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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 03-26-2009 - 5a35a-5 AGENDA #5a3 Second Quarter, 2008-2009 Library REVENUES/ EXPENDITURES Actual OS-06 Actual 06-07 Budget 07-08 YTD 07-08 YTD 08-09 Change from Prior Year Revenues 415,845 494,871 490,600 227,358 #REF! Expenditures 1,735,125 2,063,167 2,258,738 1,049,816 #REF! Expenditures as % of Budget 46.5% ADDITIONAL DETAIL Actual OS-06 Actual 06-07 Budget 07-08 YTD 07-08 YTD 08-09 Change from Prior Year Adult Circulation 430,256 446,249 455,200 225,204 218,273 -3.1% Children's and Youth Circulation 405,737 431,649 445,600 225,561 257,433 14.1% Downloadable Materials 2,072 1,600 1,218 1,096 -10.0% TOTAL CIRCULATION 835,993 879,484 902,400 450,765 476,802 5.8% Circulation per hour: in library 68 hours 236 249 255 253 273 7.9% Interlibrary loan requests 759 637 660 407 425 4.4% Reserves of materials 10,500 11,276 11,500 6,371 12,698 99.3% Patron registration 29,464 29,604 30,000 29,651 29,332 -l.l% Reference activity 103,284 111,502 113,700 NA NA Public Internet Sessions 84,449 79,389 80,000 37,684 39,494 4.8% Children's computer sessions 8,685 8,087 8,330 4,137 3,858 -6.7% Volunteer hours 2,834 2,810 3,200 1,556 -100.0% PROGRAMS Meeting Room Attendance 12,349 14,918 15,000 5,994 5,394 -10.0% Children's Program: Attendance 13,419 13,785 14,250 7,467 8,494 13.8% Collection size (catalogued & uncatalogued) 168,109 170,586 176,500 173,835 180,795 4.0% RYA Circulation now counted in Childrens Circ ~ Now includes YA Circ ~ ~ ~ NC Live dropped Netlibrary audio materials 5a-6 Second Quarter, 2008-2009 LIBRARY OBJECTIVES PROGRESS/ STATUS To meet the informational, educational, and 450,765 books and materials circulated (+2.2%). recreational reading needs of the community during the 68 hours the Library is open each week by: circulating Reference use surveys are done 3 times throughout the year books and other library materials (853,000; +2%); and reported in the 4th quarter. staffing the Reference Desk with 2 employees an average of 61 hours per week; supporting 24 Internet terminals for reference; answering reference and readers advisory questions (104,316;+1%); staffing the Reception Desk with volunteers an average of 40 hours per week. Provide awell-balanced, up-date collection of library 4,075 materials were cataloged and added to the collection. materials (165,000; 3.3 books per capita) to meet the reading and informational needs and interests of the 335 materials were withdrawn from the collection. community by adding new, gift, and replacement books to the collection. 199donations were added to the collection. Total current collection: 173,835 (+2.6%). c 1 ren participate m story tlrrles. Stimulate interest in using the main Library by 1,158 children and teens kept Summer Reading Program providing a variety of children's programs: weekly pre- records. school story times; Times for Toddlers/Babies; after- 494 individuals toured the children's room or attended school programs for elementary-aged children; outreach programs. monthly pajama story times; Teen Breakfast Clubs and 859 school-aged children and 151 teens participated in 64 seasonal programs such as the Summer Reading special activities. Program. Prove e outreac services to c 1 ren 0-10 years o age 46 Spanis tit es were or ere . by: providing materials for area daycare centers; adding 75 juvenile Spanish materials to the collection; 590 children attended l lmulti-cultural programs. and providing programs for children in local public housing areas upon request; and providing 12 programs during the year that target the cultural diversity of the community. o un eers wore ours. Encourage support of the Library by volunteers and community groups including: 40 volunteers (3,000 Friends of the Library provided 2 book sales and 12 adult hours per year); providing staff support for Friends of programs: 4Meet-the-Author Teas; 2 Sunday Series the Library activities (4 annual book sales, 6 children's programs; 6 "Books Sandwiched In" book discussions. programs, 8Meet-the-Author Teas); providing staff support for the Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation 1,110 children attended 20 Friends'-sponsored programs. activities. 5a-7 Second Quarter, 2008-2009 Library Geographic Analysis of Registered Library Users FY 2008-2009 Carrboro Out of County 18% 4% North Orange 5% ~'`-__ South Orang~- Chapel Hill 55 /o 18% The total number of registered borrowers in the second quarter of FY 2008-09 is 29,332. An analysis of patron recordshows that approximately 45% of the library's patrons live outside of Chapel Hill.