7/8/2008 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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BOARD of LIBRARY TRUSTEES � REGULAR MONTHLY ME 1 E�iG Q TUESDAY,JULY 89 2008 MASHPEE SENIOR CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM Print. David Bion Carlo D"Este,Jane Dolan,Nancy Soderberg,John Kowalski, and Helene DeFoe, Library Director. . Absent: Heather Lakatos, and Dianna Smith. Chairman David urtoh called the meeting to order at 638 p.m. David opened the meeting by officially welcoming Jack Kowalski to the Board. David said that Jack has been duly sworn in. AiDproval o _Min to Jane Solan motioned to accept the rm'n tes of the Meeting of June 10, 2008 as presented;Nancy Soderberg. seconded this motion; and the Board approved it, with John Kowalski abstaining. Reports Helene eFoe ubrtted her monthly report for June,the June CLAMS circulation report, an Over Drive Books report of checkouts from3/31/2008throw 6/30/2008, and Janet f urke's report for Downloadable � June. All reports are attached to toprinted set of these nminutes. The reports were reviewed and discussed. During the discussion period Helene advised the Trustees that: e . Signs info nning patrons of librarymove to South Cape village were posted at the old Library location as requested by the Board at the last Trustee meeting. Helene said that.lure is the last month of the fiscal year and the statistics show that business was down but that was understandable since the Library was closed for the move to Joy Street location and also last year Falmouth Library was closed for renovations and therefore we had a-huge volume increase from that source. Helene said that in the last week or,so things have gotten back to normal and we are Peking up a lot of new people getting library cards. Helene informed the Board that Over ve Downloadable Books replaced the Recorded.hooks supplier we had for one year and we opted not to renew with Recorded Books. We contracted with Over Drive. Boston Public uses Over give. Thus far it appears to be less expensive than Recorded 4 Books. Also,, we have more flexibility than we had under Recorded Books contract. Helene said that right noir Over ve does not work with mods but in the next couple of months it will work with ifods. Ren6 Read gave deadline of July I 1 to have everything moved out of the old library building. David Burton said that he is goingto meet with Ralph Bartlett to remove the shed from the old library site sometime next week. Helene mentioned that DPW may clear some of the vegetation from the old library site,which would be a cost y .savings. But if this work cannot be done until much later,than DPW would not be available. Summer Circulation Assistant...Helene informed the Trustees that teary Navicky started in this position on .dune 27 '. Helene said that during the interview with Mary it was obvious she had customer service skills and Mary hasalready proven to be an asset. Mary is a 19-hour summer employee. Nancy Soderberg asked whether or not Mary would be able to come back next summer. Helene said hopefully, if she were interested in coning next year.