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Serving the City of Mt. Vernon and the communities of Black, Marrs, Robinson, Lynn and Point Townships.
ALEXANDRIAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
115 West Fifth Street . Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620 . Phone: (812) 838)-3286 . Fax: (812) 838-9639 . Website: www.apl.lib.in.us
2013 ALEXANDRIAN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT
2013
Statistics
2013
Library Board of Trustees
President .......................................Lynn Clark
Vice-President...............Tammy Weatherford
Secretary .........................................Jo Adams
Treasurer ...............................Harold Morgan
Members ........................................................
Don Snyder
Paul Swanson
Jill Gerton
2013
APL Friends Officers
The Alexandrian Public Library holds the following in the Main Library:
Hours open per week : 64
Visits to APL: 61,140
Snyder Retires
Videos: 5,076
Head of Adult Services……………………………..…….
Joan Bruckman
Audio Materials: 5,468
Adult Services Assistant ....................................
Judy Hardin
Number of subscription databases available: 9
Indiana Room Assistants ...................................
June Dunning
Nathalie Elderkin
Total in-house circulation: 16,410
Databases include: Read the Book, Newsbank,
A to Z the USA, Auto Repair Reference Center,
Global Road Warrior, Heritage Quest, Ancestry Library edition, Mango Languages and
Novelist.
Public access computers: 17
Public access laptops: 11
InterLibrary Loan transactions: 1,009
Number of page views of our homepage at
www.apl.lib.in.us: 44,810
2013
Boopsie
Number of page views on our entire website: 1,354,953
We introduced a new app for mobile device
users in 2013. The app allows access to our
databases, downloading ebooks, schedules
and more directly on a mobile devise.
Internet speed: Fiber Optic 10MG
Android Queries: 12,948
After eight years of dedicated
volunteer service on the Alexandrian Public Library Board of
Trustees, Don Snyder announce he would be retiring at
the end of 2013.
iPhone Queries: 6,235
2013
Bookmobile
iPad Queries: 5,604
Java/Windows8 Queries: 1,162
Browser Queries: 670
iPod Queries: 1,775
2013
APL Employee of the Year
Monica Emerson was elected
by her peers as Alexandrian
Public Library Employee of
the Year for 2013. She was
presented with the award at
the staff Holiday Dinner on
December 11.
Monica joined the full-time library staff in
2011 as the Administrative Assistant, but
you may also know her from her work at the
circulation and reference desks, or from her
crafting help with adult programs.
Director .............................................................
Marissa Priddis
Administrative Assistant ...................................
Monica Emerson
Total circulation: 196,450
Reference transactions: 5,575
2013
APL Library Staff
Print items: 90,241
APL Cardholders: 19,928
Computer usage: 29,091
President ............................Kathy Nelson
Vice-President ....................Mary Breeze
Secretary ..............................Joanne Artz
Treasurer .......................Robert Webster
Directors .................................................
David Nelson
Peter Whiting
Wally Cottrell
The Collection
WindowsPhone Queries: 185
2013
OverDrive and eBook Statistics
Head of Collection Services/IT...........................
Carrie Robb
Assistant Collection Services/IT…………..………….
Hilary Scheller
Collection Services Clerks …………………..…….......
Nancy Butler
Jean Cox
Carlyn Pittman
Julie Wilson
Cathy Vaal
Head of Youth Services .....................................
Anne Cottrell
Youth Services Assistants ……….……………...........
Liz Robinson
Melissa Edmonds
Sandy Hartman
Young Adult Librarian /Bookmobile Services
Assistant ..........................................................
Alicia LaFrance
Bookmobile Librarian ........................................
Tyler Lamar
Community Relations ........................................
Stan Campbell
Custodian ..........................................................
Idena Browning
Maintenance .....................................................
Rick Rose
Kevin Carr
Pages .................................................................
Allyson Blunt
Catlin Gross
Hannah McCarty
Emily Searcy
Kelcie Word
Bookmobile holdings: 7,652
Bookmobile circulation: 11,371
Available downloadable audiobook titles:
5,468
Bookmobile patron visits: 9,642
Available eBook titles: 17,392
Total items checked out by APL patrons:
7,439
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Serving the City of Mt. Vernon and the communities of Black, Marrs, Robinson, Lynn and Point Townships.
ALEXANDRIAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
115 West Fifth Street . Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620 . Phone: (812) 838)-3286 . Fax: (812) 838-9639 . Website: www.apl.lib.in.us
Mission Statement: The Alexandrian Public Library is the primary provider of information resources
and services for enriching the lives of residents of Posey County and the surrounding area.
Programing Offered in the 2013 Calendar Year
Staff Giving of Themselves
Library staff continue giving of themselves in
2013 – participating in Relay for Life, Salvation Army bell ringing and donating to United
Way.
The staff also donated “Casual Day” funds to
the Big Brothers & Big Sisters and the American Diabetes Association, and donated “Can
My Fines” proceeds to the Food Pantry.
Served on boards for ILF Marketing Division,
ILF District 5/7, United Way, Relay for Life,
River Days, Young Professionals of Posey
County, Posey County Community Foundation
and Lakeshore Division Relay Advisory Team
for American Cancer Society.
Judged exhibits at the Posey County 4-H fair,
marched in the Mt. Vernon Christmas parade,
and adopted a family for Christmas through
Trinity Church.
Collection Services, Clerk Carlyn Pittman was
one of many staff members volunteering time
as a Salvation Army bell ringer.
Friends of the APL
Funds contributed by the Friends members for
library programs: $9,171.53
The Friends of the Alexandrian Public Library
held one book sale taking in: $2,533.71
Christmas tree auction raised: $595.17
Treasures gift shop merchandise sold: $2,026.72
Buy the Book sales: $724.62
Adult Services
Basic Knitting, "eBooks: How to with Overdrive", Clean Up Your PC, Computer Basics,
Busy Hands, Creative-a-tea Month: Elevenses,
Creativity Month: Cute-as-a-Button Picture
Frame, Farmer’s Market Boot Camp, Adult
Winter Reading Program, Go Green With
Zach, LITerally Speaking Book Discussion
Basic Watercolor Skills, Introduction to MiAmazon John (standing left) of Silly Safaris re- crosoft Word 2007, Perennials For Your Garturned in 2013 for another fun-filled show with den, Craft Do-Over, Classic Board Games,
Drawing What You See, Make a Bird Feeding
animals that live underground.
Treat, Making Self Watering Seed Starter
Planters, Butterfly Book Branches, Coupons
The following programs were offered in
Can Cut Costs, Planning and Planting Your
2013:
Vegetable Garden, Make a Summer Wreath,
Youth Services
Learn How U Can Ukelele, Sand-Cast Candles,
Clay Jewelry, For Your Health, Make a Rock
Babies/Toddlers Storytimes, Preschool StoTrivet, Learn How You Can Work from Home
rytimes, The Laughs and Crafts Club, Prewith author Matt Keener, Basket-Weaving,
school Dance Party, Lego Club, 1,000 Books
Make a Leaf Light and an Acorn Person, Bats,
Before Kindergarten, Special Needs StoCats and Vampires-Oh My!, Make Your Own
rytime, Ring the Bell Reading Program, Fairy
Terrarium, National Novel Writing, HummingGarden Crafts, Tie-Dye with Sharpie Markers,
birds with Jann Kiesel, Haunted Posey CounAdzooks Puppets Show, Anything Can Be A
ty, Make a Festive Seasonal Wreath, Holiday
Puppet!, Go Bananas for Books Family ReadEntertaining with Johnna Denning, Christmas/
ing Festival, Paws to Read, Dig Into Caves,
Holiday Snacks with Johnna Denning, Create a
Dig Into Star Wars, Preschool Winter ReadPhoto Snowman Ornament, Lunchtime Yoga,
ing Program, Family Storytime, Karen Land
Getting Crafty!, and Ornament-ly Yours.
on the Iditarod Race, Summer Reading Program, Sensational Science, Silly Safaris, and
All Aboard the Polar Express!
2013
Young Adult
Teen Advisory Board, , Crayon Art, Lock-In at
the Library, Anti-Valentine/Valentine’s Day
Party, Otaku Manga, Spray Paint T-shirts,
Guitar Hero, Magical Fairy Gardens, Polaroid
Graffiti and Eyebombing Photos, Fear Factor
Food Challenge, Creature Craft, Teen Sketch
Class, Evidence Hunters, Nail and Wood Art,
Tin Can Robots, Candy Casino Night, DIY
Bracelets , Mario Kart Party, Sand-Cast Candles Clips, Teen Halloween, and T.A.B. Holiday Party.
2013
Special Displays and Exhibits
Two exhibits dedicated to the Posey County
community were held.
The first honored 65 Posey County artists
with the Posey County Winter’s End Art
Show, held in April. For the three days of the
exhibition, 169 individuals visited the show.
Working in conjunction with Mount Vernon
River Days in September, the library also
hosted an open exhibit, “School Days”. For
the three days of the exhibition, 266 individuals visited the show.
Program and Meeting Room Statistics
Total library programs in meeting rooms: 451
Total program attendance Main: 6,905
Total programs Bookmobile: 91
Total program attendance Bookmobile: 1,696
Meeting room uses by non-APL groups and
organizations : 318
Meeting room attendance for non-library activities: 10,215
Marsha and Jerry King provided numerous
old time school artifacts for the “School
Days” exhibit.
Over the course of the year, the foyer gallery
and glass display case also displayed the
work of 22 local artists and special collections
of public interest.
The Alexandrian Public Library
offers free WIFI!