Board of Trustees
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William Schiavo, President
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Terry Cipriani, Vice-President
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Virginia Ryan, Secretary
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Charlotte Karpf-Fritts, Trustee
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Chester Hertling, Trustee
Library Board Meetings
Board meetings are open to the public and generally held at 5:00 PM on the fourth Tuesday of the month. All community members are welcome to attend board meetings.
- Click here to for the North Shore Public Library’s Public Participation at Board Meetings Policy.
- Click here to be directed to the Library Director’s Office page for a listing of board meeting dates (2021-2025) as well as for downloadable pdf copies of current and past meeting agendas and meeting minutes.
Trustees
The trustee is an elected volunteer position with a term of 5 years.
Updated 4/2026 From The 2025 Annual Report for Public and Association Libraries (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025)
- Visits to the Library – 126,089
- Reference Transactions – 27,930
- Annual Service Hours – ~3,160
- Total Operating Spending per Capita – ~$122.39 (only ~$0.34 per day)
- Total Collection Use
- E-Content – 100,000+
- Physical Content – 88,752
- Number of Program Sessions / Attendance – 1,204 / 21,720
- Adult – 678 / 11,378
- Young Adult – 118 / 719
- Children’s – 393 / 9,516
- Other – 15 / 107
- Total Website Visits
- Total Users – 24,213
- Returning Users – 7,686
- Total Website Visits – 124,712
- In-Library Computer Sessions – 3,105 (~155 sessions per computer)
- Wireless Sessions – 9,476
