2010 Annual report - Port Moody Public Library

Thank you
Statement of Operations
For the year ended December 31, 2010
Revenues
City of Port Moody
InterLINK net lending
Donations
Fines and miscellaneous
Provincial government
TOTAL
$1,345,256
$ 49,313
$
2,800
$ 82,809
$ 151,757
$1,631,935
Expenditures
Salaries
Books & library collections*
Other
Capital amortization
TOTAL
$1,245,795
$ 71,507
$ 166,681
$ 120,982
$1,604,645
* The books and library collections budget for the year is made up of $40,891 (operations
expenses) and $154,411 (capital expenses) for a total of $195,302.
2010 Quick Facts
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604,000 items borrowed
323,000 in-person visits
178,000 online visits to library.portmoody.ca
33,000 reference questions answered
3,700 new library cards issued
340 free programs attended by 12,000 people
1,500 children participated in the Summer Reading Club
11,000 new items purchased and added to the collection
2010 Annual Report
Sitting L to R:
Katherine Fraser;
Susan Croll;
Cllr. Bob Elliott;
Barbara Nuttall;
Rosemary Rawnsley,
(Chair)
Standing L to R:
Peter Belanger
(Vice-Chair);
Cynthia van Ginkel;
Barry Fleming;
Errin Morrison;
Linda Martin;
Gray Giovannetti
2010 Port Moody Public Library Board
We would like to sincerely thank the many individuals and organizations who generously
supported the library in 2010. Your contributions have made a great difference to people
throughout Port Moody.
Supporters: City of Port Moody; Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education,
Province of BC
Collection Donations: Courthouse Libraries BC; Driscoll Family Fund; Jean Donaldson;
Leslie Gallacher; Cynthia van Ginkel; Anni Kim; Elizabeth Michno; Lewis Pocock; Inlet Book
Club
Port Moody
Public Library
Links to Literacy Golf Tournament
Event Sponsor ($5000): Pacific Coast Terminals; Media Sponsors: CTV; The Now
Newspaper; Gold Sponsor ($3000+): Scotiabank; Onni Group of Companies; Silver
Sponsors ($2,000): Appia Developments; BTM Lawyers LLP; WorleyParsons Canada;
Bronze Sponsors ($1,000): BC Hydro; Vancity Business Banking; Hole Sponsors ($650):
Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Western Bank; Certispec Services; Coast Capital
Savings; Coquitlam Centre; CUPE BC; Cushman & Wakefield LePage; enCompass Solutions
Group; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Iain Black, MLA; IPAC Chemicals; Kerr Wood
Leidal Associates; McDonalds-Port Moody; Palmieri Bros. Paving; Port Metro Vancouver;
Port Moody Insurance; Port Moody Travel; Roper Greyell LLP; Rotary Club of Port Moody;
UNIT4 Business Software; Western Printers & Lithographers; On-Course Food: Pasta
Polo Restaurant; PWS Purified Water To Go; The Boathouse Restaurant; Thrifty Foods;
Emcee: John Shorthouse; Photography: In View Images; Prize and other donors: Allard
Contractors; Andrée Duval; Angelo’s Salon & Spa; Arpel Security Systems; Art Knapp
Plantland & Florist; Bar Code Applications; BCIT; Best Western Coquitlam Inn; Beyond the
Grape; Bowen Island Golf Club; Chapters-Coquitlam; City of Port Moody; COBS BreadSuter Brook; Como Creek Brewing; Coquitlam Centre; Coquitlam Signs; Costco Wholesale
Canada; Country Habitat Interior Designs; Creative Transportation Solutions; De Dutch
Pannekoek; Destiny Hair & Body Studio; From Hair On; G&F Financial Group; Gillnetter
Pub; Golf Town; il Destino Salon and Spa; Imperial Oil; Inform Solutions; International
Web exPress; Jim Peacock; KPMG LLP Chartered Accountants; Magnet Electric; Manning
Elliott Chartered Accountants; McDonalds-Port Moody; Meadow Gardens Golf Course;
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Meadows Golf Centre; Microserve; Mills Basics Office Supplies; Murdy & McAllister
Barristers & Solicitors; Nasseri Medical Centre; Pajo’s Fish & Chips; Park Lane Homes;
Peller Estates; Port Moody Fire Department; Port Moody Police Department; Prestige
Hotels & Resorts; Rainbow Winemakers; Rhino Marketing; Rocky Point Kayak; Rodos
Kouzina Mediterranean Grill; Roo’s Pub & Grill; Saint St. Grill; Salmon Arm Golf Club;
Sandman Hotel Group; Seattle Mariners; Securiguard Services; Smile & Shine Flowers;
St. John Ambulance; Starbucks Coffee-Heritage Mtn; Suncor Energy Burrard Products
Terminals; Team Sheila Francis-Re/Max All Points Realty; the GolfBC Group; the Point
Neighbourhood Pub; the Residence Inn by Marriott Seattle Bellevue/Downtown; Twin
Lakes Golf Resort; Vancouver Canucks; Vancouver Giants; West Coast Express; White Spot
Restaurants; Wish On A Star; Xerox
2010 Annual Report
P.O. Box 37, 100 Newport Drive
Port Moody, B.C. V3H 3E1
604-469-4575
www.library.portmoody.ca
2010 Accomplishments
Message from the Mayor
The library provides an invaluable service to the
residents of Port Moody by reaching out to people of
all ages to promote literacy and lifelong learning. It
offers a world of discovery for the young child learning
to read, the new resident getting established in our
community or the senior being introduced to new
technologies. On behalf of the City of Port Moody and
all members of Council, I extend thanks to the Library
Board and staff for a job well done.
Joe Trasolini, Mayor
Message from the Board Chair
The Port Moody Public Library is fast becoming a hub
of the City of the Arts and one of its most popular
facilities. There were over 320,000 in-person visits to
the library in 2010 for an average of 90 visits per open
hour. We are a place where the community can come
together and where all are welcome -- from babies to
seniors and everyone in between.
The library is much more than just a building filled with books. We
provide free access to computers and the Internet; and our new
e-literacy programs help citizens learn to navigate the online world of
information. Our e-library allows customers to access and download the
latest books, magazines, and newspapers online at anytime. Reaching
beyond its walls, the library delivers early childhood literacy programs
and services where they are needed, most often in partnership with
schools and other agencies. Few other public institutions offer so much
for free at a time when so many are looking for extra value.
None of this would be possible without the financial support of the
City of Port Moody and the Province of British Columbia, the tireless
effort of our Links to Literacy Golf Committee (which raised more
than $28,000 to support special library literacy initiatives in 2010), the
generosity of our donors, our dedicated library trustees and staff, and
our loyal customers.
This is my final year on the Library Board. It has been a pleasure to serve
as a library trustee for the last 8 years and as library board chair for
2010. I have seen the library grow tremendously during this period and
look forward to its future successes.
Rosemary Rawnsley, Library Board Chair 2010
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Library open hours increased with the introduction of Sunday
openings on long weekends.
• The Links to Literacy Golf Tournament celebrated its 10th
anniversary with another successful event.
Resources
• The teen graphic novel collection was expanded thanks to funding
from Links to Literacy.
• Our e-library of more than 16,000 eBook and eAudio titles increased
in popularity. Press Display, Learning Express Library and Career
Cruising databases were added to this collection.
• We started lending energy meters – a collaboration with the City of
Port Moody’s ‘Green Team’.
Programs
• 1,500 children discovered that “Reading Rocks” when they joined
the Summer Reading Club. Preschool storytimes, Reading Buddies
and other programs continued to help kids build literacy skills.
• Our portable e-training lab, another Links to Literacy initiative,
went ‘live’ in September enabling us to start offering hands-on
information skills workshops for adults. Feedback was excellent
and all classes were full.
• The Canadian Books, eh? contest polled residents for their favourite
Canadian title. The winner: The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill.
Community Connections
• We collaborated with School District 43 for events such as Ready Set
Learn, Welcome to Kindergarten, Battle of the Books and Literrific.
• We joined other libraries for the Tri-City Spelling Bee, the Tri-City
Scary Story contest and the Good Reads column.
• Regular English practice groups were hosted in partnership with
SD43 and SHARE.
Digital resources
“We love using Libraryto-go. The whole family
enjoys audiobooks.”
- Customer comment
Information skills
workshops
“User friendly, free and
therefore affordable.
Helping people in the
community get ‘literate’.”
- Customer comment
Summer Reading Club
“My daughter improved
so much in her reading.
What a valuable
program.”
- Customer comment
Links to Literacy
Ten in 2010
Our popular annual
tournament has raised
more than $194,000
since 2001 to support
library literacy initiatives.