2011
How Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library Stacks Up: 2011 Our patrons visit the Library to: Borrow books, journals, music and movies. Join in book discussions. Ask what fiction to read (Reader s Advisory). Enjoy storytimes with their families. Find jobs and create careers. Help grow their small businesses. Learn to use the latest technology. Get the tools to enter the workforce. Use computers and WiFi hotspots. Get their questions answered. Meet their ancestors. For homework help and information. Gather in the Library s meeting spaces. Enjoy programs with friends and co-workers. OUTREACH: Your Library comes to you!
What s in Your Wallet? Did you know library cards are about as prevalent as credit cards in the United States? Thank you for your enthusiastic support!
Visits to the Library: 6,164 Daily, in 2011 2011: 2,175,796 Visits 2010: 2,190,194 Visits In spite of several temporary branch closings due to major maintenance upgrades in 2011, foot traffic remained roughly the same as in previous years. Pardon our progress!
Your East Baton Rouge Library s Collection Contains Over 1,783,209 Barcoded Items! 955,368 ADULT PRINT 420,278 JUVENILE PRINT 158,199 Plus 26,378 e-media Downloadables Plus dozens of Online Databases Plus 48,000 Microfilms Plus thousands of non-barcoded Archives TEEN PRINT 120,868 AV 128,496 MAGAZINES Come check out our many resources!
Circulation of Library Items Items checked out in 2011: 2,340,208 Books, Magazines, Audiobooks, DVDs, CDs, plus CDroms, Kits, and more 6,630 Items per day Check-outs in 2010: 2,392,827
Get your questions answered! Reference Questions at Reference Desk or Phone Also via E-ref (e-mail, text, and chat)! 2011 2010 971,205 879,514 2,750 per Day! 2,490 per Day!
Find Fiction You Love to Read at Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library! Your library offers Reader s Advisory assistance via staff, the Library s website, books, and databases such as Novelist, Fiction Connection, NextReads, esequels, Books In Print, and Book Index with Reviews to help! Finished reading a great book? Last year, 10,654 asked what to read next!
So Many Programs! 2011: over 4,000 programs, attended by over 114,000 people! Workshops ACT Practice Book Clubs Book Sales Storytime Chess classes Summer Programs Signature Programs
Storytimes for Everyone! 801 Storytimes in 2011, attended by 13,531 children and parents Lapsit Storytime Preschool Storytime PJ Storytime Toddler Times Family Storytime Spanish Storytime
Summer Reading Programs for Everyone! Participation in 2011 Children Teens Adults 14,753 2,008 3,111
Signature Programs from Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library! 34 th Author-Illustrator One Book One Community Attic Treasures Geek the Library Booking it with Baby Authors Row
One Book One Community One Book One Community is a communitywide reading program. People from all walks of life read and discuss important issues raised by a single book. 92% of survey responders read and discussed the selected book. Hundreds attended related programs. 1,095 Books were checked out for the two programs and many more were purchased in area bookstores.
Let s meet at the Library! Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library offers free meeting rooms to non-profit groups and community organizations. Last year, library meeting rooms were used 2,442 times. 2011 Meeting Room Usage 2,442 2011 Meeting Room Attendance 37,998
Geek the Library! Tell us what you Geek What are you are passionate about? What do you geek? Whatever it is, your East Baton Rouge Public Library supports you! In Fall 2011, you posted thousands of topics to the geek wall
We Geek Technology Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library offers computers for your use! 448 Public Computers plus 129 Training Laptops Total computer sessions: 2011: 878,944 logins 1000000 900000 800000 700000 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 2010: 813,792 logins 0 1 2
We Geek Brand New PCs, Systems, and Databases Every single public PC was replaced in 2011! Many new databases! Network re-configuration to a Single Domain increases efficiency New servers for back-ofhouse functions
We Geek AWE workstations Young children used the Library s special AWE early literacy workstations 50,886 times in 2011, often along side a parent or older sibling. Each workstation includes dozens of software programs, containing hundreds of activities for children ages 2-10.
We Geek www.ebrpl.com The library s revised website enjoyed lively traffic! 640,259 logins from inside Library facilities 466,290 visits from outside Total website logins: 2011: 1,106,549 logins
Getting Technical with Classes! Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library offers free technology training, on such topics as: Introduction to Computers Introduction to the Internet E-mail Set Up Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint ereaders Apps And more! 1,400 people attended 503 classes in 2011. 1,317 people attended 446 classes in 2010.
Wi-Fi Hot spots East Baton Rouge Parish Library Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library offers free Wi-Fi service at all 13 Library locations!
Our Digital Library Branch is Open all Night!! Many services are available 24/7! You can ALWAYS, from any PC: Find us on FaceBook! Follow us in Twitter! Visit the Library s website. Search the Library catalog. Renew your library books. Reserve books (place on hold). Search Library databases. Download books from OverDrive. View animated TumbleBooks and TumbleReadables. Download music from Freegal. Stream music from Music Online. View opera, with Opera in Video. Explore the past: B.R. Digital Archive and newspaper archives.
We Geek Online Databases Last year, you logged in 743,782 times on the Library s Databases from Home, Work, or in the Library!
Career Center Location: The River Center Branch Library http://www.careercenterbr.com/ The Career Center offers: Free workshops One-on-one Sessions Special Resources Online Databases: Optimal Resumé Career Cruising In 2011, 1,406 job-seekers used the one-on-one services of / or connected with Career Center staff; and 693 patrons attended special seminars or programs
Meet Your Ancestors! Genealogy: Exploring Your Family Tree! The East Baton Rouge Parish Library has several excellent databases you can use: Ancestry.com Database Heritage Quest Database Visit Genealogy Section @ Bluebonnet Regional Library Specialized Genealogy Reference Books One-on-One Demonstrations Programs and Classes: Over 280 attended classes in 2011 211,687 searches in the Genealogy Databases in 2011
For Grant Seekers The Foundation Center Cooperating Collection Location: The River Center Branch Library The Foundation Center Cooperating Collection: information on private, community and corporate foundations. Access is now available to: o o o o Foundation Directory Online BIG Online Foundation Search, and Grants to Individuals Online. Collection includes directories, periodicals, and annual reports. Guides to government funding are also available for searching. Workshops periodically held. For information: Contact the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection Coordinator, at (225) 389-4964.
Get Social with the EBR Parish Library! 3,225 Tweets 639 Followers EBRP LIBRARY @ebreref 1,200 Like Us on Facebook Facebook Interactions: 260,725
Download Books from OverDrive OverDrive allows you to download audiobooks, ebooks, videos and music to use on your home computer or to transfer to a compatible mobile device! Our OverDrive collection: 19,267 items: 4,212,187 Searches in OverDrive in 2011 99,438 Books checked out in 2011! That s Up 102%
Family Read-Along Books on Your Computer! TumbleBooks TumbleReadables Online collections of readalong titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students. New in mid- and late-2011 5,000+ views in just a few months!
Download Music with Freegal! Free AND Legal!!! 45,645 Downloads in 2011
Opera Fans Rejoice! Opera in Video
Explore the past from home! Explore the past: B. R. Digital Archive Study the Library s newspaper archives: Times-Picayune and Advocate Historical Newspapers 59,676 visits and 1,258,879 hits to our Baton Rouge Digital Archive Collection
Grow Your Business at Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library! Special Online Tools for Business: Newsbank Newspapers Online Standard & Poor s Reference USA MorningStar Investment Research Gale s Business Resource Center Westlaw Checkpoint Tax Research EBSCO Business Source Complete Safari Tech Online
Family Night from Your Library! Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library lends Books, DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, CD-Roms, kits and more. Last year, you checked out 548,894 movies & documentaries alone! That s a lot of popcorn! Cost of 548,894 movie tickets @ $7.50 each would have been $4,116,705.00 Cost to check them out: ZERO!
Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library Comes to You! 856 Visits in 2011 to 50,609 children, teens, and adults 502 Visits In 2010 OUTREACH SERVICES visit Pre-schools and Day Care Centers, Retirement Centers, and public events!
Building on Your Library! Come grow with us! Work began on the new Fairwood Branch (right) as well as the new Main Library, located behind the existing Main Library on Goodwood Boulevard.
Overall Indicators are up! Indicators Bookmobile Visits Database Sessions Website Hits PC Logins Programs Reference 2011 2010 Meeting Room Use Gate Count Circulation Card Holders Collection 0 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000
Thank you! For Using and Supporting Your East Baton Rouge Parish Library in 2011