state of the library address
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State of the
Library Address
Presented by:
Director, Austin Stroud
Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library
Welcome & Introduction
Austin Stroud, Library Director
● Started in Bloomfield 5/5/14
● Began library career in high school
● Completed BS/Labor Studies,
MSEd/Instructional Systems Technology, MLS
● Also adjunct faculty for Ivy Tech & IUPUI
The Library
● Serves 15,014 in six townships
● 22 staff members
● Two locations (main library and branch library)
● 2015 Budget of $563k ($577.6K in 2016)
2015 Accomplishments
● Upgraded surveillance/camera system
● Golf fundraiser all on our own
● Active in community groups
● Staff training day
● Staff CPR training
2015 Accomplishments
● Charging cart with laptops and iPads
● Updated 8-year old public computers
● Greene County Libraries Roundtable
● Farmer's Market presence
● Little Free Libraries grant
2015 Accomplishments
● Playaway Launchpads
● SW Indiana Evergreen Roundtable
● Novel Conversations/Indiana author grant
● Apple Festival
● Baby and Me Storytime
2015 Accomplishments
● MCLS grant/Public Innovators Lab
● New website & domain
● Chilton Auto Repair Database
● Repainting the main library
● Increased bandwidth and WiFi
● Indiana Room/local history reorganization
2015 Annual Library Report
● Filed annually with the State Library
● Generally due on or around February 1
● Covers a wide variety, including: library contact
information, library financial information, program
statistics, circulation statistics, collection statistics,
compliance with state laws for public libraries, personnel
information, etc.
● An annual financial report is filed separately with the
State Board of Accounts (SBoA)
Patron Library Use
● System-wide increases:
● 12% increase in patron door counts
● 22% increase public computer use
● 25.6% increase in WiFi use
● 43.5% increase in reference questions
● System-wide decreases:
● 14.6% decrease in library cardholders
Circulation/Collection
● 6.9% increase in overall circulation
● 9.1% increase in children’s circulation
● 0.7% increase in electronic materials circulation
● 30.3% increase in Playaway circulation
● 0.2% increase in our collection size
● 380 songs were downloaded for free via Freegal Music
● 2,561 songs were streamed for free via Freegal Music
Adult Programming
● System-wide increases:
● Increased in-house adult programs
from 34 to 36
● Increased outside adult programs
from 2 to 15
● System-wide decreases:
● 8.9% decrease for in-house adult
programming attendance
Teen Programming
● System-wide increases:
● Increased in-house teen programs
from 64 to 70
● 28% increase in teen programming
attendance to programs inside
the library
Children’s Programming
● System-wide increases:
● Increased in-house children’s programs
from 127 to 139
● 47.8% increase in attendance for
children’s programs inside the library
● Increased outside children’s programs
from 14 to 29
● 49% increase in attendance for
children’s programs outside the library
General/All Ages Programming
● System-wide increases:
● Increased in-house general/all ages
program offerings from 14 to 24
● 26.1% increase for in-house
general/all ages programming
attendance
● System-wide decreases:
● 30% decrease in outside
general/all ages programming
attendance
Overall Programming
● System-wide increases:
● 7.4% increase in community group attendance using
our meeting room spaces
● 48.4% overall increase in programming attendance (in-
house/outside and all age groups)
● System-wide decreases:
● 29.4% less community groups used our meeting room
space for programs/meetings
2016 and BeyondOn our wish list/to do list:
● Painting at Eastern branch
● New central air unit at Eastern branch
● Carpeting at the main library
● New furniture at the main library
● Updated HVAC controls system at the main library
● Sprucing up the courtyard area outside the main library
● Holding community conversations and actively engaging with various groups to
find out community needs - not just what the library wants
● Little Free Libraries launching
● Adding multimedia equipment (poster printers, Mac computers, VHS to DVD
converters, digital cameras, etc.)
● Circulating the Internet (hotspots)
● Finding more community sponsors to increase database offerings
● Bicentennial programming
● Increasing millennial usage of the library
● Expanding the library service area
● Adding self-checkout stations
● Accepting credit card payments
● Digitization of local history resources
2017 - 2019 Strategic Plan
● All Indiana public libraries are required to have a long-
range plan (most 3 or 5 years)
● The library's current plan is for 2014-2016
● 2017-2019 Strategic Planning will need to be completed
by the end of 2016 - Are you interested in helping?
● Deciding library service responses (see handout)
Contact Me/Questions
Austin Stroud
812-384-4125
begcpl.info
THANK YOU!