LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
LIRARY NEWS
The Summer Reading Program wrapped up in early August with a total of 267 reading participants of all ages. Deb Haefner has been working with staff to price out an office remodel project to make the space more organized and allow staff to work more efficiently. Columbia County Directors are working with the Columbia County Library Board to prepare our presentation to the Columbia County Finance Committee for September. The Poynette Area Public Library will be closed on Saturday, August 31 through Monday, September 2 for carpet cleaning.
LIBRARY SERVICES
Wi-Fi
	Wi-Fi Report: # of Logins
		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
	January	835	829	1,283	1,391	1,217
	February	989	821	1,393	1,294	1,736
	March	1,113	851	1,642	1,320	1,916
	April	937	1,128	1,239	1,106	1,765
	May	843	892	1,216	1,259	1,622
	June	932	1,264	1,278	1,502	1,240
	July	1,355	1,673	1,492	1,168	1,703
	August	1,198	1,586	1,442	1,450
	September	1,014	1,520	1,387	1,075
	October	1,040	1,831	1,445	1,351
	November	848	1,925	1,409	1,199
	December	949	1,427	1,186	1,638
	TOTAL	12,053	15,747	16,412	15,753	11,199
Computer Use
	Usage Report: # of Logins
		2018	2019
	January	424	265
	February	325	340
	March	437	425
	April	424	373
	May	582	403
	June	544	466
	July	530	435
	August	488
	September	374
	October	435
	November	426
	December	372
	TOTAL	5,361	2,707
LIBRARY SERVICES (CONTINUED)
Circulation
	Checkouts: # Items
		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
	January	4,600	4,475	4,122	5,274	3,712
	February	4,457	4,727	4,609	5,204	4,832
	March	4,492	5,019	4,700	4,827	4,559
	April	5,000	4,475	4,014	4,729	4,354
	May	4,266	4,400	4,513	4,501	4,148
	June	5,592	5,278	6,069	5,302	4,571
	July	6,027	4,847	6,073	5,177	5,136
	August	4,906	4,014	5,923	4,545
	September	4,481	4,304	4,240	3,963
	October	4,826	4,221	4,637	4,763
	November	3,786	4,444	4,547	4,180
	December	4,045	3,767	4,010	3,682
	TOTAL	56,478	53,971	57,457	56,147	31,312
Percent Change in YTD CKO		-8.57%	-4.44%	6.46%	-2.28%	-10.57%
Overdrive Circulation
	Electronic Checkouts: ebooks, e-audio, e-video
		2017	2018	2019
	January	368	408	519
	February	259	452	465
	March	387	415	485
	April	364	384	456
	May	425	424	399
	June	374	450	508
	July	422	436
	August	423	509
	September	368	372
	October	388	328
	November	371	334
	December	301	392
	TOTAL	4450	4904	2832
PROGRAMS
	Literacy Offerings				2019 Participants
	Baby Board Book Program				8
	1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program				60
	Teen Book Review Program				16
	Winter Reading Program				42
	Pioneer Place Winter Reading Program				9
	Summer Library Reading Program				267
				TOTAL	402
PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)
The Summer Reading Program Finale was a hit as Randy Peterson brought in 60 people for his musical performance. The Poynette Schools Reading Program wraps up on August 15. Katy is currently planning for fall programming. Upcoming Events: Movie at the Library on 8/14 at 1:30pm; Saturday Story Time on 8/17 at 10:30 am; Dandelion Embroidered Puff Craft on 8/27 at 6:00pm.
2019 Adult Programs
	Author/ Book Discussion	Knit & Crochet	Euchre	Cribbage	Craft	Wood Carvers	Senior Citizen Outreach	Other
January		10	6	2		20	16
February	4	9	7	2	22	15	9
March		17	12	3	10	14	11
April	14	17	19	2	6	18	23	57
May		17	15	10	10	19	11	11
June		16	15	5	14	20	17
July		16	17	2	6	15	11
August
September
October
November
December
TOTAL	18	102	91	26	68	121	98	68
2019 Children, Teen, & Family Programs
	Story Time at Library & Outreach	Elementary School	Middle School	Teens at Library & Outreach	Family Programs	Family Drop-Ins	Movies at the Library	Family Book Discussion
January	14	14	43	10
February	129	37	17	3	157	14
March	196	25	17		17	22	25	7
April	236	45	52	2		52
May	54	12	4	7
June	225	37		7	180		14
July	194	49		3	135		2	3
August
September
October
November
December
TOTAL	1,048	219	133	32	489	88	41	10
CONTINUING EDUCATION/ MEETINGS
The Columbia County Directors and Columbia County Library Board met on July 19 at a joint meeting to discuss the goals for 2020 for the Columbia County Libraries as well as the 2020 budget. Lindsey Ganz attended the delivery meeting at SCLS and participated in discussion about possibly creating a Tote Use Policy for system member libraries. Columbia County Directors met for the third training session on the topic of Community Engagement. Participants of this training will be receiving grant money to use to help cover costs of the training or to implement ideas learned at the training. The budget committee met on August 6. Lindsey attended the Friends of the Library meeting.
BUDGET REPORT
Deposits
	Date	Deposits				Amount
Village Library Account	7/12/2019	fines & fees: cash				$56.40
	7/26/2019	fines & fees: cash				$100.00
	8/2/2019	fines & fees: cash				$122.49
	8/2/2019	fines & fees: checks				$15.90
Library Account
				Total		$294.79
Expenses
Vouchers		Amount		Description
VISA		$152.60		programs, newspapers
Amazon		$1,103.00		books, DVDs, office, programs, audiobooks, music
Cintas		$172.07		maintenance supplies
Piggly Wiggly		$40.47		programs, office
Verizon		$38.01		mobile hotspot
Rhyme		$141.29		copier
The Watering Can		$39.00		Summer Reading Program
Demco		$159.19		Office Supplies
Junior Library Guild		$428.22		Books
Maris Associates		$213.79		Books
Water & Sewer		$332.25
Shining Brite		$225.00		cleaning
CenturyLink		$148.98		phone & Fax
Alliant Energy		$540.86		electric & Gas
Salaries 7/3 & 7/18		$8,268.56
	Total	$12,003.29