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From YouTube: Fund for the Boston Public Library Launch
Description
Mayor Martin Walsh launches the Fund for the Boston Public Library, an initiative which aims to support, sustain, and strengthen the Boston Public Library's capabilities and provide educational and cultural enrichment for all.
A
A
The
space
we
are
standing
in
today
or
seated
in
today,
is
one
of
the
four
key
areas
of
need
that
the
library
has
articulated,
and
perhaps
it's
the
most
visible
you've
no
doubt
come
through
the
renovated
Johnson
space
and
are
familiar
with
the
historic
splendor
of
the
restored
inspirational
McKim
spaces
throughout
the
other
three
quarters
of
this
building.
This
is
what
we
can
be.
This
where
we
are
now
is
full
of
promise
and
possibility,
particularly
for
our
special
collections,
many
of
which
are
not
accessible
to
the
public.
A
Today,
the
city
of
Boston
in
our
budget
represents
80
percent
of
our
operating
budget.
Indeed,
this
coming
fiscal
year
will
see
the
mayor's
budget
raised
that
by
over
six
percent,
once
approved
by
City
Council.
Our
mayor
continues
to
hold
the
library
to
its
highest
standards
and
accountability,
but
follows
that
with
a
commitment
and
additional
resources,
including
the
hundred
and
twenty
seven
million
dollar
commitment
in
capital
funds
over
the
coming
five
years.
However,
to
be
all
that,
we
can
be
requires
more
resources
and
more
funding.
A
Use
of
our
renovated
spaces
is
up
both
at
the
branches
and
at
Central.
Library
borrowing
of
books
is
up.
Attendance
at
key
programs
for
people
of
all
ages
is
up.
We
have
most
recently
brought
new
pilot
programs
to
our
portfolio
the
additional
the
addition
of
social
work
capacity
to
help
our
who
are
those
patrons
who
are
most
in
need,
the
offering
of
a
Wi-Fi
hotspot
lending
program
to
which
to
help
close,
the
digital
equity
divide
in
Boston
to
sustain
and
expand
these
programs
wires
new
levels
of
philanthropic
support.
A
Today's
event
will
start
us
down
the
road
of
meeting
these
goals,
and
there
are
many
people
to
thank
will
be
formally
mentioned
later
in
the
program
on
a
personal
basis.
I
am
particularly
thankful
to
our
mayor
for
his
personal
support
and
counsel
to
Bob
Gallery,
the
chair
of
the
Board
of
Trustees
and
to
Jeff
Hawkins,
the
incoming
Fund
Board
Chair,
also
to
Jim
Canales,
who
represents
the
philanthropic
community,
a
visionary
leader
at
the
bar
foundation,
who
saw
and
responded
to
our
potential
and
promised
very
early
in
the
process.
A
For
me,
personally,
July
will
represent
three
years
into
my
tenure
as
head
of
the
BPL.
A
term
I
hope
is
marked
by
the
fixing
of
systemic
issues,
the
formation
of
a
new
leadership
team,
a
vision
of
what
a
21st
century
library
can
be
that
builds
on
all
that
came
before,
and
a
library
that
holds
all
aspects
of
its
mission
and
identity
in
balance,
central
and
branches
general
and
special
collections,
lifelong
learning
for
people
of
all
ages
and
backgrounds.
A
This
is
the
mission
that,
with
additional
support,
we
can
accelerate
delivering
on
the
library
that
the
people
of
Boston
and
the
Commonwealth
deserve,
and
one
that
our
staff
wants
to
see
us
become
again.
Part
of
that
includes
a
philanthropic
agenda
that
allows
all
of
our
affiliate
partners
to
truly
deliver
being
stronger,
together
from
the
smallest
of
the
friends
groups,
to
our
focused
affiliates,
the
Leventhal
map
and
Education
Center
and
the
associates
and
yes
to
the
new
fund.
A
Today,
one
agenda,
one
message:
one
set
of
priorities
in
the
audience:
I
would
like
to
acknowledge:
Kara,
eliot
ortega,
chief
of
the
city
of
Boston's
arts
and
culture,
the
cabinet
of
which
the
library
is
apart
and
now
I
would
like
to
call
Bob
gallery
to
the
podium
to
introduce
the
mayor
where
we
will
hear
about
how
his
vision
for
the
library
fits
into
the
broader
city
agenda
for
arts
and
culture,
education
and
civic
engagement.
Please
welcome
to
the
podium
chair
of
the
Board
of
Trustees
Bob
gallery.
B
Thanks
David
welcome
everybody.
This
is
a
thrill
for
me
as
David
said
two
and
a
half
years
ago,
or
so
we
started
down
this
road
and
to
be
here,
surrounded
by
so
many
people
who
have
contributed
to
the
effort
to
get
us
to
this
point.
It
actually
takes
my
breath
away.
So
thank
you
for
being
here.
You
know
it
strike
me.
It
strikes
me
every
time
I
come
in
the
building,
Boston
Public
Library
was
the
first
public
library
in
the
country
is
most
of
you
know,
and
it
was
founded
by
citizens.
B
Keeping
up
with
this
great
place.
I
think
the
opportunity
is
to
make
this
what
what
it
could
and
should
be
and
what
it
was
in
its
original
form.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
here
and
I,
wouldn't
be
literally
in
this
position.
If
I
hadn't
gotten
this
phone
call
one
day
from
the
mayor
who
said
when
he
heard
I
was
retiring
from
my
then
day
job,
you
know,
I
got
this
little
thing,
I
wonder
if
you'd
think
about
helping
us
with,
and
that
was
three
years
ago,
it's
been
by
far
the
most
satisfying
thing.
B
I've
done
as
a
volunteer
anywhere
in
my
life
and
I've,
been
honored
to
work
with
you
and
David,
and
the
team
to
try
to
make
a
difference
for
this
place.
That'll
go
on
for
a
long
time,
decades,
generations
so
Marty.
Thank
you
for
all
of
your
support
and
it's
my
honor
to
introduce
the
mayor
of
Boston
Marty
Walsh.
C
Thank
you
Bob,
and
it
didn't
quite
go
that
way.
Bob
Bob
was
president
Bank
of
America
Massachusetts.
He
announced
his
retirement.
We
were
in
the
midst
of
a
whole
bunch
of
changes
at
the
library
and
I
think
we're
doing
a
search
at
that
point
and
David
was
in
the
search
and
and
I
grabbed
I
grab.
Bob
I
asked
him
to
come
over
one
day.
I
was
talking
to
my
former
chief
of
staff,
the
nkow
and
I
said
you
know
he.
Must
he
billary
his
money
he's
my
president
Bank
of
America?
C
He
knows
well,
the
money
is,
and
he
also
has
a
good
man
and
I
brought
him
in
the
office
and
I
asked
him
if
he
considered
being
on
the
board
and
being
the
chair
and
I
think
he
said
it
to
check
with
your
wife
and
and
and
you
did
and
you
came
back
and
I'm
grateful.
You
said
yes
I'm
grateful
because
of
the
board
as
well
and
I.
C
Think
the
bass
board
members
that
were
here
for
a
while,
you
might
see
notice
the
difference
and
the
new
board
members
know
you've
done
an
amazing
job
in
this
fund
that
I'm
kicking
off
today
and
working
in
partnership
with
David
and
the
staff
here
at
the
library
and
the
team
at
the
library.
Our
goal
for
this,
for
the
board
was
for
us
to
be
a
sought-after
board,
not
trying
to
chase
people
down
to
sit
on
the
board,
but
actually
be
a
board
that
people
want
to
be
on
library
and
we're
seeing
that
come
for.
C
David
David
Leonard,
the
president
of
the
library,
thank
you
as
well,
certainly
has
taken
the
Boston
Public
Library
to
the
next
level
and
continues
to
take
it.
We're
not
satisfied,
there's
more
levels
to
go
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
you've
done
whether
it's
been
here,
it's
central,
a
branch
or
in
the
neighborhoods
at
the
local
branches.
We
have
one
library
today
and
our
goal
was
to
be
one
library,
not
siloed
libraries
in
different
neighborhoods.
It
was
to
be
one
library
and
we
out
one
library
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
C
To
all
the
board
members
that
here,
thank
you
for
your
sacrifice
and
it's
sometimes
it
is
sacrifice,
because
you
do
this
for
free,
but
without
your
leadership
and
your
vision
and
your
commitment
to
this
librarian
to
all
of
our
branches
throughout
the
entire
city
of
Boston.
We
wouldn't
be
able
to
be
here
today
and
not
seeing
this
fun.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well
for
your
incredible
work.
C
Yes,
the
staff
and
in
the
library
folks
that
are
here,
some
of
which
I've
worked
with
10
years,
is
a
state
representative
and
now
hearing-
and
some
of
you
have
been
here
before
me,
and
some
of
you
here
came
in
after
us.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you,
because
we
certainly
appreciate
the
work
that
you
do
as
well,
because
you
don't
have
a
library,
it's
not
about
Bob
Gallery
money,
Wallace,
David,
Leonard
and
people
are
going
to
mention
it
today.
It's
really
about
the
team.
C
That's
here
you
are
the
library
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
in
this
important
endeavor.
What
we're
doing
here
so
thank
you
as
well.
I'm
gonna
make
one
more
shout
out
a
couple:
more
shots
on
Allen
Leventhal
walked
in
and
I
remember,
having
a
conversation,
Allen
Leventhal,
probably
around
2014,
when
I
became
the
mayor
and
I
walked
to
the
library,
and
we
were
doing
one
part
of
library
over
and
we
were
getting
the
budget
together
and
we're
thinking.
C
Okay,
we're
making
investments
in
neighborhoods
we're
making
investments
all
over
the
place
and
I
used
to
be
a
state
rep
before
this,
and
there
was
a
point
in
time
where
elaborate,
some
libraries
gonna
be
closed
and
there
wasn't
a
lot
of
activity
in
the
neighborhoods.
Quite
honestly,
in
fairness
to
the
past
administration,
people
weren't
using
the
library-
and
there
was
a
concern
about
how
do
we
keep
all
these
branches
open
if
people
aren't
going
into
them
and
we
don't
have
a
path
to
make
improvements
and
I
talked
to
Allen
about
the
Leventhal
map.
C
C
What's
going
on
and
Alan's
been
a
huge
supporter
of
supporting
us
on
the
one
system
and
in
his
dad's
map,
Center,
which
is
downstairs,
is
an
important
integral
part
of
our
library,
because
his
map,
the
map
Center,
tells
a
story
of
Boston
in
the
in
the
library
as
part
of
that
story.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
commitment
as
well,
and
what
you
have
done.
C
They
joined
by
city,
councilor,
nice,
rossabi
George,
who
also
is
very
very
concerned
and
wants
to
make
sure
we
continue
make
investments
in
libraries.
We
did
you
make
a
plane,
we're
doing
up
at
school
and
we're
doing
Adam
Street
we're
doing
Austin
square
we're
doing
renovate
somewhere
at
small
renovations
in
law,
Mills
we're
doing
renovations
in
small
ones,
in
South,
Boston,
we're
building
a
brand
new
rods
and
a
library
we're
doing
libraries
all
over
all
over
the
place
and
in
our
capital
budget
by
the
time
in
the
next
five
or
six
years.
C
I
think
we
should
be
on
path
to
almost
have
touched
or
rebuilt
every
single
library
in
the
system
and
every
time
we
open
in
the
library
it
wins,
the
the
the
the
ratings
award,
more
people
go
to
the
library,
and
you
know
so
as
we
put
more
online
and
it
really
is
about
connecting
people.
So
thank
you
all
to
all
the
civic
leaders
and
business
leaders
and
philanthropic
leaders
here
today.
So
the
nonprofit
leaders
here,
thank
you
for
being
here.
I
see
Matt
from
the
MFA.
C
Thank
you
for
being
here
with
us
today,
I'm
proud
to
launch
the
fund
for
Boston
Public
Libraries.
The
funds
purpose
is
to
support,
sustain
and
strengthen
public
libraries
in
the
ways
that
it
serves
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Boston.
It
serves
the
visitors
of
the
City
of
Boston
advances,
the
culture,
culture,
cultural
aspect
of
our
city
as
well.
In
this
library,
the
fund
is
a
vehicle
for
rallying
RC,
together
across
every
sector
around
this
very
unique
institution.
C
I'm
grateful
for
the
partnership's
that
we
received
in
planning
and
launching
this
fund
I
want
to
thank
the
investors,
statestreet
you're
here
today.
Thank
you,
Bank
of
America
you're
here
today.
Thank
you,
Liberty
Mutual,
you're
here
today.
Thank
you,
the
bar
foundation,
you're
here
today.
Thank
you,
the
Boston
foundation.
Thank
you
to
all
the
other
organizations,
if
you're
not
on
here
and
you
gave
I
apologize,
I'll
get
you
later.
Thank
you.
If
you
want
to
give-
and
you
haven't
given
any
here.
C
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
when
I
took
office,
we
looked
at
the
public
library,
dress,
Linehan
chief
of
policies
here,
and
we
talked
about
it
in
our
in
our
policy
discussions
as
a
candidate
for
man,
and
we
talked
about
the
opportunity
in
our
library
and
Joseph
is
really
a
big
strong
advocate,
saying
that
there's
an
opportunity
here,
there's
an
opportunity
here
that
that
is
being
missed.
Right
now
in
the
City
of
Austin,
and
we
started
to
talk
about
it.
C
We
saw
one
of
the
world's
greatest
public
cultural
institutions
right
here
in
Boston
Massachusetts,
we
saw
a
library
branches
that
are
residents,
cherish
and
rely
on
in
every
single
neighborhood.
In
our
city
we
saw
the
potential
to
advance
the
highest
values
as
we
share
as
an
administration
in
our
city
equity
opportunity
in
community.
We
thought
that
no
better
way
of
being
able
to
reach
out
to
those
different
areas
is
to
our
libraries.
We
took
every
opportunity
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
take
every
opportunity
to
strengthen
our
library
system.
C
We
work
with
employees
to
expand
the
hours
I
want
to
thank
the
employees,
one
of
the
contract
first
contracts
that
we
settled
right
right
when
I
took
office
in
the
first
hundred
days
was
the
librarians
contract
right
off
the
bat,
and
we
said
how
do
we
use
this
to
extend
contracts?
I
want
to
thank
the
the
Union
and
the
workers
for
that.
We.
C
We've
invested
over
a
hundred
million
dollars
in
renovations
and
upgrades,
and
in
David
Lana
talked
about
six
percent
in
this
budget.
That's
on
top
of
increases
for
the
last
five
years.
So
it's
not
just
a
6-bit
increase,
we're
increasing
those
those
numbers
all
along
and
were
able
to
continue
to
do
that.
We
use
the
library
to
help
create
programs
to
help
people
our
citizenship
corners.
C
In
the
last
two
years,
we've
needed
those
to
be
able
to
let
people
come
into
a
safe
space
to
be
able
to
find
out
what
their
rights
are,
if
they're
undocumented,
how
they
get
pathways
to
citizenship,
well,
being
able
to
work
with
them
and
work
with
the
government
in
some
ways
the
Social
Work
at
the
Copley
branch
library,
with
Pine
Street
in
dealing
with,
rather
than
locking
homeless
people
out.
How
do
we
actually
work
to
help
them
and
figure
out
better
pathways
to
housing,
free
Wi-Fi
hotspots
that
people
can
use
from
home?
C
We
certainly
have
seen
an
opportunity,
a
lack
of
opportunity,
lack
of
opportunities,
families
can't
access
the
Internet,
and
how
do
we
create
better
opportunities
for
people?
Mbta
passes
that
branch
libraries
allowing
people
who
have
better
access
and
we're
still
working
on
that
one
I
think
across
the
board,
but
we're
working
to
so
people
can
use
it
as
a
one-stop
shop.
We
also
saw
opportunities
for
philanthropy
as
mayor
I've
worked
very
closely
with
the
philanthropic
and
business
community
in
our
city
and
I
want
to
thank
them.
C
Thank
all
of
you,
and
sometimes
we
might
argue,
and
sometimes
we
might
fight.
But
truly
this
is
a
partnership,
and
if
we
don't
work
together,
then
we're
not
gonna
advance.
The
city
as
a
whole
I
know
that
the
kinds
of
impacts
that
have
had
that
you
that
you're
looking
for
are
opportunities
that
we
can
do
can
may
transform
lives,
change.
We're
doing
it
here
in
the
Boston
Public
Library
System,
for
making
that
transformative
change
across
every
single
neighborhood
in
the
city.
Libraries
can
offer
opportunities.
C
The
Boston
Public
Library
has
turned
cultural
leadership
into
social
impacts.
Like
no
other
institution.
Can
the
libraries
were
there
for
our
kids
and
our
teens,
our
children,
our
teens,
our
students
and
our
seniors,
our
immigrants,
our
jobseekers
our
entrepreneurs.
If
you
go
into
any
library
in
the
system
today,
you
will
find
somebody
at
a
computer
looking
for
a
job.
You
will
find
somebody
who
lives
who
comes
from
a
different
country,
maybe
online.
C
Reading
the
newspaper
from
that
country
online
you'll
see
kids
and
librarians
working
on
reading
Reading,
Room's
and
trying
to
create
opportunities
for
better
educational
opportunities.
You'll
see
at
night
community
meetings
happening
in
the
libraries
talking
about
what's
going
on
in
their
communities,
so
the
library
is
in
a
lot
of
case,
the
central
point
of
a
neighborhood
which
keeps
our
neighborhood
strong.
It
also
offers
global
cultural
resources,
the
tools
of
the
21st
century,
and
it
says
on
the
building,
which
is
great.
C
It
offers
all
of
this
for
free
free
for
all
and
that's
what
we
have
to
continue
to
fight
for
and
make
sure
that
it's
free
for
all
but
making
sure
people
come
into
a
world-class
system.
The
fund
for
Boston
Public
Library
is
an
opportunity
to
draw
on
more
of
our
city's
leadership
and
innovation.
To
unlock
more
of
an
institutional
potential,
the
fund
will
work
hand
in
hand
with
library
leadership
who
are
on
the
leading
edge
of
library,
science
and
responsive
to
the
needs
expressed
by
our
residents.
C
I
want
to
welcome
executive
director
Mary
Flynn
Meyers
who's
with
us
today,
who
has
was
you
write
about
in
the
paper
yesterday?
We're
excited
excited
me
he's
here
again
when
I
met
with
Mary
we're
talking
about
the
importance,
the
library
and
I
think
I
said
to
Mary.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
want
our
system
to
be
the
best
in
the
world.
I
want
our
library
system
the
best
in
the
world
and
I
want
everyone
in
the
world
to
know
it's
the
best
in
the
world.
So
it's
important.
C
Thank
you,
Mary
one
final
point:
in
time
of
inequality
and
division,
libraries
of
the
kind
of
social
infrastructure
we
need
to
rebuild
civic
life
in
this
country,
Boston
Public
Library,
shows
why
it
offers
she
had
space
and
she
had
resources.
I
mentioned
earlier,
not
just
here.
No,
not
this
room
downstairs.
A
C
Equal
access
to
everybody,
it's
a
true
public
space
as
a
nation.
We
need
more
of
these
kinds
of
spaces,
so
we
invite
everyone,
through
this
fund
to
help
grow
our
civic
life,
feed
the
roots
of
our
democracy
and
offer
Boston
a
model,
make
Boston
a
model
to
the
nation.
Now
I
have
the
opportunity
to
turn
this
podium
over
to
Jeff
Hawkins,
chair
of
the
fund
for
the
Boston
Public
Library.
D
Thank
You
mayor
Walsh,
we
are
so
grateful
for
your
support
not
only
for
the
operational
and
capital
support
that
allows
us
to
continue
to
keep
improving
our
facilities,
but
also
for
convening
a
meeting
in
your
office
three
years
ago
with
many
of
the
library,
stakeholders
and
supporters,
and
you
challenged
us
to
make
the
library
better.
You
challenged
us
all
of
us
to
come
together
to
find
more
support
from
the
Boston
philanthropic
community
for
what
this
library
can
and
should
be,
and
for
that
I
am
a
sincerely
grateful.
D
Thank
you,
as
some
of
you
know,
I
have
a
long
history
with
the
Boston
Public
Library
starting
20
years
ago,
when
I
joined
the
foundation's
young
professionals.
Since
then,
I've
watched
the
arc
of
the
library
in
the
massive
change
in
technology
and
somehow
I
feel
I
keep
getting
older
and
the
library
keeps
getting
younger.
D
Pundants
have
been
predicting
that
libraries
would
be
obsolete
with
the
rise
of
the
Internet,
but
if
you've
been
to
the
renovated
new
Johnson
library,
as
the
mayor
talked
about,
you
know
how
wrong
the
pundits
were
and
I'm
sure
the
mayor
would
also
degree.
The
pundits
can
be
wrong
from
time
sign.
Okay,
libraries
right
now
are
definitely
having
a
moment
as
we
drown
in
data.
We
are
yearning
for
information.
D
We
find
ourselves
divided
on
so
many
issues
and
we
seek
places
of
community
from
here
in
central
to
the
25
branches
that
the
library
has,
but
were
there
providing
all
of
this,
and
so
much
more
as
the
BPL
has
evolved.
We
had
to
evolve
our
approach
to
fundraising.
We
had
to
do
a
better
job,
telling
our
story
to
the
philanthropic
community.
D
That
was
what
the
mayor
challenged
us
to
do
a
few
years
ago
and
I
am
proud
to
say
that
the
community
has
responded
as
part
of
our
recent
outreach.
I
was
talking
to
an
old
friend
about
weep,
how
we
could
get
him
and
his
organization
involved
in
the
library
he
politely
and
quickly
declined,
which,
for
those
of
you
in
the
philanthropic
world
know
that
happens
quite
a
bit,
but
you
can't
take
no
for
an
answer.
So
I
pushed
him
on
why
he
said
no.
D
So
I
said
you're
right:
it
doesn't
fit
into
any
one
of
those
categories.
It
fits
into
all
three,
so
I
said
what
you
have
to
do.
Is
you
have
to
come
the
library
you
have
to
take
a
core?
You
have
to
talk.
You
have
to
see
what's
going
on
here,
how
much
has
changed
as
I've
gotten
older
and
the
library
has
gotten
younger?
You
just
don't
know
the
Boston
Public
Library
today,
so
he
came
in.
D
That's
why
we
needed
to
find
the
right
person
to
take
on
the
challenge
of
the
Boston
Public
Library
fund,
someone
who
had
the
experience
not
only
of
raising
funds
for
a
well-respected
Boston
institution,
but
also
someone
who
can
build
something
from
the
ground
up
and
make
it
succeed.
I'm
very
pleased
to
formally
welcome
Mary
Meyers
as
the
new
executive
director
of
the
fund
for
the
Boston
Public
Library
Mary
has
been
involved
in
development
for
35
years,
most
recently
as
the
president
for
the
campaign
for
Catholic
schools
Mary,
please
come
up
and
say
a
few
words.
E
E
Most
of
the
people
in
the
room
are
under
35
years
old
and
they're
they're,
using
the
library
as
a
weworks
or
they're,
taking
selfies
in
the
beautiful
McKim
building
and
I
think
that
if
we
could
do
a
really
good
task,
but
the
library
is,
we
could
have
another
young
professionals
group
and
maybe
find
the
next
Jeff
Hawkins
to
go
forward
in
this.
So
thank
you
very
much
Jeff
and
thank
you
also
to
mayor
and
to
Bob
and
to
David
very
much.
E
You
can
hear
this
there's
nothing
better
and
I've
been
doing
fundraising
for
a
lot
of
years
than
to
do
fundraising
for
an
organization
that
is
strong
and
the
Boston
Public
Library.
Today
is
a
very
strong
organization.
We
are
poised,
as
we
said
before,
to
be
important
in
this
community
and
we're
ambitious
and
I.
Think
that
we
have
everything
in
place
to
do
a
great
job
and
move
the
fundraising
forward
today,
we're
celebrating
Vick
to
the
kickoff
of
the
fun
for
the
Boston
Public,
Library
and
they're.
E
Really,
in
my
mind,
two
reasons
why
we
are
going
to
be
particularly
successful.
One
of
them
falls
into
the
category
of
the
some
is
greater
than
the
parts,
and
that
is
because
we're
thrilled
that
the
prestigious
Leventhal
map
and
Education
Center
and
the
energetic
and
effective
associates
for
the
Boston
Public
Library
have
come
together
with
our
fundraising
group
and
with
the
Boston
Public
Library
in
a
formal
way
to
say
that
we're
going
to
strategize
together,
coordinate
our
efforts
and
move
forward.
E
So
we
really
think
that,
coming
together,
the
messaging
in
the
community
will
be
clearer,
I
know
from
the
donor
community.
They
get
lots
of
calls
and
they're
trying
to
figure
out
what
is
the
best
thing
to
fund
and
I.
Think
if
we're
together,
unified,
more
can
be
done
and
David
in
the
paper
today.
Thought
5
to
10
million
is
what
we're
looking
to
raise
and
I
think
we
can
even
beat
that
over
time
when
we
all
come
together.
E
The
other
reason
we're
successful
is
because
we
have
financial
backing
ideas
or
ideas
unless
you
have
funds
to
make
it
concrete,
and
the
team
that
that
that
has
been
at
this
podium
today
in
the
last
year
contacted
six
major
funders
in
Greater
Boston
and
it's
a
blue-ribbon
group
when
you,
when
you've
heard
who
our
funders
are.
It's
a
blue-ribbon
group
every
one
of
those
listen
to
what
the
plan
was
understood.
E
The
governance
change
understood
that
the
library
was
ready
to
take
this
on
and
headed
and
have
invested
in
in
the
fund
for
the
Boston
Public
Library.
So
today
we
have
2.8
million
dollars
that
has
been
committed
over
time
from
six
funders,
of
which
400,000
will
be
used
immediately
for
library
services.
So
some
money
will
come
to
the
fund
to
help
us
build
a
strong
but
mighty
team
and
then
in
the
next
couple
of
years,
but
we
also
want
to
also
deliver
services.
E
So,
thank
you
very
much
and
we-
and
we
have
many
of
the
people
here
and
I'd
like
to
just
call
out
Carey
Sullivan-
is
here
the
president
of
the
Bank
of
America
Foundation,
Thank,
You,
Cary
and
Alicia
Verity
as
well
senior
vice
president
for
corporate
responsibility.
Jim
Kanellis
has
been
mentioned
from
the
barre
foundation
president
and
trustee.
Thank
you.
Jim
Ted
McEnroe
is
here
representing
the
Boston
foundation.
Thank
You
Ted
very
much
from
the
Liberty
Mutual
Foundation
melissa
mcdonald
is
here
with
us
Melissa.
E
Thank
you
for
your
help,
and
also
from
State
Street
Hannah
Grove,
who
you'll
be
hearing
from
shortly.
Chief
marketing
officer,
Joe
McGrail,
president
of
the
State
Street
Foundation
Amanda
Northrup,
and
also
I
understand
a
new
incoming
president
of
State
Street
Foundation
Joan
crystal
so
Joan
welcome
very
much
I
hope
that
you'll
feel
that
your
investment
will
be
leveraged
many
times
over.
We
will
treat
the
funding
with
respect.
We
will
hire
the
best
team.
E
We
will
do
the
best
we
can
to
bring
new
programs
into
the
library
and
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
working
with
you,
but
I'm
really
really
looking
forward
to
be
back
at
this
podium
in
the
next
few
years.
To
celebrate
the
completion
of
this
beautiful
renovation,
it
will
be
dedicated
to
fine
arts.
It
will
allow
us
to
access
some
of
our
wonderful
collections
in
a
way
that
the
public
will
be
able
to
use
them,
will
use
imagination
and
how
that
might
be.
It
will
not
just
be
books
under
glass,
but
it
will
be
interactive.
E
I'll
be
happy
to
be
here
in
a
couple
of
years,
as
we
bring
more
programming
to
our
branches,
that's
really
where
the
work
is
being
done
and
and
there's
so
many
exciting
things
that
can
happen
in
the
branches
when
our
digital
technology
is
the
best
in
the
country.
Why
not
mayor
or
the
best
in
the
country
and
and
where
our
collections
are
well
funded,
preserved
and
usable
for
all
so
I
think
we
have
a
big
task
ahead
of
us.
I
think
we're
the
team
to
get
it
done
and
I'm
very
thrilled
to
be
here.
E
The
lead
funders
would
think
of
America
and
State
Street
at
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
each,
which
is
wonderful
gift
and
thank
you
all
you've
really
caused
others
now
to
look
at
us
in
a
new
way.
Next
week
we
announced
what
we
hope
will
be
a
gala
gift
of
about
3.3
million,
and
if
my
math
is
right-
and
we
add
that
together,
it
would
mean
6.1
million
dollars
in
philanthropy
has
been
dedicated
to
the
Boston
Public
Library
and
the
25
branches
in
in
the
course
of
a
week.
So
if
that
doesn't.
E
We'd
like
to
make
some
noise
in
the
library
david
says
it's
alright
to
make
noise
in
the
library
we
want
to
make
some
noise
in
this
community
about
what
what
a
wonderful
place.
This
is.
Someone
said
to
me:
we're
trying
to
make
people
fall
in
love
with
the
library
all
over
again.
We
hope
to
be
able
to
do
that.
So,
thank
you
very
much
and
he
and
her
if
you'll
join
us.
F
Thank
you
so
much
Mary
and
I
am
delighted
to
be
here
today
representing
our
CEO
Ron,
o
Hanley,
my
wonderful
colleagues
from
the
foundation
I'm.
All
about
making
a
lot
of
noise
in
the
library
and
I
am
very
much
in
love
with
this
library.
I
want
to
extend
my
thanks
to
David
and
his
team,
Bob
Alan,
Jeff
Hawkins,
and
to
our
mayor
for
your
incredible
leadership
and
vision.
I
know
we
would
not
be
here
today
without
you.
F
I
want
to
say
how
proud
State
Street
is
to
be
a
supporter
of
the
Boston
Public
Library,
we're
even
prouder
to
be
in
such
incredible
company.
You
heard
the
roster
of
names
that
are
involved.
I
would
say.
We
also
believe
that
we're
stronger
together
and
that
we
welcome
more
company,
so
I
put
that
challenge
out
there,
the
more
the
merrier
as
far
as
we've
concerned,
I.
Think
for
us
the
value
proposition
for
the
library
is
really
clear
and
straightforward
the
mirror
she
said
it
so
eloquently
when
you
said
it's
about
opportunity.
F
We
would
argue
that
libraries
have
never
been
more
relevant.
I
think
libraries
advance
better
communities,
a
better
City
and
they
very
much
aligned
with
our
focus
on
workforce
development,
particularly
through
the
library's
program
at
neighborhood
branches,
which
is
enabling
access
to
underserved
communities
and
is
so
critical
and
as
we
look
to
bridge
the
equity
gaps
and
digital
divides
that
challenge
our
city.
F
To
me,
the
BPL
stands
very
much
on
the
front
lines
and
by
supporting
the
Boston
Public
Library
and
I
want
to
emphasis
on
public
we're,
helping
to
ensure
that
the
library
and
its
branches
continue
to
be
the
backbone
of
this
city.
And
so,
although
we
at
State
Street
have
called
Boston
home
for
more
than
226
years,
I
think
I
was
probably
around
for
about
200
of
them.
F
We
are
a
company
that
is
very
much
focused
on
the
future
and
that
future
is
inextricably
linked
with
an
educated,
inclusive
and
thriving
city
and
we're
very
proud
to
play
our
part
and
again.
We
hope
that
others
in
the
private
sector
will
join
us.
Because
again
we
welcome
the
company
hint
hint
I'm
in
marketing,
so
I
have
to
get
that
across.
So
with
that
I'm
very
delighted
to
hand
over
to
one
of
our
patrons
Jacqueline,
Lou
dagur
is
going
to
talk
about
what
the
library
has
meant
to
her.
G
G
You
have
to
do
when
you're
the
support,
and
one
of
my
of
the
things
on
my
to-do
list
was
that
I
absolutely
need
a
library
card,
because
I
love
to
read-
and
this
is
the
first
time
I
really
have
hours
and
days
and
I
have
so
much
time
to
read,
because
I
had
to
quit
everything
in
Germany,
yeah
and
decide
in
your
life.
You
know
and
I
was
really
looking
forward
yeah
and
it
was
very
excited.
So
I
went
to
the
line.
What
are
you
one
day?
G
I
mean
my
first
days
here
in
Boston
Victor
Rica
and
was
asking
for
recommendations.
Yeah
I
needed
some
easy
is
really
easy
books.
You
know
for
English
learning
readers
and
though
I
get
a
recommendation
and
I
went
to
the
shelf
and
when
I
was
looking
for
books,
there
were
two
ladies
next
to
the
shelf
and
brought
out,
and
they
asked
me
man
maybe
can
help
you
and
I
said.
Yes,
of
course,
you
know
I'm
looking
for
me
and
this
two,
ladies,
were
from
yes
a
team
working
for
the
public
library.
So
that
was
my
luck.
G
I
mean
this
lady's
told
me
more
about
them,
yeah
services
and
yes,
our,
but
they
muster
library
offers
and
yeah.
So,
at
the
end
of
this
day,
I
went
to
my
first
English
conversation:
truth
that
was
a
very
nice
experience.
I
met
a
lot
of
international
people
and,
although
the
volunteer
teachers
they
were
very
motivated
and
yeah
was,
it
was
great.
Just
great
from
this
arm.
I
joined
a
lot
of
different.
Yes,
all
classes,
a
tougher,
yes,
a
little
media's,
I
swear.
G
You
also
get
some
tremor
and
yeah
more
careful
area
and
everything,
but
I
learned
not
only
English.
In
this
classes,
I
also
learned
about
America
I
mean
and
you
can
from
Europe,
and
you
imagine
okay.
So
we
moved
to
to
America.
This
is
not
a
big
thing,
I
mean
it's
pretty.
You
think
it
is
pretty
similar,
but
it
is
not
it's
completely.
America
is
a
completely
different
culture.
You
know,
and
you
have
to
learn
more
than
only
the
language
and
yeah.
That's
what
I
ought
to
move
around
for
my
teachers.
G
You
know
all
the
volunteers,
they
tell
me
about
the
country
about
the
rules,
you
know,
oh,
it
works
and
yeah.
How
do
you
manage
your
daily
life
here?
So
I
really
have
to
thank
to
all
my
teacher
than
the
other
team.
They
do
a
fantastic
job,
but
it
this
is
not
only
the
only
thing
but
the
path
the
Boston
Public
Library
yeah
offer
through
the
people
I
mean
there
are
also
I
mean
I
did
not
use
this,
but
they
have
I
saw
their
text
help.
They
have
homework
health.
G
They
offer
Museum
passes
yeah
thumbs
to
museum
classes.
I
used
I
mean
I
made
a
reservation.
I
need
a
reservation
for
Museum
Pass.
You
have
to
go
to
different
branch
to
pick
them
up.
That's
how
I
yeah
I
went
to
different
friends
and
and
saw
that
all
the
libraries
have
a
different
style.
They
look
a
little
bit
different
yeah,
a
different
books,
some
big,
some
small,
some
very,
more
anthem,
very
old,
in
very
stylish
architecture.
G
So
you
can
find
everything
here
in
Boston
and
but
also
was
very
amazing
for
me,
because
I'm
not
used
to
this
war
that
you
don't
go
in
the
library
and
look
you
know
on
the
shelves
to
find
something
interesting.
No
you
do
it
online
I
mean
this
are
the
part
of
the
American
life
stylistic
and
that
you
do
everything
online,
so
Uganda
on
the
backside.
Yeah
then
just
enter
world
get
a
lot
of
long
long,
long,
listen!
Man!
You
choose
something!
G
Then
you
can
say
I
want
to
pick
it
up
on
this
day
of
them
at
this
branch
or
at
Kapolei.
Wherever
you
want,
you
know,
and
then
you
go
pick
it
up
at
the
dance
you
don't
have
to
go
to
the
sheriff's,
yeah
and
other.
When
you
finish
with
your
reading,
then
you
drop
it
off.
Where
you
want
I
mean
just
go
to
the
next
friends
around
you
and
drop
it
up.
It's
amazing,
because
that's
a
service,
you
that
you
really
have
to
pay
for
it
in
Europe,
yeah
I
mean
the
shipping
yeah.
A
And
so
that
was
a
quick
tour
to
many
of
our
services.
Thank
you.
So
much
as
someone
who
came
to
the
country
in
1992
I
can
appreciate
some
of
the
challenges
of
learning
and
becoming
part
of
this
culture.
So
thank
you
all
very
much
for
being
here.
This
is
the
beginning
of
the
next
chapter
of
the
history
of
the
Boston
Public,
Library
and
I.
Think
I
will
just
close
with
the
word
of
momentum.
That
is
what
we
have
going
forward.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
and
see
you
soon.