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• Institute online reporting tool that will enable
<br /> citizens to report infrastructure issues via a smart Report of the
<br /> phone app. Mashpee Public Library
<br /> • Work with Cape Cod GIS Users Group to expand
<br /> scope of regional projects,to include updating of To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the
<br /> Planimetric data. Citizens of the Town of Mashpee:
<br /> • Continue annual GIS updating of the Assessors
<br /> map book and parcels layer (to new MassGIS On behalf of the Library Staff,Board of Trustees,
<br /> level 3 standard). and Friends of the Mashpee Public Library, I am
<br /> • Continue to use online tools to maintain and pleased to submit the 2014 Annual Report.
<br /> update the new Master Address Table. The Public Library Association created the
<br /> • Develop methodology for consistent use of new, concept of"Service Responses," which are defined as
<br /> centralized Master Address Table across all "what a library does for, or offers to, the public in an
<br /> appropriate platforms. effort to meet a set of well-defined community needs."
<br /> In conjunction with our Strategic Planning Process,our
<br /> • Continue supporting all tertiary GIS equipment. staff,Trustees,and stakeholders identified five distinct
<br /> • Continue producing GIS projects on an as needed service responses to guide our day-to-day operations
<br /> basis. and development of new initiatives: Resources,
<br /> Technology and Information Literacy, Quality
<br /> Three-Year Plan and Outlook Services,Community Engagement and Sustainability.
<br /> • Work with Cape Cod Commission and MassGIS Throughout the course of the past year, the Library
<br /> towards goal of identifying methodology for focused its efforts on these priorities which shape our
<br /> regular, affordable updating of municipal GIS services,programs,and philosophy during this time of
<br /> data. continued growth and evolution.
<br /> • Capitalize on OpenCape high speed fiber optic
<br /> network by developing GIS to be more easily Our collection of materials expanded in scope and
<br /> shared via web. depth this year,as new titles were purchased in a wide
<br /> array of formats,including print and electronic books,
<br /> • Continue to increase spatial and attribute audiobooks,DVDs,music,videogames and magazines,
<br /> accuracy and completeness for vital GIS data while dated materials were replaced.I n response to the
<br /> layers. rapidly increasing demand for downloadable books,the
<br /> • Create metadata for all GIS data maintained by Massachusetts Library System developed a statewide
<br /> the Town of Mashpee. lending platform, the Commonwealth eBook
<br /> Use GIS to map all municipal assets Collections,which launched for Mashpee patrons in the
<br /> for use in
<br /> • federal reporting requirements(GASB for final months of 2014. This new offering dramatically
<br /> increased the number of titles available for loan, and
<br /> • Continue to expand use of GIS in Town will continue to drive our circulation figures upward in
<br /> departments including: Assessing, Fire, Police, the coming year.
<br /> Conservation,Building,Health,DPW,Planning,
<br /> Clerk,Shellfish and Harbor Master. Programs, workshops, and classes were offered
<br /> Complete fully classified GIS trails layer. to appeal to residents of all ages and interests.Two new
<br /> • monthly Children's programs were rolled out in 2014,
<br /> Respectfully submitted, LEGO Club and Family Movie Afternoons, and
<br /> Clay Nicholson attracted a large following. Mirroring the national
<br /> GIS Coordinator trend calling for a greater emphasis on Science,
<br /> Technology,Engineering,and Mathematics(STEM)in
<br /> the lives of youth, Science Saturdays and Rock and
<br /> Read Science story hours were implemented for our
<br /> youngest Library users. A Computer Game
<br /> Programming Class for teens allowed participants to
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