LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Tuesday, Sept 8, 2020
LIBRARY NEWS
Beginning Aug 24th, the Library is now receiving the delivery of patron holds five days per week (M-F).   Jodi Bailey continues to work with the Village Administrator & the Budget Committee on the Library's 2021 Budget.  The furniture we ordered in March finally arrived on Aug. 19th.  Staff collaborated to set up some seating areas that are socially distanced, in preparation for the beginning of the school year.  We continued offering Curbside Service in August.  There were 34 Curbside pick-up appointments scheduled by patrons from 08/01 to 08/31.
LIBRARY SERVICES
Wi-Fi Report 2020: Meraki Wireless Device Usage (Hub 1+2+3)
		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
	January	835	829	1,283	1,391	1,217	765
	February	989	821	1,393	1,294	1,736	757
	March	1,113	851	1,642	1,320	1,916	703
	April	937	1,128	1,239	1,106	1,765	253
	May	843	892	1,216	1,259	1,622	301
	June	932	1,264	1,278	1,502	1,240	383
	July	1,355	1,673	1,492	1,168	1,703	481
	August	1,198	1,586	1,442	1,450	1,469	474
	September	1,014	1,520	1,387	1,075	2,379
	October	1,040	1,831	1,445	1,351	1,647
	November	848	1,925	1,409	1,199	1071
	December	949	1,427	1,186	1,638	739
	TOTAL	12,053	15,747	16,412	15,753	18,504	4,117
Computer Usage Report: # of "Unique Client" Logins
		2018	2019	2020
	January	424	265	409
	February	325	340	412
	March	437	425	396
	April	424	373	171
	May	582	403	202
	June	544	466	244
	July	530	435	298
	August	488	376	307
	September	374	393
	October	435	428
	November	426	428
	December	372	438
	TOTAL	5,361	4,770	2,439
LIBRARY SERVICES (CONTINUED)
Circulation	Checkouts: # Items
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
January	4,475	4,122	5,274	3,712	4,067
February	4,727	4,609	5,204	4,832	3,491
March	5,019	4,700	4,827	4,559	2,384	*Curbside  03-17 to 03-23
April	4,475	4,014	4,729	4,354	363	*Closed 03-24 to 04-23
May	4,400	4,513	4,501	4,148	618	*Curbside 04-24 to 05-30
June	5,278	6,069	5,302	4,571	1612	*Open 06-11; also Curbside
July	4,847	6,073	5,177	5,136	3024
August	4,014	5,923	4,545	4,039	2875
September	4,304	4,240	3,963	3,728
October	4,221	4,637	4,763	3,976
November	4,444	4,547	4,180	3,575
December	3,767	4,010	3,682	3,367
TOTAL	53,971	57,457	56,147	49,997	18,434
Change in YTD CKO    -4.44%		6.46%	-45.49%	-10.95%	-43.21%
Overdrive Circulation
	Electronic Checkouts: ebooks, e-audio, e-video
		2018	2019	2020
	January	408	519	551
	February	452	465	490
	March	414	485	559	New users in OverDrive increased significantly beginning on 03/13/20.  Since April, monthly unique users have decreased but remained higher than pre-COVID-19 levels (*per WPLC.info).
	April	384	456	694
	May	435	399	749
	June	450	508	667
	July	436	506	641
	August	509	470
	September	372	497
	October	379	511
	November	334	506
	December	392	443
	TOTAL	4,965	5,765	4,351
Other Online Resources
	Ebsco Badgerlink and Ancestry.com Usage
		2018	2019	2020
	Ebsco	14	83	53
	Ancestry	1010	483	368	*Excludes remote access (March-July)
	TOTAL	1024	566	421
PROGRAMS:  2020 Literacy Programs
	Baby Board Book Program	1,000 Books Before Kinder-garten Program	Teen Book Review Program	Winter Reading Program	Summer Library Reading Program	Good Reads Book Discus-sion Group
January	0	40	17	73	0
February	0	40	17	0	0
March	0	40	17	0	0
April	0	40	17	0	0	4
May	0	40	17	0	0	4
June	0	40	13	0	113	4
July	0	40	13	0	157	8
August	0	40	13	0	0	8
September
October
November
December
TOTAL	0	320	124	73	270	28
PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)
The School District's Individual Summer Reading program concluded on Aug 13th.  It was a wonderful success!  Library staff was thankful for the opportunity to host two fantastic reading teachers & to support so many hard-working students!  Katy Hanousek began researching children's & teen virtual programming opportunities.  Staff is also planning to schedule some virtual Adult programs this Fall.  The Friends of the Library cancelled their Silent Auction and any other fund raisers for the remainder of 2020.
2020 Program Participants
	Self-Directed Activities	Other Adult & Family Programs	Age 0-11	Age 12-18
January	54	128	118	9
February	87	27	259	31
March	53	13	105	11
April	75	0	1	4
May	89	0	41	0
June	113	89	2	0
July	157	50	33	1
August	0	0	5	2
September
October
November
December
TOTAL	628	307	564	58
CONTINUING EDUCATION/ AUGUST MEETINGS
Jodi met with the Friends of the Library (Aug 4), attended a webinar titled "HR Issues in the Time of COVID-19" (Aug 5th), and met with the neighboring property owner (Aug 21 & 26) to discuss improving the parking lot/outdoor area behind the Library building.  Jodi attended a New Director virtual meeting (Aug 25) with Tamara Ramski, SCLS Digitization Specialist.  Jodi attended the Poynette Village Board meeting (Aug 24), met with Martin Shanks, Village Administrator (Aug 25), and also met with the 2021 Library Budget Committee (Aug 26).  Katy continued providing support to patrons by frequently updating and monitoring the library's website and FaceBook page.  Katy attended webinars on "Healing Reading Trauma" and "Beanstack's Summer Statistics Analysis."
BUDGET REPORT
Deposits
	Date	Deposits				Amount
Village Library Account	8/27/2020	Fines/Fees				$156.15
	8/27/2020	Lake WI Lions Club Donation				$200.00
Library Checking Account at Hometown Bank	8/27/2020	Lou Roach Donation				$20.00
	8/27/2020	Other Unspecified Donations				$3.25
				Total		$379.40
Expenses
Vouchers		Amount		Description
VISA		$626.76		Cengage LP Books; Walmart & Walgreens (gloves/masks)
Amazon		$1,229.17		Books/Kemp & Friends donations, DVDs, Poy Village Purch.
Complete Office of Wisc.		$475.00		Floor mats
Cambria Library		$58.80		BookPage Annual Subscription (10 copies; Oct 2020-Sept 2021)
Michael Frederick, Author		$48.00		Books purchased directly from Author
Piggly Wiggly		$62.53		Summer Reading Program gift baskets/prizes
Rhyme		$161.73		Copier
Shining Brite		$225.00		August
CenturyLink		$147.74		Phone & fax - August
Alliant Energy		$434.11		Electric & gas - August
Salaries paid on 08/13 & 08/27		$7,928.68
	Total	$11,397.52