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Who are the Friends of the South End Library?

The Friends of the South End Library, Inc., (FOSEL) is a neighborhood organization dedicated to the maintenance and improvement of the South End Library and adjoining Library Park. It has built on the efforts of many previous and current South End residents who have advocated and volunteered for the South End Library and its park since it opened at its present location, on Tremont Street between Rutland Square and West Newton Street, in 1971.

In 2008,  FOSEL became a charitable, non-profit under Section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Its EIN is 26-2025971. Its current board, elected May 4 for a two-year term, consists of (officers) Glyn Polson, president; Rhys Sevier, vice-president; P.K. Shiu, vice-president; Barbara Sommerfeld; treasurer, Adam Castiglione, clerk; and directors Courtney Fitzgerald, Anita Mercado, and Deb Coletti. The Advisory Board is in the process of being formed and their members will be listed on this page in the near future.

The previous FOSEL board consisted of (officers) Marleen Nienhuis, president, Dana Dubreuil, treasurer, Anthony Woeltz, clerk and Lois Russell, secretary, and board members Ann Wilson Lloyd and the chair of the Rutland Square Association (the official Parks Department Partner for Library Park), Stephen Fox.

For more information about the board, see FOSEL News category on our HOME  page.

Download our FOSEL pamphlet in English

Download  our FOSEL pamphlet in Spanish

Download our 2008 FOSEL informal library survey 2008, English

Download our 2008 FOSEL info FOSEL informal library survey 2008, Spanish