5/2/2012 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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c; CLAMS central purchasing fund to facilitate purchases of downloadable eBooks and audio books. Libraries can contribute more to the central fund, or can purchase the downloadable materials and be invoiced directly. The proposed new model would have mandated that each library be required to pay a fee to the central fund based on each library's percentage of the total check-outs of downloadable materials. Since Mashpee residents are one of the largest users of eBooks, our minimum contribution would have jumped to nearly $5000. This fiscal year, I have spent more than $5000 on downloadable books and materials (using money from the Friends of the Library) in recognition of the fact that our patrons are big users of eBooks. However,I did not support the new model that required me to earmark that amount of money and give it to the central fund, where a committee would decide how to expend the money. I am on the E Selection committee currently, so I do have a voice in how the collective money is spent. In the future they will probably call for the makeup of the committee to change, and others will be given the opportunity to serve. At that point, I wouldn't have a say in what was purchased with the funds. This continues to be a topic that is debated at membership meetings. On April 12, I participated in Mashpee Student Government Day and had the good fortune of having a student come to the Library to observe our work. She was a very bright young woman and avid reader. She has already been accepted at Boston College where she will be pursuing a career in nursing. Her time with me did not change her career goals, but it was a very informative morning and I enjoyed hearing about her life and her view on life in Mashpee. Also on April 12, I attended the monthly Mashpee CAREs meeting. The group continued to explore the recently released results of the Healthy Community Survey and formulated strategies to address concerns about underage at risk behaviors. On April 24, a representative from Pharos, the company that provides the computer software that manages our public access computers, along with David Delvecchio and Bruce Stello, spent the morning at the Library(prior to our Noon opening) with me and Reference Librarian, Allison Gifford, to provide additional training and troubleshoot any system questions. It was an extremely beneficial morning for us, as we learned more about the systems capabilities and how to utilize various advanced functions. We were able to modify some features that we hope will make the system more user friendly and relieve some of the burden on staff to assist with many functions. David and Bruce were very generous with their time, and for the first time since the Library opened, we appear to have wireless printing.capabilities. We have not yet decided whether or not to offer this function to the public, as it will initially be very labor intensive for the staff to walk patrons through the set up on their own laptops. On April 25, 1 attended the Cape Cod and Island Library Association Board Meeting. The group made plans to bring additional training workshops to the Cape Cod region, and to host a workshop that will teach public librarians how to use and refer patrons to the Barnstable County Law Library. Head Librarian, Meg Hill, will lead this program for us in the fall.