Logan Library Annual Report

Logan Library
Annual Report 2004

Introduction

Usage of the Logan Library continued to grow steadily throughout 2004. Demand for services and resources increased in every category exceeding all previous years activity records. Building and maintaining the general, reference, and electronic collections is on going with a renewed emphasis on improving access to all collections. All library services are continuously being reviewed and revised to ensure high quality results for the public.

Circulation services

Usage of the circulating collections increased 7% during 2004 representing a growth of 3.2 items over the previous year in the average number of items circulated per year per card. At the end of 2004 the library records show 24,473 registered library cardholders. The average number of items checked out per days open rose to 2,472 items per day, an increase of 199 items per day over 2003.

Five-Year Comparison:
Year	Card Holders	Average Items per Card
2004	24,473	31.4
2003	25,457	28.2
2002	24,832	26.1
2001	24,169	25.3
2000	24,893	24.5
1999	25,350	23.7

The number of visits to the library increased by 11% for an additional 31,381 visits over 2003. This represents an average of 92 visitors per hour for every hour the library is open during the year. The highest circulation day for the year was July 6^th with 4,855 items check out.

Patron exit count for 2004: 279,090

Reference services

The library reference staff field questions from the public at the reference desk, in the children's area, by telephone, and through the Internet. The number of reference questions answered during the past year rose to a new high of 41,633. This represents an average of 13.8 questions per hour.

Reference Transactions:	28,569
Children's Reference Transactions:	6,591
Online Transactions:	6,473
TOTAL:	41,633

Online Services

Online services continued to grow during 2004. The library continues to expand and develop the electronic resources it offers to the public. Available resources and methods of accessing these resources are changing rapidly. Usage of the library's home page grew by 17 % during the past twelve months.

Online Statistics:
Hits Entire Site (successful):	8,990,088
Page Views:	2,631,924
Visits to the library's home page:	535,851
Average visits per day:	1,460
Average visit length:	21 minutes 39 seconds
Unique Visitors:	189,021
Number of online databases:	53
Number of electronic resources:	52,752

Technical Services

The Technical services division of the library continued to enhance access to the library's collections through refined processing and cataloguing techniques. The intent of the changes made in technical services is to improve the public's ability to search and find the actual item that they would like to read or that they need for their individual research.

Total catalogued items:	210,664
Total number of titles in the collection:	171,177
Items added this year:
Donations received:	1,528
Items purchased:	12,565
Total:	14,093

Electronic resources added:	10,533

Items deleted this year:	8,433

Programs and Activities

The library offers a pre-school story time program, and the Summer reading program for children as well as a variety of other activities throughout the year. The library celebrated National Library Week during April and used the theme "Take Flight @ your library" featuring the USU Wright Flyer and a diverse collection of kites. The theme for the Summer reading program for children was "Discover New Trails-Read". The library also celebrated National Children's Book week in November.

Story time
Sessions held	178
Attendance	4,560
Special Story times
Sessions held	40
Attendance	1,114
Summer Reading Program for Children
Number of participants	2,305
Number of minutes read	956,480

Summer Reading program for Young Adults	450 participants
Summer Reading program for adults	765 participants

Special Projects

The Library received an implemented the following LSTA grants:

Online Computer Management System: $4,112

This grant purchased equipment and software to manage the reservation of the library's twelve online public computers. This system ensures that each patron receives fair and equitable access to the library's computer resources. More than 3,000 patrons per month use these computers.

English as a Second Language Resources: $7,500

This grant purchased print and audio-visual resources for patrons who speak English as a second language. The library purchased 187 items with the grant including a set of books on tape geared for the ESL patron. Each book on tape consists of the book with the accompanying cassettes read at a slower pace for the patron to read along with the tape. These have been very popular items. Also purchased were dvd and video sets for learning English and for reviewing topics such as punctuation and grammar.

Everton Publisher's Library

The library received through private donation the Everton Publisher's Library. The Everton Publisher's Library also know as the Everton's Genealogical Library, and also known as the Family History Network book collection consists of the following resources dealing with state, county, and local history and genealogy, and family history:

7,097 hardbound books
13,376 softbound books
2,987 ring bound books
3,619 loose leaf books
1,508 folders
163 Special collection materials
876 reference books
18,800 microfiche
49 microfilms
14,354 family newsletters
12,326 local newsletters
6,121 printed family journals
288 CDs
12 videos
422 State & Foreign Maps
125 atlases
162 travel guides
39,000 pedigree charts
97,000 family group sheets

In addition, there is an assortment of charts, maps, files, photographs and other materials associated with but not included in the above listing of resources as well as computer and microfilm equipment and other items generally and traditionally associated with this collection.

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