Springfield Library

Manager’s Report

2^nd Quarter 2024

April

· 4/2-30/24 – Received donations in response to Annual Appeal Letter

· 4/2-4/24 – Weeded LP book section

· 4/3/24 – Received donation of a Library Table from Hamilton Free Library

· 4//4/24 – BOT Meeting

· 4/9-30 – Weeding Adult NF section

· 4/11/24 – 4cls Director’s Call

· 4/15/24 – Submitted 4cls Mini-Outreach Grant application for 2 tablets.

· 4/18/24 – Webinar on A.R.T free art books for Libraries.

· 4/23/24 – SRP webinar

o Compiling list/maps of places for “Flat Smokey” to visit.

· 4/25/24 – Princh webinar

· 4/28/24 – Community Garden Cleanup with 4-H

May

· 5/1/24 – Donations in response to the Annual Appeal Letter have reached $3,313.

· 5/2/24 -Received donation from the Klotzbach family in gratitude of the library’s assistance after their accident.

o Confirmed dates that Nutritionist Kimberly Ferstler from Cornell Cooperative Extension will be presenting nutrition classes at the library.

· 5/4/24 – Ask A Master Gardener- Patrons enjoyed one on one

· 5/6/24 – Youth Services Meeting-Resources for Smokey Bear Reading Challenge and Summer Reading Program.

o Made display area for Smokey Bear Reading Challenge Books.

· 5/8/24 – Received the donation of $250. From the Cooperstown Lions Club for the books on the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge List

o JoAnn has finished weeding Adult Non-Fiction section.

· 5/9/24 – Moved and re-cataloged oversized adult non-fiction books.

· 5/13/24 – Special B.O.T. meeting to discuss construction application.

· 5/14/24- Established account and access to NYSED LDA construction grant portal.\

· 5/23/24 – Received notice of full funding of Ipads from 4cls minigrant.

· 5/31/24 – A monthly subscription account was set up with Junior Library Guild for ordering Juvenile books. Aside from the book a month that will be shipped we were also able to select 5 free books.

June

· Throughout the month we received the books that were ordered for the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge. The Smokey Bear digital toolkit was used to construct lesson plans for Story Hour each week.

o Estimates were coordinated by trustees and received from various contractors for the LDA Construction grant.

o Junior Library Guild books for Juveniles (mysteries/adventures for upper elementary levels) have been arriving throughout the month and added to a new display for Juvenile Fiction.

· 6/7/2024 – Barbara LaCorte attended the Four County Library System Annual Meeting and Dinner.

· 6/9 through 7/2 – JoAnn Fralick was out due to knee surgery. Melinda ran Story Hour on June 12,19, and 26.

· 6/12- The “Intent to Apply” form for this year’s NYS LDA grant application was submitted to 4cls.

· 6/15 – The “Otsego Lake Association” presented the library with a display and 10 aquatic and adventure books.

· 6/18 – Received 4cls Mini Grant Award from for IPads.

· 6/20/24 – Adult Nutrition Class series began. Well attended. Instructor is leaving her position at the end of June and will not be conducting the July and August classes.

· 6/25 – The library received notice from 4cls of funding for construction through the LDA grant.

· 6/26 – An ad was placed with the Pennysaver listing July programs and events at the library and acknowledging the book donations from the Cooperstown Lions Club and the Otsego Lake Association.

· Plans were made for the July 4^th event.

Statistics

Attendance:

Adults – 458, PreK-102, Elementary- 98, Teens- 42

Computer Users – 7

Volunteer Hours-16

Program attendance – 218

Copies – $34.75

Website

Sessions – 246

Pageviews 362

Avg. Session Duration – 23s

WiFi –

#of clients -72

Averge # per day – 9

Average Usage per client – 1.36 gb

Overdrive

# of checkouts – 117

Circulation

BookCd: Adult-5

Bookcdab: Adult 1

BookF: Adult 179, Juvenile 219, YA14 other 5 Total: 417

BookLPF: Adult 10

BookLBNF: Adult 4

BookNF: Adult 48, Juvenile 76, YA 3 Total: 127

CRCT DVD: Adult 4, Juvenile 1

CRCT LP: Adult 7

DVD: Adult 20, Juvenile 12

E: Juvenile 51

Ephemera: Adult 3

NEW BOOK: Adult 1

Paperback; Adult 2, Juvenile 1

Pictbook: Adult 1, Juvenile 136

Unknown: Juvenile 4, other 1

Total: Adult 285, Juvenile 504, YA 167, other 5 Grand total 812