4/4/2012 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Patrons paid replacement fees for 10 items which have been lost or damaged. During the month of March,patrons have been billed for 51 items that are sufficiently overdue to warrant a notice. Ideally, a good percentage of these items will be returned when the patron receives a bill for the cost of replacing the items. Eighteen items have been deemed"missing." This means that the item was returned to the Library and should be available on the shelf,but cannot be located. It is possible that some of these items have been shelved improperly and will be discovered in time. MEETING ROOM USE The first floor Event Room and Conference Room were reserved for 34 distinct events during the month of March. Notable events included a professional development workshop for staff of the KC Coombs School, a meeting of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Elders, a banquet for the Mashpee High School Girls' Basketball team, launch event for the Mashpee CARES community coalition, Cape Cod Community Healthcare Blood Drive, as well as numerous Scout troop meetings, Children's programs, and local Book Club meetings. The second floor Small Conference/Study Rooms were reserved for 60 distinct blocks of time by patrons. PROGRAMS • During the month of March,the Library hosted 24 programs designed for children and families. • Seventeen of the programs were staffed and funded by the collective efforts of the Coalition for Children and the Mashpee Family and Community Partnership grants, and attendance at these programs=457. • Seven of the programs were produced by Library staff, and the attendance at these programs=245. Total attendance at the 24 programs= 702. • On March 20,the Library conducted an Ebook Workshop to train patrons on the use of the CLAMS System to download free Ebooks. This was attended by 15 participants. OTHER ACTIVITIES On March 20, 2012, Janet Trask and I met with representatives of the Cape Cod Volunteers to work out details df establishing an on-going partnership with the organization. Lisa McNeil, President, Sharon Howard, Board Member, and Jean Adams, volunteer, spoke about the work of the group.