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HARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARYANNUAL REPORT2010

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Seeing our libraries filled to capacity is wonderful.

Today, people are finding their way to our libraries in

greater numbers – some for the first time. Whether

they’re families wanting to save the cost of DVD

rentals, people who can no longer afford to buy books

or someone needing help with resume writing,

customers are streaming in every day. Take a quick

walk through one of our branches or the Downtown

Library and you’ll be astounded at how much is going

on and it’s all free.

The extraordinary support from the Library’s staff, the

Board, the Mayor and the City Council, corporations,

foundations and private donors reflects an appreciation

that Hartford Public Library serves a vitally important

function in our city – connecting people to the

knowledge and inspiration to help them achieve their

dreams. So it is not surprising that demand for the

Library continues to rise. In fact, in-person visits to the

Library increased by almost 4% in 2010, while online

visits went up by more than 17%.

This Annual Report illustrates the wide range of

connections that are made every day throughout the

Library system – an intricate tapestry of people

and place.

It’s been a great first year as chief executive officer.

I appreciate your support of Hartford Public Library.

And a BIG THANKS to the Library’s Board and staff

who make all things possible.

Onward.

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MATTHEW K. POLANDCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

• The ARTWALK produced four successful exhibitions over

the year. Attendance at the opening receptions has

reached 200 people. Thousands of people have visited

the exhibitions over the last year.

• This year’s BIG READ celebrated The Adventures of

Tom Sawyer, principal partner Mark Twain House &

Museum, along with the Hartford Stage and 22 partnering

libraries attracted 28,367 adults and 12,815 children to

496 programs, a 45% increase over the previous year.

• The VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA)

program prepared and transmitted 701 returns, an

increase of 18% from 2009.

• NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS AND

REFUGEES are increasing dramatically. ESOL classes have

increased by 58% and the number of students by 41%.

• The most successful ever ONE BOOK FOR GREATER

HARTFORD, featuring Junot Diaz, author of The Brief

Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, attracted 450 attendees.

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HIGHLIGHT SUMMARY

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes in a year.How can we fully measure twelve months filled with so manymoments of accomplishment and challenge? It is not easy, butthis report will illustrate in images and words the best of what wedo every day, every hour, every year.

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• Received URBAN LIBRARIES COUNCIL TOP

INNOVATIONS AWARD for HartfordInfo.org. Use of

HartfordInfo.org rose 57%, an average increase per

month of 494,733 hits.

• The CONNECTICUT BOOK AWARDS recognized and

honored the best books written, illustrated, or designed by

Connecticut residents in 2009. Attendance increased

by 13% over 2008.

• HELD 17 Democracy in Action, HartfordInfo Today,

and One City One Plan public programs with various

collaborators. Nearly 1,000 people attended.

• COLLABORATED WITH 269 neighborhood/community

groups, 568 non-profits, 30 youth organizations and 80

government agencies.

• CHILDREN GROW AND LEARN through 5,900 story

times, enrichment activities and field trips, a 40%

increase in the number of programs offered last year.

Attendance was 59,000.

• HARTFORD’S CITY COUNCIL approved the transfer of

Hartford Town and City Clerk Records, documents dating

back to the 17th century, to the Library that will allow

public access to these important documents for the first

time in more than a century.

• The number of JOB AND CAREER WORKSHOPS,

including workplace literacy and census testing, increased

116% from 2009; attendance increased 79%.

• Federally-subsidized SUMMER LUNCH, made possible

through a collaboration with the City’s Department of Health

and Human Services, continued to draw Hartford youth to

all 10 locations. Students often stayed for reading and

enrichment programs. This year the Library served 9,482

lunches, an 8% increase over last year.

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• Twenty-one teens engaged in the Library’s positive youth

development/employment initiative, THE TEEN LEADER

PROGRAM. This is the first time in the initiative’s 14-year

history that the program was funded by an outside source,

in this case the Travelers Foundation.

• THE SEWING CIRCLE, brings together 20 immigrant and

refugee women at the Library weekly, where they develop

friendships, exchange weaving techniques, and build

marketing skills.

• TWENTY-NINE APPLICANTS representing 22 different

nations were sworn in as U.S. Citizens at this year’s

naturalization ceremony hosted at the Library.

• It was one unforgettable evening June 24, 2010 at the

Connecticut Convention Center as 450 guests celebrated

the Library’s ONE UNFORGETTABLE BIG SUMMER NIGHT

fundraiser that featured Julie Powell, New York Times

best-selling author of Julie and Julia. Thanks to the generosity

of many, the LIBRARY’S FUNDRAISER increased its net

revenue by 306.2% over last year.

• ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR MULTICULTURAL

CELEBRATIONS and events were held throughout the system

celebrating the great wealth of diversity in our City.

• The BABY GRAND JAZZ series on Sundays in the winter

featured 16 performances and attracted record-breaking

attendance at 1,414 for the series.

• HONORED AS THE LIBRARY that Demonstrates a Commitment

to the Democratic Humanity of its Community by Librarians for

Human Rights for the Neighborhood Teams project.

Aaron Hollander FundAdamsAhern Sign Solutions, Inc.Advanced Workstations in EducationAetna Foundation, Inc.Allstate InsuranceAmerican Book CollectorsAmeriPride ServicesAnthem Blue Cross of CTArch Street TavernAT & TAT&T FoundationBaker & Taylor BooksBank of AmericaThe Bank of America FoundationThe Beatrice Fox Auerbach

Foundation FundBill & Melinda Gates FoundationBinding SourceBingham McCutchen, LLPBoys and Girls Club of Hartford, Inc.Business & Professional Womens

Club of Hartford, Inc.CIGNACigna Matching Gifts ProgramClemow Consulting Group, LLPConnecticut Light & Power,

a Northeast Utilities CompanyConnecticut State LibraryCornerstone Eatery, LLCCT Commission on Culture &

TourismCT Department of EducationData-Mail, Inc.De Vars Phillips Florist & AntiquesEastern Connecticut State UniversityEveryDay DemocracyFairview Capital Partners, Inc.Fiduciary Investment Advisors, LLCFriends and Enemies of Wallace

StevensGoodwin CollegeGreater Hartford Arts CouncilThe HartfordHartford Areas Rally Together, Inc.Hartford Community Loan FundHartford Distributors, Inc.Hartford Foundation for

Public GivingHarvey & LewisHermann Family Charitable

Foundation Trust

Hispanic Health Council, Inc.Industrial Paper & PlasticProducts Co., Inc.Innovative Interfaces, Inc.JDC EnterprisesThe Koopman FundLaw Offices of Lynne A. UstachLocal Color InkThe Andrew J. & Joyce D. MandellFamily Foundation, Inc.MassMutualMcCutcheon Burr & Sons/StoneInsuranceAgenciesMedstar Television, Inc.MetroHartford AllianceNational Endowment for the ArtsNewAlliance FoundationNoble, Spector & O'Connor, P.C.Nutmeg Exhibit Co., Inc.Park Main Associates, LLCPita Communications, LLCProfessional Pest Control, Inc.Reforma Northeast ChapterSevigny Architects, LLCSiegel, O'Connor, O'Donnell,

& Beck, P.C.Simon Hollander FundSINASociety of the DescendantsSoftproducts, LLCThomson Illustration & Design, LLCTravelers CompaniesTravelers FoundationUCONN CO-OPUnited Technologies Matching Gift &

Volunteer Grant ProgramsUnited Way of Central and

Northeastern ConnecticutUniversity of ConnecticutWachovia Bank,

A Wells Fargo CompanyWachovia,Wells Fargo FoundationThe Waterford Group, CharitableFoundation, Inc.Webster BankWeston Woods Institute, Inc.Whittlesey & Hadley, P.C.The Zachs Family Foundation, Inc.

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Mr. and Mrs. Jay BergmanMr. Anthony Bernardoo

Ms. Sara L. BernsteinMaryo and Colin BillingsDale and Eleanor BlakeMs. Catherine BlinderMs. Eiko S. BlowJane and Bruce BlumbergPhillip and Ellen BlumbergMs. Kathleen BolducMs. Jeanne R. BonacaJames and Kristen BoucherSheryl and William BreetzMary and Bill Britcher

Ms. Helene Y. Brown andMr. Henry Kudish

Ms. Joan E. BrownSelbourne and Susan BrownMr. and Ms. Art R. BruceMr. George BrusznickiHarold and Joyce BuckinghamMr. and Mrs. Lane BucklanMr. Sheldon M. Bustow C

Ms. Patricia BuzaMs. Elizabeth B. ByerMr. Kenneth Byer and

Mr. Anthony MichalakMr. David A. CalibeyMs. Joanne Callahan-RoohrMr. George A. Callister*

and Mrs. Maria C. CallisterMr. and Mrs. Michael J. CannoniMs. Elizabeth H. CarabilloMr. Nicholas CarboneMs. Marion CarlingMr. H. Peter CarlsonMs. Annette W. Carter C

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Ms. Laura F. CassidentoMs. Jennifer L. CassidyMs. Edith S. CatlerMr. Timothy P. CavanaughGirvice Archer and

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Mr. Charles C. ClearyRichard and Patricia CobbCatherine and CoburnMs. Marie P. CoburnWilliam and Maura CochranMichael and Naomi CohenHenry and Linda CohnMs. Kathleen D. CollinsStuart and Jodi CooperJames L. CorthoutsPeter and Joan CostasMs. Michelle E. CotugnoMary C and Charles CourseyMr. Stephen D. CourtneyBetty Anne CoxGerry and Maryo CreanT. John Crockett IIIMr. Roger L. CrossgroveMr. William CrosswhiteMs. Colleen CrowleyMs. Kelley CrowleyMs. Joanne Cunard

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Edwin and Patricia DahillMr. Mark C. DaleMrs. Tracy F. DalyMs. Deborah J. DancyMs. Lorna M. DaniellsMrs. Dinah L. DanseyarMs. Ethel F. DavisGregory C. DavisMs. Vernelle DavisMr. Charles P. DeLeo and

Ms. Rose Marie CiliaMr. Richard DemingWilliam and Ann DestMr. Peter H. DiamondMarc C and Jennifer DiBellaRaymond and Lawren DiDonnaMr. Anthony F. DiFabio Jr.Catherine and Terry D'ItaliaChristopher and Elaine DonovanMr. and Mrs. Dave DootMs. Josephine Z. DorsiMs. Hyacinth Douglas-Bailey C

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Ms. Valerie DuncanJ. Morton and Sylvia DunnMr. Jason M. EctorMs. Pamela M. EdmondsRobert and Pauline EdwardsJack and Alice EllovichJames and Dorothy ElsnerMr. Elliot EphraimMr. and Ms. David A. EpsteinMrs. Mary EtterMrs. Alycia EvicaMr. Woody ExleyMs. Pam FarnhamMs. Anne M. FarnumMr. Steven M. FastFrancis P. FeeneyMr. Wayne FeigenbaumArt J. FeltmanPhil and Fran FeltmanMr. Todd D. FernowMs. Lynn FerrariMs. Elena Filioso, Ph.D.Ms. Carol G. FineJames and Susan FinneganMrs. Kathleen FishmanMr. Thomas J. FitzpatrickKarl and Muriel FleischmannLaurence and Beverly FlemingJoy and Roger FloydMrs. Barbara L. FlynnBertrand and Marguerite FlynnJoseph and Diane FoleyMs. Patricia J. FoleyMrs. and Mr. Deirdre D. FordMr. David J. FoxMr. Henry C. FrascadoreMs. Catherine FrederickMr. Richard Frieder o

Mr. Matthew L. FriedmanHoward C and Sandra C FromsonMr. Michael FromsonMs. Christine FullenloveMr. and Ms. Glenn Fuller

Ms. Rachael W. FunkMr. Francis J. GagliardiJohn and Tracy GaleFrank and Jane GallagherMr. Peter GanickMichael GannonMs. Linda GarberKathleen and Thomas GarrityMs. Margaret E. GaughanMr. Augusto R. GautierMr. and Mrs. Tom GelbachMs. Terry Gellin and

Mr. Sam SchragerMs. Elizabeth GemmitiMrs. Edith GengrasMs. Rebecca C. GeorgettiMs. Patricia A. GiardiMr. Walter Giger and

Mrs. May-Wo Foo GigerMs. Sharon B. GirardMs. Nan L. GlassMrs. Joy GlassmanPatricia and Stephen GoddardMs. Anne GoicoMs. Toni A. GoldMs. Lynn M. GoldfarbIra and Linda GoldmanMs. Terri GoldrichMr. Neil GoodwinAndre and Margaret GosselinEllsworth C and Virginia GrantMrs. Margaret M. GrassoAlan and Connie GreenMs. Diane A. GreenMr. and Mrs. Stanley GreenbergMs. Zadelle K. GreenblattR. Nelson and Kristin GriebelMr. Thomas GugliottiMs. Mary Phil GuinanMs. Frances HaagDale O. HackettMs. Donna Haghighat and

Mr. Chris DickinsonMs. Sylvia L. HalkinDenise and Thomas HallMr. John A. HamillMs. Caren HarderMs. Caroline HardyMr. Steven C. HarzGeorge and Laura HastingsMr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Heavren Jr.Mr. Carlos Hernandez-ChavezMs. Karen HillMs. Marcia HinckleyMr. Donald T. HirschfeldMs. Mary A. HobermanThe Hollander FamilyMr. Shepherd M. Holcombe Sr.Ms. Dawn HolderMr. William C. HoweCatherine E. Hoyser, Ph.D.Mr. Roland HutterMs. Latha IlangovanMr. Herbert G. IsaacsonMs. Irene Iwan o

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Susan and Walter KosmanBernard and Gale KostoMs. Beth KyleMs. Sara M. LabieniecMr. Scott LabossiereHernan C and Evelyn LaFontaineMs. Susan LagasseeMs. Sheila LaingMr. Jacques Lamarre and

Mr. Arthur GalinatWally and Christine LambMs. Elaine LanzonRobert and Mary La PorteWilliam M. LargeMs. Anne J. LasserMs. Helena LawsonMr. Eugene LeachMr. Thomas LeeRichard and Ruth LeggettMr. John R. Lepore Jr.Mr. Ken LermanMs. Julie A. LerouxMs. Patricia LeShane andMr. Patrick SullivanAnn Z. Leventhal and

Jon O. NewmanMr. George LevineMarc and Tamara LevineMrs. Billie M. LevyMargaret P. Levy, Esq.Mr. Milton LiebermanMr. Robert Lingeman and

Ms. Jane H. HoweLawrence and Christine Lissitzyn

Mr. Hobart A. LittlefieldAdlyn and Ted LoewenthalThomas and Carol LoiselleGloria Long and Robert Long*Worth C and Louise LoomisFrank C. Lord C and

Suzanne M. Hopgood C

Ms. Beverly A. Loughlin C

Ms. Julianne LugoBrendan and Mimi LynchJames B. Lyon C

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Laverne and Richard MahoneyMr. Richard MainsConrad C and Claudia MallettMs. Patti Mantell-Broad and

Mr. Richard BroadMs. Monica MarcheseMr. Joseph R. MarfuggiMs. Tricia MarinkoMs. Leta W. MarksMr. and Mrs. Dennis MartinDr. Anne MassuccoI. Charles and Gracie MathewsRobert and Maura MathieuMs. Anne M. Matleso

Mr. Michael V. MatlesMr. and Mrs. Kevin H. MatsilMs. Alice MattisonMr. Andrew C. MayMrs. Carol McCabeMarcia McCormack, Esq. C

Duby McDowell C and Kevin DubayJack and Peggy McGrathMr. Michael McGuinnessMr. Leonard McKinleyMs. Sharon McLaughlin-GowenNancy J. McNamaraMrs. Norma B. MenczerMr. and Ms. John T. MeyersMs. Brenda J. Miller o and

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Don and Brad NoelMr. Daniel C. NolanElizabeth J. Normen C and

Paul H. EddyMr. Roy C. NormenMs. Sallie NorrisMr. and Mrs. Michael E. ObernesserMs. Kristin A. O'ConnorMs. Lina Osho-Williamso

Ms. Reata OvermanRobert Painter C and Nancy MacyMs. Lisa K. PalenDaniel C and Beth PapermasterMs. Dina PaplerSanford and Flora PariskyMr. and Mrs. James ParkerMs. Nancy ParkerMitchell and Susan PearlmanMr. William R. Peelle Jr.Mr. James F. PendersMrs. Jane E. PenfieldBrewster C and Judith PerkinsMs. Debra Perry o

Mr. Robert PetersMs. Urania PetitSandra W. PierogMr. Ron Pitz and Ms. Janice NetzMr. Raphael L. PodolskyJeffrey and Carol o PoehnertMr. Matthew K. Poland o and

Mr. Jeffrey S. CapelleEileen and Elliott PollackMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. PorterMrs. Leah G. PostMs. Judith G. PottMrs. Julie PowellMs. Ellen C. PrattC. Patrick and Linda ProctorMr. David B. PudlinDouglas C and Ann PutnamMr. Robert RandichMr. and Ms. Keshav R. RaoMr. Richard M. RatzanSedrick and Alyce RawlinsGlenda C and William ReedMr. Hal C. ReedJames and Cynthia C ReikMr. Allan B. ReiskinFrank and Judith ResnickEnid Rey and Freddie ValentinMagdalena B. Reyna and

M. Susan Holmes

Mr. Gary A. RhuleMrs. Belle K. Ribicoff C

Ezra and Christina RippleMs. Martha K. Risser and

Mr. Peter D. TessnerMr. Matthew D. RitterMr. Penn RitterThomas D. Ritter and

Christine E. KellerMs. Mary Ellen RobertsMr. Maurice D. RobertsonMr. Bradford R. RobinsonJohn and Linda RobinsonMr. Thomas A. RocheMs. Karen C. RoeslerJames and Lorraine RogersMs. Victoria RogersMr. Jason Rojas C

Mr. Reinaldo RojasNellie Uccello Romaine C

Mrs. Gilda RoncariMs. Elaine RosalesSandy RosenbergMr. David B. RosenthalHelen and Robert RothDavid and Linda RothMr. and Mrs. James H. RotondoMary L. RouleauJames C. Rouman, M.D.Mr. Ronald RoyThe Hon. Nicola E. RubinowPeter and Elizabeth RussellMr. Florian SafnerMs. Josephine W. Sale C

Romulo E. SamaniegoAnnette SandersonMr. James Santa-Mo o

Frederick and Philomena SawyerMr. Walter B. SchatzMr. Richard H. SchimmelpfengMr. Daniel Schnaidt and

Mrs. Cynthia TuckerMs. Hollis SchneiderPhilip and Robin SchonbergerMr. Matt SchreckEdward and Salvatrice SchultzeEdmund and Ellen SeeMs. Virginia SeeleyMayor Pedro E. Segarra, Esq.Mr. John SerioRonald and Kathleen SerockiMr. and Ms. Scott G. ShanksMs. Joan Shapiro

Dr. Spencer G. Shaw*Ms. Margaret D. SheaMargot and Joe SheehanMs. June F. ShermanMr. Philip SherwoodMr. Richard W. ShettleVivian Shipley Harris and

Edward HarrisMark and Sonia ShipmanPaul D. ShipmanMrs. Doris J. ShuskusMs. Barbara SichermanMr. Thomas M. SlineyMr. and Mrs. Clarence L. SmithMr. Kendall B. SmithRobert C and Sharon C SmithMr. Thomas Gordon Smith C

Ms. Elizabeth SouleMr. Theodore M. Space C

Mr. J. Paul St. JeanMr. and Mrs. Suranto I. StarkMrs. and Mr. Nancy B. StarkMr. James StarrMr. Bruce M. StaveMr. Sheldon SteinhausAndrew and Sandra SternDr. Doreen SternMs. Dorothy SterpkaMr. Norman D. StevensMr. Jonathan H. StevensonCharles and Elizabeth StewartMr. Julian StoppelmanMr. Michael StottsTimothy and Geraldine SullivanMr. Edward T. SunderlandMr. Stephen E. SunderlandMr. Wayne J. Swigut o

Sebastiana S. SzilagyiMs. Susan Talbott C

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur TarantinoMs. Deidre TaveraAllan C and Sally TaylorDeRoy and Doris ThomasMr. James Thompson Jr. C

Samuel C and Sally TitleMr. Richard F. TombaughJane S. Edwards and

Humphrey R. Tonkin C

Mr. Al TorromeoMs. Lucy E. TownsendMr. Robert J. Trafford and

Mrs. Adriana Falcon-TraffordMr. and Mrs. David S. Trager

Ms. Marilyn TraigerTheodore J. Tucci and Nancy HronekRobert and Kathleen TummilloMr. Anthony B. TurnbullMs. Helen Liz B. TyrolMr. Arnoldo UlloaMr. William B. UpholtMr. Stephen UtzMr. Carlos ValinhoMr. David VelascoMrs. Regina S. VendittoMr. Robert L. VetereMs. Martha M. VillacisMr. Vincent P. VillanoMr. Jan Erik VoldMrs. Dawn Von MayrhauserMr. Peter Waite and

Mrs. Christine A. CicconeMr. Allan M. WalkerPhilip and Linda WardMr. and Mrs. Rich WareingMrs. Judith A. W. WawroMr. Nicholas F. WeberMr. Christopher V. WhiteBrooke and Edward WhittemoreMr. Walter Wick C and

Mrs. Linda Cheverton-WickMs. Joan C. WicksMr. and Ms. Robert WiennerMr. John J. Wilcox Jr.Karen and Philip WillMs. Bina WilliamsMr. and Mrs. David A. WilliamsMs. Indiana P. WilliamsMr. William A. WilliamsDonald and Jean WilsonMs. Teresa WitherellMr. Allan WittenbergMr. John C. WohlerDavid and Janet WojcikMrs. Elizabeth B. WoodardMr. Shawn T. WoodenMs. Rosemary T. WoodsMr. Lyle D. WrayMr. Bernhardt WrubleHenry and Ruth YancovichMr. Robert K. YassCharles and Hyacinth YennieCynthia and Thomas YoczikMr. Stephen J. ZaviszaMrs. Judith Zuliani

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Funding

City Contribution: $7,915,000

Grants: $ 469,462

Gifts: $ 582,774

Fees Income: $ 76,000

TOTAL: $9,043,236

Total ExpendituresPersonnel Costs: $7,253,519

LibraryMaterials: $ 600,000

Plant Operations & $ 389,752Maintenance:

Other Operating $ 799,965

TOTAL: $9,043,236

Expenditures*:

Service StatisticsLibrary visits 859,862

Items circulated 710,361

Database searches 433,243

Public computer sessions 238,074

Hours of publicWi-Fi use 15,720

Youth homework assistance sessions 40,947

Youth and parents/caregivers participating in literacy programs 25,598

261 Job & career workshops attended by 1,362 people

436ESOL classes attended by 835 students representingapproximately 58 countries

689 Computer/technology classes attended by 2,237 students

16,415,019 HartfordInfo.org hits

* Programs, Technical Services, Professional Development and other System-Wide Services

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My first year as president of the Library’s Board

has been a remarkable and rewarding experience.

Thanks to the efforts of the staff, our Library

remained actively engaged in our City, where it is

needed and much appreciated by the people it

serves. The appointment of Matt Poland as our first

chief executive officer has sparked new energy at the

Library and in the City. And, of course, I am proud

to lead a Board that is fully engaged in supporting

and promoting the Library as one of Hartford’s

essential resources.

What motivates every one of our Board members is

an abiding and passionate dedication to the mission

of Hartford Public Library. And I believe that it is

because of a constant focus on the Library’s mission

that we continue to attract talented new board

members representing the best of Hartford’s

leadership community. This year, we welcomed Bill

Breetz and Shawn Wooden, who are already proving

to be great directors, generously sharing their

insights and expertise.

The next year will be an inflection point for the Library,

as we complete a period of intensive strategic

planning for the future. As technology opens new

ways to share information, all public libraries will

experience major changes. Hartford Public Library will

participate in redefining change, and the exceptional

commitment of our Board of Directors will play a key

role in bringing plans to reality.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am grateful to

all those who supported the Library in 2009-2010,

and I look forward to all we can accomplish together

in the year ahead.

GREGORY C. DAVISPRESIDENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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William BreetzGregory C. Davis, PresidentAnne Melissa DowlingMichael GannonStephen B. GoddardConnie B. GreenAppt. by Court of Common Council

William M. LargeThea Montañez, Vice-PresidentAppt. by Court of Common Council

Elizabeth Brad NoelAppt. by Board of Education

Enid ReyRomulo SamaniegoAnnette SandersonPaul D. Shipman, TreasurerGeraldine P. Sullivan, SecretaryCarlos ValinhoShawn T. WoodenAppt. by Court of Common Council

Mayor Pedro E. Segarra, Ex Officio

Chief Executive OfficerMatthew K. Poland

Chief Public Services OfficerMarian Amodeo

Chief Development OfficerMary F. Crean

Chief Financial OfficerJulio Molleda

Associate Librarian forNeighborhood ServicesAnwar Ahmad

Associate Librarian for Adult ServicesMary Albro

Associate Librarian for Reader ServicesMary Billings

Associate Librarian for CommunityDevelopment and Civic EngagementRichard Frieder

Associate Librarian for Youth ServicesDebra Carrier Perry

Harold D. AbramsAna AlfaroSusan B. AllerJohn F. AlvesGregory E. AndrewsThomas O. BarnesAustin D. Barney IIDavid BarrettJill BarrettDeborah BarrowsPaul BaschArline BaumLinda BayerPatricia L. BerberichMonica P. BlazicDavid BobowskiJohn L. BoneeWilliam R. BreetzDorothy Brickett*Lynne O. BurfeindSheldon BustowAnnette W. CarterJo Champlin CaseyBarbara ChatfieldBiago D. CiottoMaggie Alston ClaudAdam CloudNicole Plessey CloudSanford Cloud, Jr.Madelyn ColonShelley B. CopelandRonald CordilicoRodrigo A. CorreaMary B. CourseyMally Cox-ChapmanKeith DarbyGregory C. DavisLawrence M. DavisMarc Di BellaHyacinth Douglas-BaileyAnne Melissa DowlingVernice W. DukeRobert EmmaJerry FranklinHoward A. FromsonSandra Bender FromsonMichael GannonJuanita GilesStephen B. Goddard

Ellsworth S. GrantConnie B. GreenEunice S. GroarkNancy D. GroverWalter HarrisonJoe HokeSuzanne HopgoodMyles HubbardDorothy R. JacksonAlice Seay JenkinsDwight A. JohnsonKenneth D. JohnsonJames F. JonesJudge Christine KellerLillian KezerianJoshua KingUrsula G. KorzenikHernan LaFontaineClare LakeWilliam M. LargeLois F. LewisStephanie LightfootJacquelyn C. LillyDr. Robert E. Long*Worth LoomisFrank C. LordBeverly A. LoughlinJames B. LyonMary Elizabeth MahlerDr. Conrad MallettMarcia McCormackDuby McDowellWilliam E. MeagherThirman L. MilnerThea MontañezJody MorneaultMarjorie E. MorrisseyJohn MotleyTimothy J. MoynihanG. Stewart MurchieLeah T. MurchieElizabeth B. NoelEmily R. NoelElizabeth NormenLynn M. Olson-DouglasDr. Robert L. PainterDaniel I. PapermasterFlora PariskyMargaret PatricelliBrewster B. PerkinsDouglas T. Putnam

David F. RansomFrancesca RealeGlenda C. ReedJames R. Reed Jr.Cynthia W. ReikEnid ReyBelle K. RibicoffGeorge J. Ritter*Alfred R. RogersJason RojasNellie Uccello RomaineRosaida RosarioJanice RossettiMarilyn RossettiJosephine SaleRomulo E. SamaniegoAnnette SandersonMayor Pedro E. SegarraMargaret C. ShanksChristine ShawPaul D. ShipmanBernadine SilversRonald A. SimpsonRobert H. Smith, Jr.Sharon W. SmithTheodore M. SpaceArthur L. SpadaJeffrey A. StewartJohn B. Stewart, Jr.Jessie StrattonRichard SugarmanMichael SuismanGeraldine P. SullivanShirley SurgeonSusan L. TalbottAllan B. TaylorMargaret V. TedoneJames ThompsonSamuel H. TitleDr. Humphrey TonkinAntonina P. UccelloCarlos ValinhoRichard Welling*Walter WickErnest C. WignallJoan Jacobs WilliamsShawn T. Wooden

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