Politics & Government

Library Board to Hear About Privatization

LSSI is expected to present to Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is expected to hear a presentation in the coming months by a company that provides library outsourcing for communities as a possible way of lowering expenses.

Library Systems & Services LLC, or LSSI, a Germantown, Md.-based company that was founded in 1981, was scheduled to give a presentation at the board's Monday meeting, but had to reschedule to March or April, said library board member and Township Committeeman Don Kostka.

The company provides services to 17 public library systems and 69 branches in the U.S., according to its website.

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Kostka said of LSSI "they are in the business of running libraries" and that the company will present on what it can do for Montville.

The presentation would address how the library would change if LSSI was hired, including what would happen to existing staff, what interaction would exist between LSSI and the Board of Trustees, what would happen to union employees and benefits, how LSSI would develop programs and work with different age groups, and how working with LSSI would affect the library's collection, interaction with the community and accounting systems, Kostka said.

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