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Public Library <br /> P.O. Box 657 <br /> Mashpee, Ma 02649 <br /> Circulation for the month of December 2001 totaled 7,251 items. This is 842 more than <br /> the same month last year. Year-to-date circulation totaled 61,919 items. Included in this <br /> total were 57747 adult,'5 9 Young Adult and 1,474 juvenile items. There were 2,147 <br /> fiction, I,029 non-Miction, 449 periodicals, 3 3 8 paper acl s, 763.audiocassettes, 13 music <br /> CDs, 2,214 videocassettes, 28 puppets, 16 museum passes, and 330 large print items <br /> circulated. During the month, 32 patrons registered for library cards. The library lent <br /> materials to 3,,021 Massachusetts residents and 89 items to out-of-state patrons. <br /> Work has continued on preparing for the CLAMS software upgrade. Staff has been <br /> working on reports from CLAIMS to clean up the database before it is transferred to the <br /> new vendor. VVE have been working on inactive patron records for a purge of library <br /> cards not used since 1998. Many of these cards go back to 1993 and 1994, when <br /> lashpee first registered patrons. Eliminating the deado'od of inactive records will save <br /> money since CLAMS must pay for every record transferred to the new system. We are <br /> also working on-deleting older periodical issues that have been withdra vn. An item <br /> record still remains in the database until the system is purged. I have been examining <br /> item records for boobs and other materials to correct any inaccuracies in coding our item <br /> records. All of this work will result in a smaller, higher quality database following the <br /> purge as well as saving money by transferring up-to-date records. <br /> In conjunction with the changeover, all staff is scheduled to attend a basic PC workshop <br /> t CLAMS. . Once we switch over, PCs will replace the dumb terminals at the desk and <br /> OPAC station. This training should help staff'feel more comfortable about conducting <br /> circulation processes on a PC. <br /> During the month} $707.30 in overdue fines were collected and turned over to the <br /> Treasurer's office. Year-to-date,, fines collected total $6,,1 86.00. <br />