Garden City Library Report

Garden City Library at a Glance – Calendar Year 2013

 

The Garden City Library is open 4 days a week for 20 hours and was visited by 6,240 patrons in 2013.  In that number, 3,985 are adults and 2,255 are children.

 

Daily Patron Count Totals for 2013

Monday	Wednesday	Friday	Saturday	Total
1346	2416	1474	1004	6240

 

The Library has increased by 56 new card holders over the prior year, totaling 496 card holders at the end of 2013.  Of these, 114 are non-resident card holders and 379 are resident card holders, with 3 being exceptions.

 

Statistic Summary 2013
Expt	Non-Resident Card Holders	Resident Card Holders	Non-resident Circulation	Resident Circulation
3	114	379
	All Cardholders	496	11.94%	88.06%

 

·         There are currently 15,042 catalogued items in the library.  10,451 items were circulated in 2013.  Patrons also have access to Utah State Library’s online Library named “Pioneer” with thousands of titles including audio-books and periodicals. 

 

·         The library continues to offer services such as Internet access, copying, scanning, faxing, and proctoring exams to the public.

 

·         Valuable community service has been performed at the library.  We feel privileged to be a place where others can come and improve themselves in various capacities.

 

·         Programs at the Library during 2013 included:

 

o   Our preschool “Parent & Me” story hour with 579 children learning songs, playing games, listening to stories, and making crafts. 

 

o  A youth summer reading program with 42 children who participated.  There was also a youth summer kick-off party for the reading program, themed, “Dig Into Reading.”  Special guest Kathi Robertson brought dinosaur paraphernalia and taught facts of

our pre-historic earth to more than 90 people.  A light lunch was served by Deb Forakis before the group was directed to move outside where children were able to discover hidden dinosaur treasures in temporary sandboxes. The youth summer reading program concluded with a pool party and a drawing for prizes.

 

o  A book club for adults was started and overseen by Board Member, Susann House, utilizing the State Library’s “Book Buzz” site where book clubs can check out large numbers of the same book at no charge. 

 

o  Kathie Anderson donated countless hours for an adult literacy program where she taught reading or helped improve the reading skills of those who attended. 

 

o  We ended the year with a Christmas drawing providing books, videos, and gift certificates, etc.  as prizes to patrons who came in during the month of November and the first part of December.

 

·         Volunteers and library board members held two major fundraisers in 2013.  The Annual Community Rummage Sale brought in over $1734 and Burke’s 67 mile run around Bear Lake brought in $2761.  52 volunteers offered nearly 266 hours of their time at the library last year.  We recognize that these events take a lot of planning, time, and energy and wish to thank everyone who has volunteered for the library or made generous contributions.