LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Tuesday, October 08, 2019
LIRARY NEWS
The Public Works Department has been working on redirecting the output of the sump pump. During the fire inspection, it was noted that some boxes and other stuff was stored too close to the furnace in the upstairs area and near the fire extinguisher. The president of the Friends of the Library was notified as this is the area used by the Friends for the Silent Auction. Director Lindsey Ganz resigned from her position and will be the new director at the Columbus Public Library. New staff computers and monitors were installed. Warner is a company that installs cabling and they came out to take a look at our needs for the wireless access points project.
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	1,469
	September	1,014	1,520	1,387	1,075	2,379
	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	15,047
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	376
	September	374	393
	October	435
	November	426
	December	372
	TOTAL	5,361	3,476
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	4,039
	September	4,481	4,304	4,240	3,963	3,728
	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	39,079
Percent Change in YTD CKO		-8.57%	-4.44%	6.46%	-2.28%	-10.21%
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	506
	August	423	509	470
	September	368	372
	October	388	328
	November	371	334
	December	301	392
	TOTAL	4450	4904	3808
PROGRAMS
	Literacy Offerings				2019 Participants
	Baby Board Book Program				11
	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	405
PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)
We are excited to partner with the UW iSchool to host a student led book discussion for the Go Big Read. Copies of The Poison Squad are available for checkout at the Library. The event is to be held October 23rd at 4:30pm. Lindsey Ganz presented information on searching for books and online resources to a high school history class. Upcoming Events: Pioneer Place Book Delivery: October 15; Saturday Story Time on 9/21 at 10:30 am; Craft Night: Canvas Art to the third Monday of the month at 6:00pm; Trinkets and Treats: October 31st; Fall Colors Contest.
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		13	18	4	15	19	13
September		11	16	2	11	15	9
October
November
December
TOTAL	18	126	125	32	94	155	120	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		29		3
September	116	34	13	24
October
November
December
TOTAL	1,164	282	146	59	489	88	41	10
CONTINUING EDUCATION/ MEETINGS
Lindsey Ganz attended the Town of Lowville meeting on September 12 and gave an annual update of the Library. Tamara from SCLS came to the Poynette Library in September and October to train more volunteers from the Poynette Area Historical Society on the digitization process. Lindsey Ganz attended the Administrative Council meeting at SCLS. The discussion was that we will upgrade KOHA to Bibliovation in early December. Lindsey Ganz attended the director's meeting on September 20 at Pardeeville. Library staff had a meeting on September 21 and discussed plans for the interim period. Lindsey attended the Department Head meeting and discussed the cabling and wireless access points project with PW. Lindsey attended the Columbia County Finance Committee budget meeting. Budget committee members Jason, Caryn and Lindsey met to review budget changes. Lindsey attended the Community Engagement Training.
BUDGET REPORT
Deposits
	Date	Deposits				Amount
Village Library Account	10/4/2019	fines & fees: cash				$259.05
	10/4/2019	fines & fees: checks				$65.70
Library Account	10/4/2019	Memorial $314.00				$340.35
				Total		$665.10
Expenses
Vouchers		Amount		Description
VISA		$135.55		programs, office
Amazon		$1,027.63		books office programs radiology grant
Cintas		$136.10		maintenance supplies
Piggly Wiggly		$162.30		programs, office
Verizon		$38.01		mobile hotspot
Rhyme		$147.93		copier
Jane Morgan Memorial Lib.		$57.60		BookPage subscription
Popular Subscription Service		$773.55		periodicals
Michael Frederick		$24.00		book
SCLS		$1,303.66		computers and monitors
Complete Office of WI		$63.80		copy paper
Water & Sewer
Shining Brite		$225.00		cleaning
CenturyLink		$148.49		phone & Fax
Alliant Energy		$1,229.84		electric & Gas
Salaries 9/12 & 9/26		$8,416.37
	Total	$13,889.83