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Director reports record program turnout, plans fall programming and corrects visitor data
Summary
Library director Britney reported record program participation (504 adults, 1,200+ children, 233 teens), previewed fall events and escape-room plans, and said RFID visitor-count data through July was wiped and August is the first corrected month.
Britney, the library director, told the Muskego City Library Board on Sept. 11 that the library recorded strong summer participation and is preparing for fall programming.
"Our adult reading program had the highest participation ever of 504 people," Britney said. She also reported that more than 1,200 children signed up for the children's summer reading program and 233 teens signed up for the teen program. The director highlighted community outreach at National Night Out, where the library's booth attracted about 373 visitors, and noted that a Bridges Library System scavenger-hunt grand prize was won by a Muskego patron.
Staff are planning fall offerings including story times, a monthly graphic novel club and an escape room that will require moving the October board meeting to a different meeting room to keep the escape-room set in place. The director said the buses used for story time were full for both sessions and thanked community partners such as Dairyland for donating buses for the events.
On library operations and data, the director disclosed an RFID gate counting problem. "I wiped out all those numbers through July," she told the board, saying she did not trust earlier visitor counts and that August represents the first month with corrected statistics after testing the gates. The director said she verified the gates by repeatedly walking through them and checking the counts before restoring August data in the packet.
The director also noted changes in state-provided resources (BadgerLink) and Bridges-system subscriptions, and said the library is working to improve Wi'Fi printing and other patron services.
