03/14/2000 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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LIBRARY 'T U T S 3/14/00 PAn.-E TWO Helene ell-Toe , (continued) :. Helene reported that she had had David Burton sign the mini-grant that they were applying for for con- ' necting cul.tur.es - in the amount of $5 , 000 from the Board of Library 60mmiss ioners . T-h-ey offer a variety of programs which. would bring - iversity to the library , an-d celebrate the different cultures- in - the community. Helene explained that , fox the citizens of Ma-shpee to become familiar with their neighbors ' cultures wa's a plus . 'The application for the grant will be -put- into' the mail this week. Janet Bunce, ' Children ' s Librarian' s monthly report -to' Helene Defoe -is attached , -Written report to the trustees from the Friends of the Mashpee Library attached . Book Sales : The February sale netted $131 . 00 . The March sale brought in $173 . 00 . Next sale is scheduled for April 1st . REPORT : BUILDING COMMITTEE : David Burton explained that the building committee h.as ret almost weekly, or every ten days for informal workshops . Helene reviewed the architectural drawings which showed the relation- ship of va lous services available in the library, acid where they might want then located * They would , for instance, like a programming -and ctaf t moxa, and obviously, they would life it near the children ' s room. There is another area which .wall be called the browsing col- lection/living l- lection/living room. The reason for that 'was that they had 'heard the opinion of residents .that the II-brary was not co y. They also wanted a meeting-room which would have afte'r-hours access , and not be dependent upon having the meetings only on Tuesdays or Thrusdays before 8 : 00 p . m. Helene further explained that It appeared that . they were leaning towards having a second floor. Their needs were not going to fit on one floor . The second floor was- roj ected with some staff area, reference, . study rooms ,, and an open area . They are not proposing building an entire sec n'd f1 r . They were proposing more of a me anine approach, be- . cause of cost , but- with the ability to add - on - in the future. . The -second variat�on of the conceptual rawing was also presented . In the next couple of weeks that .gill all_ be tentatively finalized , as the architect sees the relationship as to their pririt.i pP , and what needed to be near what . Much of- this has to . do with supervisions They want to. create meas where it would not be difficult to see what was going on ,, and to see who needed assistance . i