03/14/2000 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Mashpee Public Library P.O. Box 657 iashpce,NIA 02649 i Circulation for the rnontli of January 2000 totaled 8,18 I items. This is 434 more than the previous January when 7,847 items circulated. Included in hese totals were 6,386 adult items, 1,779 juvenile items and 9 young adult items. There were 2,528 fiction, 1,292 non-fiction,324 paperbacks,552 periodicals,and audiocassettes, 4 compact discs, 2.312 videocassettes, 381 large print books and 42 puppet lits. The 804 library began circulating museum passes, which were purchased by the Friends of the Library. In the first month, five passes circulated. We currently have passes to throe museums; the Cape Cod Children's Museum,,the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabclla Gardner Stewart Museum. The library registered 51 new borrowers during the month. During the month,the library made 3,357 loans to Massachusetts residents that lure outside Mashpec. Fifty-three loans were made to out-of-state residents. The library borrowed 25'7 items for Mashpee patrons through interlibrary loan and loaned 330 items to other libraries for their patrons. There were 4,848 patron visits in January. Much 'of my time this month has been devoted to the FY 2101 budget or the library building study. A mceting with the Fiance Committee is scheduled for next month to present the library's budget to them. Ilic building study has begun and a meeting between dhe Building Committee, Library Trustees, architect. and her library consultant was held to review the library's program design. Overdue fines for January totaled$493.30. That brings the year-to-date overdue fine total to X5,293.14 that has been collected and turned over to the Treasurer's office. Fin racial Balances as of January 2000: Library Salaries $ 5'7,00 1.85 Expense $ 165511.39 Incentive Grant $91617.73 NEG 9P509.97 Construction Grant $30,811.11 Library Donation 520563.87