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Home My WebLink About2016-02-16 - BLT - 03 Library Activities NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY To: Board of Library Trustees From: Tim Hetherton, Library Services Director Re: Report of Library Activities – February 16, 2016 Meeting _________________________________________________________________________________ TIM HETHERTON, LIBRARY SERVICES DIRECTOR “A library is a different kind of social reality (of the three dimensional kind), which by its very existence teaches a system of values beyond the fiscal.” ― Zadie Smith Fiscal Year 2016/17 Capital Improvement Projects meeting: On Monday, January 11, the Library Administration met with Public Works deputy Director Mark Vukojevic to discuss capital improvement projects. Projects for the next fiscal year include a renovation of the 1st floor public restrooms in the Central Library, and the renovation of the restroom in Children’s Services. Language People: On Wednesday, January 20, I attended a presentation by Language People, a vendor that offers ADA compliant Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) for deaf patrons. Remote interpreting is a solution when a face-to-face sign language interpreter is not available. Interpreting is accomplished by means of a kiosk that allows for 3 way communication between the patron, the interpreter, and the staff person. This is a potential solution for all of the City’s service counters that fosters inclusion and encourages the same excellent service for all of our customers. DAVE CURTIS, LIBRARY SERVICES MANAGER New Timesheet Software As part of the City’s migration to the new Tyler Munis ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system, staff began using the new Timesheet module in January. This took some training and getting used to. Many thanks to the supervisors for getting everyone squared away with the new method, especially Elaine McMillion! Shades Replacement The Foundation supported the replacement of 15 shades upstairs at the Central Library. The new shades were installed in January and look great. The patrons now have the flexibility to adjust the shades’ height to their liking. The previous shades were all set to the same height and not all patrons were able to be happy. This is a great fix/improvement. MELISSA KELLY, SUPPORT SERVICES COORDINATOR Literacy The Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy group has signed the author Gregg Hurwitz to be the speaker at this year’s Gift of Literacy Luncheon. Gregg is author of novels, comic books and screen plays. His latest book, OrphanX, has recently been released and Bradley Cooper has signed on to develop it into a film. Mark your calendars, the Gift of Literacy luncheon will be held on Friday, June 3rd. The Literacy program recently launched an online Tutor Training Course developed by the California Library Literacy Services. Our program is one of 20 programs statewide selected to test this new online tutor training course. We are hoping that it will encourage more volunteer tutors due to its convenient online accessibility. Clerk Training The Library clerks had their quarterly training session at the end of January. The main focus was the Media Lab. Library Assistant Greg Johnson talked to the group and answered questions about the various pieces of hardware and software in the Media and Sound labs. This gives the staff a better understanding of the info to pass on to customers and help them in doing “on the desk” marketing of this service. Facilities Fong Tse of Public Works and Rubio Medina of RM Architecture met with us in January to begin the planning of the remodel of the public restrooms at the Central Library and Mariners. We hope to get this project started in late summer. The winds whipped through the bamboo courtyard on the last day of the month and wreaked havoc on the patio umbrellas. We will be repairing a couple of the umbrellas, but the others will need to be replaced. DEBBIE WALKER, BRANCH AND YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR Branches Due to increasingly large crowds at both the very popular Books & Babies (Wednesday) and Toddler Storytimes (Thursday) at Mariners, effective the last week of January and going forward, two sessions will be offered for each storytime. In addition to the program at 10:30 am, another storytime will be offered at 9:30 am. It is hoped that this will help alleviate the crowding and make each event more enjoyable for all in attendance. Fancy Nancy was the theme for a fun and glittery program at Balboa while CDM offered Valentine crafts at the end of the month and Mariners had a tasty and edible program based on Eric Carle’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Youth Services On January 16, Sunshine Storyteller Ina Buckner-Barnette presented a wonderful and popular program that incorporated African and African-American historical folklore in addition to tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month. Well over 100 children and their adults were in attendance for this special Family Storytime. Children’s Librarian Joanna Ransom worked her last day on Monday, February 1 before heading up to Salem, Oregon to begin her new life there. The recruitment process to fill her position is in place with HR. The good news is that Liz Aaron returned from her maternity leave in mid-January so that she and Joanna had some time to work together before Joanna left her position. The Children’s area continues to get a facelift as four new tables and twenty chairs arrived in January to replace furniture that had been in the room since the building opened. The furniture was purchased with funding generously provided by the Foundation and was assembled in record time by Eddie (thanks!). Teen Services YAAC met on January 13th. Joanna announced at that meeting that she would be leaving the library prior to the next meeting in February. Greg Johnson has been co-hosting with Joanna and will continue to do so at this time. Adult Reference Librarian Hannah Haase will assist Greg in the coming months also. Teen Tech Week was discussed and plans presented to host an event in the Media Lab during that week (March 6th – 12th). NATALIE BASMACIYAN, ADULT SERVICES COORDINATOR CPAP Grant Proposal The Newport Beach Public Library applied for a California Preservation Assessment Project grant to digitize the Daily Pilot newspaper microfilm. Let’s Talk Tech Classes Library Assistant Greg Johnson continues to host classes featuring the Media Lab software and the Lynda.com database. Topics in January included Photoshop and Pro Tools. Manuscripts Book Discussion Group The Foundation Book Discussion Group met last Wednesday to discuss The Barbarian Nurseries, a novel set in Orange County and written by Los Angeles Times Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Hector Tobar. 59 people attended, including six first-timers. Proquest Articles Retrieved July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan AVG. Business Databases 195 306 199 250 257 355 301 266 Newspapers--Current 690 807 1583 1030 1216 2134 2196 1379 Newspapers--Historical 2275 2621 1938 2044 2018 1696 1885 2068 Magazines 31 26 50 68 170 52 45 63 JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 Tracked by #searches Ancestry 7741 8310 838 650 850 1173 1300 947 1983 7741 A to Z Databases 2378 1884 573 390 546 123 300 186 260 2378 AskART 306 26 10 32 70 123 14 5 52 306 BioResCtr*274 586 55 32 34 85 25 25 18 274 FoF Ancient Hist 303 298 20 9 69 121 27 42 15 303 GDL 75 152 4 12 7 14 27 9 2 75 GVRL 792 941 70 75 100 129 163 212 43 792 HeritageQuest 18038 3643 1777 2316 4150 3373 2623 2214 1585 18038 Kids InfoBits 223 75 161 20 0 20 13 1 8 223 Lynda.com 21163 1713 372 2313 3156 3895 3222 3842 4363 21163 LitResCtr 498 709 102 30 63 47 145 51 60 498 Opposing Vpts*600 1006 351 5 17 30 43 100 54 600 Nat Geo 183 139 3 12 26 56 28 34 24 183 Nat Geo Kids 87 16 62 5 0 4 4 8 4 87 NoveList Plus 1291 1267 217 115 139 190 284 160 186 1291 NoveList K-8 Plus 496 502 43 66 86 61 182 29 29 496 ProQuest 22784 18485 1030 2903 3605 3475 4110 2848 4813 22784 Oxford Art Online 52 66 1 0 26 13 9 3 52 Ref USA Bus.14491 16388 2038 1833 3688 2622 1552 1421 1337 14491 Ref USA Res.*703 1079 87 68 138 25 202 102 81 703 Tumblebooks 2156 6063 184 265 409 357 234 232 475 2156 World Book Online 174 383 14 16 17 18 39 25 45 174 Tracked by #sessions Cypress Resume 55 69 7 5 11 5 10 9 8 55 LiveHomework 56 119 8 1 18 19 10 56 Testing & EdRefCtr 367 281 74 84 74 49 30 36 20 367 Universal Class 958 374 285 205 177 94 66 41 90 958 Tracked by #page views Consumer Reports 14048 0 1398 1884 2187 2090 2587 1720 2182 14048 CultureGrams 958 1401 336 74 167 107 11 101 162 958 Morningstar 35707 31675 4896 4881 9022 7452 5631 3825 35707 NetAdvantage 27447 32431 4585 3217 4962 5351 2720 2920 3692 27447 RealQuest 1075 7615 99 64 284 174 99 160 195 1075 Rocket Languages 234 412 104 32 63 4 9 5 17 234 Value Line 112745 74480 14688 13442 14608 15712 17084 18204 19007 112745 Database FY Comparisons YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 YTD 15/16 Jan-16 YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 BALBOA 6,791 50,216 51,780 CdM 4,624 33,038 36,347 MARINERS 30,874 224,067 241,816 CENTRAL 74,266 532,131 561,105 Ebooks/Emagazines 9,900 64,949 59,546 TOTAL 126,455 904,401 950,594 FEB 15 118,735 MAR 15 134,039 APR 15 132,689 MAY 15 136,763 JUN 15 137,798 JUL 15 147,514 AUG 15 138,983 SEP 15 126,923 OCT 15 128,818 NOV 15 120,328 DEC 15 115,380 JAN 16 126,455 TOTAL 1,564,425 12 Month Comparison NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY - JANUARY 2016 CIRCULATION BALBOA CdM MARINERS CENTRAL Ebooks/Emagazines 115,000 120,000 125,000 130,000 135,000 140,000 145,000 150,000 155,000 160,000 FEB 15 MAR 15 APR 15 MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 AUG 15 SEP 15 OCT 15 NOV 15 DEC 15 JAN 16 1443078 1622573 1701476 1575518 1818709 1588822 1582953 1582914 1598265 1610818 1250000 1375000 1500000 1625000 1750000 1875000 2000000 FY 05/06 FY 06/07 FY 07/08 FY 08/09 FY 09/10 FY 10/11 FY 11/12 FY 12/13 FY 13/14 FY 14/15 CIRCULATION Jan-16 YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 BALBOA 484 4,544 5,553 CdM 634 4,293 4,578 MARINERS 3,270 29,797 35,095 CENTRAL 8,840 58,686 53,312 TOTAL 13,228 97,320 98,538 12 Month Comparison FEB 15 12,007 MAR 15 14,870 APR 15 12,692 MAY 15 14,263 JUN 15 16,126 JUL 15 15,778 AUG 15 14,319 SEP 15 14,919 OCT 15 14,529 NOV 15 12,679 DEC 15 11,868 JAN 16 13,228 TOTAL 167,278 NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY - JANUARY 2016 REFERENCE BALBOA CdM MARINERS CENTRAL 0 3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 18,000 21,000 24,000 FEB 15 MAR 15 APR 15 MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 AUG 15 SEP 15 OCT 15 NOV 15 DEC 15 JAN 16 170972 182445 178028 181315 211742 199880 191567 184260 190391 168496 120000 140000 160000 180000 200000 220000 240000 FY 05/06 FY 06/07 FY 07/08 FY 08/09 FY 09/10 FY 10/11 FY 11/12 FY 12/13 FY 13/14 FY 14/15 REFERENCE Jan-16 YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 BALBOA 3,945 29,819 32,509 CdM 3,192 23,792 24,539 MARINERS 22,570 159,492 173,762 CENTRAL 58,336 515,940 504,725 TOTAL 88,043 729,043 735,535 12 Month Comparison FEB 15 99,216 MAR 15 111,841 APR 15 98,777 MAY 15 104,310 JUN 15 106,559 JUL 15 116,020 AUG 15 107,032 SEP 15 88,366 OCT 15 101,348 NOV 15 128,375 DEC 15 93,126 JAN 16 88,403 TOTAL 1,243,373 NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY - JANUARY 2016 CUSTOMERS SERVED IN LIBRARY BALBOA CdM MARINERS CENTRAL 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 110,000 120,000 130,000 140,000 150,000 160,000 170,000 FEB 15 MAR 15 APR 15 MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 AUG 15 SEP 15 OCT 15 NOV 15 DEC 15 JAN 16 874854 977200 1239790 1200664 1258585 1258902 1131330 1074933 1399841 1256238 600000 775000 950000 1125000 1300000 1475000 1650000 FY 05/06 FY 06/07 FY 07/08 FY 08/09 FY 09/10 FY 10/11 FY 11/12 FY 12/13 FY 13/14 FY 14/15 CUSTOMERS SERVED IN LIBRARY Jan-16 YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 BALBOA 110 876 602 CdM 575 4,487 4,204 MARINERS 774 5,752 5,593 CENTRAL 2,929 27,195 26,059 TOTAL 4,388 38,310 36,458 12 Month Comparison FEB 15 4,100 MAR 15 4,280 APR 15 5,100 MAY 15 4,286 JUN 15 10,249 JUL 15 7,999 AUG 15 4,775 SEP 15 7,920 OCT 15 4,956 NOV 15 3,745 DEC 15 4,527 JAN 16 4,388 TOTAL 66,325 PROGRAM ATTENDANCE NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY - JANUARY 2016 BALBOA CdM MARINERS CENTRAL 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 FEB 15 MAR 15 APR 15 MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 AUG 15 SEP 15 OCT 15 NOV 15 DEC 15 JAN 16 44286 37280 41987 43419 28680 53534 51570 51894 49977 64473 0 15000 30000 45000 60000 75000 90000 FY 05/06 FY 06/07 FY 07/08 FY 08/09 FY 09/10 FY 10/11 FY 11/12 FY 12/13 FY 13/14 FY 14/15 PROGRAM ATTENDANCE