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Home My WebLink About10/7/2013 - Board of Library Trustees (30) 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 August passed in a total blur. After announcing my retirement in July, it seemed inevitable that I would be involved in several days of flex leave to handle personal issues. However, we managed to have some fun, conduct a lot of business with customers, finish the summer reading program, and start the recruiting process for the new Director. The Arts Commission hosted a successful event thanking Mark and Jan Hilbert for the year-long loan of pieces from their personal collection of California Scene Paintings. Concerts in the Park concluded with great crowds and plans for an extended season in the next fiscal year. Perusing my calendar did not yield the usual results of lots of meetings, but we all managed to stay busy and productive. TIM HETHERTON, LIBRARY SERVICES MGR; TECHNICAL PROCESSING COORD. iPads The Central Library is now circulating iPads for in-Library use. The 30 iPads Minis are a gift from the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation. iPads are available for two-hour loan inside the Central Library. Borrowers must have a valid NBPL library card. The iPads are loaded with current magazines, Flipboard, Twitter, HBO go, iWork, Slacker and a variety of other apps. DEBBIE WALKER, BRANCH AND YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR Branches Summer Reading Program ended at all locations on Friday, August 9. Programs were well attended at every branch during that time and at the conclusion, programming and storytimes went on hiatus for two weeks, resuming again on Monday, August 26. Andrea Jason, Balboa Branch manager directed the shifting and relocation of several collections at the branch to make better use of existing space and allow for the growth of some collections. This included consolidating New fiction, mystery, biography and science fiction, moving paperbacks to the end of regular fiction and moving the YA book, audiobook and paperback collections. Children’s DVDs were also spread out to make more room. Youth Services Summer Reading Program ended well this summer. Based on the California Library Association’s program: California Summer Reading Outcomes, it was decided to concentrate on outreach and not just how many finished or collected every prize. Since the gamesheet was an integral part of the SRP flyer, a child with the flyer was considered “registered.” After combining the counts of flyers given out on a daily basis at all locations and what materials were given out at school visits, a total of 9521 children received SRP information. At least 1221 of those went on to collect the final prize and be eligible for the grand prize drawing. That was up from 1004 in 2012. A survey was also done as part of CLA initiative. All children who received the final prize were asked to participate. We found in doing this that girls participating in the program slightly 2 outnumbered boys and that the 7 – 8 year old age group represented the largest concentration of children. Although many heard about SRP at their schools, many more found out about it at the library. These results will assist the Youth Services staff in planning SRP and SRP programs for the future. Program attendance was also very solid with at least 2957 attending events at all locations for the seven weeks of SRP. The adult SRP was down in total registrants but there was a higher percentage of finishers (almost half) over the previous year. The SRP wrap-up party was held at Central and enjoyed by the core group that have attended for the past four years. Teen Services The final count for teen SRP enrollment was very encouraging. At least 233 enrolled at Central and all locations this summer compared to 162 in 2012. Kudos to Mara and branch staff for getting the word out. On Wednesday, August 28 a program called Summer Stories was held at the Central Library Friends Room and Media Lab. Twenty-one participants worked with two published authors to brainstorm, outline, free-write and ultimately draft a narrative. Some of the stories will eventually be published on the Kids These Days local history website. The workshop was well reviewed and proved to be an innovative way to introduce the group to the writing process and new Media Lab. MELISSA KELLY, SUPPORT SERVICES COORDINATOR Nothing new to report. NATALIE BASMACIYAN, ADULT SERVICES COORDINATOR Media Center The new Media Center at the Central library, comprised of the Media Lab and Sound Lab, opened to customers on August 12th. Customers may make online reservations for specific computer applications, and may utilize Lynda.com training sessions as well. The room is staffed by the Reference department during the open hours of Monday-Thursday 10:00 am- 2:00 pm. Circulating Nooks Six Nooks loaded with eleven new, popular titles began circulating to customers on August 5th. Customers may check out the Nooks from the Circulation desk for two weeks, and may place holds on them as well. Titles include Inferno by Dan Brown and The Cucko’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling). Circulating iPads Thirty iPads are now available for customers to check out within the Central Library. The iPads are pre-loaded with Zinio, Overdrive, Axis 360, and many other apps. The iPads may be checked out at the 2nd floor Reference desk for two hour sessions. Senior Services Based on a suggestion from a customer, Allen and Rebecca created an online resource center for Senior Citizens, located on the Services page of the website. Local and national resources provide information on a range of topics for the older members of the community. 3 STATISTICS AUG YTD AUG YTD AUG YTD AUG YTD 2013 13/14 2013 13/14 2013 13/14 2013 13/14 BALBOA 9,291 19,551 736 1,511 5,810 12,527 266 701 CdM 6,363 13,199 814 1,695 4,494 9,139 472 1,313 MARINERS 36,419 74,809 5,309 10,862 22,232 46,802 558 1,607 CENTRAL 92,792 191,956 7,456 18,630 75,693 121,536 2,904 8,874 TOTAL 144,865 299,515 14,315 32,698 108,229 190,004 4,200 12,495 YTD 2012/2013 293,557 34,300 219,781 11,969 CIRCULATION REFERENCE CUSTOMERS SERVED IN LIBRARY PROGRAM ATTENDANCE LAST FISCAL YEAR-TO-DATE 2012/13 PROQUEST ARTICLES RETRIEVED July Aug AVG. Business Databases 623 412 518 Newspapers--Current 1259 1212 1236 Newspapers--Historical 2475 2218 2347 Magazines 61 139 100 4 DATABASE STATS – FY 2013 / 2014 Database Aug-13 Aug-12 Aug-11 YTD 13/14 YTD 12/13 YTD 11/12 Tracked by #searches Ancestry 678 999 1834 1743 17966 10355 Career Transitions 7 38 58 168 BioResCtr*27 25 34 73 1646 1088 FoF Ancient Hist 9 17 18 16 619 279 GDL 9 13 12 49 264 150 GVRL 36 33 37 85 1807 2028 HeritageQuest 1105 169 782 2021 4735 3053 Kids InfoBits 7 8 4 11 326 120 LitResCtr 19 18 44 49 9620 3733 Opposing Vpts*31 10 3 42 3035 612 Nat Geo 13 10 35 399 N/A Nat Geo Kids 0 27 N/A NoveList 185 235 193 464 2722 1873 NoveList K-8 26 20 55 52 544 647 ProQuest 2855 2742 1468 5545 51336 36274 Ref USA Bus.2937 4131 5448 6906 59879 48151 Ref USA Res.*165 240 3607 237 2587 8356 World Book Online 25 35 13 25 1156 1033 Tracked by #books viewed/checked out Overdrive 4505 3117 1329 8992 59383 20771 Zinio 1642 3272 0 N/A Axis 360 396 800 0 N/A Tumblebooks 925 485 1004 1275 10584 7184 Tracked by #sessions Cypress Resume 12 22 11 38 226 120 LiveHomework 33 59 56 65 785 1936 Testing & EdRefCtr 76 61 76 96 446 455 Universal Class 84 31 62 135 1055 583 Tracked by #page views CultureGrams 85 69 113 133 5973 1848 Morningstar 5706 3235 3339 10059 94256 21493 NetAdvantage 2384 1124 564 4005 30584 7529 RealQuest 4223 742 81 4326 13127 7294 Rocket Languages 129 77 48 154 514 731 Value Line 18565 14465 7010 38087 224744 110089 5 MONTHLY LIBRARY SYSTEM STATISTICS 131,873 139,840 130,841 114,833 129,731 121,265 114,948 131,033 134,690 140,123 154,650 144,865 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 140000 160000 180000 200000 SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG CIRCULATION 15,965 16,760 14,240 10,163 14,720 13,977 12,761 16,795 16,255 18,324 18,383 14,315 2000 5000 8000 11000 14000 17000 20000 23000 26000 SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG REFERENCE 91,582 98,697 95,332 67,859 81,662 74,648 73,841 103,181 78,111 90,239 81,775 108,229 15000 35000 55000 75000 95000 115000 135000 155000 175000 SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG CUSTOMERS SERVED 3,838 4,695 3,606 2,586 3,084 3,435 3,321 4,371 4,184 6,827 8,295 4,200 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG 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