trustees Special Collections Committee

Trustees of the Public Library will be holding a Special Collections Committee Meeting on September 12 at 8:30 a.m.

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Welcome

    William Stoneman, Committee Chair

  2. Review of Minutes from April 26, 2017 meeting

    William Stoneman,  Committee Chair

  3. Chair’s Report

    William Stoneman, Committee Chair

  4. Print Inventory Presentation

    Dr. Martha Mahard, Project Manager                                                          

    Beth Prindle, Head of Special Collections                                                   

    Laura Irmscher, Chief of Collections

  5. Update of Rare Books Inventory

    Beth Prindle, Head of Special Collections

  6. Review of Pending Loan Requests, Pursuant to Exhibition Loan Policy

    (Objects Valued at More than $10,000 and less than $50,000)
          Beth Prindle, Head of Special Collections

    1. Recommended 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 Special Collections Committee recommend 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.

    1. Recommended Approval to Loan two (2) objects to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for period March 2018 to July 2018, for purposes of an exhibition devoted to the art of Kay Nielsen.

    VOTED:    that, the Trustees Special Collections Committee recommend 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 March 2018 to July 2018.

  7. Update: Transfer of Sound Recordings to the Internet Archive

    Laura Irmscher, Chief of Collections

  8. New Business

    William Stoneman, Committee Chair

  9. Public Comment
  10. 2017-2018 Meeting Schedule

    William Stoneman, Committee Chair

    • Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 8:30 a.m.
    • Tuesday, May 1, 20018, 8:30 a.m.


     *All meetings held at Central Library; subject to change*

     

  11. Adjournment

    William Stoneman, Committee Chair

  • 08:30AM - 12:30PM
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