12/11/1978 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Mashpee Public Library GREAT NECK ROAD MASHPEE, MASS. 02649 To The Honorable Board of Selectmen and The Citizens of The Town of Mashpees During the past year the Mashpee Pub1ir-.Library has been staffed by a librarian and a library aide, and has adhered to a regular schedule of library hours which gives patrons an opportunity to obtain materials six days a week. The increase in library hours has resulted in a circulation of 3,567 books. The lower level of the building has .been repainted , additional outside floodlights installed and book carts and catalog files added to provide needed space for new acquisitions and their listings. The library is now cataloged. New fiction, non fiction and reference materialt are added systematically to afford adult readers a wider selection. We will work in conjunction with the new school library to meet the needs of younger readers. As part of the Eastern Regional Library System we are also able to borrow materials from other area libraries on interloan. In this regard subregional conferences and workshops have been attended by trustees and the librarian. • Friends of ,the Library, community organizations and individual residents have donated more than 275 books, three sets of ency- clopedias and fourteen magazine subscriptions. All required reading materials for Falmouth High School English classes have been stocked . Large print books for the visually handicapped and home delivery service to shut-ins are available. A paperback book exchange is also in operation. The library is open for community activities and programs have been arranged for young people. While story hours and a film program were not successful , a puppet show cosponsored with the Parks and Recreation Department was. A summer nature program directed by the Cape Cod 4 H Club attracted boys and girls aged ten through twelve. A fall Arts and Crafts program directed by Paul Cali will be repeated this spring. Mr. Cali has been serving as a library intern as part of his student work.Jn the Cape Cod Graduate Teacher Education Program under the auspices of the School of Education of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Library activities have been publicized regularly in the local press and on radio. Topical displays are changed monthly in the library. A new patron drive in May, and a Bosley Bookworm promotion last fall encouraged citizens to use our facilities. Community awareness of expanding library functions was also aided • by the Friends of the Libraiy' s Books and Wares Sale last August, and their distribution of bookmarks and posters advertising library hours and programs sponsored by their group.