9/9/2004 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Nancy K. Soderberg 726 old Barnstable Road Mashpee, MA 02649 508-477-6171 n od rber&@aol .coni September 9, 2004 Pavid Burton, Chairman Board of Trustees Mashpee Public Library Mashpee, MA 02649 Re: vacancy Mashpee Public Library Board of Trustees Dear Mr. Burton I understand that a vacancy has recently occurred on the Mashpee Public library's Board of Trustees, and I wish to express my interest in filling this position for the remainder of its term and invite the board to consider my qualifications. After moving to Mashpee ee in 1996 I learned of the physical and financial constraints placed upon the tom's public library. I became a library volunteer to learn more about the library's infrastructure and needs and Hoped to ultimately be able to contribute to a library able to serve its extremely rapidly growing population with increasingly more sophisticated needs. F'or the past fifteen years I have worked as data librarian archivist for the U.S. Geological Survey �cataloging, storing and preserving data collected by this 4 year old federal alanine science center: In this capacity I struggle with many similar problems that arise public libraries;lack of space, staff, funding, evolving technology and the ingenuity of the human mind, and most importantly providing responsible professional information delivery-to the scientific and public community. I hope my experience might bring another useful perspective to the board during a very exciting and challenging period. The town's rapid growth, seasonal population, unusual Cape Cod heritage, and proximity to one of the nation's largest superfund sites whose migrating pollutants have impacted private and potential public drinking supplies, all.call for a modern effective and technologically efficient information distribution center, one that is able to address the needs of its population. A small town cannot support a physically large library, however it must encourage and foster n institution that meets the needs f its unique resident population. with informed inteigent planing especially during these fiscally constrained times, Mashpee Public Library will continue to grow reflecting the population it serves. The Board of Trustees can encourage voters to support and direct the library's growth through readily available information describing growing plans, funding