By the Numbers: 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 85

By the Numbers: 2014 ANNUAL REPORT
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16,953
ACTIVE
CARD
at
TCLIB
Total Program
& Class Attendance
32,758
MEETING
ROOM USE
9,980
WIRELESS
HOLDERS
18,311
youth
wing
use
2014
289,154
RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
ANSWERED
total
STUDY 3
circulation
373,218
USer
20,400 hours
hours 118,612
Life tools
reading
engagement
In 2012, Story Clark
launched the app,
TravelStorysGPS, from her
home. The app uses people’s phones to connect
them to location-triggered stories about
Jackson Hole. Clark now
employs 5 people and the
app has been downloaded more than 5,500
times. The growing
travelstorys company can often be
found working in the
library.
“As a start up, we
don’t have a dedicated
recording studio to call home, and we rely on the
library’s study rooms,” says Clark.
The app’s sound technician, Christie Koriakan, adds,
“We’ve found it’s the best place to get people in
from the community to tell their stories. It’s a central location that everyone’s welcome to use and
everyone knows.”
When Rhonda Robles’
grandson was born at St.
John’s Medical Center
this April, he became one
of 435 babies in 2014 to
go home with a library
“Born to Read” kit, filled
with reading tips, tools,
and a board book.
During tummy time
exercises, “he’d reach for
[the board book] and
he’d learn to turn the
page,” Robles said. As
an occupational therapist, she understands
the value of engaging
early visual skills with books.
“It’s the right tool, for the right time, to provide just
the right challenge,” she said. “It’s such a wonderful
and valid community service.”
This service happens thanks to ongoing collaboration between library staff and volunteers.
In 2013, the library,
St. John’s Episcopal
Church and The Jackson Cupboard created
a partnership to help
end childhood hunger
in Teton County, piloting a program to give
free healthy snacks to
kids at the library. This
pilot program is now a
successful ongoing
after school
service with 400
after-school snacks
available each week
for kids at the
library.
“The library snack program has been an incredible
collaboration. We’ve been able to reach hundreds
of children with nutritious snacks,” said St. John’s
Episcopal Church Rector, Fr. Ken Asel. “We’re identifying needs affecting children and families in our
community and addressing them in a very creative
way.”
GPS
FOR
EVERY
born to
read
snack
PUBLIC/
Tax
Dollar
PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP
$
4.11
GET
BACK
in library collections,
services, programs and
facility use.
WITH
85
education,
SPENT BY TETON COUNTY,
CITIZENS
collaborations
arts,
$839
$3,445
human serviceS
& government
85%
VS
COUNTY
15%
FOUNDATION
& FRIENDS
agencies
Teton County Library
2014 Value of Library Use
Annual
Quantity of
Use by All
Patrons
Library Services
Retail
Value
Value of Services
Use Increase/Decrease
89,676 Adult Books Borrowed
$28.00 $
2,510,928.00
6,700 Teen Books Borrowed
$16.00 $
107,200.00
98,125 Children's Books Borrowed
$17.00 $
1,668,125.00
20,803 Adult Audiobooks Borrowed
$38.00 $
790,514.00
612 Teen Audiobooks Borrowed
$32.00 $
19,584.00
$22.00 $
77,330.00
8,136 Adult Newspapers & Magazines Borrowed
$5.00 $
40,680.00
573 Children's & Teen Magazines Borrowed
$4.00 $
2,292.00
91,450 Adult & Teen DVDs Borrowed
$23.00 $
2,103,350.00
20,358 Children's DVDs Borrowed
$22.00 $
447,876.00
15,439 Adult Music CDs Borrowed
$12.00 $
185,268.00
1,474 Children's Music CDs Borrowed
$13.00 $
19,162.00
4,882 Console Games Borrowed
$45.00 $
219,690.00
$8.00 $
72,784.00
$20.00 $
9,100.00
1,922 Downloadable Music Borrowed
$15.00 $
28,830.00
4,667 Interlibrary Loan
$30.00 $
140,010.00
16,953 Reference Questions Answered
$7.00 $
118,671.00
43,569 Database Articles Viewed Online
$2.00 $
87,138.00
$25.00 $
1,800.00
1,293 Intensive one-on-one research,
technology tutoring, e-government
assistance
$75.00 $
96,975.00
8,766 Study Room Reservations
$35.00 $
306,810.00
$555.00 $
98,790.00
$200.00 $
103,600.00
25% increase
$8.00 $
948,896.00
18% increase
94,408 Public Internet Computer Use
$18.00 $
1,699,344.00
15% decrease
48,670 Work/Study/Reading Use in Main Wing
$25.00 $
1,216,750.00
11% increase
20,400 Afterschool - Hours Spent in Youth Wing
$15.00 $
306,000.00
23,478 Summer - Hours Spent in Youth Wing
$15.00 $
30% increase in the number of elementary
school children who come to the library
352,170.00 afterschool
8,415 Adult Programs/Classes Attended
$21.00 $
176,715.00
4,716 Teen Programs/Classes Attended (6th12th Grade)
$15.00 $
70,740.00
11,652 Children's Programs/Classes Attended
(Kindergarten-5th Grade)
$15.00 $
174,780.00
7,975 Children's Programs/Classes Attended
(Birth-Age 5)
$11.00 $
87,725.00
9,012 Volunteer Program Support & Book Nook
Hours
$22.55 $
203,220.60
3,515 Children's Audiobooks Borrowed
9,098 Downloadable E-Books Borrowed
455 Downloadable E-Audiobooks Borrowed
72 Exams Proctored
178 Auditorium Reservations (capacity 125)
518 Auditorium Reservations (capacity 49
includes YS, Alta, Computer Lab)
118,612 Public Wireless Internet Hours
Total Value
$ 14,492,847.60
8.7% increase
10% increase
16% decrease
217% increase (more than doubled)
67% increase
93.4% increase
12% increase (nearly 1,000 more
reservations)