| The Village receipts for August 2011 are: 8/5/11 Fines and Fees - checks = $44.95, cash = $283.47; | |||||||
| Donations = $20.00; 8/19/11 Fines and Fees-checks=$91.99;cash=$271.67; | |||||||
| Total deposits: Fines and Fees =$ 692.08; Donations = $20 | |||||||
| Martha Van Pelt, SCLS Director, came to visit on 8/4 regarding Koha concerns. | |||||||
| We had 27 participants at the SLP Grand Finale honoring Bob Garske and featuring David Lusse, 8/4. | |||||||
| We had 17 attendees at the presentation about the Dictionary of American Regional English, 8/16. | |||||||
| I attended the Village's program on Parliamentary Procedures on 8/15/11. | |||||||
| On 8/18 Mark Ibach from SCLS came for a visit with me about library advocacy. | |||||||
| On 8/23 we held a birthday party for Winnie the Pooh's 90 birthday. 62 attended. | |||||||
| The SLP numbers are in. To summarize, we had fewer participants but they participated more. | |||||||
| We had a drop in the number of preschoolers - due to swimming lesson conflicts. | |||||||
| We had a slight increase in number of elem student participation, but a decrease in # of readers. | |||||||
| There was an increase in number of adult readers from 107 last year to 115 this year. | |||||||
| Patrons' comments and participation in the guessing jar and prize basket contests were favorable. | |||||||
| Katy, Eva and I will continue to evaluate the program for next year. | |||||||
| Although we offered more programs this year, there were many conflicts for the times. | |||||||
| We are again experiencing issues with the men's bathroom so have it locked now. | |||||||
| Better World Books picked up 100 boxes of books on 8/24/11. 15 kids and 2 adults helped. | |||||||
| All of the 7 stolen DVDs have been returned. We are keeping "at risk" DVDs behind the desk. | |||||||
| I applied for an LSTA Early Literacy Grant for 2012 for our Library. | |||||||
| Robin Carelli and I will be setting up an intergenerational reading program with the preschools and | |||||||
| the folks from Pioneer Place. We will also be setting up times for the elementary classes to come | |||||||
| and get Library cards and tour the Library this fall. | |||||||
| The Friends and I are planning an event for the Library's 70th birthday, but the date is still TBD. | |||||||
| On 9/9, Eva and I will attend a hands-on learning and demonstrations of tech gadgets in Wis. Dells. | |||||||
| We will learn about various Nooks, Kindles, Sony e-Readers, ELMO Document Camera, iPads and | |||||||
| mp3 players. We'll practice accessing OverDrive, learn about Enterprise Wireless and Windows 7 | |||||||
| Patron Image featuring photo and video editing, scanning documents and photos and disk burning. | |||||||
| These gadgets will soon be part of library offerings, so we want to be aware and in the know. | |||||||
| There will be a ceremony to dedicate Harriet Keller's plaque on Saturday, Oct. 1st at 10 am at the | |||||||
| Library. Please consider saying a few words. I'll have refreshments. Family members will attend. | |||||||
| We are planning a Library Halloween Party for Sat., Oct. 29th from 2-3 pm. | |||||||
| Katy's fall reading programs will begin with registration from September 19th to 26th. | |||||||
| Circulation numbers for August are not available at this writing. | |||||||
| CHECKOUTS | |||||||
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||||
| January | 4,888 | 5,090 | 5,027 | 5,742 | |||
| February | 4,486 | 5,476 | 5,536 | 5,200 | |||
| March | 4,850 | 6,063 | 6,994 | 6,218 | |||
| April | 5,163 | 6,115 | 6,406 | 5,426 | |||
| May | 4,745 | 5,690 | 5,409 | 5,299 | |||
| June | 5,078 | 6,410 | 7,247 | 6,713 | |||
| July | 5,855 | 7,409 | 8,265 | 7,340 | |||
| August | 4,885 | 5,405 | 7,199 | ||||
| September | 4,171 | 5,661 | 6,691 | ||||
| October | 4,718 | 5,853 | 6,600 | ||||
| November | 4,116 | 5,164 | 6,380 | ||||
| December | 4,206 | 4,681 | 5,735 | ||||
| TOTAL | 57,161 | 69,017 | 77,489 | 41,938 | |||
| Change from previous year | 11,856 | 8,472 | -2,946 | ||||
| Percent Change in YTD CKO | 20.74% | 12.28% | -6.56% | ||||
| BILLS: | |||||||
| Aramark | $130.72 | Rugs | |||||
| Schuster Cleaning | $280.00 | Cleaning | |||||
| Amazon.com | $273.17 | Books | |||||
| VISA (on 8/22/11) | $1,082.44 | Office Supplies, Books, DVDs, SLP, Postage | |||||
| SCLS | $138.25 | 2011 Annual Library Online Maintenance | |||||
| SCLS | $223.61 | Star Micronics Thermal Receipt Printer | |||||
| Julie Plier | $30.00 | Presentation: Dictionary of Am. Regional English | |||||
| DEMCO | $86.39 | Office Supplies | |||||
| DEMCO Periodicals | $1,247.40 | Magazines | |||||