3/8/2011 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Mashpee Public Library P.O. Box 657 Mashpee, MA 02536 February 2011 Director's Report Monthly Statistics -Circulation for the month of February 2011 totaled 10,537 items. That exceeded last year's total for February 2010 of 8,883 by 1,654 items. The monthly total continues to increase over the same time period last year. For February, the Library was closed a total of 5 days due to staffing shortages which adversely affected the circulation transactions. - Circulation from July 2010 thru February 2011 totaled 117,790 - an increase of 35,524 items over the same period (July 2009 thru February 2010). -Mashpee continues to be the 4th busiest library in CLAMS. -Use of the Quiet Study Rooms- 30 uses -Use of the Events/Conference Rooms—35 meetings Part-time Contractual Workers (Please see attached sheet.) As of February 28th, all contractual workers had been approved for employment. A total of six individuals,have signed contracts to provide part-time services for Mashpee Public Library for 12 weeks. Everyone will be on board by March 5th. Marge Hansen & Claudia Hinkle are Circulation Assistants, Kathy Mahoney, Kathy Mortensen & Eileen Chandler are at the Reference Desk, and Michele Spinney is doing cataloging. All are conversant with CLAMS and Millenium software. The Town is paying me a weekly stipend of$25.00 for my work as Acting Director. Budget Recommendations (Please see attached sheet) Joyce Mason, Town Manager, handed out a proposed budget that the Town will present to FinComm within the next few weeks. The Town has made the recommendation to fill 1 of the 2 part-time Circulation Assistant positions and a '/2 time Reference position for FY2012. Ms. Mason, in her direction to the Department Heads, acknowledged that this is a year to re-build and the Town wants to fund positions that they can be assured of retaining in the future. Adjustment was made in the materials line to make sure it would not be less than 16 %. Helene Defoe, had submitted a proposed FYI12 Budget with funding for both part-time Circulations Assistants and a full time Reference.