STATE OF THE STATE’S LIBRARIES

OCTOBER 9, 2013ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE WEST VIRGINIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

PRESENTED BYKAREN GOFF

SECRETARY OF THE WEST VIRGINIA LIBRARY COMMISSION

TYPICAL WV PUBLIC LIBRARY (TPL)

Square Footage – 5,334

Service Population – 8,854

Total FTE Paid Employees – 2.65

Population per Paid Staff – 3,393

SNAPSHOT OF WV PUBLIC LIBRARIES

2008, 2010, 2013

REGISTERED BORROWERS+ 14%

2013 2010 2008 700,000

750,000

800,000

850,000

900,000

950,000

914,128

818, 423

786,447

PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUTERS+ 18%

2013 2010 2008 -

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,324

1,207

1,474

WIRELESS USERS

2013 2010 2008 -

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

90,000

100,000

93,277

E-BOOKS+ 95%

2013 2010 2008 -

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

25,016

108,253

SUCCESS!

5,135

ANNUAL ATTENDANCE+ 19%

2013 2010 20080

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

4.5 Million

4.3 Million

5.5 Million

TOTAL CIRCULATION- 19%

2013 2010 2008 -

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

8,000,000

9,000,000

7.6Million

7.8Million

6.4Million

Registered for Summer Reading+ 11%

2013 2010 2008 17,500

18,000

18,500

19,000

19,500

20,000

20,500

21,000

21,500

22,000

18,948

19,653

21,346

LIBRARY PROGRAMS+ 14%

2013 2010 2008 -

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

19,024

23,081

19,916

PROGRAM ATTENDANCE- 3%

2013 2010 2008 360,000

370,000

380,000

390,000

400,000

410,000

420,000

430,000

386,518

407,286

421,303

EBOOK CONSORTIUM MEMBERSHIP

89 of 97 in2013!!

TOTAL LOCAL OPERATING INCOME+ 15%

2013 2010 2008 $22,000,000

$23,000,000

$24,000,000

$25,000,000

$26,000,000

$27,000,000

$28,000,000

$29,000,000

$ 26.1 Million

$ 28.4 Million

$ 24.1 Million

SECRETARY’S CHALLENGE

What will you do BETTER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY tO affect the services the

library delivers OR

the perception the community has of the

library?