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BOARD of LIBRARY TRUSTEES <br /> REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING <br /> TUESDAY , NOVEMBER lo , 1998 <br /> 7 : 00 P. <br /> I PRESENT : H E L E I E D F E , LIBRARY DIRE-CTOR <br /> ANTON BU CHENFELDT. <br /> CARLO D' ETE <br /> DAVID BURTON. <br /> T RI HYDE <br /> II MARSH <br /> DICK- SH-AUGHNESSY <br /> 4 <br /> MINUTES of PREVIOUS MEETING: Minute of - October 1 ,, 1998 <br /> IT <br /> were accepted as presented . <br /> III REPORTS <br /> FRIENDS of THE LIBRARY * Teri. Hyde reported that. the book sale <br /> had earned $145 . 00 . <br /> The Friends had their meeting last Thursday . Rose Shanka is <br /> their new president . Mrs *. Whritenour is their Vice President . <br /> LIBRARY DIRECTOR REPORT : Helene DeFoe reported that the cir- <br /> culation for the month of October 1998 totaled 7 , 803 items" <br /> The library borrowed 225 iters from other libraries for Iashpee <br /> patrons and made 210 loans to Libraries for their patrons . This <br /> was a very active month for new . registrations . The library <br /> issued 93 new library cards . Janet Burke visited the elementary <br /> schools this month and' invited children and -teachers to make- use <br /> of the library and it ' s resources . <br /> The library was able to take advantage of some training oppor- <br /> tuni.ties offered by SEMLS and the town . Janet Burke attended <br /> basic reference workshop to familiarize her with some basic <br /> tools used in reference work. Helene Defoe attended two -Manage- <br /> ment workshops presented at Barnstable County Courthouse . These <br /> were open to staff of all towns on the Cape. She also attended <br /> a two part workshop on using the computer program EXCEL which <br /> will be very helpful .'for preparing budget spreadsheets . Kathy <br /> Makunas and Sandy Price attended a workshop on how to process <br /> basic interlibrary loan trnnsactio.ns <br /> The library o- ened on- Friday afternoons as of October -16th. <br /> Public response -to the idea of being open on'. Fridays . has been - <br /> positive, <br /> an.d. usage will probably grow as more patrons become <br /> aware of the new hours . <br /> overdue fines for . the month totaled $539 , 300 Year-to-date , <br /> $2 ,, 519 . 80 has been collected and turned. over -to the Treasurer ' s <br /> office% <br />