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Library director presents 2024 usage data and three-year strategic plan; system migration scheduled for late April
Summary
Nicole Miller, Cannon Falls library director, presented the library’s annual report showing steady use and a 14% increase in Libby digital checkouts, summarized a new three-year strategic plan focused on community, literacy, availability and programs, and announced a system migration (ILS) April 28–30 with reduced services and a May 1 go-live.
Nicole Miller, Cannon Falls library director, presented the library’s 2024 annual report and a new three-year strategic plan at the April 15 City Council meeting, and notified the council about an upcoming library system migration that will limit services for several days.
Miller said the library’s annual report (filed with the state in March) shows steady overall use and cited a 14% increase in Libby digital checkouts. She explained the library records visits with door counters and keeps digital circulation (Libby/OverDrive) as a separate metric from in-person physical circulation in the ILS.
The strategic plan — developed with Selco as consultant using a stakeholder survey and workshop — identifies four focus areas for the next three years: community, literacy, availability and accessibility, and programs and events. Miller said library staff have specific quarterly tasks tied to those goals and that the board reviews progress each quarter.
Miller reminded council and the public that the library’s Selco system migration will occur April 28–30; during that window the library cannot check in items, run searches or process holds across the Selco region and due dates will be disabled. The library will go live on the new integrated library system on Thursday, May 1, and will open at noon that day to allow staff time to complete the migration. Miller suggested patrons save their library card to a phone wallet or bring a physical card because staff cannot look patrons up in the system during the migration period.
Council members asked clarifying questions about usage metrics and door counters; Miller said visits are measured with door counters and that digital and physical circulation are counted separately via different systems.
Miller said the uploaded annual report and strategic-plan documents are available for council review. No vote was required; the presentation was informational.
