HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 6, 1961CCLUi~EIA ~?,qI~IYTS ?UBLIC LIBR~_~
L IBT~, RIAN ' S
:fO!,Qi~BER 6, 1961
1;e have had a drop in circulation 5uring the months of September and
ober. In September, we circulated 3,~26 books compared to August's high
of 5,024. We have lost a good share of our summer Juvenile and
adolescent patrons who are now back in school and who get the major
tion of their reading matter from their school libraries.
I am encouraged to note that we have not lost an appreciable number of
our adult readers. In September, we circulated 1321 adult books, compared
to 1349 in August.
;tie are slowly creeping up in our circulation October showed a total of
A,233, 1361 of that total coming frcm the adult department.
Our pattern of circulation has changed very radically. During the summer,
business shows a steady flow all day long and all week long. During the
~ime ~hool has been in session, our ~usiness is highly concentrated at
the late afternoon hours, evenings, and Saturdays. i'..~onday evening is
especially busy.
I have had to discontinue my story time on Saturday mornings because of
the press of business, i ex~oect to reinstate it again when school is
no longer in session.
We have' issued 227 new library cards since the last board meeting.
SOLUii$I:. H;iiGHTS PUBLIC LIB?~IRY
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YOV2~BER 6, 19~t
During the months of September and October, ~-;e have sccumuiatated the
following bills:
BOOKS:
T. S. Denison & Co.
Life World Library
A. C. NcClurg and Co.
Ps rnassus Press
Rolley & Reynolds
Scribner
Story House
<~1} .29
6.5o
122 .~9
25.15
160.00
10.10
~Uz = ~I~S:
Demco ./ .<0.
This represents a total of
362.38 for books and su,pplie$.
The balance in our book budget before the November bills have been
paid ~s ,~80~ 25
Deductin~ our bills 3a2.1}
~_ of this date, we have
~23.1~_ remslnlng in our
book budget.
During the last few months, we have paid some ?urniture items
which our 1961 budget had not been prepared since they should have come
out of our bu~Idln.~ fund. For this reason, our eoulpment and supplies
budget is in the red. Before paying our present bill -'or equipment end
supplies, we had -~,~.77 in our e~uipment and supplies budget.
Adding, 20.2~ to that, we find ourselves short
'~ '1 A2 02.