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Item 7 Southlake Public Library Board Report May 2010 Services nd Summer Reading Club f on May 22 and ends August th 14. We will have plenty of performers for the kids throughout the summer. Last year we had over 3,000 children participate in the program, but many more attended our programs. We also have a Summer Reading Club for adults and teens, and had approximately 300 participate in that program last year. The Library is gearing up for a very busy summer. Interlibrary Loan Do you know that the Southlake Public Library can get almost any book that has been printed and is being held in a library? As with any library we have limited resources which mean we buy everything that is available. We participate in a consortium and can get access to just about anything that has been printed. Last year we borrowed close to 800 items that were not in our collection to satisfy a customers needs. Keep us in mind if there is ever anything you need, Working with CISD The library is working with the CISD school librarians on a possible plan for the public library to check out very popular titles for the school libraries during the summer when they are closed and we are busiest. We would then make the titles available to our customers for checkout. This would allow us to expand our resources when we need them them. More details later as we work through this process. What an excellent collaboration to make resources available to the community Case Study We worked closely with the City Managers office and particularly Alison Ortowski and Pilar Schank to develop a case study for the Transforming Local Government Conference. Southlake is the first of its kind nationally. The case study was one of 17 chosen to be presented at the Transforming Local Government conference in Las Vegas in June. It is quite an honor that the library and city be recognized on a national level. Visitor Stats Year to Date: Checkouts: The Library has seen an 8% increase in checkouts thus far this year with 168,585 items checking out vs. 156,000 last year. We had seen a 12% increase last year, the year ended with over 300,000 items checked out so we are continuing to see a nice increase. We are close to reaching maximum limits on our traffic levels due to space limitations and parking despite those limitations traffic for the year is up with a bit over 82,000 customers visiting the library this last year. Programming: Storytimes and youth programming attendance increased this year with 12,132 attending for this fiscal year. This is a 6% increase over a very strong year last year - quite an accomplishment given our limited space. We have had a 50% increase in volunteer hours with a bit over 2,086 volunteer hours thus far this fiscal year. Any questions please contact Kerry McGeath (8384) Respectfully submitted by the Southlake Public Library Board: Wanda SchaferLori BurrVicki KightEmily Galpin Brenda FloresKim RobertsJune Koelker Southlake Public LibraryBoard Report - - 5/18/10 - Page 1 of 1