Library Trustees Approve Director's Report, Plan Meeting Room Changes
Library Trustees voted 4-0 to approve the July Director's Report, confirming a $35,000 computer upgrade transfer and new printing software. New computers are operational. Director Jaclyn Powers noted plans to replace black-and-white printer with a color-capable model.
Library Trustees · Meeting of July 14, 2026
BEDFORD — Library Trustees voted 4-0 to approve the July Director's Report, confirming a $35,000 computer upgrade transfer and new printing software. New computers are operational. Director Jaclyn Powers noted plans to replace black-and-white printer with a color-capable model.
Trustees discussed revised meeting room policies, directing staff to draft changes including converting the reference room and adjacent space into online-bookable areas for six or more people and reconfiguring study rooms from two-person and six-person capacities to two-person and four-person capacities. A laptop bar project was budgeted for the coming year. Trustees also discussed a suggested donation box for printing costs, averaging $8,000 annually.
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Source: the Library Trustees meeting of July 14, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
Checked against the official minutes. It was corrected where it differed.
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