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NESMITH LIBRARY DIRECTORHighlights of the year 2012 included:• Nesmith Library customers borrowed more than 164,400 items.• 10,007 registered borrowers.• 5,929 new books added to the collection.• Another tremendous Strawberry Festival – thanks to the Friends of the Library!• The Nesmith Library joined the GMILCS Consortium.• Nesmith switched to POLARIS library software.• Nesmith began loaning iPads as part of its iLibrary at Nesmith Library project, an initiative madepossible through Makromed Inc. of Salem, NH.Earlier this year, the Nesmith Library became the newest member of the Greater Manchester IntegratedLibrary Cooperative System. GMILCS is a nonprofit consortium of 11 public and 2 academic librariesin New Hampshire; sharing state of the art integrated library automation system software (POLARIS),and resources, expertise and experience. Participation in GMILCS will continue to introduce manypositive changes to Nesmith Library procedures, streamlining them and making the library moreconvenient to use.As always, I wish to thank the entire team that makes it possible for us to provide excellent service to theresidents of Windham, day in and day out, 7 days a week, for 63 hours each week. The Library’s board,staff, Friends of the Library and our outstanding group of volunteers work hard to make the NesmithLibrary a great place for you and your family to visit.The library and the Windham community continue to benefit from the generosity of time, talent andleadership provided by so many. Thank you! It has been our pleasure to serve you, your friends, familiesand neighbors in 2012. Please visit us often in 2013!Respectfully submitted,YEAR-END STATISTICSRegistered Patrons 10,007Books Added 5,929Total Number of Titles in Collection 85,832Items Circulated 164,405Library Visits 81,026Program Attendance 5,362Multi Purpose Room Bookings 431Internet Uses 7,131Volunteer Hours 968Carl Heidenblad, Library Director2012 ANNUAL REPORTS 93 TOWN OF WINDHAM, NH