2006 Report to the Community

Ways the LibraryStrengthened ourCommunity in 2006

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A Citizen EnlightenedA Community Engaged

A City Enriched

A Message From the Board Chair and CEO / Chief LibrarianMessagePublic libraries are the very heart andsoul of a community - a place forcitizens to meet, learn, connect, andgrow.

As the new Board Chair and CEO ofthe Thunder Bay Public Library, weare proud to have been chosen toserve our community. We arepleased to have this opportunity toreflect on past successes and lookforward to new opportunities to makeyour library stronger.

TBPL has embraced its new vision ofA Citizen Enlightened, A CommunityEngaged, and A City Enriched. Thestrategic plan for 2006 - 2008 reflectsthis commitment. We are respondingto community needs with newcollections and services, technologi-cal improvements and diverseprogramming. We continue to take

to heart our responsibilities ascustodians of this important publicresource.

Inside this report, you will find someof the many ways that the Librarymade our community stronger in2006.

A Message From the Board Chair and CEO / Chief LibrarianMessageFrom new online services andresources available 24/7, toimproved green practices, enhancedliteracy materials, and collections foryouth, seniors and the Aboriginalcommunity, your library is ensuringthat we continue to make ourcommunity a wonderful place to live,work, and play.

Board, Management, and Staff arenow looking ahead with greatanticipation. It is an exciting time aswe are poised to begin renewing ourfacilities over the next decade,turning consultation and study intoreality.

We have re-affirmed our commit-ment to four library locations, andwith support from the City and

community, our first task will be tostrengthen our two neighbourhoodlocations, beginning with Mary J. L.Black.

As always, we would like to thank allthose who support the library - oursponsors, partners, volunteers,donors, members, and funders. Welook forward to serving you now andin the future.

Terry Yahn, Board Chair

Gina La Force, CEO / Chief Librarian

Your Board and StaffPeopleThunder Bay Public Library BoardDec. 2006 - 2010

Terrence A. Yahn, ChairMargaret MacLean, Vice-ChairCharles CampbellMary Catherine ChambersGinny CzaczkowskiBarbara D'SilvaCouncillor Larry HebertVince RiccioGeorge Saarinen

Gina La Force, Secretary/Treasurer

Thunder Bay Public Library BoardJan. - Nov. 2006

Patrick Morash, ChairMargaret MacLean, Vice-ChairMary Catherine ChambersGinny CzaczkowskiBarbara D'SilvaCouncillor Rebecca JohnsonEd MetzlerUmed PanuGeorge Saarinen

Barry Holmes, Secretary/Treasurer

Management and Department Heads

Gina La ForceCEO/Chief Librarian (Jan. 07)

Barry HolmesChief Librarian (Jan. - Aug. 06)

Janet CarrollDirector of Human Resources

Tina TuckerDirector of Community Development

Joanna AegardHead of Virtual Library Services

Cherri BrayeAccounting Supervisor

Stephen HurrellHead of Automated Support Services

Dennis JarvaHead of Maintenance

Larry JosephHead of Technical Services

Angela MeadyHead of Children's and Youth Services

Barbara Philp (Acting Chief Librarian Aug. - Dec. 06)

Head of Adult ServicesSylvia Renaud

Head of Reference Services

The Library went green

in 2006 as a result of a

new board environmental

policy. Initiatives in 2006

included placing recycling bins

at all locations and recycling all

surplus computer equipment and

toner cartridges. The Friends also

began recycling hardcover books that

used to be destined for landfill.

Non-resident student

library cards were

offered free for the first

time. Now, students 18

and under who don't live

in the City can

access all library

services at no

charge.

A partnership was initiated

with the Thunder Bay

Chamber of Commerce

to promote businessresources offered by the Library, and

to offer cross-promotional

opportunities for both organizations.

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new telephone system to

improve service to library

customers.

2006 Library UseStatistics2,720,320 .... Number of times you used your library in 2006!

941,526 ....... Number of items borrowed by Library members

655,850 ....... Number of visits made in person to your library

290,850 ....... Number of times library workstations (computers) were used

278,100 ....... Number of items (reference books, magazines, etc.) used in the

library last year

274,000 ....... Number of electronic visits made to your virtual library

158,000 ....... Number of times library members used online databases

99,650 ......... The number of questions reference staff answered for you

22,344 ......... Number of program participants

850 .............. Number of programs offered to the community

1 .................. Library members are always number one!

The Reference Department

ventured onto MSN, and

offered chat referencefor the first time - staff are

online 3-5 p.m. Monday to Friday

at tbpl_ask_us@hotmail.com

A new Virtual Services

Librarian position was

established to reflect the

tremendous growth invirtual and online services.

The budget for buying new

children's books and

other materials was

increased so that it's closer

to the average amount spent on

children's resources at medium

sized libraries in Ontario.

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The Thunder Bay Public

Library was the first

public library

in Canada to

implement

online fine

payments.

Your Tax Dollars at WorkBudget2006 Revenues and Expenditures

2006 RevenuesCity of Thunder Bay ........... $4,480,400Province of Ontario............ $ 234,386Fees / Charges .................... $ 110,473Other ................................. $ 94,157Total .................................. $4,919,416Carried forward surplus previous years ................. $ 27,581

2006 ExpendituresSalaries / Benefits ............... $ 3,748,965Library Services .................. $ 162,119Library Collections ............. $ 420,121Buildings and Equipment ... $ 390,838Administrative .................... $ 242,781Total .................................. $4,964,824

Deficit 2006 ....................... $ (17,827)

You used your library

2,720,320 times in 2006!

Library use per capita .............. 25

Cost per use per capita ....... $1.65

Cost per capita ................. $41.09

Our MissionThe Thunder Bay Public Library

strengthens our community by

engaging people in the pursuit of

local and global information and

knowledge, and promoting literacy,

lifelong learning, and leisure.

Reference staff

visited highschools inMarch and

October to introduce students to

the online resources offered on the

Library's Web site at www.tbpl.ca

New graphic novels,of particular appeal to

youth, were added to the

Mary J. L. Black and

County Park Libraries.

The Library became del.icio.us!

del.icio.us is a Web site that helps

to organize and share lists of

Web sites (your bookmarks).

Visit helpful, staff selected links

on our Web site at

www.tbpl.ca

Look under

Virtual Collection/

Internet links.

The Youth Advisory Council

selected a new collection of books

for teens. This collection of

books will be placed

at the Thunder Bay

Regional Hospital for

use by their teen

patients.

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Definition Quest for Literacy 2006

Thank you!2006 Teams: Buset & Partners, City of Thunder Bay, Confed-

eration College, Dominion Motors, Friends of the TBPL, Good

Design, Independent Team Linguistic Mystics, Lakehead Public

Schools, Lakehead Rotary Club, Lakehead University, Literacy

Northwest, Newcap Radio, NorMaxx Financial Group, Northern

Nights Sleep Disorder Centre, Northern Ontario School of

Medicine, RBC Royal Bank, Scholars Education Centre, St.

Ignatius High School Debate Society, St. Joseph’s Care Group,

The Chronicle-Journal, Thunder Bay Catholic District School

Board, Thunder Bay Public Library, Thunder Bay Ventures

Judges: Mayor Lynn Peterson, Gary Cooper, Barbara Philp

Quizmaster: Lila Cano

5th Annual Definition Quest for LiteracySaturday, November 3, 2007

LiteracyEvent Partners

4th Annual

Final Quest

Winner:

Lakehead

University -

Helen Smith,

Lisa Richardson,

Mike Richardson

Event Sponsors

The Chronicle-Journal

Good Design

The Giant

Magic 99.9

Maverick Entertainment

Group

The Library

mascot, Zoose, was

introduced to the

community at a City

Council meeting, the

Canada Day Parade,

and the Christmas

Parade.

A summer project

worker was hired to

help strengthen

connections with

the Aboriginal community, plan new

culturally relevant programs, and

write a legend-based puppet show.

Blogs (online meeting spaces

to share opinions, reviews, and

more) were established for

participants in the

adult summer

reading game and

the youth advisory

council.

The Library placed

satellite collectionsat the John Howard

Society and the

55+ Centre.

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Partners2006 Community Partners

Gold Plus Partners ($150+)

Leo & Violet Aber

Bruce & Linda Adamson

The Telang & Biman Family

Paul Brucha

Buhler Mechanical Service Ltd.

Ethel & Charles Calabakas

Joan R. Cameron

Roy Carriere and Family

Ron & Mary Ann Currie

Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Denson

Dolores Dickey

Andrew Dziubinski

Wayne Fletcher

Granberg Family

Maurice & Beryl Harris

Allan Harris

Secret Garden Perennials

Marlene Hurrell

Eleanor & Bob Huston

Shirley A. Hyslop

Mary A. Imperius

Thomas & Isabel Kane

Rose Kendall

Mr. & Mrs. Clement F. Kent

Erik S. Knutsen

Connie Lake

Tom & Fiona Robertson

Jennifer Lehto & Stefan

Susan Lester

Q. Douglas MacKay

Margaret MacLean

John & Janeen Mann

Pat & Bruce Melville

Dr. R.H. Mitchell &

Valerie Dennison

Nina V. Morash

Patrick Morash &

Janine Chiasson

M.O. & Shirley Nelson

Dan Newton

Jack & Anne Oliphant

Angelo Perozzo in memory

of Ilca Perozzo

Nancy & Graham Post

Dan Preley

Lynn & Allen Quackenbush

J.M. Richardson

Anne Ross

Lisa Shaffer

Susan Sinclair

Mary Skinner

Patricia Vervoort

Charlotte & Ron Walker

Roberta Welbourne

Robert & Beth Workman

Terrence A. Yahn

Anonymous (9)Every effort is made to ensure that this list isaccurate. Please let us know if we’ve madean error by calling 684-6813.

The library would like to thank the donors listed here for their generous gift of $150or more last year. The library is also grateful to our other 350 donors who contributedbetween $10 and $149 each last year. Donations to the library in 2006 totalled$32,000+. Your donations helped us to put more than 1,600 additional titles into thehands of children, young people, and adults in our community. Thank you for yoursupport!

A new community room was

developed at the Brodie Library.

This new space, stocked with

literacy materials, can be booked in

advance. It serves as a quiet place

for small meetings and for literacy

tutors to meet with

their students.

Funded by proceeds

from Definition

Quest for Literacy.

The Library reached

out to the community

by participating in

family literacycelebrations and community events

like the Children's Festival.

A family literacy game was

planned and ran in the fall to

encourage multi-generational

participation

in activities

that promote

literacy.

A literacy collection

with Aboriginalthemes was added

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Memorial Donations

The Thunder Bay Public Library acceptsmemorial donations in honour of friendsand loved ones. In 2006, the libraryreceived donations in memory of:

Elma Anderson

Ethan De Giacomo

Margaret Gillespie

Dorothy Harnden

Helen Knutson

Colleen Lehto

Sean Love

Eli Mann

Kathleen McIntosh

William Meady

Susan Ross

Lynda Scarnati

Katherine Smith McDougall Roy

Brent Taylor

PartnersMain Funders and Memorial Donations

Main Funders

The Thunder Bay Public Library wouldlike to thank our key funders andsupporters for their continued investmentin public library services for the commu-nity:

• City of Thunder Bay

• Province of Ontario

• City of Thunder Bay taxpayers

• All library users

• Friends of the Thunder Bay Public

Library

• Library Donors and Sponsors

• Library Volunteers

Children's & youth

services core valueswere examined and

distilled down to ten

meaningful words... Discover, Learn,

Read, Imagine, Play, Connect, Fun,

Choice, Dream, Respect

These words express our fundamental

goals for service to children and youth.

Online program registration and

an online calendar of eventswas introduced. This allows

everyone to go online to view

what's coming up at the library

for all ages, and

to register in

advance, when

it's required.

The Library's community meetingspace came in handy for Literacy

Northwest, who

held their annual

conference at the

Library.

New software was installed on

Internet workstations which

allows library

members to book

computer time in

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Carole AitkenCarol AndersonNancy AngusShirley BauchGloria BenedetEllen BengtssonDeanna BlackLillian BoreskiJosephine BoucherMarion BovayLorraine BurtonJudy CarrollRob ChandlerOllie ChapmanJoan ChappleBeverley CharynaJanine ChiassonMartha CollinsJanice, Samantha & Randy

CreightonIrma CutbushDonna DanardLesley DennisPeggy DerkaczMary & John DunlopNadine EllementEvelyn Barnes-FedoroniakDianne FenlonJoanne Ferrato

Linda FitzpatrickPauline FogartyTuula FrancoMary GallacherSusan GeschwenderValerie GigliottiLaurie GillespieSylvia GosmanAnne HarperVivian HaberernDelina HayMary HendersonLaurie HillJim HobsonKathie JohnsonJoan JoubertMarion JulienMargaret KaplanisGail KeepBarb & Mike KoppenhaverKirstin KoppenhaverVal KosloskiJennifer LaceyGina La ForceJanet LundbergJoyce MacphersonShirley MaloMaureen MannilaMarlene Markman

Our Friends

Pat MathesonFred MorganRobert & Dorothy MorrisonLynnette OjaLinda ParsonsHoward PartnoyAlison PeatTom PeottoMarilyn PorterMargaret PowerMarlene RyanMargaret SaipeDon SharpDixie SicilianoSheila SiegfriedVicki TetreaultAnn TodSierra TreesTina TuckerLouise UlicknowskiHelen UrquhartRose ValigroskyDiane WatsonIrma WeinrauchLinda WillsRoberta WelbourneLois & Skyla YoungRaili Zgrych

The Friends of the Thunder Bay Public Library is a non-profit association of publicservice minded volunteers dedicated to promoting and supporting library service inThunder Bay. Thank you for being our Friends.

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Two computers with adaptivetechnology at the Waverley

and Brodie Library Reference

Departments received upgraded

hardware and software. This was

funded by the

Friends of the

Library to assist

people with

disabilities.

Over 100 clients who

are unable to visit the

library had 9,528

items delivered totheir homes by Friends, volunteers or

family members.

The Friends Bookstore at

Victoriaville continues to offer book

lovers another option to obtain their

reading material. Selling books for

50¢ and up, the

Friends managed to

find new homes for

over 40,000 used

items!

The Friends contributed $39,892

to the Library in 2006. Most of these

funds were spent on new books and

other items for the

education and

enjoyment of our

community.

SponsorsOur Sponsors and Supporters

New

Italian,

Arabic,

German,

Hindi, and Ukrainian

books were added

to the languagecollections.

New CDs by

Aboriginal

artists were

added courtesy

of Friends of

the Library

funding.

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The Library debuted

on Flickr! Flickr.com

is a Web site that

allows you to store,

share and work with digital photos.

Look at Library photos at

www.flickr.com/photos/tbpl

The Government of Ontario and

the Library formed a partnership to

make accessing governmentservices easier. Library staff

were trained to

assist people with

navigating

ServiceOntario.ca

SponsorsOur Sponsors and Supporters

An Xbox 360gaming system

pilot project

was offered at

Waverley.

A number of online

tutorials were created

to help library users

become familiar with

new technology. Check out the

online tutorials, including Search

the Kids' Catalogue, What you can

do online with your Library Card,

Kids InfoBits and a Virtual Tour of the

Library under the Virtual Collection

category on the Library Web site.

The Library 'featured' 126 library,

community, and news eventson its Web site in 2006. Fifty-

nine of these were community

events like the

Blues Festival, the

municipal election,

and more.

A collection of

children's

books was

placed at the

Little Lions Daycare's new

public room to extend the

library's reach into the

community.

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Customer CommentsI absolutely love the Web site. It is one of the most user friendly sites I have

ever used. I recommend it often to others, hoping they will use the public

library.

I am currently teaching music appreciation at Confederation College, and I

wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed using the TBPL's online

access to the Naxos music library. Many thanks to the Library for this fantastic

service.

The staff are very knowlegeable and are eager to help locate materials. They

are very helpful with suggestions about what books my children might like.

Prompt and helpful attention.

The staff at this branch are

beyond compare. I've

watched and listened to

their interaction with other

patrons. They make everyone

feel that what they need or

are looking for is of the

utmost importance.

Celebrationsfor Canadian

Children's Book

Week included a

visit by First Nations author Larry

Loyie and co-author Constance

Brissenden.

The Library

provided

meaningful

volunteerwork for high school students by

offering them the opportunity to

create children's murals at the

library to enhance these areas.

MP3 books on CD

were added to the

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Readers Are Leaders! One hundred

and twenty six children in grades

one, two, or three were matched

with readingpartners and benefit-

ted from one-on-one

reading assistance in

2006.

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768-9151

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475-5906

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