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Library director reports new hire, $31,500 in recent grants and rising circulation
Summary
Library Director John reported an identified adult services librarian, ongoing grant reimbursements (about $27,000 competitive grant and $4,500 collection grant), new shelves and technology to boost circulation, and strong summer programming attendance.
John, the library director, delivered the director's report with personnel, financial and programming updates. He said the library "has identified an adult services librarian, who has accepted an offer" and that HR steps are underway. On finances he reported the library is concluding fiscal-year reporting and processing grant reimbursements tied to "roughly like $27,000 in the competitive grant and the 4,500 in the collection development grant."
John described facility and collection improvements intended to increase circulation after staff reinstalled new shelving: "based on other libraries, yes, circulation will increase is our expectation." He said the library will present before-and-after photos and circulation numbers at the next meeting. Programming metrics provided by John showed the summer reading kickoff drew about 181 attendees, story time attendance for June totaled 404, three author talks had 37 attendees in aggregate, and chess club attendance was 61. John also highlighted social-media engagement when a returned book was posted by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and received over 1,900 likes.
