The L.ogan Library. Annual Report. A Bridge to the Past A Highway to the Future

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1 The L.ogan Library Annual Report 2004 A Bridge to the Past A Highway to the Future

2 Logan Library Annual Report 2004 Introduction Usage of the Logan Library continued to grow steadily throughout Demand for services and resources increased in every category exceeding all previous years activity records. Building and maintaining the general, reference, and electronic collections is on going with a renewed emphasis on improving access to all collections. All library services are continuously being reviewed and revised to ensure high quality results for the public. Circulation services Usage of the circulating collections increased 7% during 2004 representing a growth of 3.2 items over the previous year in the average number of items circulated per year per card. At the end of2004 the library records show 24,473 registered library cardholders. The average number of items checked out per days open rose to 2,472 items per day, an increase of 199 items per day over Five Year Circulation Comparison 900, ~---~ ,,..,..-~= ,000 -l :P,~ ~ --...:._ ,000 +-,R44!~1---f*A-.Q4#\--~~.l!%W- --f-:-,_--i a eoo.ooo , :i 500,000 ~ 400,000 a 300, , ,000 O..i--'-----L-- -'- J'--- -'- J'----'---'-- _..~ Year

3 Five Year Comparison: Year Card Holders , , , , , ,350 Average Items per Card The number of visits to the library increased by 11 % for an additional 31,3 81 visits over This represents an average of 92 visitors per hour for every hour the library is open during the year. The highest circulation day for the year was July 6th with 4,855 items checked out. Patron exit count for 2004: 279,090 Reference services The library reference staff field questions from the public at the reference desk, in the children's area, by telephone, and through the Internet. The number of reference questions answered during the past year rose to a new high of 41,633. This represents an average of 13.8 questions per hour. Reference Transactions: Children's Reference Transactions: Online Transactions: TOTAL: 41,633 28,569 6,591 6,473 Online Services Online services continued to grow during The library continues to expand and develop the electronic resources it offers to the public. Available resources and methods of accessing these resources are changing rapidly. Usage of the library's home page grew by 17 % during the past twelve months. Online Statistics: Hits Entire Site (successful): 8,990,088 Page Views: 2,631,924 Visits to the library's home page: 535,851 Average visits per day: 1,460 Average visit length: 21 minutes 39 seconds Unique Visitors: 189,021 Number of online databases: 53 Number of electronic resources: 52, 752

4 Technical Services The Technical services division of the library continued to enhance access to the library's collections through refined processing and cataloguing techniques. The intent of the changes made in technical services is to improve the public's ability to search and find the actual item that they would like to read or that they need for their individual research. Total catalogued items: 210,664 Total number of titles in the collection: 171, 177 Items added this year: Donations received: 1,528 Items purchased 12,565 Total: 14,093 Electronic resources added: 10,533 Items deleted this year: 8,433 Programs and Activities The library offers a pre-school story time program, and the Summer reading program for children as well as a variety of other activities throughout the year. The library celebrated National Library Week during April and used the theme "Take Flight@ your library" featuring the USU Wright Flyer and a diverse collection of kites. The theme for the Summer reading program for children was "Discover New Trails-Read". The library also celebrated National Children's Book week in November. Story time: Sessions held: 178 Attendance: 4,560 Special Story times: Sessions held: 40 Attendance: 1,114 Summer Reading Program for Children: Number of participants: 2,305 Number of minutes read: 956,480 Summer Reading program for Young Adults: 450 participants Summer Reading program for adults: 765 participants

5 Special Projects The Library received and implemented the following LSTA grants: Online Computer Managemen5 System: $4, 112 This grant purchased equipment and software to manage the reservation of the library's twelve online public computers. This system ensures that each patron receives fair and equitable access to the library's computer resources. More than 3,000 patrons per month use these computers. English as a Second Language Resources: $7,500 This grant purchased print and audio-visual resources for patrons who speak English as a second language. The library purchased 187 items with the grant including a set of books on tape geared for the ESL patron. Each book on tape consists of the book with the accompanying cassettes read at a slower pace for the patron to read along with the tape. These have been very popular items. Also purchased were dvd and video sets for learning English and for reviewing topics such as punctuation and grammar. Everton Publisher's Library The library received through private donation the Everton Publisher's Library. The Everton Publisher's Library also know as the Everton Genealogical Library consists of the following resources dealing with state, county, and local history and genealogy, and family history: 7,097 hardbound books 13,376 softbound books 2,987 ring bound books 3,619 loose leaf books 1,508 folders 163 Special collection materials 876 reference books 18,800 microfiche 49 microfilms 14,354 family newsletters 12,326 local newsletters 6, 121 printed family journals 288 CDs 12 videos 422 State & Foreign Maps 125 atlases 162 travel guides 39,000 pedigree charts 97,000 family group sheets

6 j\ppendix 1. Location Category Totals 2. Item Type Circulation Comparison 3. Interlibrary Loan Summary 4. Summer Reading Program Report 5. Total Reference Questions Summary 6. Definitions of Terms 7. Library Board and Library Staff

7 LOGAN LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 2004 LOCATION CATEGORY TOTALS ARCHIVES 1,599 Non-circulating collections. Coverage includes Logan, Cache Valley, and Utah in general, as well as local authors. AV-ADULT 10,199 Videos, DVDs, Cassettes, CDs and CD-ROMs for ages 16 and older AV-JUV 5,982 Videos, DVDs, Cassettes, CDs and CD-ROMs for ages 0-10 AV-YA 785 Videos, DVDs, Cassettes, for ages AW ARD BOOK 743 Caldecott and Newbery award winning books for children BIOGRAPHY 5,052 Biographies and autobiographies for ages 16 and older CHil...DREN 18,962 Easy readers, chapter books, juvenile fiction, board books, biographies, folklore, hwnor, poetry for children ages 0-10 E-RESOURCE 52,752 Full text online electronic books and documents FICTION 15,938 Novels for ages 16 and older FLAGS 158 States and countries flags FSF 7,030 Fantasy and science fiction novels for ages 16 and older GRAPHNOVEL 837 Graphic novels for ages 16 and older HOLIDAY 3,415 Books and audiovisual materials for all holidays and for all ages LARGEPRINT 1,658 Large print books for all ages MYSTERY 5,809 Mystery novels for ages 16 and older NEWBOOK 1,277 New fiction and non-fiction for ages 16 and older

8 NEWSTAND 5 Catalogued Newspapers NONENGLISH 1,651 Materials in Spanish, French, Gennan, Russian, Italian NONFICTION 55,762 Books on all subject areas for all ageo OFFICE 354 Non-circulating library staff resources OVERSIZE Large size books 380 PICTUREBK 9,906 Picture books for children REFERENCE 4,588 Non-circulating reference works SERIALS Hardbound volumes 585 STORAGE 205 Non-fiction volumes in storage YA 5,005 Novels for ages TOTAL 210,652

9 LOGAN LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 2004 ITEM TYPE CIRCULATION COMPARISON ITEM TYPE TOTAL.. CIRCULATION ITEMS 2004 BOOK 129, ,735 BOOK CASS 461 4,858 CASSETIE ,864 CD 3,077 33,701 CD-ROM 799 6,673 DVD 2,239 74,152 E-RESOURCE 52,752 Unknown E-BOOK 1 16 HOLIDAY 3,413 13,725 MCNBOOK 209 3,990 REALIA (Flags) VIDEO 7, ,450

10 Definitions: Average visit length: Average of non-zero length visits in the log. Databases: An organized collection of computer records, standardized in format and content, that is stored in any of a variety of computer-readable modes. Electronic resource: Usually a full-text electronic book or electronic document. Hits: Home page: Number oftimes the home page was viewed. Hits Entire Site (successful): Number of hits that had a "success" status code. LSTA grant: The Library Services and Technology Act of 1996, a section of the Museum and Library Services Act, promotes access to learning and information resources of all types of libraries for individuals of all ages. Page: Any document, dynamic page, or form. Page Views: Hits to files designated as pages. Supporting graphics and other non-page files are not counted. Unique Visitors: Individuals who visited our site during the report period. If someone visits more than once, they are counted only the first time they visit. Visits to the library's home page: Number of times a visitor came to our site.

11 Logan Library lfltlldi Performance Measures December 2004 Interlibrary Loan Year to Date Totals Total ILL Requests Requests from other Libraries Requests from Logan Library Patrons Twenty-five Vear Interlibrary Loan Chart 8000.,-~~----,-~~~~--,-~~~~~~~~----~ =:ll" 4000-t-~ ~---!.:.!=:..:~::.::~~:.::-~ =--... =v"~" :,""'1' I I I

12 Logan Library llttl1l1j Performance Measure Summer Reading Program Statistics 2004 Enrollment: 2305 chlldren Last year's enrollment: 2248 Number of Reading Records tumed In: VVeek1 333 V\leek V\leek V\leek 4 '297 VVeek V\leek V\leek V\leek V\leek VVeek ()() -.-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~----t--~---,--~~~~~~ t-~~----t--~ ----t--~---,--~~~ t ~ --1--~ ----tm-----'i 200 -Hm--9--t------i i 100 t-tl-- ---tll tll tl~----tl~-9'1 O+-' ,...--,..--.,...--,..--,--,--,..--,--,.,_..._ *" ;,,1,-'l, 1',-"J *"" *'o *'b g)-'\ *'b ~.._<:i ~' ~<8' ~(If' ~, ~,Ii ~, ~qj ~, ~,fr ~e,r/f Total: 3418 Average of 341/week (Last year: 2900) This represents 956,480 minutes of reading time, or hour days (up from 564 days last year) Number of participants who turned In at least one reading record: 1393 (60%) Breakdown by age: 1 and under Schools Attended: Logan City Schools: 1. Preschoolers Adams 2. County Schools Bridger Home School Ellis Private or Charter Schools Hillcrest Edith Bowen 78 5 VVilson Summer Visitors VVoodruff Logan City Schools 1319 MLMS Note: a higher percentage of preschoolers signed up this year than ever before. Two years ago, preschoolers accounted for 19 percent of the total enrollment. Last year, it was 25 percent. This year, almost 30 percent. \J\le had 462 children age 3 and under enrolled this year, compared to 355 last year and 260 the year before.

Logan Library llttllllj Performance Measure Dec 2004 Reference Statistics Number of reference questions answered 2003 and 2004 Reference Comparrison 4500 -,.

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14 LOGAN LIBRARY BOARD 2004 Chair Vicki Blanch Sherry Funke Ann Herron Mark FJeldsted Blythe Ahlstrom Susan Jaggi Mary Anderson LOGAN LIBRARY STAFF Director Senior Librarian Librarians Associate Librarians Ronald Jenkins Janet Fiesinger Karen Clark Melanie Liechty Patricia Record Kent Slade Becky Smith Jerry Anderson Michelle Olsen Library Technical Assistants Ann Calvert Lindsey Cannon Laura Dial Katrina Farrow Allison Hancey Katie Jaggi Marie Kangas Bron Logan Mandy Lundstrom Julie Miller Debbie Ogilvie Sarah Pincock Barbara Price Megan Wilcken Library Pages Torie Cutler Stefanie Rieben Marilee Waters

15 THE LOGAN LIBRARY 255 North Main, Logan, Utah (435) Hours: Mon. - Thurs.: 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Fri. - Sat.: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The Logan Library Annual Report A Bridge to the Past A Highway to the Future

The Logan Library Annual Report 2003 A Bridge to the Past A Highway to the Future Logan Library Annual Report 2003 Introduction Throughout 2003 the Logan Library was extremely busy providing resources