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Home My WebLink About2016-05-16 - BLT - 03 Library Activities NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY To: Board of Library Trustees From: Tim Hetherton, Library Services Director Re: Report of Library Activities – May 16, 2016 Meeting _________________________________________________________________________________ TIM HETHERTON, LIBRARY SERVICES DIRECTOR Staffing We welcomed 3 new staff members in April. Danielle Doi and Melinda Vogel started on Monday, April 4th in their positions of part-time Library Assistants. Full-time Librarian, Nadia Dallstream joined the Children’s team on April 25th. The recruitment for the Library Services Manager position opens on May 14. Electronic Village The 2nd floor public computer area was refurbished the last week of April. New individual carrels with power and USB plugs, along with new PCs were installed. The new workstations, which are similar to the workstations in the quiet study area of the 2013 expansion, include comfortable, adjustable desk chairs and more desk space per station. This project was generously funded by the NBPL Foundation. PLA Conference Librarian II Rebecca Lightfoot and Librarian I Hannah Haase attended the Public Library Association Conference in Denver from April 5 – 9. They enthusiastically returned to NBPL rife with information on circulating tech collections, data driven collection development, facility planning, customer-friendly space design, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programming, and building digitally inclusive communities. For all the Library staff unable to make the trek to Denver, virtual PLA Conference sessions were shown in the conference room on Thursday, 4/7th and Friday, 4/8th. MELISSA KELLY, SUPPORT SERVICES COORDINATOR Literacy Literacy volunteer, Helene Chaban was honored at the Orange County Spirit of Volunteerism Awards on April 28, 2016. Helene joined our program two years ago as a volunteer tutor with one adult learner. Soon, she took on another and another; teaching them not only literacy skills but changing their lives with her life skills lessons and friendship. In 2015, Helene stepped up to chair our annual fundraising event, The Gift of Literacy Luncheon. Her calm leadership and innate style inspired the committee and the community to support Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy, making the 2015 luncheon one of our most successful. Helene has not stopped here… always looking for the next mountain, she has now started to volunteer at the Friends of the Library bookstore. Helene has been a terrific asset to the Literacy program and the Library. DEBBIE WALKER, BRANCH AND YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR Branches For all Library locations the big news in April was National Library Week (NLW) which began on Sunday, April 10 and ended on Saturday, April 16. As always, City Leaders and Library Board members were invited to participate in the weekly storytime of their choice. Mayor Diane Dixon presented Preschool Storytime at Balboa and Board of Library Trustee Jill Johnson-Tucker had a great time presenting Preschool Storytime at CDM. Additional special events to celebrate the week included magician Fantastick Patrick at CDM and a very interactive Let’s Make Comics! workshop at Balboa. Because of the close proximity of the date, it was decided that NLW was the perfect forum to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the opening of the Crean Mariners Branch (actual date April 20, 2006). The students at Mariners Elementary all made special birthday cards for the occasion which were put on display on two large bulletin boards in the Children’s area and storytimes throughout the week reflected a birthday theme. The week ended with a bang when over 100 children and their adults were entertained with the comedy and magic of Abbit the Average and then stayed after the show to enjoy birthday cake, lemonade and freshly made popcorn. It’s been a great ten years for Mariners and we wish them many more to come. Youth Services Central also had many special and fun events to celebrate NLW. There were several special storytime guests as well. Board of Library Trustees who participated included Robyn Grant (Toddler Storytime) and John Prichard (Family Storytime). Tony Petros, City Council Member, read books and sang songs for Songs & Stories and City Manager Dave Kiff shared books about whales at Preschool Storytime. Author Stuart Gibbs, who has written several popular middle-grade series, appeared on April 12 where he read from his latest book, talked about writing, space and astronauts, fielded several questions and then signed books and took the time to talk to his eager fans and pose for pictures. There were additional special children’s programs at Central beyond NLW. On Saturday, April 23 close to 300 hundred adults and children participated in a drop-in workshop presented by Child Creative Lab and focused on STEM based science activities. Stations were set up in various areas throughout the Children’s room. On Friday, April 29 in place of the regularly scheduled Songs & Stories, Librarian Liz Aaron hosted a special bilingual Japanese/English storytime to celebrate Children’s Day. Liz spent many years in Japan and delighted the audience of over 30 families with stories and songs done in both languages. Everyone made a carp windsock (koi nobori) as a take away for the day. Teen Services Nothing new to report this month. YAAC took April off and will meet again in May. NATALIE BASMACIYAN, ADULT SERVICES COORDINATOR New Library Assistants Part Time Library Assistants Danielle Doi and Melinda Vogel began their new positions the first week of April. They bring strong customer relations skills and spirit to serve the public. They are both assigned to Central. Scienceflix Database Thanks to generous funding from the NBPL Foundation, the Library now offers access to the Scienceflix database. Scieneceflix provides news, article, and videos to explore the world of science. Thank you to Librarian Evelyn Rogers for recommending NBPL subscribe to this database. Proquest Articles Retrieved July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April AVG. Business Databases 195 306 199 250 257 355 301 356 421 317 296 Newspapers--Current 690 807 1583 1030 1216 2134 2196 1159 1897 1637 1435 Newspapers--Historical 2275 2621 1938 2044 2018 1696 1885 2507 1802 2359 2115 Magazines 31 26 50 68 170 52 45 53 155 81 73 JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 Tracked by #searches Ancestry 10057 13185 838 650 850 1173 1300 947 1983 917 1044 355 10057 A to Z Databases 3099 3427 573 390 546 123 300 186 260 258 208 255 3099 AskART 503 26 10 32 70 123 14 5 52 143 23 31 503 BioResCtr*515 754 55 32 34 85 25 25 18 38 69 134 515 FoF Ancient Hist 544 591 20 9 69 121 27 42 15 69 36 136 544 GDL 101 226 4 12 7 14 27 9 2 12 6 8 101 GVRL 1481 1659 70 75 100 129 163 212 43 95 414 180 1481 HeritageQuest 25026 7305 1777 2316 4150 3373 2623 2214 1585 1898 2845 2245 25026 Kids InfoBits 384 275 161 20 0 20 13 1 8 91 27 43 384 Lynda.com 37790 1713 372 2313 3156 3895 3222 3842 4363 5485 4806 6336 37790 LitResCtr 1877 2428 102 30 63 47 145 51 60 115 369 895 1877 Opposing Vpts*1357 1307 351 5 17 30 43 100 54 93 121 543 1357 Nat Geo 423 259 3 12 26 56 28 34 24 55 160 25 423 Nat Geo Kids 113 27 62 5 0 4 4 8 4 2 4 20 113 NoveList Plus 1851 2101 217 115 139 190 284 160 186 107 177 276 1851 NoveList K-8 Plus 767 586 43 66 86 61 182 29 29 77 82 112 767 ProQuest 37350 28641 1030 2903 3605 3475 4110 2848 4813 4413 5083 5070 37350 Oxford Art Online 78 195 1 0 26 13 9 3 2 3 21 78 Ref USA Bus.21710 21838 2038 1833 3688 2622 1552 1421 1337 2540 2492 2187 21710 Ref USA Res.*1452 1440 87 68 138 25 202 102 81 164 219 366 1452 Tumblebooks 3109 9906 184 265 409 357 234 232 475 371 328 254 3109 World Book Online 333 531 14 16 17 18 39 25 45 49 19 91 333 Tracked by #sessions Cypress Resume 78 85 7 5 11 5 10 9 8 9 7 7 78 LiveHomework 56 195 8 1 18 19 10 56 Testing & EdRefCtr 493 396 74 84 74 49 30 36 20 38 39 49 493 Universal Class 1527 514 285 205 177 94 66 41 90 152 172 245 1527 Tracked by #page views Consumer Reports 19137 2170 1398 1884 2187 2090 2587 1720 2182 1735 1724 1630 19137 CultureGrams 2596 1741 336 74 167 107 11 101 162 1068 358 212 2596 Morningstar 47159 46484 4896 4881 9022 7452 5631 3825 6175 5277 47159 NetAdvantage 35606 40458 4585 3217 4962 5351 2720 2920 3692 2670 2435 3054 35606 RealQuest 1442 8058 99 64 284 174 99 160 195 80 141 146 1442 Rocket Languages 265 567 104 32 63 4 9 5 17 3 3 25 265 Value Line 166960 114387 14688 13442 14608 15712 17084 18204 19007 18662 17448 18105 166960 Database FY Comparisons YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 YTD 15/16 Apr-16 YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 BALBOA 6,353 69,567 74,775 CdM 4,320 46,539 51,046 MARINERS 30,533 315,854 340,602 CENTRAL 72,979 750,108 784,392 Ebooks/Emagazines 9,394 92,568 85,242 TOTAL 123,579 1,274,636 1,336,057 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 FEB 16 117,831 MAR 16 128,825 APR 16 123,579 TOTAL 1,549,197 12 Month Comparison NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY - APRIL 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 MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 AUG 15 SEP 15 OCT 15 NOV 15 DEC 15 JAN 16 FEB 16 MAR 16 APR 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 Apr-16 YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 BALBOA 593 6,238 7,970 CdM 544 5,901 6,721 MARINERS 3,050 38,609 48,402 CENTRAL 9,171 85,669 75,014 TOTAL 13,358 136,417 138,107 12 Month Comparison 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 FEB 16 12,359 MAR 16 13,380 APR 16 13,358 TOTAL 166,806 NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY - APRIL 2016 REFERENCE BALBOA CdM MARINERS CENTRAL 0 3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 18,000 21,000 24,000 MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 AUG 15 SEP 15 OCT 15 NOV 15 DEC 15 JAN 16 FEB 16 MAR 16 APR 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 Apr-16 YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 BALBOA 4,241 43,157 46,428 CdM 3,883 35,067 34,741 MARINERS 23,820 230,695 245,520 CENTRAL 63,036 709,995 718,680 TOTAL 94,980 1,018,914 1,045,369 12 Month Comparison 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 FEB 16 101,276 MAR 16 93,615 APR 16 94,980 TOTAL 1,128,430 NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY - APRIL 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 MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 AUG 15 SEP 15 OCT 15 NOV 15 DEC 15 JAN 16 FEB 16 MAR 16 APR 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 Apr-16 YTD 15/16 YTD 14/15 BALBOA 102 1,269 1,014 CdM 90 6,007 5,762 MARINERS 1,083 9,037 8,325 CENTRAL 4,096 38,169 34,837 TOTAL 5,371 54,482 49,938 12 Month Comparison 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 FEB 16 4,908 MAR 16 5,893 APR 16 5,371 TOTAL 63,646 PROGRAM ATTENDANCE NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY - APRIL 2016 BALBOA CdM MARINERS CENTRAL 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 MAY 15 JUN 15 JUL 15 AUG 15 SEP 15 OCT 15 NOV 15 DEC 15 JAN 16 FEB 16 MAR 16 APR 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