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111 1 alities will make your visits to the library a pleasure. The Library building Committee has made sig- The Trustees were very pleased to be able to restore nificant progress on the library construction project Friday service again now that the circulation staff is this year. Sheldon Gilbert has assumed the role of back to full strength. chairman for the committee. He has made several pre- sentations before the Board of Selectmen and the Bridget Bontrager was hired in October to fill the Finance Committee to update them on the building cataloging and reference position Sandy vacated. project. The voters approved the library project at Many of you will meet Bridget when you come in with October Town Meeting and a debt exclusion question reference requests and make use of her considerable passed overwhelmingly in the November election. J. talents. Remaining staff members, Janet Burke, Stewart Roberts and Company of Somerville, Children's Librarian, and Lauren Karniner,Circulation Massachusetts is the architectural firm selected to Assistant, have helped make the transition to the new design the new library. A letter of intent was submit- staff very smooth for the public and have made their ted in October to the Massachusetts Board of Library new colleagues feel welcome. Commissioners for the announced grant round for library construction. The grant application is due in The library implemented some new technologi- February 2005 and successful applicants will be noti- cal improvements this year. The town instituted a fied of their awards next summer. Hopefully,Mashpee website this year and the CLAMS Network added will be selected to receive a grant award. Construction some new features to Millennium for members' uses. is slated to begin in the summer of 2006. The library has been an active participant in the new website (www.ci.mashpee.ma.us). We have added an Respectfully submitted, online calendar of events, added a page of frequently Helene B. DeFoe asked questions and posted an application for a library Library Director cards on the web site. Patrons can download the form at home, fill it out and bring it into the library for pro- cessing. This feature will save time for patrons and speed up the application process. In addition, a list of trustees and staff appears on the website. Please visit Report of the the website and select the library from the list of town Leisure Services Department departments to see the library pages. We hope you will find the information helpful and user friendly. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Through CLAMS' Millennium software, we can and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee now email notices of overdue materials to those I am very pleased to submit to the Board of patrons who have provided an email address. This provides a much faster method than traditional mail of Selectmen and the citizens of Mashpee, the Annual reminding patrons of overdue items and they may Report of the Leisure Services Department: email back questions if they think the item has been returned. This method gives patrons a quick and easy MISSION: way to contact the library or lets them know an item is To meet the needs of our community by promot- overdue while the fine is still fairly small. In the not ing quality continuing education programs, recre- t to distant future, this same method will be used to ational activities, and special events that are designed f notify patrons of request items, which are available to to enhance personal growth, learning opportunities, be picked up. If you would like to receive notices by and community development while focusing on the email, please update your information with the circu- educational and recreational interests that influence lation staff. our health and well-being. r Another improvement is the activation of the PROGRAM GROWTH: I statewide Virtual Catalog. Patrons may view items Mashpee Leisure Services continued to develop from other library networks if a CLAMS library does its programs during the past year to meet the needs of not own the item they need. Patrons may place our expanding community. Leisure Services has again requests online for these items or they may ask the continued to expand opportunities in the following t staff to assist them with an interlibrary loan request. areas: community use of all Schools; additional field- Access to the Virtual Catalog is through the CLAMS use scheduling; Pre-School development; After- I catalog,which is linked to the library's web page. Feel School childcare & Summer Camp programs; Adult free ask any of the staff for assistance if you would like Continuing Education; trips program; programs for to trY using the Virtual Catalog. Older Youth; and Special Events. 119