12/12/2006 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Mashpee Public Library P.0. Box 657 Mashpee, Ilia 02649 Circulation for November 2006 was 10,932 items; making our year-toAate total 62,442 items circulated. We did see some impact during the beginning of October when Falmouth's main library was closed during their move. We are running almost 5% ahem of last years transactions. As -you can see by the attached spreadsheet: Mashpee is once again the fifth busiest CLAMS library in terms of items circulated. The FY 2008 budget was completed and submitted to Joyce Mason before the deadline. It was basically a level funded budget with the exception of some adjustments to staffing and utilities costs. I have requested that Bridget Bontrager`s hours be increased flora 30 to 35 hours a week and added in the temporary summer help that we discussed lest month. I've included a copy of the library"s budget narrative that details the reason for the amount requested in each line item. My budget meeting with Joyce is on December 1:P. That will be the first feedback I get on how the town will view our requests. The Planning Department did a training session on howl to use the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. I had been scheduled to attend so Bridget went in my absence. There didn't seem to be a lot of instances where we would use the software at the library but it gage a nice overviews about the program' capabilities. Torn Mayo, the Assistant Town Planner, is extremely knowledgeable about GIS. I asked him fro an overview of the uses of GIS and he provided the following information: GIS is a tool designed to create a link between raps and databases. This link allows the user to analyze complex relationships between different layers of information. For example, with a GIS we can see at a glance how a proposed zoning change would effect a certain neighborhood or business district, or we can see where the streets on the town's'no plow' list are located and how that might effect travel in town during a snow storm. Cather ways the Town uses GIS include a method to automate the creation of reaps, maintaining an updated accounting of reap features in town, i.e. parcels, buildings, streets, aerial photography...etc., and for developing new layers o information that had not been used on a neap in the past, i.e. locations of registered gun owners or registered dog licenses (both of which would be useful to emergency responders). We would most likely refer patrons with specific needs or questions to Torn. We have a street map of Mashpee on display which Torn generated using the GIS program.