Serving the City of Mt. Vernon and the communities of Black, Marrs, Robinson, Lynn and Point Townships. ALEXANDRIAN PUBLIC LIBRARY 115 West Fifth Street . Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620 . Phone: (812) 838)-3286 . Fax: (812) 838-9639 . Website: www.apl.lib.in.us 2013 ALEXANDRIAN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Statistics 2013 Library Board of Trustees President .......................................Lynn Clark Vice-President...............Tammy Weatherford Secretary .........................................Jo Adams Treasurer ...............................Harold Morgan Members ........................................................ Don Snyder Paul Swanson Jill Gerton 2013 APL Friends Officers The Alexandrian Public Library holds the following in the Main Library: Hours open per week : 64 Visits to APL: 61,140 Snyder Retires Videos: 5,076 Head of Adult Services……………………………..……. Joan Bruckman Audio Materials: 5,468 Adult Services Assistant .................................... Judy Hardin Number of subscription databases available: 9 Indiana Room Assistants ................................... June Dunning Nathalie Elderkin Total in-house circulation: 16,410 Databases include: Read the Book, Newsbank, A to Z the USA, Auto Repair Reference Center, Global Road Warrior, Heritage Quest, Ancestry Library edition, Mango Languages and Novelist. Public access computers: 17 Public access laptops: 11 InterLibrary Loan transactions: 1,009 Number of page views of our homepage at www.apl.lib.in.us: 44,810 2013 Boopsie Number of page views on our entire website: 1,354,953 We introduced a new app for mobile device users in 2013. The app allows access to our databases, downloading ebooks, schedules and more directly on a mobile devise. Internet speed: Fiber Optic 10MG Android Queries: 12,948 After eight years of dedicated volunteer service on the Alexandrian Public Library Board of Trustees, Don Snyder announce he would be retiring at the end of 2013. iPhone Queries: 6,235 2013 Bookmobile iPad Queries: 5,604 Java/Windows8 Queries: 1,162 Browser Queries: 670 iPod Queries: 1,775 2013 APL Employee of the Year Monica Emerson was elected by her peers as Alexandrian Public Library Employee of the Year for 2013. She was presented with the award at the staff Holiday Dinner on December 11. Monica joined the full-time library staff in 2011 as the Administrative Assistant, but you may also know her from her work at the circulation and reference desks, or from her crafting help with adult programs. Director ............................................................. Marissa Priddis Administrative Assistant ................................... Monica Emerson Total circulation: 196,450 Reference transactions: 5,575 2013 APL Library Staff Print items: 90,241 APL Cardholders: 19,928 Computer usage: 29,091 President ............................Kathy Nelson Vice-President ....................Mary Breeze Secretary ..............................Joanne Artz Treasurer .......................Robert Webster Directors ................................................. David Nelson Peter Whiting Wally Cottrell The Collection WindowsPhone Queries: 185 2013 OverDrive and eBook Statistics Head of Collection Services/IT........................... Carrie Robb Assistant Collection Services/IT…………..…………. Hilary Scheller Collection Services Clerks …………………..……....... Nancy Butler Jean Cox Carlyn Pittman Julie Wilson Cathy Vaal Head of Youth Services ..................................... Anne Cottrell Youth Services Assistants ……….……………........... Liz Robinson Melissa Edmonds Sandy Hartman Young Adult Librarian /Bookmobile Services Assistant .......................................................... Alicia LaFrance Bookmobile Librarian ........................................ Tyler Lamar Community Relations ........................................ Stan Campbell Custodian .......................................................... Idena Browning Maintenance ..................................................... Rick Rose Kevin Carr Pages ................................................................. Allyson Blunt Catlin Gross Hannah McCarty Emily Searcy Kelcie Word Bookmobile holdings: 7,652 Bookmobile circulation: 11,371 Available downloadable audiobook titles: 5,468 Bookmobile patron visits: 9,642 Available eBook titles: 17,392 Total items checked out by APL patrons: 7,439 You can find us on Facebook! Serving the City of Mt. Vernon and the communities of Black, Marrs, Robinson, Lynn and Point Townships. ALEXANDRIAN PUBLIC LIBRARY 115 West Fifth Street . Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620 . Phone: (812) 838)-3286 . Fax: (812) 838-9639 . Website: www.apl.lib.in.us Mission Statement: The Alexandrian Public Library is the primary provider of information resources and services for enriching the lives of residents of Posey County and the surrounding area. Programing Offered in the 2013 Calendar Year Staff Giving of Themselves Library staff continue giving of themselves in 2013 – participating in Relay for Life, Salvation Army bell ringing and donating to United Way. The staff also donated “Casual Day” funds to the Big Brothers & Big Sisters and the American Diabetes Association, and donated “Can My Fines” proceeds to the Food Pantry. Served on boards for ILF Marketing Division, ILF District 5/7, United Way, Relay for Life, River Days, Young Professionals of Posey County, Posey County Community Foundation and Lakeshore Division Relay Advisory Team for American Cancer Society. Judged exhibits at the Posey County 4-H fair, marched in the Mt. Vernon Christmas parade, and adopted a family for Christmas through Trinity Church. Collection Services, Clerk Carlyn Pittman was one of many staff members volunteering time as a Salvation Army bell ringer. Friends of the APL Funds contributed by the Friends members for library programs: $9,171.53 The Friends of the Alexandrian Public Library held one book sale taking in: $2,533.71 Christmas tree auction raised: $595.17 Treasures gift shop merchandise sold: $2,026.72 Buy the Book sales: $724.62 Adult Services Basic Knitting, "eBooks: How to with Overdrive", Clean Up Your PC, Computer Basics, Busy Hands, Creative-a-tea Month: Elevenses, Creativity Month: Cute-as-a-Button Picture Frame, Farmer’s Market Boot Camp, Adult Winter Reading Program, Go Green With Zach, LITerally Speaking Book Discussion Basic Watercolor Skills, Introduction to MiAmazon John (standing left) of Silly Safaris re- crosoft Word 2007, Perennials For Your Garturned in 2013 for another fun-filled show with den, Craft Do-Over, Classic Board Games, Drawing What You See, Make a Bird Feeding animals that live underground. Treat, Making Self Watering Seed Starter Planters, Butterfly Book Branches, Coupons The following programs were offered in Can Cut Costs, Planning and Planting Your 2013: Vegetable Garden, Make a Summer Wreath, Youth Services Learn How U Can Ukelele, Sand-Cast Candles, Clay Jewelry, For Your Health, Make a Rock Babies/Toddlers Storytimes, Preschool StoTrivet, Learn How You Can Work from Home rytimes, The Laughs and Crafts Club, Prewith author Matt Keener, Basket-Weaving, school Dance Party, Lego Club, 1,000 Books Make a Leaf Light and an Acorn Person, Bats, Before Kindergarten, Special Needs StoCats and Vampires-Oh My!, Make Your Own rytime, Ring the Bell Reading Program, Fairy Terrarium, National Novel Writing, HummingGarden Crafts, Tie-Dye with Sharpie Markers, birds with Jann Kiesel, Haunted Posey CounAdzooks Puppets Show, Anything Can Be A ty, Make a Festive Seasonal Wreath, Holiday Puppet!, Go Bananas for Books Family ReadEntertaining with Johnna Denning, Christmas/ ing Festival, Paws to Read, Dig Into Caves, Holiday Snacks with Johnna Denning, Create a Dig Into Star Wars, Preschool Winter ReadPhoto Snowman Ornament, Lunchtime Yoga, ing Program, Family Storytime, Karen Land Getting Crafty!, and Ornament-ly Yours. on the Iditarod Race, Summer Reading Program, Sensational Science, Silly Safaris, and All Aboard the Polar Express! 2013 Young Adult Teen Advisory Board, , Crayon Art, Lock-In at the Library, Anti-Valentine/Valentine’s Day Party, Otaku Manga, Spray Paint T-shirts, Guitar Hero, Magical Fairy Gardens, Polaroid Graffiti and Eyebombing Photos, Fear Factor Food Challenge, Creature Craft, Teen Sketch Class, Evidence Hunters, Nail and Wood Art, Tin Can Robots, Candy Casino Night, DIY Bracelets , Mario Kart Party, Sand-Cast Candles Clips, Teen Halloween, and T.A.B. Holiday Party. 2013 Special Displays and Exhibits Two exhibits dedicated to the Posey County community were held. The first honored 65 Posey County artists with the Posey County Winter’s End Art Show, held in April. For the three days of the exhibition, 169 individuals visited the show. Working in conjunction with Mount Vernon River Days in September, the library also hosted an open exhibit, “School Days”. For the three days of the exhibition, 266 individuals visited the show. Program and Meeting Room Statistics Total library programs in meeting rooms: 451 Total program attendance Main: 6,905 Total programs Bookmobile: 91 Total program attendance Bookmobile: 1,696 Meeting room uses by non-APL groups and organizations : 318 Meeting room attendance for non-library activities: 10,215 Marsha and Jerry King provided numerous old time school artifacts for the “School Days” exhibit. Over the course of the year, the foyer gallery and glass display case also displayed the work of 22 local artists and special collections of public interest. The Alexandrian Public Library offers free WIFI!