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FY 2009-10 <br /> Departmental Budget Summary <br /> Department Library Services <br /> 2008-2009 Performance Highlights <br /> • Increases in usage: (Main only, reflective across branches) <br /> o Door Traffic from 113,504 to 127,386 = 13,882 or 10.9% <br /> o Circulation from 179,411 to 194,510 = 15,099 or 7.8 %; <br /> o Computer usage from 24,231 to 27,914 = 3,683 or 132%; <br /> o Programming attendance from 9,086 to 9,936 = 850 or 8.5% <br /> • Lost Page Positions — to fulfill 6 months utilized a Work First graduate <br /> employee for a 6 month appointment. <br /> • Reduction in State Aid to the region of $6,307. <br /> • Library.Director retired after 32 years of service <br /> O Branch Manager retired from Carrboro McDougle <br /> • 2009-2010 Budget Impacts <br /> o Open a new library facility for main with three access points on two floors. <br /> O Implement new user fee for Inter-library loans from outside of the region <br /> ($1 per loan) <br /> O Replacement of 6 year old server for Hyconeechee Automation System. <br /> The server cost is shared one-third by the regional counties. Orange's <br /> cost is $5,604. <br /> O Recommendation to provide quality versus quantity by reducing services <br /> and reallocating staff and resources in order to maintain quality services in <br /> two locations. <br /> • As an applicant for Library State Aid, the Main facility must remain open to <br /> the public at least 40 hours per week. <br /> O When reducing the main library from 64 to 54 hours, management took <br /> into account the usage statistics of patrons. Hours of operation would be <br /> Mon Wed 10 — 8pm; Th — Sat 10 - 6 pm. These hours similarly reflect <br /> public service hours of Chapel Hill Public Library. <br /> 80 <br />