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BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES <br /> REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING <br /> TUESDAY ,, FEBRUARY 1 ,, 1998 <br /> 7 : 00 P . M. <br /> I MEMBERS PRESENT : ISL' LEIS DEFOE ,, LIBRARY DIRECTOR <br /> DAVID BURTON <br /> ANTON BUSCHENFELDT <br /> CHARLOTTE F ASV L' U I L <br /> MIMI MARSH <br /> FRIENDS PRESENT : JANE STIBRIDE <br /> LISA TLMAE <br /> II MINUTES of PREVIOUS MEETING: <br /> Corrections to minutes of January 13 , 1998 : Page 3 , Para . 11 , <br /> change "blot " to "blitz"' , <br /> Minutes accepted as corrected . <br /> III REPORTS : <br /> A. Library Director : Circulation for the month of January 1998 <br /> totaled 7 , 392 items . Included in that total were 5 , 764 adult , <br /> 1 , 693 juvenile and 65 young adult items . During the month <br /> 21, 592 fiction , 1 , 217 non--fiction, 246 paperbacks , 267 periodi- <br /> cals , 730 angio cassettes , 2 , 109 videocassettes and 236 large <br /> print materials , etc . <br /> Helene reported that she had attended a Mass . Board of Library <br /> Commissioners t workshop , subject , applying for the Early . <br /> Childhood Mini Grant . The application deadline will be March <br /> 2 , x.998 . Twenty-three libraries submitted letters of intent <br /> and ten grants of $6 , 000 each will be awarded . <br /> B . Friends of the Library : Jane Stockbridge passed around a re- <br /> port of the joint meeting of the Library Trustees and the Friends <br /> of the Library which took place on January 21st at the Mashpee <br /> Library. Jane commented . <br /> Jane volunteered to chair the building expansion committee . <br /> Jane reported that Helene had come up with an excellent sug- <br /> gestion, "The little library that could . . . . . R W" , (based <br /> upon the "Little Engine that could . <br /> Many suggestions were made for publicity ; sweatshirts , T-shirts , <br /> buttons , Seed money was needed , therefore , it was suggested <br /> that the Friends should open an account at the Cape Cod Five, <br /> specifically for receiving donations and paying expenses involved <br /> in the campaign for expansion of the Mashpee Library. Jane re- <br /> ported the Friends now have $1 , 125 to use for the expansion <br /> campaign . <br />