To the Editor:

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library, we write to ask you for your participation in an important community matter.

The search for a new library director has begun, and one of the first priorities of the search committee is to engage the community in this process. It is with the support and insight of the library's patrons that we will attract and retain an enthusiastic and experienced director to lead C.H. Booth Library in these exciting yet challenging times.

Your input is needed. Please take a few moments to reply to the survey. You may access the survey via our website at www.chboothlibrary.org or  via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/785PG6N. Your answers will be confidentially reviewed.

Thank you for your assistance in our search for the next director of C.H. Booth Library. We are grateful for your participation in building an even stronger library for our community.

The Search Committee

(Michael Talluto, Chair; Bob Geckle, Trustee; Colleen Honan, Trustee; Joan Petersen, Community Representative; Peter Stern, Trustee and Friends of the Library Representative; Christine Stowe, Community Representative; Kim Weber, Staff Representative)

25 Main Street, Newtown                 March 5, 2014