7/12/2005 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Mashpee Public Library P.O. Box 657 Mashpee, Alla 02649 Circulation for ,June 2005 totaled 11,055 items, which is 692 items more than the same time period last year. This is a 6 over the sa!'1"ie time period last year. Circulation for FY 2005 totaled. 121,484. That figure is 12,568 ,more than F 2004 and represents the library's highest circulation to date. Comparing this year to last year, circulation was upl2%overall, In July 2004, circulation was 13:098. As you can see, the amount of yearly increase was like adding an extra summer month to the library's workload. As you have all probably heard, Mashpee did very well in the library construction grant round. We had hoped to be In the top twenty and are actually number 12 overall. That works very well with our existing time frame. Seven libraries were notified that they received provisional grant awards. These libraries will have sic months to get their local funding in place and to accept the provisional award. One library, Cambridge received a split award; $6,651,647 noir and the first position on the gaiting .list for another $4,046,848. Total funding available for awards was $21,508,811. Funding the waiting list gill-cost another $68,469,665. The General Assembly is corking on a $74,000,000 bond bill. Passage of that amount will be more than enough to fund the gaiting list, When passed, libraries will receive funding in a phased manner, basad on waiting list position. once funding becomes available. We still have to develop final designs, bid the project and complete the fund raising campaign. We have a very full year ahead of us to achieve those goals. Jane Dolan, library Building committee member, has been working on a grant application for $95,000 to the Kresge Foundation to plan an energy efficient library. A tremendous amount of work went into gathering the data and preparing the application. The application was mailed-the last week of,June. Decisions,on applications are made within ninety days of submission. ,Jane is to be commended for the time and effort she has spent preparing the grant application. I will keep you informed of the grant's progress. We have recently begun using the CLAIMS Acquisitions module. Bridget took the necessary training at CLAMS in May and has begun setting. up vendor accounts to allover electronic ordering. This is different from the electronic ordering we were already doing. Bridget creates a catalog record when she planes an order for each item. The online catalog displays and on order status and patrons can place requests before we actually have the item in hand. Using Acquisitions was one of the goals in the library's current 'Long Range Plan.