4/12/2011 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Mashpee Public Library P.O. Box 657 Mashpee, MA 02536 March 2011 Director's Report Monthly Statistics -Circulation for the month of March 2011 totaled 13,865 items. That exceeded last year's total for February 2010 of 7,524 by 6,341 items. The monthly total continues to increase over the same time period last year, consistently 40-45 % higher. - Circulation from July 2010 thru March 2011 totaled 131,655 - an increase of 41,865 items over the same period(July 2009 thru March 2010). -Mashpee continues to be the 4 I busiest library in CLAMS. -Use of the Quiet Study Rooms- 81 uses -Use of the Events/ Conference Rooms—44 meetings/programs Contractual Workers—Update All 6 contractual workers have been a tremendous help to the Staff and Library operations. Unfortunately for the Library, Kathy Mahoney, who worked the lion's share of the Reference Desk hours, left at the end of the month to become a consultant and that has created a significant whole on the Reference Desk schedule. One of the other contractual employees has picked up some of her hours and a new hire has submitted the paperwork, but has not been summoned to sign her contract at Town Hall. Ouiet Study Room Policy Helene and I had formulated a "quiet study room" policy/guidelines for the 2 rooms upstairs based on the use pattern of the first few months. Several people have challenged it recently. One wants to be able to "skype" in there, supposedly while taking a class. Another is a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor who would like to be able to reserve the one of the rooms almost every week for 2-6 hours, in advance of our 1 week reservation limit. Her organization's "Career Center" in Falmouth will be closing in June. Conference Room/Meeting Room In addition to the regular programs/ group meetings, the Library also hosted among others: parenting workshops, a SEED 2- part workshop for small businesses sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Cape Cod Red Cross Save-a-Life program, Mashpee High School Girls Basketball Banquet, and DARE Family Foster Parents Meeting. Scheduling of programs/ meetings extend out to 6 months in advance. Requests continue to increase from an ever- widening geographic pool of applicants.