Library Department Report

September 2006

Staffing

· Interviews for the open Library Page positions continued.

· Sue VanderStel joined the staff as a Materials Processor.

· Jill Schellenberg and Stacia Schipper joined the staff as Library Pages.

Facility

· Installation of the new roof continued during 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 Policy, Planning & Services Committee – Pamela Myers

o Lakeland Library Cooperative Youth Services Committee – Jill Reyers

o Lakeland Library Cooperative Workshop: “Other Duties As Assigned – Writing Library Job Descriptions” – Pamela Myers & Mary Reed

Programming, Promotions, Publicity, Special Projects,

Departmental Activities, etc.

· September 07: Movie Night for Adults – “Little Women”

o Timed to coordinate with the book discussion of March by Geraldine Brooks (see below)

o Attendance: 9

· September 13: Book Discussion Group For Adults

o Book: March by Geraldine Brooks

o Facilitators: Mary Reed and Candace Hulst

o Attendance: 13

· Toddler (“Wee Ones”) and Preschool Fall Story Times

o A ten-week session of Story Time began the week of September 12.

o Detailed attendance statistics for Story Times held in September are provided below:

Date	Toddler Story Time	Toddler Story Time	Preschool Story Time	Preschool Story Time
	Children (Ages 1 ½ – 3)	Adults	Children (Ages 3 –5)	Adults
09/12	20	13	18	9
09/13	21	17	28	17
09/19	23	18	17	10
09/20	24	19	15	9
09/26	28	19	15	9
09/27	24	19	27	17
Totals	140	105	120	71
Average	24	18	20	12

· September 19: Author Visit by Martha Robach

o Included a presentation on how to become a published author

o Attendance: 3 adults

· Promotional materials (e.g., press releases) for October programs and activities – Jill Reyers

· Fall Story Time crafts prepared – Jill Reyers & Sue Kirvan

· Teen Fantasy Bibliography updated – Sue Kirvan

· Program Room bulletin board display for fall – Sue Kirvan

· Library showcase display of fall programs – Jill Reyers

· Lobby table display with books featuring a section of the Dewey Decimal System (“Do You Know Dewey?”) – Mary Reed

· Weeding of Adult Nonfiction 900’s – Susan Carlson

· Weeding of Romance Paperbacks – Pamela Myers

· Patron database clean-up project – Pamela Myers

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

· Lakeland Library Cooperative PC Census for Georgetown Township Public Library completed – Pamela Myers

Friends of the Library

· The Friends met on Monday, September 11 – the first meeting of the group’s new fiscal year.

· The Friends’ Treasurer reported that sales for the July 2006 Used Book Sale totaled $694.20.

· The group agreed to provide staffing for the quarterly Used Book Sales during 2007, with dates set as follows:

o January 25 – 27

o April 26 – 28

o July 26 – 28

o October 25 – 27

· Motions were made and passed to fund the following:

o A subscription to BookPage for another year at a cost of $360 for 100 copies per month. This periodical features information about forthcoming books and is distributed in the Library to patrons.

o Sponsorship of half the cost (not to exceed $300) of the Library’s 2006 – 2007 fall/winter reading program for adults (The 32° Club). (This is a joint program with the Gary Byker Memorial Library of Hudsonville.)

o General Programming for the period extending September 01 through December 31, 2006 in the amount of $1,425.

o The 2007 Family Reading Program in the amount of $1,000.

o The 2007 Adult Summer Reading Program in the amount of $450.

· Friends’ Treasurer Pat Light requested that the group consider closing the checking account and transferring all funds to the Township “Friends Donation” account to eliminate the need to keep “two sets of books.” A motion was made to reflect her request and was subsequently passed. The transfer of the balance from the checking account ($3,108.10) was made into the Township “Friends Donation” account on September 15, 2006. Pat Light subsequently reported to me that she had closed the group’s checking account.

Service & statistical information

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

	September	September	% Change	2006 YTD	2005 YTD	% Change YTD
	2006	2005	2005 - 2006			2005 - 2006
Circulation (Items)
Total Circulation	25,170	23,591	6.69%	262,202	254,366	3.08%
Check-Outs	22,205	21,395	3.79%	236,640	233,650	1.28%
Check-Ins	23,613	22,797	3.58%	227,407	225,947	0.65%

Interlibrary Loan (Items)
Loaned	2,965	2,196	35.02%	25,562	20,716	23.39%
Borrowed	3,518	3,247	8.35%	30,908	28,728	7.59%

Holds
Placed By Staff	912	867	5.19%	8,524	7,980	6.82%
Calls to Patrons (Min.)	1,688	1,611	4.78%	15,519	14,426	7.58%
# of E-mail Notices	1,293	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
# of E-mail Items	1,922	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
# of Telephone Notices	1,571	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
# of Telephone Items	2,168	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Traffic Count	11,347	11,210	1.22%	115,603	114,127	1.29%