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Report of the Report of the Mashpee Public Library Library Building Committee To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: On June 7, 1987 the new Mashpee Public Library was The Mashpee Library Building Committee is pleased dedicated with about 70 guests in attendance. The to report that the year 1987 saw the completion of our ceremony was followed by an open house for guests and new Town Library and its official opening on June 1, the general public to get their first look at the new 1987. building. The new facility has a reading area, storytell- This was the culmination of six years of effort by your ing pit, meeting room, study carrels, office space, work Library Building Committee since the initiation of a study and staff room. Prior to the dedication the library had group by Special Town Meeting of November 1981.This been closed for two weeks to accomplish the move. In ad- initiative for a study group is being sponsored by the dition to staff and moving company personnel, we had Friends of the Mashpee Library. a loyal group of volunteers help do anything from check The Architect of the new Library, Gaffney Associates shelves to assemble furniture. Everyone worked long Inc., our General Contractor, Casby Bros. Inc. and our hours to prepare for the dedication and reopening of the Clerk-of-the-Works Paul P. McLaughlin all performed library on June 8. I thank them all. in an exemplary, co-operative manner to produce the Library on schedule and within budget. Our first six months circulation in the new library was Members of the Library Building Committee: up to,411/2%and we registered 915 new patrons.This was Richard G. Shaughnessy Chairman triple the number registered during the same period in *F. Erik Jansson Treasurer 1986. We now have 3,100 library card holders. Ann Tanneyhill Secretary The computer we purchased with grant monies from Anton S. Buschenfeldt the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners has Thomas F. Devane Jr. been in place since we opened. Our IBM-PC has been a Anne Fitzgerald valuable cataloguing tool and,more importantly,we have Cheryl Hawver been able to verify Inter-Library Loan requests quickly Donald M. Koslow and speed up the process by requesting titles directly from Ondrea L. Robertson other Cape libraries via our electronic mail system. Gloria Selander The Friends of the Mashpee Public Library went all out *F. Erik Jansson died in the summer of providing us with volunteers for our busy first six months. 1987,he had been a faithful member of The number of volunteers is now thirty, double the the Committee since its inception. number from last year. The money raised by the Friends The Library Building Committee wishes to thank all has provided the library with many extras including those who supported our efforts, in particular the Friends audiovisual equipment, a meeting room lecturn, oak of the Mashpee Library, Librarian Diane A. Kingsley, paperback rack, and staff room items. With volunteer Executive Secretary Joseph F.Murphy and his staff,and help our preschool storytime continued throughout the Town Accountant Vernice Polka. summer. I want to thank the Friends for all they have pro- It is our wish that all Townspeople will take full ad- vided for the new library. vantage of this new facility. To help us close out the year, the Cub Scouts of Mashpee decorated a Christmas tree in front of the Respectfully submitted, library.All the ornaments were handmade and most were for the birds to eat. I hope this will become a yearly Richard G. Shaughnessy happening. Chairman The new facility has seen its largest increase in use by the children and young adults of Mashpee. I am pleased to see this increase and look forward to seeing all of you in our new building during 1988. Respectfully submitted, Diane A. Kingsley Librarian - 94 -