9/9/2008 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Mashpee Public Library P 0 Box 657 Mashpee MA Circulation for July 2008 was 13,283. Circulation for August was 12,364. The combined total YTD is 25,647, compared with 29,,965 for the summer of FY 2008. There are several reasons for the drop in circulation. Mashpee hadbeen serving a number of Falmouth residents while their temporary library was located in Sippiwissett. Many North and East Falmouth residents found it closer to use Mashpee's library during that time period, resulting, in higher than normal numbers last summer. We noticed a decline in circulation once Falmouth Library moved baric into their renovated building Last spring. We have a smaller collection in the temporary facility for patrons to.choose from. About 7,000 items are in long berm storage. I feel certain we chose the right areas of the collection for storage. We`ve had only a handful of requests for those subject areas and we`ve been abbe to obtain copies from other CLAMS' fibrari�s. Raving a smaller colfecto„ Impa�ts the number of items taken out using a browsing method of selection. The staff has also noticed that patrons doing errands in the shopping center tend to take fewer items so they don't have to go back to the car before grocery shopping, We have noticed that the number of new library cards issued is greater than previous summers. That means that many new people who had never used a CLAMS library have discovered us in our new location. On the whole, the summer season was very smooth and patron comments about the new space have been very positive. It was the most success year for children's programs which we all held outdoors opposite Heather's Restaurant. Many store owners have comment on the increased foot traffic to the area since the library moved in, We have continued to make progress on the building project. The bidding process has been advertised with subcontractor bids due October 15'- and General Contractor bids due October 15''. The town expects the successful bidder to begin by November $�'. The MBLC, 8t their August board meeting, approved remaining building grants for these libraries still an the waiting dist. We have received official notification of Mashpee's remaining 15% increase. We are awaiting an amended contact from the MBLC. At the same meeting, the MBLC announced a Green Libraries grant opportunity � to help libraries achieve LEEDS certification. The committee had discussed building a LEEDS certified building in the past but felt the cost was beyond our reach. This new program would award successful libraries an additional 5%