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patron to notify him when the requested item has Barrett, Vice Chair of the Committee is now the arrived and is ready for pickup. interim chairperson.The Committee,Library Board of Trustees and library staff would like to thank Kevin for Clams libraries agreed to standardize a number the many hours he devoted to the building project. of policies such as loan periods and overdue fines. Now patrons can go to any CLAMS library and know The Committee made a presentation about the that all books are due back in two weeks and all videos building project to the Board of Selectmen in July.The or DVDs are due back in one week. Previously, each Board of Selectmen raised a number of concerns about library set its own time limits and patrons had a vari- the size of the building and affordability of the project. ety of due dates for the same types of materials to keep The committee listened to their concerns and worked track of. Standardizing each library's policies has with architect, Stewart Roberts, to address these prob- I made it much less confusing to the patrons. lems. The Committee was able to tighten the building up by making some areas multi-functional and The library added new collections of books on selected more affordable construction materials and CD and DVDs in 2002 and has continued to expand finishes. This resulted in a building size reduction of these collections by adding new titles. Finding room about 3,000 square feet and a cost reduction of about for two new collections has been difficult because of $1,000,000. the building's size limitations. We've "done some weeding and rearrangement of existing collections to The Committee anticipates bringing an article make room and to buy some time until a new library is before Town Meeting in May 2004 for the funds to f built. Moving other collections to new locations had design and construct a new library. A Capital the added benefit of making it easier for patrons to find Campaign to raise funds is in progress to supplement some items, like Biographies and the Cape Cod what the voters will be asked to bond. Collection. Respectfully submitted, The Building Committee continues to work on the Library Building Project. Kevin Connolly, the for Helene B. DeFoe j Library Director mer chairman, resigned from the committee in � September, after several years of service. Bonnie ,i _ _ f� F6 S (µ 1 $g V , # t ' e 115