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Georgetown Township Public Library 1525 Baldwin Street Jenison, MI 49428 |
Library Report
February 2005
Submitted by
Pamela Myers,
Director
Library Department Report
February 2005
·
No changes in staffing for the month of February.
·
The cold and flu season hit Library staff hard during the month. The
question on any given day was not “whether” any staff members would be absent
due to illness, but rather “how many.” We watched as viruses in various forms
and strains passed through the staff, hitting individuals not once but two and
three times.
·
We continue to await resolution to the copy machine coin-op problem.
·
Meetings and workshops attended by professional staff included:
o
Monthly Staff Meeting for Librarians, Circulation Coordinators &
Library Assistants
o
Monthly Staff Meeting for Pages – Mary Reed & Pamela Myers
o
Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting – Pamela Myers
o
Lakeland Library Cooperative Continuing Education Committee Meeting –
Pamela Myers & Mary Reed
o
Workshop on identification and valuation of old books – Susan Carlson
o
Lakeland Library Cooperative Workshop “Give ‘Em What They Want:
Innovative Library Programs for Teens” – Jill Reyers
o
Meeting with Jenison High School Media Specialist regarding promoting
Library resources and programs to teens – Jill Reyers
·
February 08: Valentine Craft
Program for Adults
o
Conducted by Mary Reed, with assistance from Becky Ilkanic and Sherry
Jordon
o
Display of craft books – Mary Reed
o
Attendance: 13
·
February 09: Book Discussion
Group For Adults
o
Book: The Quilter’s
Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
o
Book Discussion Leader: Mary Reed, assisted by Candace Hulst
o
Attendance: 13
· February 22: Knitting Class for Adult Beginning Knitters
o Conducted by Ruth Elwell, with assistance from Library volunteers Marie Hathaway, Carol Newman, Marianne Wilson, and Kim Sweedyk
o Display of knitting books – Mary Reed
o Attendance: 18
o Due to a need to limit registration, we were unable to accommodate all patrons interested in attending. Repeating the program at a later date is under consideration.
· Toddler (“Wee Ones”) and Preschool Story Times
o Story Times developed and presented/performed by Jill Reyers with assistance from Sue Kirvan (crafts, set-up, and patron relations).
o Detailed attendance statistics for Story Times held in February 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 |
|
02/01 |
12 |
9 |
17 |
11 |
|
02/02 |
14 |
10 |
23 |
8 |
|
02/08 |
9 |
8 |
17 |
10 |
|
02/09 |
21 |
7 |
27 |
11 |
|
02/15 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
4 |
|
02/16 |
10 |
12 |
19 |
11 |
|
02/22 |
16 |
13 |
16 |
10 |
|
02/23 |
13 |
8 |
36 |
16 |
|
Totals |
108 |
77 |
164 |
81 |
· February 03: Kick-Off of the “It’s Time to Read” Family Reading Program
o The program runs from February 3 to April 9
o The kick-off event was a performance by local storyteller Rhonda Cullin
· Attendance: 12 children and 9 adults (est.)
· February 10: Book Discussion Group for Teens
o Book: Stravaganza: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman
o Book Discussion Leader: Jill Reyers
o Attendance: 2 young adults
· February 17: Library tour and story presentation to a group of Cub Scouts and parents – Jill Reyers
o Attendance: 6 children (first graders) and 6 adults
· Youth Services Black History Month Display – Jill Reyers & Sue Kirvan
· “Read Across America” book display to coordinate with local elementary schools’ reading assignment – Sue Kirvan
· Re-cataloging of the juvenile paperback collection completed – Jill Reyers
· Promotional materials designed and created for the Book Discussion Group for Teens – Jill Reyers
· Tabletop lobby display of Library fundraising events – Pamela Myers
· “It’s Time to Read” Family Reading Program Display – Pamela Myers, Mary Reed, Candace Hulst, Becky Ilkanic, and Sue Kirvan
· Ongoing weeding of adult nonfiction 330 and 340 areas – Susan Carlson
· Weeding of adult fiction “Po - Steel” author area – Mary Reed
· Weeding of adult nonfiction 796 area – Pamela Myers
· Re-cataloging of videos – Pamela Myers
· Library fundraising events through both Younker’s and Fazoli’s were held during the month of February.
·
The group held their monthly meeting on February 07.
·
The Friends’ treasurer reported $693.80 in revenues from the Library’s
Winter Used Book Sale in January.
·
Members voted to provide an additional $1,000 in funding for the
Library’s Summer Reading Program for Youth 2005.
·
Funding for the purchase of up to $400 worth of dies for the Library’s
AccuCut machine was approved.
·
The group also voted to provide an additional $1,500 for General
Library Programming.
Service
and statistical information for the month of February 2005 is presented below.
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|
February |
February |
% Change |
2005 YTD |
2004 YTD |
% Change YTD |
|
2005 |
2004 |
2004 - 2005 |
|
|
2004 - 2005 |
|
|
Circulation
(Items) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Circulation |
25,426 |
23,285 |
9.19% |
49,029 |
46,336 |
5.81% |
|
Check-Outs |
23,085 |
21,136 |
9.22% |
44,369 |
42,411 |
4.62% |
|
Check-Ins |
20,614 |
19,349 |
6.54% |
39,894 |
38,768 |
2.90% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interlibrary
Loan (Items) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loaned |
2,341 |
2,149 |
8.93% |
4,660 |
3,925 |
18.73% |
|
Borrowed |
2,954 |
2,480 |
19.11% |
5,956 |
4,489 |
32.68% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Placed
By Staff |
839 |
727 |
15.41% |
1,728 |
1,778 |
-2.81% |
|
Calls
to Patrons (Min.) |
1,463 |
N/A |
N/A |
2,958 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Traffic
Count |
11,201 |
10,521 |
6.46% |
23,549 |
20,146 |
16.89% |