Library Department Report

august 2006

Staffing

· Library Pages Jennifer Dykhouse, Sara Wilson, and Jessica Timmer, as well as Katelyn Miller, Materials Processor, resigned their respective positions during the month. All left to enter college.

· Interviews for the open Library Page positions continued.

· The open Materials Processor position was posted and interviews began.

· Elisabeth Knol and Bernadette Underhill joined the staff as Library Pages.

Facility

· Removal of the old roof and installation of the new roof began during the last week of the month.

Professional Development & Meetings

· Meetings and workshops attended by professional staff included:

o Monthly Library Supervisors Meeting

o Monthly Staff Meeting for Librarians, Circulation Coordinators, Library Assistants & Materials Processors

o Monthly Staff Meeting for Library Pages – Mary Reed & Pamela Myers

o Lakeland Library Cooperative Continuing Education Committee – Mary Reed

Programming, Promotions, Publicity, Special Projects,

Departmental Activities, etc.

· August 09: Book Discussion Group For Adults

o Book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

o Facilitators: Mary Reed and Candace Hulst

o Attendance: 18

· Summer Reading Program for Adults (June 12 – August 05)

o Total Registration: 110 adults

o Total Completing the Program: 34 adults for a completion rate of 31% of those registered or 54% of those submitting at least one mini-review.

o Adults participating in the program were challenged to read 8 books in 8 designated genres and write a mini-review for each. Those completing the program received a finisher prize and were eligible to win a grand prize or one of several second level prizes.

o Each mini-review served as an entry in weekly prize drawings. Thus, if participants could not manage to complete the entire program, they were still eligible to win weekly prizes.

· A total of 377 mini-reviews were collected from 63 participants.

· A total of 42 participants were awarded prizes from weekly drawings.

· Special Summer Events for Youth

o August 01: Movie “Holes” (Ages 12 - 17)

· Program cancelled due to lack of registration (Pre-registration required)

o August 03: Movie “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” (Ages 12 - 17)

· Attendance: 10 young adults (Pre-registration required)

· Summer Reading Program for Youth (June 12 – August 12)

o Total Registration: 1,703 children & young adults (Ages 3 – 17)

o Total Completing the Program: 754 children & young adults for a 66% completion rate

o The Summer Reading Program for Youth consisted of individual programs for three age groups: ages 3 - 5, ages 6 - 11, and ages 12 - 17

· For every two hours of reading completed, participants were eligible to enter drawings for four grand prizes.

· Participants were required to complete 6 hours of reading (independently or with an adult, depending on the child’s reading level) to qualify as a finisher and receive a collection of “reading rewards.”

· Second and third level reading rewards were awarded to those participants who challenged themselves and read an additional 4 hours and then a final additional 6 hours, respectively.

o Total Program/Special Event Attendance:

· Preschool Story Times: 318 children and 147 adults at 5 sessions

· Youth & Family Programs (Excluding Teen Programs): 727 children and 217 adults at 6 programs

· Young Adults: 24 teens and 1 adult at 6 programs

· Program Attendance All Programs/All Ages: 1,069 children & young adults and 364 adults at 17 programs

o Average Program/Special Event Attendance:

· Preschool Story Time: 64 children and 29 adults per session

· Youth & Family Programs (Excluding Teen Programs): 130 children and 44 adults per program

· Young Adult Programs: 4 young adults per program

Detailed Summer Reading Program Statistics 2006
Group	Registered	Completion Rates
	Participants
		% Finishing	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Ages 3 - 5	412	56%	230	201	137

Ages 6 - 11	1,038	69%	717	612	497

Ages 12 - 17	253	75%	191	179	158

Totals	1,703	66%	1,120	974	754

· Promotional materials and displays for fall programs and activities – Jill Reyers

· Bibliography of books about starting school updated – Sue Kirvan

· Youth Services display of books about starting school – Jill Reyers & Sue Kirvan

· Youth Services display of Eric Carle books – Jill Reyers & Sue Kirvan

· Lobby table display of “End of Summer Reads” – Mary Reed

· Weeding of Adult Nonfiction Biographies completed – Susan Carlson

· Weeding of Romance Paperbacks – Pamela Myers

· Rework of collection codes, I-codes, I-types, cataloging and call number standards, etc. – Pamela Myers

Friends of the Library

· No meeting is held during the month of August.

· The replacement shelving for Book Sale storage arrived. The old shelving unit was cleared of all materials and disassembled by a Library volunteer and Rod Deemter. A Library volunteer assembled the new shelving frameworks and Township Parks staff obtained shelving materials and cut and delivered the needed shelves.

Service & statistical information

Service and statistical information for the month of August 2006 is presented below.

	August	August	% Change	2006 YTD	2005 YTD	% Change YTD
	2006	2005	2005 - 2006 %			2005 - 2006
Circulation (Items)
Total Circulation	33,700	32,962	2.24%	237,032	207,172	14.41%
Check-Outs	30,373	30,662	-0.94%	214,435	212,255	1.03%
Check-Ins	33,409	33,305	0.31%	203,794	203,150	0.32%

Interlibrary Loan (Items)
Loaned	3,327	2,300	44.65%	22,597	18,520	22.01%
Borrowed	4,103	3,605	13.81%	27,390	25,481	7.49%

Holds
Placed By Staff	1,195	942	26.86%	7,612	7,113	7.02%
Calls to Patrons (Min.)	2,125	1,911	11.20%	13,831	12,815	7.93%

Traffic Count	14,786	14,700	0.59%	104,256	102,917	1.30%