Thank you to the Friends of the Library

The Trustees of the Stoneham Public Library would like to thank the Friends of the Library for presenting Article 6 at Town Meeting and for their efforts to keep our community informed about the threat to certification that Article 6 addressed. Heartfelt thanks go to them and the library’s many, many supporters who attended Town Meeting on Monday and insured that funding to meet the state’s Minimum Appropriation Requirement was secured. Our library, with this minimal funding, will be able to be open the required number of hours and spend the required percentage of funding on the book budget to meet the state’s requirements for certification, with some help from our trust funds. Our library will be able to participate in the North of Boston Library Exchange with all of the wonderful benefits certification ensures. Our townspeople have once again come forward to express how vital the library is to our community. We hope they will continue their strong support of the library in the years to come and help make state certification a certainty each year. Once again the Trustees sincerely thank you for your continued support. Stoneham Public Library Board of Trustees

Long Range Planning Survey

Every five years the library must complete a Long Range Plan in order to qualify for certain government grants. This helps us establish goals for the next five years. Our latest Plan expires this spring. One of the most valuable tools for completing the planning for the future is to distribute, collect, and tally a survey of the citizenry. This allows us to know what current services our patrons use and what they would like to see the library provide in the years to come. There are some options for completing this survey. Copies are available at the library and completed forms can be mailed, deposited in the bookdrop, or returned to the main desk. The survey is also available online. It's quick and easy. Simply click on the link, answer the questions and click on the "submit survey" button. Just click here. Thank you for your interest in the library.

Website Problem

Please note that our website is not loading properly if you are using the latest version of Internet Explorer, IE 7 or the latest version of Firefox. We are working on the problem and hope to have it remedied as soon as possible.

Stoneham Goes Wireless

The Library now has wireless Internet access! Free access is provided in the Library during our hours of operation. If you are bringing in your own laptop and wish to use our Internet connection you will need a wireless network interface card 802.11b or 802.11g, to configure your laptop to use the Library's Internet connection, a charged battery and/or a power cord, and headphones, if you plan to use audio files. For more information about our hardware and software requirements and other frequently asked questions, please click here.

BRMC Reports

Those interested in learning more about the BRMC project are encouraged to read the following reports: Final Peer Review (including traffic) Impact Study by Judith Barrett of Community Opportunities Group, Connery Associates Fiscal Impact Study (proponent's consultant), and MMA Consulting Group Study on Public Safety (proponent's consultant). You will need an Adobe Acrobat reader to view these reports. For a free download of this product, visit the Adobe website by clicking here.