11/4/2009 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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i ashpee ublr Library o Box 657 Mshpee MA Circulation in CCtober ' was 9,966 iters compared with last ear's circulation of 9,422. Year-to-date circulation was 46,861, compared to ,001 items circulated. last.year. Overall,-yearly circulation was up % over last year. The building is no % complete and the torn will be applying for their 3 rd payment from the state grant. As part of reaching that threshold f Patience Jackson son cane down for a tour. She asked questions -about several aspects of the building and seemed to life what she saw. The following day,, she sent nye an email that said, "You have a truly beautiful building!""That is very high praise from Patience. Let me remind everyone that the Ethics Workshop is Friday,, November 6th at Ton Hall, Please email Kathleen. Moore if you are attending. At the November Department Head meeting, a question was raised about repeating the session in an evening session for those who work days, Rene Read will check on that. i Budget preparations are well underway.. The budget 01s due November HP but I will submit by November 1 '' because of going on vacation. Rather than print copies, thave erailed the draft to all. There are two budgets;, .-a level funded and a 2% reduction* My drafts are complete and I'm corking on the narrative to accompany them. The narrative addresses the impact of the reduction. I have not taken anything from staffing since we are already understaff=ed., I reduced energy costs and the book budget. I`rn sure we'd run short in energy funds and we`d risk our certification by falling to'about % spent on collecUons rather than %. Vose ere". the only substantial line items I could reduce. i The 101.brary is participating in Mashpee Reads. If you haven't registered to participate, the website is wv%fw.readsinma-0[gjmashpee. Our community goal is 150,000 books read by thebme the new library opens.