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wem tabulated separately for ealch distribution route Report of the us' r a� ln 1 Ms. ibniche . and �th the luntr asses f Mrs. ash a Pu lic Lrary AhIgre n and Ed Baker. We.were veryPle . d that residents took the fime to complieft the lengthy sur e, which wM major*put to development of a"Vision To they Honorable Board of Selectmen. statement" forthe me 1 tti� and and.the Citizens if the T'ow n of Mash, ee- poficle for the ComiprehensivePlan- � I am pleas to,rep ort that the Mash brary . Survey results were released at a senlies of "issuiles has Just completed its most successful ear to date, forwms"!held during the thud quarter to solid"t additional Gre ulation for the year tot.af d 58, 3 items.This,was an � &red pub&input on.the topics to be covered by the plan. l I%I increasle over the 19,91 circulation. The number of ' l � � l in the registered b rrowerrs incr .sed. t 8,78 1; an. increase of forums, which resulted n TT ly discussions and 988 new library Patrons.During the year..,44,383 library exp ideas n the yes. Patrons made u.s f the lib rate's s r s. During the fourth ��stere �a diva rt d from T he maj r(locus �i thin the lib ra r � �� preparing for the C m r h ns Plan to partc1pation in an the upcoming a.ut o rnat d c rculati n system, CLAMS, : t }. established 1�� 1 r�own a out.l 6,01001 volumes tunes hick.n�a d to be the Sd. } t participation in d ntrid in the CLAMS d and each it must b mission of` the "151 worth_ Market Street""' hairy o ded to be tracked y the new system. Many hours , co -mmercial development.l ent_ owe ger, the Needs rnm� have been spent removing out-d.atcd anpd orn materials Co mnutt work required the development f 210-year from the c of e t,ion and barco d in the items remaining. and uii ut r j titi n 'hp us , p pullati n end 'Thus far,about ��of the collection.habeenlaarcodd. .ts �grade � ich Il imp ort ant dot a r the library t have a t least in by May of Comprehensive It i h_ p e .that the Co . µttl ee's l!9,913.At that point,the switch T Comprehensive -ill rn a�dc T �rn manual recd nd ti nswiii.0 gal olbs ai�u lbil tul the Capital lcirculation to the CLAMS system. F'a.cifibiles element of the Pan_ B e nn n in March,pa:tr ns i n receiving new Duningthe u� ear, we hope to ,het back ofn CLAM S library ca.rds..All patrons must be re-registered :.' schedule ul end complete. major portions T the �n the ne��r systern.The CLAMS yards will be honored in rFComprehensive Plan. Subcommittee meet gs and all twenty p uh lie libraries wh.i ch a.re CLAMS.members, Publichie �to.establish goals,lobjectives and polides Brochures showing the location of x ll rn ember libraries and develop draft plan elements should begin early in.the and explaining the new system are available at the year. Consultant work t e' fund d by the � � �d library,. E ion should be under way by su ��er.Planning nin Board hea on the plan are scheduled to cur late in a Hirery )&gas honored to he selected to co-dost a -the year Throughout h ut tl process,we intend to keep�� reading and discussion series for the Massachusetts fully informed of cur progress and. continue t� solicit,it F o un rk datio n for the Humanities. Over sixty libraries; your di� nrns. � � urt �n and lied as,hosts sits andi. hen mereh� sen.�h top' p� ] pp P ;; ]�l t spnsihilty t It its futurecourse. f thescrip s i.sDifferent People� ''' ' ire For my part,I page to continue to do all I can to help in Americans, Europeans and the Em4ron.ments N that effort and, as always, I sincerely appreciate the Created The Humanities Foundations, provides all encouratint and support you.have given me. reading material.used in the series and several l humanities si holars who wi11 lead discussions of the reading RespectfuRy submitted, material 1. i I F.Thomas-Fudala i During the year,three sessions f story hours were held ,.., Town P'nner for preschool children. These sessions ran in six week segments and included a. variety of stories and s*n7P craft progects. A summer story hour for elemental school aged children was based on the theme �f Jr:1dinusa�ur�.„ This program �� u_up�ra.ti�Te �eff�r� _ between the library and the lesu s ' ces d e art n1ent,E