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Georgetown Township Public Library 1525 Baldwin Street Jenison, MI 49428 |
Library Report
November 2004
Submitted by
Pamela Myers,
Director
Library Department Report
November 2004
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No changes in staff during the month of November.
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No changes in the facility to note.
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Meetings and workshops attended by professional staff included:
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Monthly Library Supervisors Meeting
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Monthly Staff Meeting for Librarians, Circulation Coordinators &
Library Assistants
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Monthly Staff Meeting for Pages – Mary Reed & Pamela Myers
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Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting – Pamela Myers
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Lakeland Library Cooperative Continuing Education Committee – Mary Reed
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Southwest Library Cooperative’s “Starting a Teen Advisory Board”
Workshop – Jill Reyers
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Lakeland Library Cooperative’s Adult Readers’ Advisory Workshop “After
the Bestsellers” – Mary Reed & Susan
Carlson
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Meetings and workshops attended by para-professional staff included:
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Lakeland Library Cooperative’s Adult Readers’ Advisory Workshop “After
the Bestsellers” – Becky Ilkanic
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November 10: Book Discussion
Group For Adults
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Book: The Probable Future by
Alice Hoffman
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Facilitators:
Mary Reed and
Candace Hulst
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Attendance: 12
· November 16: Youth Program "Family Story Night"
o Attendance: 5 children & 5 adults
o Prepared and performed by Jill Reyers
· November 20: Youth Program “Kids Craft Day”
o Geared to children ages 7 – 12 (Registration required)
o Youth Services staff selected and prepared materials for children attending to create three different crafts.
o Attendance: 23 children & 4 teen volunteers
o Prepared and hosted by Jill Reyers & Sue Kirvan
· Flyers to promote both “Family Story Night” and “Kids Craft Day” – Jill Reyers
· Youth Services Area bulletin board and coordinated book display of Library staff members’ favorite children’s books – Jill Reyers & Sue Kirvan
· Flyer, handout, and press release for December 07 craft program for adults – Mary Reed
· Tabletop display of holiday books – Mary Reed & Becky Ilkanic
· Weeding of adult nonfiction 320s – Susan Carlson
· Re-cataloging of videos – Pamela Myers
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The group held their monthly meeting on November 01.
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Members agreed to add a meeting Monday, January 10 to finalize plans
for the recently added Winter Used Book Sale (January 27 – January 29).
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The group voted to provide $2,000 in funding for the Library’s Summer
Reading Program for Youth.
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An additional $400 in funding for the Library’s Summer Reading Program
for Adults was approved.
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The members also voted to provide $300 in funding for general
programming for adults throughout the next year.
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The group agreed to continue to fund the Library events postcard
notification program for Friends members, covering the cost of postage.
(Friends members are sent postcards notifying them of upcoming Library events,
activities, and programs.)
Service
and statistical information for the month of November 2004 is presented below.
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November |
November |
% Change |
2004 YTD |
2003 YTD |
% Change YTD |
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2004 |
2003 |
2003 - 2004 |
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2003 - 2004 |
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Circulation
(Items) |
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Total
Circulation |
22,529 |
21,945 |
2.66% |
290,074 |
287,480 |
0.90% |
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Check-Outs |
20,592 |
20,218 |
1.85% |
268,144 |
264,410 |
1.41% |
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Check-Ins |
21,485 |
19,740 |
8.84% |
263,439 |
271,494 |
-2.97% |
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Interlibrary
Loan (Items) |
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Loaned |
1,937 |
1,727 |
12.16% |
21,930 |
23,070 |
-4.94% |
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Borrowed |
2,705 |
2,069 |
30.74% |
28,158 |
25,701 |
9.56% |
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Holds |
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Placed
By Staff |
827 |
668 |
23.80% |
9,965 |
8,803 |
13.20% |
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Traffic
Count |
9,601 |
9,148 |
4.95% |
135,611 |
128,440 |
5.58% |