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The new library has two meeting spaces to serve I would like to recognize the staff for their the community. It has a 25 seat conference room and patience working in such a small space and for thea a 100 seat Events Room. We have had musical many contributions in planning the move to the new recitals, book sales, garden club meetings, book dis- building and for figuring out where everything would cussions,meetings of Boy Scouts,Girls Scouts,home- live in the new space. Bridget Bontrager excelled at owners groups, and civic organizations to name just a figuring out the logistics of how to pack the collec• few. As the staffing of the library catches up with the tions and how much space each collection would need building size, expect to see expansion of library pro- once it was unpacked. Janet Trask recruited and grams as well. trained many new volunteers to help pack and unpack the collections and to add in converting the collection The amount of usage the new library is getting to use RFID inventory control tags. Many of the vol. speaks volumes about the need for the new facility. In unteers stayed on after the move and continue to help the first six months, circulation transactions have out with shelving,processing and other tasks. increased from the previous year by over 50%.We are now circulating as many items in December as we This will be my last Town Report as I will be used to circulate in June.Comparing Mashpee to other retiring in February 2011. I would like to take this libraries in the CLAMS Network,Mashpee went from opportunity to express my appreciation for the twenty the 6th busiest to the 3rd busiest on the Cape and one years I have spent as Library Director. It has been Islands.At the current pace,I expect circulation to top such a pleasure to serve the community. The citizens 200,000 by the end of the fiscal year(June 30th). Our of Mashpee are avid library users and were strong highest previous yearly total was approximately advocates for building the new library.I take pride that 135,000 in 2008; the last year in the old building. Mashpee voters passed two debt exclusion questions to make this building a reality. There were many other The library achieved Leadership in Energy and Massachusetts communities that planned new build- Environmental Design(LEED)certification at a Silver ings but were not able to proceed because they could Level for the energy efficiencies built into the design. not pass their debt exclusion questions. Mashpee is the second community in the Commonwealth to achieve LEED certification and the Respectfully submitted, first in the Eastern half of the state.The town received tU additional state funding to help the library ry achieve cer- Helene B. DeFoe u Library Director tification. There were many people involved in bringing the new library to fruition. Thanks are owed to the Planning and Construction Committee, the Library Trustees, the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager Joyce Mason, and the Friends of Mashpee Library. All contributed through the years in support, funding or in other ways too many to list. Thank you to Rick Pomroy and Taylor MacDonald for their superb job of project management. Bufftree Builders, Inc. of New Bedford constructed the lovely design of architect J. Stewart Roberts of Somerville, MA. Special thanks are owed to Catherine Laurent, DPW Director and r< David Delvecchio, Information Technology Director and their staffs for the countless hours they spent coor- dinating phases of the project and overseeing the installation of the information technologies that are used throughout the library. We can also take pride '. that the project came in on time and within budget. I F ' 102 A �'