Staffing

· Jill VanWylen (Library Page) was promoted to Library Assistant I.

Facility

· As was the case in previous months, we continued to experience roof leaks in various locations throughout the building.

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 Board Meeting – Pamela Myers

o Lakeland Library Cooperative Weeding & Collection Development Workshop – Mary Reed, Jill Reyers & Susan Carlson

Programming, Promotions, Publicity, Special Projects,

Departmental Activities, etc.

· November 09: Book Discussion Group For Adults

o Book: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

o Facilitators: Mary Reed and Candace Hulst

o Attendance: 13

· November 14: Joint Adult Services/Youth Services Program “Artist Trading Cards”

o Cancelled due to lack of registration

· November 15: “Storybook Quilt Lady” (Linda Kuhlman) Presentation for Adults

o Attendance: 11

o Program sponsored by the Friends of the Library

· November 03: Library Tour & Stories

o Attendance: 8 boys from a first grade Boy Scout den and 7 adults

· November 08: Learn How To Knit Program for Teens

o Attendance: 4 young adults and 4 Friends of the Library volunteers

o Program sponsored by the Friends of the Library

· November 07 – November 23: Decorated Christmas Trees Accepted for the Decorated Tree Contest

o 1^st Place Winner: Daily Shepherd CCC ($50 Michael’s Gift Card)

o 2^nd Place Winner: Cara Hansen ($35.00 Target Gift Card)

o Program sponsored by the Friends of the Library

· November 10: Book Discussion Group for Teens

o Book: Touching Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

o Book Discussion Leader: Jill Reyers

o Attendance: 2

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

o A ten-week session of Story Time began the week of September 13.

o Detailed attendance statistics for Story Times held in November 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
11/01	21	15	16	6
11/02	20	18	22	8
11/08	13	9	18	7
11/09	16	14	18	9
11/15	27	19	15	5
11/16	4	4	13	8
Totals	101	79	102	43
Average	17	13	17	7

· Youth Services bulletin board display promoting the “classics”

· Showcase display of Quilts and related picture books promoting the Storybook Quilt Lady Program – Karen DeVries, Library Patron

· Lobby table displays for Veteran’s Day (November 1 – 11) and holiday cookbooks (November 12 – 30) – Mary Reed

· Weeding of the Adult Nonfiction 800 area continued – Susan Carlson

· Weeding of the Adult Mystery section – Mary Reed

· Temporary Card Clean-Up in the Patron Registration Database – Pamela Myers

Friends of the Library

· The Friends met on Monday, November 7 for their monthly meeting.

· A group of Friends members volunteered time on November 22 with the Santa Claus Girls on behalf of the group.

Service & statistical information

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

	November	November	% Change	2005 YTD	2004 YTD	% Change YTD
	2005	2004	2004 - 2005			2004 - 2005
Circulation (Items)
Total Circulation	23,323	22,529	3.52%	302,040	290,074	4.13%
Check-Outs	20,521	20,592	-0.34%	276,238	268,144	3.02%
Check-Ins	21,120	21,485	-1.70%	268,697	263,439	2.00%

Interlibrary Loan (Items)
Loaned	2,203	1,937	13.73%	25,203	21,930	14.92%
Borrowed	2,731	2,705	0.96%	34,310	28,158	21.85%

Holds
Placed By Staff	833	827	0.73%	9,643	9,965	-3.23%
Calls to Patrons (Min.)	1,404	1,395	0.65%	17,393	N/A	N/A

Traffic Count	9,541	9,601	-0.62%	137,167	133,607	2.66%