Library Department Report

June 2005

Staffing

· Sian Kaley joined the staff, filling the open Library Assistant I position.

· With approximately 150 applications for this opening, competition was fierce.

Facility

· We continue to receive reports from the cleaning crew of intermittent vandalism in the men’s restroom.

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

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

o Lakeland Library Cooperative Continuing Education Committee – Pamela Myers & Mary Reed

o Lakeland Library Cooperative Policy, Planning & Services Committee – Pamela Myers

o Lakeland Library Cooperative Policy, Planning & Services MichiCard Sub-Committee – Pamela Myers

Programming, Promotions, Publicity, Special Projects,

Departmental Activities, etc.

· June 08: Book Discussion Group For Adults

o Book: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

o Book Discussion Leaders: Mary Reed and Candace Hulst

o Attendance: 10

· Summer Reading Programs for both Youth and Adults began June 13. We made a strong push through early promotional efforts to register as many patrons as possible during the first four days, even offering a drawing for “early bird” registrations. The goal was to get as many patrons as possible in the building during the Library’s Scholastic Book Fair fundraiser and to handle the majority of the program registration traffic while we had the use of volunteers during the first week of the program. Our efforts proved highly successful.

· Adult Summer Reading Program display – Mary Reed

· Booklists prepared for the Summer Reading Program for Adults (Fantasy and Nonfiction) – Mary Reed

· Summer Reading Program for Adults (Program runs June 13 – August 06)

o Registration to date (June 13 – June 30): 107 adults

· June 02: School Visit to the Library

o Two first grade teachers from Bursley Elementary School invited their students and parents to meet them at the Library for an hour during the evening for an introduction to the Library and the opportunity to register for a library card.

o An estimated 20 children were registered for their first library cards.

o Attendance: 50 children and 25 adults

· June 06: Teen Volunteer Orientation

o Jill Reyers met with 8 teens that will be volunteering at the Library throughout the summer. They were briefed on the Summer Reading Programs being offered and the various special events to be held. A Library tour was included during the orientation.

· June 08: School Visit to Promote the Summer Reading Program – Jill Reyers

o A twenty-minute presentation was given to every class from kindergarten through 6^th grade at Sandy Hill Elementary School.

o Total attendance: 400 students and 18 adults

· June 09: Book Discussion Group for Teens

o Book: Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden

o Book Discussion Leader: Jill Reyers

o Attendance: 4

· Summer Reading Program for Youth (Program runs June 13 – August 06)

o Registration to date (June 13 – June 28): 1,429 children and young adults

· Special Programs for Youth

o June 22: Medieval Faire (All ages)

· Included demonstrations of medieval crafts and armored combat by the Society for Creative Anachronism, Leslie Warner’s Dairy Goats, and a Frog Prince Puppet Show performed by Jill Reyers and a teen volunteer

· Attendance: 75 children & 35 adults

o June 28: Mosaic Game Board Craft Workshop (Ages 12 - 17)

· Attendance: 10 young adults

· Presented through a program exchange with the Librarians from the Gary Byker Memorial Library of Hudsonville. (Georgetown Township Library staff will return the favor on July 21 by presenting a Pendant and Paper Stained Glass program for the Hudsonville Library’s teen patrons.)

o June 29: Juggling Workshop with Renee Hudson (Ages 6 and older)

· Attendance: 74 children and 18 adults

o June 29: Preschool Story Time (Ages 18 months to 5 years) – Sue Kirvan

· Attendance: 70 children and 31 adults

· Teen “Seek the Knight” Contest display – Pamela Myers, Sherry Jordon, and a Library volunteer

· Nursery Rhyme themed display for Program Room bulletin board – Sue Kirvan

· The 8^th Annual Scholastic Book Fair was held June 13 – June 16

o Coordinated by Pamela Myers with assistance from Candace Hulst and a small group of Library volunteers

o Appearance in the Memorial Day Parade promoting this event with costumed characters – Pamela Myers, Candace Hulst, and 4 Library volunteers

· Tabletop lobby display of Staff Favorites (books) – Mary Reed

· Re-cataloging of Local History Reference Collection – Pamela Myers

· Development of the Local History Vertical File – Pamela Myers

· Ongoing weeding of Adult Nonfiction 300 area – Susan Carlson

· Weeding of the Adult Fiction collection completed – Mary Reed

· Manual charges database conversion project – Pamela Myers

Service & statistical information

Service and statistical information for the month of June 2005 is presented below.

	June	June	% Change	2005 YTD	2004 YTD	% Change YTD
	2005	2004	2004 - 2005			2004 - 2005
Circulation (Items)
Total Circulation	35,895	37,862	-5.20%	162,323	155,097	4.66%
Check-Outs	33,708	35,918	-6.15%	148,336	143,583	3.31%
Check-Ins	25,489	29,038	-12.22%	136,218	133,214	2.26%

Interlibrary Loan (Items)
Loaned	2,187	1,944	12.50%	13,987	11,514	21.48%
Borrowed	3,170	2,821	12.37%	18,321	13,815	32.62%

Holds
Placed By Staff	973	947	2.75%	5,307	5,331	-0.45%
Calls to Patrons (Min.)	1,700	N/A	N/A	9,151	N/A	N/A

Traffic Count	14,963	16,926	-11.60%	74,649	71,106	4.98%

Friends of the Library

· The Friends do not hold a monthly meeting in June.