7/21/2009 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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1 , J lashpee Public Library P o Box 657 lashpee NSA Circulation In June was 10,997 items, compared with last yearrs circulation of 8J58, Year-to-date circulation was 116,,953,, compared to 124,,47'1 sterns circulated last year. Added 1,082 downloads of audio books we had a grand total of 118,035., This month's growth fry circulation is the largest monthly increase (34%) since we've been at Joy St, It will be interesting to see if that tread continues over the summer months. Overall,, yearl circulation was down 6 over last year, Normally, circulation has grown o t each year, a pattern consistent during my 20 years with the library, Certainly moving to a new smaller location and storing about a quarter of the collection-had an impact. li e received many calls the first 6 months from patrons who didn't realize the library had moved or couldn't find the new location* We've seen much less of that the last few months. I believe that adjusting to the new location is a facto' in the recovery in circulation that we sally in June, The town finally implemented the Purchase Order function ur�ct�on in their financial software, We were given one lecture style training session late in June which discussed how to request and approve Purchase Orders. The system gent live July 1 t, I took the time to practice entering and approving requisitions in the training database and have successfully adapted to the new module. No bills will be processed without creating a re Sufi ition and obtaining a Purchase Order. Despite my initial trepidation,, p I am .noir comfortable creating Purchase Orders, The Accounting Department complimented me on how well I have rude the transition* M impression is that some departments are having more of a challenge than I did. I recently attended a workshop at SEMLS on Digital h otog ra hy, Barbara Anderson, the presenter, took the group through the most common types of digital cameras, how to use therm and how to transfer photos from the camera to a computer or storage device. she reviewed uploading photos to a web sharing service like Snapfi h and discussed editing, cropping and printing photos. At this time, the library doesn't have a digital camera but we have had volunteers take photos for us. I panted to be morep roficient at posting therm on our website. I plan to purchase a camera for the library so we are able to document our programs and share them with patrons via the website.