2010-Annual Town Report - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

• To begin implementation of Remote Access in Report of the Police Department vehicles. This will allow P for enhanced interoperability between the Fire Library Director Department and the Police Department while i giving the Police Dept a new resource for inci- To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the dent based information such as Pre-plans, Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: images,video, scanned documents, etc. temporary 2010 still in our an s • To implement software program in the GIS and We began P m'Y Pace on Conservation offices that will allow for Joy St. The library spent twenty months in pleasant enhanced analysis of the state infra-red yet cramped quarters, with twenty five percent of the ima e This will allow the conservation library collection in long term storage during the con- g rY struction project. The time passed b quicker than we department to identify areas in need of protec- P J P Y q , tion or preservation based on species, cover- could have imagined and the prize at the end was our age,etc. gorgeous new library. The move back started in late March and we were ready to reopen on April 15th. j Three Year Plan and Outlook: • To provide consistent, cost effective, and Public reaction to the new library has been a combination of amazement, pride and awe. Since the secure connectivity to all Data Processing Resources for all Town of Mashpee depart- move, I've spent significant time working at the Reference Desk on the second floor. I can't describe ments. the pleasure I get when seeing the public's response to • Continued support and statistical evaluation of the beautiful space as they come up the staircase. One Wireless WAN Network to provide a solid, of my favorite comments was that the library was secure, cost effective backbone to all Town beyond the person's expectations. How often do you data processing needs. get to hear that you delivered more than you promised? And what a luxury it is to have plenty of • Expand Wireless Network backbone to include comfortable places for patrons to sit,plus lots of shelf Human Services Dept and Kid's Klub. space for the collections to grow and modern com- puter equipment as well. • To do a much better job of harvesting financial data out of MUNIS using Crystal Reports. To We have 2 quiet study rooms, available by reser- expand the using and knowledge of creating vation. We have more people asking to use them than Crystal Reports to most dept's. we can accommodate. The second floor is fairly quiet • To constantly research ways to enhance and throughout so even people that don't get time in a expand our wireless network backbone to bet- study room can read or work on projects that need quiet for concentration. The second floor also houses ter support those in the field, namely Police, the public computers and Young Adult Room.We had Fire, and EMTs. been sharing 3 public computers between patrons of • To continue the on-going GIS data updating all ages, with a 20 minute time limit. We now have 24 work, including periodic updates of the digital public computer stations, with much more generous time limits. Most sessions are one hour and patrons imagery and planimetric data layers. can sign up twice in a day. An automated reservation • To complete installation of Remote Access on systems tracks which patrons are waiting for an avail- vital FD and PD vehicles. able station and notifies them when a station is ready for use. We used to spend a lot of time tracking who Respectfully submitted, was next. Since we've automated that process, we David A DelVecchio spend our time instructing patrons in computer and Director of Information Technology printing use as well as answering their reference ques- tions. It truly is a pleasure to work in the new library. 101