Bosler Memorial Library

“The finance committee approves the annual 990 return, and the treasurer signs it. A copy is provided to all the board members before filed.”

“On an annual basis, the board members are required to sign a form disclosing any interest to an appreciable degree, directly or indirectly, in the contract for the sale of furnishing, supplies, materials or services to the bosler memorial library, by direct sale or sale through an agent of firm, or acting as an agent for another in so furnishing supplies, materials or services.”

“Compensation is approved by the board through the annual budget approval process. Raises are constrained by the budget and typically consist of just a small cost of living adjustment. The executive director's pay is not individually authorized but is approved along with the rest of the employees' pay. With the hiring of a new executive director in 2013, bosler surveyed other pennsylvania libraries and their executive compensation packages in determining the new executive director's compensation. This process and compensation figure was approved by the board of directors.”

“Requests to view the library's governing documents may be submitted at the bosler library's front desk.”

“The bosler memorial library is a leading intellectual, educational, recreational, and cultural asset in cumberland county. Founded in 1900, this public library serves the borough of carlisle, seven townships in cumberland county and the carlisle barracks, home of the u.s. Army war college. Its mission is to meet our public's evolving information, educational, entertainment and cultural needs through the broadest, most progressive delivery of collections, programming and services. In keeping with the library's mission,the bosler memorial library provides opportunities for all people without restriction. The library celebrates the diversity of the members of the community it serves and strives to serve all members of the community equally. With more than 106,000 visits in 2020, the bosler memorial library is one of the busiest libraries in cumberland county. It is a constituent of the cumberland county library system, which includes seven other libraries and participates in the access pennsylvania statewide borrowing program. The bosler memorial library has 24,097 active library card holders.”

“The library's information services department assist patrons with directional, informational, and research questions through in-person, over-the-phone, postal, and online interactions. The information services staff provide direct assistance with topics that include: job/career searching, job skill development, continuing education/higher education coursework, health, finance, business, social services/resource identification, and more. The staff also provide proctoring for students in distance learning programs. Librarians use a variety of resources to answer questions including the library's collections, the internet, subscription databases, e-books, computer software, and computer hardware. They also produce instructional materials such as bibliographies, pathfinders, and "how-to" guides for the public. The information services librarians also promote library resources through displays and printed materials. The information services department staff participate in the collection development process of selecting materials for the library's collection. When desired materials are not available in the library's collection, the information services staff provide interlibrary loan service that allows patrons to obtain items from other libraries. In 2020, the information services staff answered more than 34,200 reference questions.”

“The library makes it a priority to ensure that all children enter kindergarten with the language, cognitive, and early reading skills needed for success in school. The library provides collections programs and services that are designed to meet the educational, developmental, and socio-emotional needs of children at all ages and uses both state and national standards, benchmarks and practices to inform the design and implementation of these collections, programs and services. The youth services department provides quality learning and engagement experiences for families of children of all ages. Collections, programs and services are provided that support infants, toddlers, preschoolers, early elementary age, tweens and teens. The youth services department offers preschool/early elementary age children access to specialized computers that engage them in a cross- curricular set of software packages that are fun and educational. These programs are benchmarked to the national learning standards to ensure high-quality learning experiences while encouraging technology skill development. In 2020, these awe early learning computer stations were used more than 4,500 by children. The youth services staff provide programs that engage young minds in a wide-range of subject areas and a broad range of topics that include: socialization, fine/gross motor skills development, early reading skill development, math, science, art, music, ecology, dramatic play, cultural awareness, civic engagement, history and more. During the summer months, the library provides a summer learning challenge that engages children/students of all ages in activities and experiences that maintain and improve their reading and learning levels through the summer months when children can experience learning losses deemed the "summer slide." in 2020, 21,088 children/caregivers attended 128 programs offered by the bosler memorial library.”

“Financial review process has not changed from the prior year.”