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increased 410/t. The preschool story times were espe- can be requested through inter-library loan, allowing cially well received and at times had a waiting list of each library to develop a better quality collection. those who wanted to participate. The library staff Mashpee has created a department for Native Ameri- received many favorable comments from parents and can materials; one of the library's areas of specialty. the children obviously enjoyed each series. Inclusion the the Stat Cat: Codes will document which other areas the library is also strong in.The target date The library has also begun working on increasing for completing the coding of the collection is June materials available for young adults. When this age 1997. group went to Falmouth High School, many used Fal- mouth Public Library along with their Falmouth Lastly,continued planning will take place on possi- friends. Opening Mashpee High School has increased ble ways to extend the life of the building as well as the number of high school students using the library discussions about the best ways of expanding the facil- and the library has begun setting up a separate depart- ity. ment for this age group. Through the generosity of Willowbend Children's Charity, the library received a Respectfully submitted, grant of $2,500 in December for the purpose of Helene B. DeFoe expanding the library's collection of YA materials. Work on this project will be continued in 1997. Library Director As size of collections increase, the building is Report of the rapidly approaching capacity. The Library Director Board of Health and Board of Trustees are exploring ways to stretch the life of the building until an anticipated expansion takes place in 2001. Space saving new shelving has To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and been installed to accommodate the growing audio- the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: visual collections. These shelves can hold double the amount of cassettes as the old shelves in the same We, the Board of Health, respectfully submit our square footage. The new shelving also allowed the annual report for the calendar year 1996. videos to be shelved in open stacks, rather than being kept behind the circulation desk. The new system The following is a partial list of services provided makes it easier for patrons to browse, lets them make by the Board of Health and its agents during 1996: their own selections and because of decreased staff handling, speeds up shelving returned items. Returned Perc tests 168 items are generally back on the shelves and ready for Site visits 138 another circulation in 30 minutes or less. Patrons have Water samples 360 commented positively on the increased convenience to Septic plan review 279 them and the wider selection of available items Food inspections 268 because of the faster turn-around time in reshelving. Housing inspections 51 Complaint investigations 103 Books-on-Tape have been a growing part of the col- Consultations 60 lection and have been very heavily used. Both the Septic inspections 184 Friends of the Mashpee Public Library and the New Pool inspections 42 Seabury Women's Club have donated funds for the Training/meetings 120 expansion of the audio book collection. Emergency calls 23 High school meetings 34 The Library Director has been working on Collec- tion Development and maintenance of the collection. Revenues generated by this department during 1996 The children's picturebooks have been heavily weed- include: ed to remove worn or damaged items. Replacing these items with new materials will be a priority in 1997. Perc tests $ 7,675 Septic permits 13,725 The CLAMS Network is working on a project to Well permits 1,425 add statistical codes to the item records of all library Installers licenses 5,750 materials. The purpose of this project is to be able to Septage pumpers: 1,000 generate reports which indicate the subject strengths Trailer parks 20,361 Of each Cape library while measuring usage of each Pool permits 2,300 Part of the collection. This allows the libraries to spe- Motels permits 600 cialize in areas of local interest and increases the Food permits 9,239 libraries'ability to share resources. Seldom used items Plan review 1,400 95