Director's Report, December 11, 2018

LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT
11-Dec-18

LIRARY NEWS
The Poynette Press ran an article written by Lindsey Ganz about the Friends of the Library and their current fundraisers. The Silent auction ended on December 8 and the Friends will hold their bake sale on Thursday, December 13 and Friday, December 14. Lindsey Ganz applied for the ASRT National Library Partnership grant to purchase books on medical imaging and radiation therapy on the recommendation of Amy Heath. The new copier was installed at the Poynette Area Public Library on December 6 and we are excited to offer better scanning services to our patrons.

LIBRARY SERVICES

Wi-Fi
	Wi-Fi Report: # of Logins
		2015	2016	2017	2018
	January	835	829	1,283	1,391
	February	989	821	1,393	1,294
	March	1,113	851	1,642	1,320
	April	937	1,128	1,239	1,106
	May	843	892	1,216	1,259
	June	932	1,264	1,278	1,502
	July	1,355	1,673	1,492	1,168
	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
	TOTAL	12,053	15,747	16,412	14,115

Computer Use
	Usage Report: # of Logins
		2018
	January	424
	February	325
	March	437
	April	424
	May	582
	June	544
	July	530
	August	488
	September	374
	October	435
	November	426
	December
	TOTAL	4,989

LIBRARY SERVICES (CONTINUED)

Circulation
	Checkouts: # Items
		2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
	January	5,038	4,600	4,475	4,122	5,274
	February	4,524	4,457	4,727	4,609	5,204
	March	5,831	4,492	5,019	4,700	4,827
	April	5,598	5,000	4,475	4,014	4,729
	May	4,670	4,266	4,400	4,513	4,501
	June	5,263	5,592	5,278	6,069	5,302
	July	6,676	6,027	4,847	6,073	5,177
	August	5,295	4,906	4,014	5,923	4,545
	September	5,346	4,481	4,304	4,240	3,963
	October	5,105	4,826	4,221	4,637	4,763
	November	4,225	3,786	4,444	4,547	4,180
	December	4,204	4,045	3,767	4,010
	TOTAL	61,775	56,478	53,971	57,457	52,465
Percent Change in YTD CKO		-7.58%	-8.57%	-4.44%	6.46%	-1.84%

Overdrive Circulation
	Electronic Checkouts: ebooks, e-audio, e-video
		2018
	January	408
	February	452
	March	415
	April	384
	May	424
	June	450
	July	436
	August	509
	September	372
	October	328
	November	334
	December
	TOTAL	4512


PROGRAMS
	Literacy Offerings				2018 Participants
	Baby Board Book Program				14
	1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program				54
	Teen Book Review Program				13
	Winter Reading Program				50
	Pioneer Place Winter Reading Program				16
	Summer Library Reading Program				308
				TOTAL	455

PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)
The 4K Parents Night at the Library was well attended with 62 participants. Information about the library, early literacy and resources were shared. High School volunteers assisted children with a craft. A DIY Gift Bag Stamping drop in session was offered in early December. Upcoming Events: 12/21 Santa and Mrs. Claus at the library from 1:30 to 3:30; 12/27 Family Read & Movie - The Boxtrolls.

2018 Adult Programs
	Book Discussion	Knit & Crochet	Euchre	Cribbage	Craft	Wood Carvers	Senior Citizen Outreach	Other
January		18	33	10	28	16	16	51
February		8	17	5	13	16	36	18
March		15	23	16	17	33	26
April		12	24	9	2	25	7
May	11	18	20	9	8	23	4	9
June		10	12	6	8	13	16
July		10	24	2	11	19	11
August		19	15	4	27	19	10	1
September	2	10	22	9	8	16	9	1
October		20	28	8	38	23	16	39
November		12	14	5	16	19	8
December
TOTAL	13	152	232	83	176	222	159	119

2018 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	Career Crafters 4th - 7th gr.
January	149	30	39	34	30	17	4
February	185	64	41	3	191	26
March	179	39	37	2	8	44	27
April	235	49	63	3		35
May	126	15	27	4	15	33
June	244			2	233	21	5	68
July	194			1	144	36		27
August				5	32	17	13
September	102	50	14	10	30
October	223	30	37	2		91
November	265	50	30	2
December
TOTAL	1,902	327	288	68	683	320	49	95





CONTINUING EDUCATION/ MEETINGS
Lindsey Ganz attended the chamber meeting in November. They discussed the possibility of increasing scholarship amounts and how to recruit more chamber members. Lindsey attended the All Directors meeting held in Sun Prairie on November 15 and also attended the continuing education activity in the afternoon to learn about digitization. Lindsey reached out to the Historical Society about potentially partnering on a project. Martin Shanks, Village Administrator met with Lindsey for a one-on-one meeting and discussed records retention and the Village Electronic & Information Systems Policy

BUDGET REPORT

Deposits
	Date	Deposits				Amount
Village Library Account	11/14/2018	Town of Lowville Contribution				$2,500.00
Village Library Account	11/16/2018	fines & fees: cash				$40.00
	11/16/2018	fines & fees: checks				$21.40
	11/30/2018	fines & fees: cash				$202.90
	11/30/2018	fines & fees: checks				$10.90



Library Account	11/16/2018	Donations Deposit				$25.00


				Total		$2,800.20

Expenses

Vouchers		Amount		Description
VISA		$120.24		programs, post office, office expense
Amazon		$548.25		books, DVDs, office, programs, audiobooks,
CINTAS		$97.98		maintenance supplies
Piggly Wiggly		$74.68		programs
Verizon		$38.01		mobile hotspot (memorial donation)
US Postal Service		$72.00		PO BOX






Shining Brite		$281.25		cleaning
CenturyLink		$145.07		phone & Fax
Alliant Energy		$513.04		electric & Gas
Salaries 11/8 & 11/22		$7,839.96

	Total	$9,730.48

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