The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About9/4/2013 - Board of Library Trustees (12) 1 NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY To: Board of Library Trustees From: Cynthia Cowell, Library Services Director Re: Report of Library Activities ____________________________________________________________________________________ CYNTHIA COWELL, LIBRARY SERVICES DIRECTOR July was a busy month which started with the traditional Independence Day celebration throughout the City. I attended the usual round of meetings, stopped in to watch the summer reading activities, took some leave, and planned the announcement of my retirement, effective October 5. Other than that last thing, it was, for me, a fairly quiet month, especially given the furious pace at which we’ve been working for the last three or four years. TIM HETHERTON, LIBRARY SERVICES MGR; TECHNICAL PROCESSING COORD. The Courage to Remember Newport Beach Public Library hosted “The Courage to Remember,” a traveling exhibit, produced by the Museum of Tolerance, the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, from July 8 through July 29 at the Central Library. The opening ceremony for the exhibition was held on July 8 at 10:00a.m. in the Friends Room at the Central Library. Mayor Keith Curry introduced the opening of the exhibit which included a special presentation by Jack Pariser, an 84-year-old Laguna Beach resident and Holocaust survivor. Pariser escaped from a Polish jail at age 13 and hid with his parents and his older sister to survive the Nazi slaughter of his village in 1942. The exhibit, which features over 200 compelling photographs, offers unique insight into the Holocaust. The 40-panel visual narrative traces the history of events in four distinct themes: Nazi Germany, 1933-1938; Moving Toward the "Final Solution," 1939-1941; Annihilation in Nazi-occupied Europe, 1941-1945; and Liberation, Building New Lives. “The Courage to Remember” was first assembled more than 20 years ago as an educational resource encouraging tolerance, hope, courage and change. To date, more than two million visitors in 75 locations and 16 countries have viewed the exhibit, making it the most widely attended traveling exhibition on Holocaust education and remembrance. Librarian I Position Interviews for the opening at Mariners were held on Thursday, July 18th. Congratulations to Christine Chapel, who was promoted from part time Library Assistant to full time Librarian I. City Art Collection Staff has created a Millennium record for every piece in the City’s art collection. The next step in the process is to barcode and label each piece. DEBBIE WALKER, BRANCH AND YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR Branches Branch locations have been busy and the focus has been on Summer Reading Program. All SRP events offered in July were staff created programs and have proved popular with children and parents. Children’s literature inspired activities ranged from decorating cookies (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie), to cheese tasting (Geronimo Stilton), to a chance to share a banana and picture with a much beloved book character, Curious George. Judy Pavlik, full-time Clerk II 2 at Mariners Branch, graciously volunteered to take on the persona of George and visited all four branch locations donning the costume. The program couldn’t have been done without her. In personnel news, Christine Chapel, part-time Library Assistant at the Mariners Branch, interviewed for, and was selected to fill the vacant full-time Librarian position at that branch. Congratulations to Christine. Christine’s vacant LA position will be filled in the near future. Youth Services SRP has been very successful at Central this year. Program attendance is high, with well over 100 participants for each of the July events. The expansion area has been a huge asset this summer as families have enjoyed using the extra space after storytimes and programs without feeling crowded or rushed to leave the area. Teen Services Mara reported that SRP sign-ups for the teen program are almost double of what they were last year at this same time. That is great news. PSAT practice test and results programs held in July were also well attended. MELISSA KELLY, SUPPORT SERVICES COORDINATOR HVAC Repairs Western Allied has been working through the Public Works department to complete the update on the Central Library’s ventilating and air conditioning system. The work will continue through August. Branch Buildings New hardware was installed on the entry doors at the Balboa Branch Library. The old hardware had been corroded by the salt air and made it difficult to open and close the building. Literacy Literacy staff and the Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy Board are working on the plans for the International Literacy Day celebration. This event will be Thursday, September, 12th at 10:00 am. Both 24 Carrots and Bristol Farms will be donating refreshments for the event. Circulation Circulation clerks attended the quarterly training session led by Michael Tran, Senior Clerk. Topics included consistency in entering customer data, circulation relating to new collections such as Nooks and IPads, proposed changes to the circulation policy and initiating service request to the IT department for needed repairs. NATALIE BASMACIYAN, ADULT SERVICES COORDINATOR EBook Training Allen and Rebecca hosted an EBook training class on July 18th for 95 customers. They reviewed the three downloadable services and the basic steps involved in downloading titles. New Services The Webteam spent most of July finalizing policies and procedures for several new services. Specifically, circulating Nooks, circulating iPads, and the Media Center will be available for customers to utilize at the beginning of August. 3 STATISTICS – JULY JUL YTD JUL YTD JUL YTD JUL YTD 2013 13/14 2013 13/14 2013 13/14 2013 13/14 BALBOA 10,260 10,260 775 775 6,717 6,717 435 435 CdM 6,836 6,836 881 881 4,645 4,645 841 841 MARINERS 38,390 38,390 5,553 5,553 24,570 24,570 1,049 1,049 CENTRAL 99,164 99,164 11,174 11,174 45,843 45,843 5,970 5,970 TOTAL 154,650 154,650 18,383 18,383 81,775 81,775 8,295 8,295 Total YTD 150,861 17,059 110,238 8,579 2012/13 PROGRAM ATTENDANCEREFERENCE CUSTOMERS SERVED IN LIBRARY CIRCULATION LAST FISCAL YEAR-TO-DATE 2012/13 PROQUEST Articles Retrieved July AVG. Business Databases 623 623 Newspapers--Current 1259 1259 Newspapers--Historical 2475 2475 Magazines 61 61 4 DATABASE STATS – FY 2013 / 2014 Database Jul- 13 Jul- 12 Jul- 11 YTD 13/14 YTD 12/13 YTD 11/12 Tracked by #searches Ancestry 1065 1161 547 1065 17966 10355 Career Transitions 5 69 58 168 BioResCtr* 46 18 66 46 1223 1088 FoF Ancient Hist 7 7 35 7 619 279 GDL 40 26 15 40 264 150 GVRL 49 37 137 49 1807 2028 HeritageQuest 916 159 416 916 4735 3053 Kids InfoBits 4 4 9 4 326 120 LitResCtr 30 29 117 30 9620 3733 Opposing Vpts* 11 5 51 11 3035 612 Nat Geo 22 11 n/a 22 399 N/A Nat Geo Kids 0 0 27 N/A NoveList 279 185 218 279 2722 1873 NoveList K-8 26 19 94 26 544 647 ProQuest 2690 3054 5014 2690 51336 36274 Ref USA Bus. 3969 4129 4232 3969 59879 48151 Ref USA Res.* 72 226 3457 72 2587 8356 World Book Online 12 105 1156 1033 Tracked by #books viewed/checked out Overdrive 4487 3174 1479 4487 59383 20771 Zinio 1630 N/A N/A 1630 N/A N/A Axis 360 404 N/A N/A 404 N/A N/A Tumblebooks 350 365 616 350 10584 7184 Tracked by #sessions Cypress Resume 26 34 22 26 226 120 LiveHomework 32 29 40 32 785 1936 Testing & EdRefCtr 20 15 68 20 446 455 Universal Class 51 138 74 51 1055 583 Tracked by #page views CultureGrams 48 116 167 48 5973 1848 Morningstar 4353 1905 2409 4353 94256 21493 NetAdvantage 1621 1097 662 1621 30584 7529 RealQuest 103 2 1687 103 13127 7294 Rocket Languages 25 9 85 25 514 731 Value Line 19522 12622 7232 19522 224744 110089 5 MONTHLY LIBRARY SYSTEM STATISTICS 142,696 131,873 139,840 130,841 114,833 129,731 121,265 114,948 131,033 134,690 140,123 154,650 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 140000 160000 180000 200000 AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL CIRCULATION 17,421 15,965 16,760 14,240 10,163 14,720 13,977 12,761 16,795 16,255 18,324 18,383 2000 5000 8000 11000 14000 17000 20000 23000 26000 AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL REFERENCE 109,543 91,582 98,697 95,332 67,859 81,662 74,648 73,841 103,181 78,111 90,239 81,775 15000 35000 55000 75000 95000 115000 135000 155000 175000 AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL CUSTOMERS SERVED 3,838 4,695 3,606 2,586 3,084 3,435 3,321 4,371 4,184 6,827 8,295 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE 6 ANNUAL LIBRARY SYSTEM STATISTICS - FY 2003/2004 thru FY 2012/2013 1,420,176 1,475,025 1,443,078 1,622,573 1,701,476 1,575,518 1,818,709 1,588,822 1,582,953 1,582,914 950,000 1,150,000 1,350,000 1,550,000 1,750,000 1,950,000 FY 03/04 FY 04/05 FY 05/06 FY 06/07 FY 07/08 FY 08/09 FY 09/10 FY 10/11 FY 11/12 FY 12/13 CIRCULATION 161,119 168,999 170,972 182,445 178,028 181,315 211,742 199,880 191,567 184,260 140,000 160,000 180,000 200,000 220,000 240,000 FY 03/04 FY 04/05 FY 05/06 FY 06/07 FY 07/08 FY 08/09 FY 09/10 FY 10/11 FY 11/12 FY 12/13 REFERENCE 861,300 885,852 874,854 977,200 1,239,790 1,200,664 1,258,585 1,258,902 1,131,330 1,074,933 0 350,000 700,000 1,050,000 1,400,000 1,750,000 FY 03/04 FY 04/05 FY 05/06 FY 06/07 FY 07/08 FY 08/09 FY 09/10 FY 10/11 FY 11/12 FY 12/13 CUSTOMERS SERVED IN LIBRARY 26,960 41,559 44,286 37,280 41,987 43,419 28,680 53,534 51,570 51,894 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 FY 03/04 FY 04/05 FY 05/06 FY 06/07 FY 07/08 FY 08/09 FY 09/10 FY 10/11 FY 11/12 FY 12/13 PROGRAM ATTENDANCE