Roseville Library Board elects officers, hears 2024 year-in-review showing big increases in visits and program attendance

The Roseville Library Board on Jan. 27 elected Kayla Scott as board chair and Eileen Speaker as vice chair and heard a report from City Librarian Narinda Sufi showing increased visits, circulation and program participation across the Roseville Public Library system and the Maidu Museum and Historic Site in 2024.

City Librarian Narinda Sufi told the board, "We had 410,857 visits to the libraries," and reported about 1,400,000 items circulated and more than 279,000 digital downloads. "Our programs and events were attended by over 80,000 people," she added, and staff tracked 8,429 attendees at outreach events outside library buildings.

The statistics were presented as part of a broader year-in-review that included Maidu Museum figures and cultural-arts work. Sufi said museum visits totaled more than 13,000 with 237 programs and more than 10,000 program participants. Sufi credited staff, community partners and the Friends of the Library for the gains.

Library Supervisor Cambria Evans and Community Engagement Librarian Sarah Schleyhoffer outlined programming and outreach that they said drove growth, including core children’s programs (story times, baby lap sit, summer reading), teen programs and participant-directed activities such as monthly CREATE projects, seasonal scavenger…