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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes_LAB_08.13.2012DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT GEORGETC VIIN PUBLIC LIBRARY July 2012 HIGHLIGHTS • Toni Neitfeld accepted the part-time position in the children's room. She will start work on August 20: • Attendance at children's programs continued to be high throughout July and attendance at teen programs held steady. Prizes awarded at the finale of the children's program included a Wii donated by Chris and Rachel Logue, and three $100 savings bonds, donated by First Texas Bank, Children who registered for the Texas Reading Club recorded either number of books read or length of time reed; the overall totals were 6470 books and 2390 hours. Teens read for a total of 3091 hours and the grand prizes were two Kindle Fires. Anyone who reached their reading goal was eligible for the prize drawings. • Jessica, age 15, won Best in Show for the teen art show with her drawing titled "Who Are You Looking At?" Her prize was a 00 gift certificate from Hobby Lobby. The show had more than 60 entries. • Alan "Bones" Davis, whose performance was a gift of the Texas Society of Sculptors; provided music during and after the TSOS reception and awards ceremony on Sunday; July "1 b. • Ralph Dixon Love died on July 24. Ralph had been the library's local historian for more than 19 years before poor health forced him to resign in April 2012. Just days before his death, Zora Evans, a genealogist and long-time friend, let the director know of her desire to donate a new microfilm reader -printer to the library in Ralph's honor. Ralph was told of this gift before his death. Donations are now being accepted for a stained glass window that will be created in his memory and will hang on the bridge with the Dixie Hanna window. PATRON COMMENTS Comment: l really appreciate the library. The staff is very friendly. Comment: You always have such wonderful art. l really enjoy coming up here. GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY Comparative Fiscal Year Statistics 2011 2012 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Annual Total Patron Visits Current Year 30822 27674 22499 36123 32409 47620 39433 26692 37192 ,. 327630 2010-2011 31410 27524 28878 27363 29232 31269 33018 28835 29195 36898 27393 31908 362923 2009-2010 26060 30456 30302 29297 28658 25359 34587 32866 29418 26387. 343465 2008-2009. 29997 22046 25586 27240 27116 28989 29899 25883 33098 34789 27994 27153 339790 Circulation 2011 2012 Current Year 46280 42854. 38880 44006 41925 45073 42286 46452 66172 55112. 457049 2010-2011 :. 40965 40697 35963 42919 40488 44139 40729 44652 53999 53332 44806 45057. 527746 2009-2010 38681 39091. 38262 42493 40364 43808 40171 40471 54888 53607 49809 42965 524610 2008-2009 38909 33986 33923 37724 37916 43879 39281 38891 50823 52714 45896 42661 496603 FY 2011-2012 Statistics Childrenis Programs .Annual Total :Attendances. 1470 547.. 760 524 619 1976 875 1219 3926 nia 11916 Programs. 3 0.. 2 0 3-- 4. 5 5 15 nia- 37 Story Time.. 22 20 13 23 21 19 20 16 6 nits 160 Other (Tour, movies, 3. 5 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 n1a 16 After. School Progran 0 4 0 6 4 4 4 4 0 nia 26 Other Services ILL Ordered 63 37 42 48 41 57 48 43 43 42 464 lLLfslled 46 21 29 37 38........ 32 39 37 36 37 352 Lg Print Circuit 200 200 200 200 200 200 0 0 0 0 1200 Internet usage n ersons) 8112 7001 6429 7498 7328 5811, 3531 6550 8536 8962 63967 ve;dr+ve usage {E-books} 295 397 508 663 573 554 545 744 726 770 5775 Overawe usage raudiooisi 174 182 163 200 181 191 161 205 109 141 1707 fiookmoc ie circutaron old nia.. nla are nia ads 757 716 1344 1583 4400 Volunteer Hours Adult 796.00 672.75 634,50 704,00 661,75 753,00 697,25 735.25 835.00 847,00 7336.50 Teen 29,00 0,00 0.00 0,00 16.00 0.00 10,00 0.00 171.50 nta 226:50 Community Service 16350 175.25 16825 136,50 153,00 158-50 104,50 185,75 206,75. 115,50 1567,50 Total 988.50 848.00 80275 840,50 830.75 911,50 811,75 921.00 1213.25 962.50 0,00 0,00 91X50 Registrations City Residents -new 212 123 106 172 156 182 152 120 146 268 1837 GiSD ttkds' Cards 18 4 8 18 13 27 12 17 15- 25 157 Non -residents -new 51 36 25 30 48 39 32 29 67 52 409 Total 281 163 139 220 217 248 196 166 226 345 0 0 2203 Cash Receipts Fines/Misc. Revenue 2956,98 2329,37 2462,00 2934,67 291808 329881 3047.18 3266.16 3681.54 330710 30199.89 Non-resident fees 2495,00 222570 1730.00 2505,00 2675,00 2310,00 2485.00 2445,00 4320:00 2860.00 26050.70 Donations 1697,40 1447.41 1321.25 1202.37 1080.80 1191.10 1461,13 142T84 1072,57 1391:45 13293.32 Gifts/Memorials 3075,00 300,00 533,00 945.00 72.50 1050:00 14999.88 731.96 6125,22 8725.00 36557,56 Meeting Room Use pe1s.rei.tdgmeebutis 4180 2005 2482 1662 1738 2769 2519 2919 7274 4810 32358 Library Collection Changes Copies Added 642:.. 430 1391 1361 1390 1647 1175 1184 1202 1166 11588 Copies Discarded 523. 228 405 457. :536 383 538 754 394 451 4669 Donations Added 138 33 54 32 205 691 148 132 129 169 1731 Notes: " Cataloging position vacant this month -usage down due to stations being dtsidaerd during fepsarernenE GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY • DONATIONS -- .July 2012 DONOR, aaNario>,s; Judy & Don Parks $40 in memory of Rickey Lynn Ellis James K. English $20 in memory of Rickey Lynn Ellis William Parks & Elizabeth Young $20 in memory of Rickey Lynn Ellis Ryan Parks & Celeste Tavera $20 in memory of Rickey Lynn Ellis Giynda Joy Nord Copy of her book, The History of the Georgetown Evangelical Free Church Peter Lawrence Jackson, Jr. Copy of his book, Free the Poet Ron and Marcia Tipton $50 in memory of Francis (Rip) Ripperda James K. English $40 in memory of Robert Van Every Dodee & Jan Rehler $15 in memory of Francis (Rip) Ripperda Ed & Pat Nefflen $100 in memory of Lena B. Rehler Young Ed & Pat Nefflen $100 in memory of Francis (Rip) Ripperda Helene & Joel Kutnick $10 in memory of Francis (Rip) Ripperda $10 in memory of Lena B. Rehler Young James & Rosie Rocke $25 in memory of Ralph Dixon Love Joe and Zora Evans $8100 for a microfilm reader -printer in memory of Ralph Dixon Love FOL Sorting/Shelving/Online Volunteers $100 in memory of Ralph Dixon Love • 0 GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY DONATIONS -- ,July 2012 - Judy &Lion Parks $40 in memory of Rickey Lynn Ellis James K. English $20 in memory of Rickey Lynn Ellis William Parks& Elizabeth Young $B in memory of Rickey Lynn Ellis Ryan Parks & Celeste Tavern $20 in memory of Rickey Lynn Ellis Glynda Joy Nord Copy of her book, The History of the Georgetown Evangelical Free Church Peter Lawrence Jackson, Jr. Copy of his book, Free the Poet Ron and Marcia Tipton $ 0 in memory of Francis (Rip) Ripperda James K: English $40 in memory of Robert Van Every Dodee & Jan Ranier $15 in memory of Francis (Rip) Ripperda Ed & Pat Nefflen $100 in memory of Lena B. Rehler Young Ed & Pat Neffi n $100 in memory of Francis (Rip) Ripperda Helene & Joel Kutnick $10 in memory of Francis (Rip) Ripperda $10 in memory of Lena B. RehlerYoung James & Rosie Rocke $25 in memory of Ralph Dixon Lave Joe and Zora Evans $8100 for e microfilm reader -printer in memory of Ralph Dixon Love FOL Sorting/Sheiving/Online Volunteers $100 in memory of Ralph Dixon Love Judy Fabry From: Eric Lashley Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:09 PM To: Charles Aguillon; Gerald Sensabaugh; JOE NIX; Karen Limbaugh; LHarkey@suddenlink.net; Lois Case; Margaret Thompson Cc: Judy Fabry Subject: August Library Advisory Board Agenda Item Dear Board Member, It was nice to see everyone at the meeting last night. Following up from last night's meeting, I will place an agenda item for the August meeting concerning the labeling of the shelves per Ms. Brett's request. want to be clear that Ms. Brett's original agenda item dealt with a request for reconsideration of materials. The Library Advisory Board is the jury for decisions relating to the request of reconsideration of materials and per our policy can over -rule the Library Director's decisions. In the case of labeling shelves, that is an administrative decision and I will bring it to the board for advice, but the Library Advisory Board does not have jurisdiction to over -rule staff's decisions regarding those matters. If Ms. Brett isn't happy with any policy changes or no policy change concerning the labeling of shelves, she can appeal to Paul Brandenburg, City Manager. 0 In many regards, the Library Advisory Board's role moving forward is advisory only. That isn't a small role. I will take your input as well as Ms. Brett's input very seriously. l will meet with my staff and report to the board the pros and cons of labeling the shelves. On a professional note, I am always cautious changing policies due to 1 complaint or concern. We have changed policies over the years due to patron and board input. However, each time there was a policy change, we had to have a good reason to change policy. At this point, I need to determine whether a policy needs to be changed or implemented based on this one concerned patron. THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THE ORIGINATOR OF THE FORWARDED MESSAGE, OR TO ANOTHER MEMBER, AS THAT COULD LEAD TO A VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. GROUP DISCUSSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS POSSIBLE BY POSTING AS A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR A FUTURE MEETING. Thanks, Eric Lashley Library Services Director Office (512) 930-2513 Cell (512) 966-4571 "If the library parking lot is full, we're having a good day at the library."