Assistant Director for Public Services

Current Library Board Members

Cindy Piazza, Richard Soisson, Kathleen Campanella, Ellen Morse, Keir Knight, and Joyce Muller

Miscellaneous Information

There are 24 staff members at TAC, including full-time, part-time, and substitutes.

I met Chris Maynard who works in IT and lives in Taneytown.

Project that used LSTA funds

Digitizing and scanning old Carroll County Times microfilm to make it readily accessible to all patrons.

Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

You are eligible for services if you are:

• Legally Blind - vision of 20/200 or less with glasses; a visual field of 20 degrees
• Visually Limited - difficulty focusing long enough to read standard print without special aids
• Physically Limited - difficulty handling a book or turning pages
• Reading Disabled - due to an organic dysfunction such as dyslexia 

To apply for services, an individual needs to fill out the application, including why they are eligible for services.

Challenges to Library Materials

My manager mentioned a book Getting Off: A Novel of Sex and Violence by Lawrence Block.  Apparently it had been face out on the shelf and a customer complained that it was inappropriate.  While the book was not pulled, we discussed being mindful when merchandising material and straightening shelves.  We also discussed the idea that everything in a library does not appeal to everyone and patrons need to choose what they and their families want to borrow.