kiwanis presentation dec 2009
TRANSCRIPT
Your new Director
• New to Colorado• Born and Raised in Ohio• Over 30 years experience in public
libraries• Last position: Deputy Director,
Cleveland Public Library
Governance
• 7 member Board of Trustees• Appointed for 7 year terms by
Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins
Harmony Library Partnership• 50 Year Contract• Building owned and maintained by
FRCC• Operations and staff supervised by
Library District• Managed collaboratively• Serves as both public and academic
library
Council Tree
• Opened in March 2009• A family library with book store
ambience• 17,000 square feet• Located in Front Range Village• Exterior Gold Leed Certified, interior-
platinum?• Paid entirely with city impact fees
collected over 12 year period
2009 Budget
EXPENDITURES
Personnel $4,830,400
Contractual 1,668,500
Collection 950,000
Other Commodities 447,400
Contingency 100,000
Projected Expenditures $7,996,300
Reserve for 2009 $3,235,063
Programs & Services
• Poudre River Public Library District is one of the busiest libraries in Colorado.
• In 2008 over 54,000 people attended 1,400 programs at the libraries.
• Approximately 70,000 items were borrowed from and another 40,000 items loaned to other libraries.
• Adult and children’s Library reference staff answered 123,500 questions.
Interesting Stats
2,343,595 items were borrowed in 2008Estimated 3,000,000 will be borrowed in
2009 +28%Active card holders 115,000Population of District 170,000District comprises 1,700 square milesVolunteers 789Volunteer hours 17,060Homebound Deliveries 7,937
Borrowing is up
Monthly Circulation Comparison
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
220,000
240,000
260,000
280,000
300,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Partnerships
• CSU – social entrepreneur series• Rocky Mountain Raptor Program• Fort Collins Reads• International Center for 24
International Nights• City of Fort Collins- Local history
website
Grants
• History Comes Alive – FortFund, 2009
• Book Express for Kids, Library Services and Technology Act, 2009
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2008, 2009
• Lighting retrofit and HVAC re-commission, FortZed, 2009,2010.
Awards
• Community Partnership Award, Colorado Assoc. of Libraries 2009
• Top Teen List Committee, Am. Library Association, 2009
• Service to Diverse Populations Award, Colorado Assoc. of Libraries,2008
• Project of the Year Award, Colorado Assoc. of Libraries 2007 ( formation of District)