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Use GIS to map all municipal assets for use in During 2012 the Library continued to work with federal reporting requirements (GASB-34) other community and regional organizations to pro- vide information, resources, and opportunities for Continue to expand use of GIS in several ,, civic engagement. The Library formed a partnership departments including:Assessing,Fire,Police, Conservation, Building, Health, DPW, with the Cape Cod Volunteers, which strives to pro- Planning,Clerk,Shellfish and Harbor Master mote community service by matching potential volun- teers with compatible companies or non-profits, and • Obtain new ortho-imagery from MassGIS and became the Opportunity Center for Volunteers for the work with MassGIS to develop vehicles for Upper Cape. It has also joined forces with Cape Cod developing planimetric data from this new Healthcare to host local blood drives,hosted informa- i, ortho-imagery tional evenings for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Cape Cod and continued as the home base for the Begin regional discussions with neighboring � ! Town's to better and more efficiently use and Mashpee CARES coalition. build the abilities of GIS for the benefit of our j communities and Cape Cod as a whole. Families and children found many reasons to visit the Mashpee Library in 2012. Through the Capitalize on OpenCape,high speed fiber optic Mashpee Coordinated Family and Engagement Grant network by developing GIS to be more easily the staff was able to provide weekly programs such as shared via web Creative Movement,Lap Babies,and Toddle Time,as • Continue to increase spatial and attribute well as special educational programs. accuracy and completeness for vital GIS data layers The Library also proudly established itself as a venue for monthly art shows. Volunteer Janice Respectfully submitted, Walford dedicated many hours to the creation of this program, which allows local and regional artists to Clay Nicholson GIS Coordinator showcase their creations at the Library. Each month we are in awe of the creativity and talent on display. David A DelVecchio Director of Information Technology Technology continued to figure prominently in the Library's activities as it hosted the Overdrive j Digital Bookmobile in August. This national travel- Report of the ing exhibit gave our patrons a chance to immerse Mash pee Public Library themselves in the latest digital and downloadable h y technologies available at the Library. eBooks and eAudiobooks continued to grow in popularity as more j To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the and more patrons visited the Library with their Nook j Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: or Kindle in hand to access our free collection of eBooks. i Entering its third year of operations in the recently constructed 22,000-square-foot Silver LEED- In order to continue the Library's tradition of ! certified building,2012 was a year of new beginnings excellence, we needed to pause and look beyond the at the Mashpee Public Library. For the first time in immediate future and complete a comprehensive Years,the Library successfully achieved one-hundred assessment of our operation and role in the commu- percent compliance with Massachusetts State Aid and pity. A Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) was Certification requirements in the areas of operations formed, which included Library personnel and and finance. This milestone was the result of a full Trustees, Town of Mashpee employees and officials, finitely a team effort. as well as a cross section of residents, community Year of hard work and most de Supported by the Library Board of Trustees and Town members, and business owners. The Strategic officials, the Library Staff and Volunteers worked Planning Committee adopted a framework for the tirelessly to ensure the highest level of service possi- long-range planning process which was created by ble. staff of the Massachusetts Library System. The process was adapted from the Public Library I' 123 j'