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Library where their questions were welcomed and Report of the encouraged. Providing access to these resources Mashpee Public Library benefits individuals,and the community as a whole and range from foster parent support and information groups to substance use task force meetings. Job and To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the career resource fairs and trainings are also sponsored Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: at the Library by government agencies,as well as our On behalf of the Library Staff and Board of own Town committees,and the Mashpee Chamber of Trustees, I am pleased to submit the 2017 Annual Commerce. Report. Connecting people within the community is quickly becoming a developing part of our mission and 2017 marked a year of change at the Library as the basis of how we serve our residents daily. In the we welcomed four new members to the Library's future we will continue to build and strengthen these Board of Trustees,and realigned positions and staffing partnerships through outreach and engagement. to ensure our ability to meet the needs of residents and patrons. Discussing our goals for the future prompted BUILDING COMMUNITY many questions.What skills and resources did we need Public libraries have traditionally provided to build understanding and engage with our unique and information, books and media, as well as offering diverse community of users? How could we better programs and organizing events, but are increasingly employ technology to create connections and called upon to respond to a broad spectrum of emerging collaborate more effectively with partners? Could we needs in our communities.Our meeting,program,and develop our collections and design programs to provide study rooms afford us the ability to stage concerts, opportunities for lifelong learning?What steps should screen films, host workshops and classes, and offer we take to remain responsive and relevant in a time of quiet rooms for research and study.We also make these shifting trends and demographics? And finally, how rooms available to community groups when they are can these objectives be managed and sustained over not being used for Library programs and initiatives. time?Two simple goals emerged: Connecting People. The popularity of this service reached a pinnacle during Building Community the past year with over 2000 individual or group CONNECTING PEOPLE reservations, and challenged us to reconcile the ever growing public demand with availability and capacity. Need help finding something new to read? Libraries are known for bringing together people and Environmentally conscious residents came books,but our role now includes connecting people to together and created community in monthly meetings resources,services,and other people! of the Mashpee Environmental Coalition and Friends Changes throughout our Town and region were of the Mashpee Wildlife Refuge.Creative types found on the forefront of local government during 2017. In inspiration in our weekly knitting group, the Twisted response, the Library hosted numerous community Stitchers, monthly adult coloring programs, or by forums to provide information and foster dialogue on joining our seasonal Holly Berry Quilters. Readers and issues such as the renovation of the Cape Cod writers met with their counterparts in book discussion, Technical School,the Cape Cod Commission's Route writing, and poetry groups such as the Steeple Street 28 Corridor Study,the Mashpee Commons expansion Poets. plans, and initiatives of the Cape Light Compact. Closer to home we provided meeting space for On a larger scale,we happily played our role as Mashpee homeowners groups,large and small,to share participant and offered a venue for Town-wide events and establish common goals for their respective by welcoming Muggles and Wizards for Harry Potter neighborhoods. For six weeks we served as the site for Day, and decorating our front yard as the site for the the Housing Assistance Corporation of Cape Cod to Chamber of Commerce's annual La Tavola festivities. offer grant funded classes to local officials pursuing affordable housing initiatives in their towns. In the coming year our goal is to collaborate on a more meaningful level with our already active Patrons seeking access to information related to community groups by co-sponsoring programs and health, wellness, and social services came to the increasing accessibility for all residents. 124