https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/717ab52d2b140644b5712be9a7e55234.pdf 3227926031a3b190a3a151d75654c941 PDF Text Text ' Annual Report 1969 �Al!liUAL REPORT 1969 LA\olRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY 10 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Perhaps the major event of the libra d rl library Board and the City Cornmissi ryt u ng l969 was the_ decision of the 0 lib:aTY facility, to be held in lola~~ hold a bond elect~on for a new uo. to the coming election, basic de c~s~ons . ?f l970 . To r7c<=~n the events leading toward this event were as follows: January - City instructs Library · planm.ng · Library Board and Cit Bo C ar.d t ? beg1.n for neu building. Y 0mm1ss~on jointly interview architects. February- Decision is made to employ the architectural f · f R b t Peters , Ericson & Willi . . o made o ertoson, . . ams . In addit~on, plans~rm ware emoloy C~arence Pa1ne.as library consultant to assist the Board and th~ Library staff J..O compiJjng a written building program. April - Building program completed and presented to LibrarJ Board August - Site at 8th and Vermont is to be the place of the new library September-Date of election is set for March 3, 1970 October - Library Board selects Howard Hiseman as Chairman of Bond Campaign Committee Dece~ber- City approves $1,575,000 as amount of coming library bond issue illustrating the need for more library space, it was necessary in late 1969 to ~g~ pr~paring for the eventual storage of books for which space was no longer 3Va~lable . The addition of approximately 20 units of shelving in early 1969 marked the final alilOunt of expansion which could be obtained for neto~ books. In the Fall of 1959 books uare being boxed for eventual storage in the City \-later Plant. By e~ly 1970 so~e 1,500 books ware so stored. From 1970 on, until new space is found , some u,ooo-5,000 books per year will need to be placed in storage • • Library usage increased in some areas during the year, while decreasing in others. P. total increase of 6,304 books circulated was reported in 1~69 while at the sa~~ time, the number of r egistered borrowers decreased b7 5o5. ?ther araas of library serqice during the year ~ncluded: 4,440 refe~nce and tn;or•ation questions answered for patrons, an J.ncrea:e ~f 968 questJ.ons _over l9o6; photocopies for patrons of librarJ an~ other ~a~er~als,.27,000 durLng the ye;Jr, or an increase of 9,000 over the prenous penod. Semce to the hot"tebound aaw some 5,080 books delivered to handicapped and aged persons; so~e 1,900 children Were enrolled in our Summer Reading Program; classroom loans to teachers accounted for the circulation of over 11,000 books; the 20 preschool. story hours.c~nducted attr~cted 1, 1 children or an average of over 52 per sessto? . In addttton, 1 3 sorra 509 chillren visited the library on classroom tours du~ng the year • • �nue to space problems , it was no longer practical t . ·bits sponsored by the Lawr A . o proV1de the monthly art exh1 ' . ence rt GUJ.ld . These had bPen very popular and nlans are be1ng made for a continuance of these and oth d7 1 as more r: ""'comes available • er 1sp ays room ~ Pl~S '~ere laid late in 1969 to install a deposit collection of approximately 6C0 childrens books at the East Lawrence Community Center to begin early in 1970. Such a collection is now in the Ballard Center. These books are rotated on a monthly basis . An inventor,r and inspection of. the Library' s LP record collection was begun in the. Summer • Of the col~e~t1on of some 2, 300 r ecords , approximately 700 ~ere Wlthdrawn due. to cond1t1on or being missing in the inventory. Since many of these had been 1n the collection for 8 or 9 years , indications are that our r ecords hold up l·7ell under constant circul at ion . A sale of the withdrawn records was held and over ·~100 was r eceived . We are now in the process of replacing many of the records that were withdrawn . 1969 began the first full year in which Lawrenc e served as reference and loan cE~nter for the Northeast Kansas Libr aries System. During that period some 1),271 requests lvere handled by the r efer ence staff . Those items not filled were sent on to the statewide loan network known as laC . For this service, ~e Lawrence Libr ary received $25, 800 for staff and the purchase of books. In ad~tion 1 through the state loan netwo r k and a r eciprocal agree~ent with Johnson ~unty Library, some 9,000 books were requested for Lawrence p3trons during the ~ar . As a member of the system, Lawrence , al ong with some 30 other libraries in the area, agr eed to ope'n its doors to all citizens in the system- wide area ~thout char ge . In addition to persons in Douglas and other counties now being able to use the library wi. thout fees, Lawrence residents now have access ~d. thout charge to such libraries as Johnson County, Ottawa and Topeka . Three r.1ajor personnel changes during the year included the retirement of Hrs. Weeks, our bookkeeper and secretary for 8 years; Hrs . Halfen, our Children 1 s Librarian for 2 years and }!rs . Meyer, head of the Circulation Department . Karen Halczak replaced t1rs . ~lcaeks in June of 1969; Susan Fr ampton became Head o~ Circulation ~July, and Mary Parets~ has been acting Children ' s Libr arian s1nce September • • • • �1969 STA'IISTICS 01)0.(5 • Rcc?ras ?eriodic;ls, Parr.phlets ~ FilMs Acult Childr~n Tot31 156 , 261 7, 470 3,553 131, h59 1, 885 287 , 720 9, 325 ------ J,t"t5J The .10o~r~. re-pres~nts a totnl increase in book circul::~tion of 6,304 . v~rcu1~t~on of adult books sho·~rs an incresse of h 510 and circul'ltion of children ' s books shmlS <m increase of i ,6?4 . p.:~ISrRATION Adult Children C'lunty Total 6, 082 33 7h0 17 , 305 16, 740 11, 190 9, 7L5 1966 1969 6 , 2~5 The total number regist~red borrm·Jers decreased by 565 for 1969 . Qf this , t~ere t~as a decrease of 1, 445 ::Jdult registrations , an increase of 173 children ' s registrations and an increase of 707 co~tJ r~~strations . liOOK STOCK :~1ded • 1069 .iith~ratm ~ n~~d 1069 Dec . 31, 1969 Total bo0k stoc!= 65, 985 for 1968 . P.dnlt Child r en Total 3, 913 612 1, 927 1, 169 5, 8u0 47 ' 159 incr~ased by 22 , R85 1, 781 7C, Cu4 4, 059 over tl-}e previous fi~T,Ure of 121 gift books ·.~ere accepted d~:. ring the yea r. Adult Children 436 'b ~ml Dec . 31, 1969 d net a The abov~ r~presents Total 1, e79 ecrease of 490 r ecords over th~ pr evious .• J " a..,... . L, l.tLO reou,c-ts for information Here n~oart ~t in 1969. ans ·Iered by our Reference • �J BOOK CIRCULATIOU,REGISTRATION AND BOOK STOCK 1950- AWLT JUVENilE TOTAL REGISTRATION BOOK STOCK 67,185 38,226 105,411 5,157 40,260 67 ' 7o6 41,590 109,296 ' 4,983 41,336 64,175 41,707 105,882 5,682 42,997 63,331 50,116 113,447 6,093 43,554 72,144 54,223 126,367 6,612 44,394 76,179 65,150 141,329 6,872 45,323 83 ,311 76,815 160,126 7,689 46,880 86,772 97,253 184,025 8, 281 45,215 95, 880 110,686 2o6,566 9, 702 46,811 97,782 123,831 221,613 9,732 47,547 99,834 130,333 230,167 10, 937 49,560 106,169 148,878 255,047 11,431 51,684 1ll,788 148,419 260,207 12,164 52,715 126,612 154,544 281,156 13,781 55,260 138,869 166,089 304,958 lh,541 55,.642 139,086 162,258 301,344 15,072 57,229 . 146,366 151,466 297,8)2 16,697 60,288 149,286 149,913 299,199 17,1UJ 64,068 151,651 129,765 281,416 11,305 65,985 131,459 2 e1, 120 16,740 10,044 119,531 281 ,890 :16,299 71 ,716 1S6,261 162,359 • �Added Roceipts Bud go ted Amount Ba1smce Sp~nt • •• ---------------------- $ 72 , 589.79 $ 1, 1?$. 21 $ 8J, 1J2 . u4 .., 6$2 . 56 $ 1, 082 .05 130. 09 11.50 188 .13 2.23 82 .81 $ -------- $+21, 3)0. 99 +6, 6uJ . 79 2, 298 .$9 2,107. 93 +892 . 33 J, 927 .4u 3, 195 .00 (540 . 94) (13 . 70) (87 . 0?~ (719. 80 209.90 10$. 37... _______ $ 1,496 .81 $ 40, 996 . 07 $ (1, 0$4 . 26) $ 73, 78S . oo Time • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • time • • · · • • · • • • • • • • • 10.z OOO .OO= $ 83 , 78$ . 00 (542 .65 ) 10, 5!J2 .6S ~ ~~~rnZNANCE: $ 19, 700 .00 6, $00 .00 2, 200 .00 1, 200. 00 1,100. 00 3, 950.00 3,79$ . 00 t Pocks •• • • • • • • • • • • • :n' s Books •••••••• odicllls ••• • • • • • • , • •. 3ry ,... ' Haterials ••••••• ................. •.•••••• ~ry Supp1ic~ dian •• • • • • • · • • • • • • • • • $ 38,44$ .00 MAitlTErTM~CE .....\LOon~ Supplies ....... & Equipment ..... $ ties............... ance............... 800.00 4, 458 .00 2, 200. 00 l .z 2SO. OO ' $ 8, 709 .00 $ 5.76 115.00 27. 47 27 .00 $ 5u4 .21 4, 725 .11 2, 486 .28 1,155. 16 $ 261. $5 (152 . 11) (258 .81) 121.84 $ 175 . 23 $ 8, 910.76 $ (27 .53) $ 3, 877 .28 .. ~ • $ 4, 168 . 00 4, 310. 00 950 .00 300 .00 S~CURITY •••••••••••• • •• • • •••••••••••••••• •••• •• •• • •• • • • • • • • • • LUCY• •••••••••• • •••• • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• BIL~.. •••• • ••• •• • • ••• 1, 790. ..00_ ______ COPIES ••••••• , ••••• • • r~ceipts -------116 .96 • -------235 .30 450. 00 400 . 00 • CR035 • •••••••••• • ••••• •• ••••••••• • ••••••••• $ -------- * 200. 00 6.67 3, 025 .44 3, 157 .08 1, 08F.L59 2P.7 .11 722 .62 583 .07 1, 659. 94 2, 748. 96 $ 12, 368 .oo $ 3,584.37 $ 14,124.65 $11JJ .z 3o6 . oq $ 5z256 .4l $147, 163 .92 f • . 290 .72 1, 1$2 . 92 (21.63) 12 .89 (37 . )2) 16 . 93 136. 73 276 . 48 • $ 1,827.72 $' 1, 398 .4~ • • include $300 .00 HEKL funds outstandine orders from 1969 that have not yot been paid for lt Book:! = 'P2 , 8u2 . 99 . udes l.:.J.fJr'!n' 5 = 209 . 40 • 42 . 78 ATCD It!COHE {O~IGINAL) Gopie:! ,, ANTICIPATED I NCOr!E ( R~\'ISED ) 200 Revenue ... $112, 128 Desk Coil..... 5,500 Photo Copie3.. 200 NEKL Reference 25,778 $117, 128 $lh3,606 Revenue • • • $112, 12 8 u~!!: CoU. • • • • 5,500 ·--"u • Tax · • • �LA'tR.-:::t!CE PUBLIC liB~tRY 12 - )1- 69 Dec . ' 69 ...., Pa1ance - 1./1 ,. n,.cembc r l ~ Yr . to Dnt~ '69 Dec . •68 3, 430.)2 19, 145 .72 13 , 099 .17 -------- -------109 .81 h, 996 .20 " .,~~'cs "' "?oaks eonactions 1"l.•JS ·r··J ,..U0'1 • .. . .. .. n!ll~.., "1. ~'ts t'l ... ,~··' :1 ... u~ vross .. ,, ... 1 . ri.-! .:>a ar1.es ~ • L ~,.un v'!l Blue Cross ~'s •. - .,. ..Jl. f"'~.~s lL1 . 71 10.28 576 .7fl. .40 217 .60 15 .00 14 .35 54u. 7 7 -------- 240 .09· 22 .50 -------- ----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------· ) . 97 -------- 5.00 : ;t!:ria1s -------- ?\llld -------_______ .. -------.20 ::'u:-rd ..- n; Supt>lies -------21.70 21.70 )'2 .50 .20 )2 .50 F1:nd .,-,\. •"'--ds Ec:>k Acnuisitions • ------------------------------------------1, oo3 .6u R~\.~!PTS 20,149 . 36 -------- • 112, 128 .00 6, oe2 .o5 130.09 6, 5nu .39 h32 .81 J, 02S . !.:h 12e .J? h9J . 55 17 , 5'?4. ?h 804 .hO 7)4.20 416 .96 1)1.67 27 .00 12 .91 115 .00 188.13 52 .50 2)0.00 200. CO 5.76 45 .oO LS .6o 65 .00 2.2) 27 . l.!? 2J5 ,JO ll.50 a:s : "l:t ' s .;i::~larv • lJC - 'S3 paid ~v!""! 1 S l J- 35 paid 1 -ncom~ 'fax ?aid ~"v"e I :J 5, r:5 . 93 278 .30 61.87 1R6 .75 874 .50 75 .00 2, 217 .02 166 . 7h ~6 . 91 • 23c.eo 46~ . 03 21.69 ~"-- · •mo~lies .l ->#opli.es 2 . 13 RL.99 16~ . 96 5, 859-l.tl 146.15 2, 091.46 JO . l4 64 .80 S, 1CO .C0 260 .00 265 .50 188 .80 -------- -------1) .29 1,668 .45 70 .00 52 .50 2)1 .1.!2 2CO .OO ) .84 uJ . 4o 43 . 40 65 .00 ---------------------• ----------------------------- -------- -------- 15 .45 382 .20 4, 875 .00 1, 015 . 42 149, 9)1.39 127, 796 . 94 153 , )61. 71 132,793 .14 -------- lh , 111.S9 • l 10l.t, 179.00 781.75 1, 73 .LO 64,237 .92 -------15) . 90 1,659 .94 11,506 .20 1,cee .59 2o, t:;6L .hl 6, 7c0 .95 523 .so 2, 748 .96 19.09 3 .10 22 .88 2R7 .11 5Lh .21 3, 927 . Lh 248 .17 75 .65 lh) .20 522 . 50 40 .45 1, C'fl.31 297 . 93 JS.SO ~ , 2'1) . 67 )~~1 . 50 L,725 .ll 57 , 195 .15 3,011.42 587 .85 1, 172 .00 9, 001.30 792 .85 16,945 .75 7,674 . 37 426 .09 1,891.72 3, t56 . h4 361.62 u82 .23 3,822 .48 �Page 2 ( Dec . ' 69 12.5 (cant . ) '• t ..,r; als 3t,atc TPX Paid I 5 1'P!!J?.S ~r' s v:PE'RS Security 316 .h) 221.59 261 .76 ~79 . 6P. 695 .49 1,uoa .4o 8h .OO l~C . Ol ~9 . 76 Bco~c ..\cquisi tions eon~ctions -------- 2.77 --------------- e -und - 13 , 537 .75 : !JTE?. RE~IPTS >-.~!.'·•mrr:R "S 1-1-70 6,611.61 Dec . •68 I r.. to Date Yr. to Date •68 •69 1,155.16 175 .CO 792.27 2,213 .Ol ....,. ._, 9"0 ?O 2, 002 .79 2, 253 .18 6, L00 .93 213 .8h h60. 0h 1,6l.a9 .80 L, 875 .00 IL.64 929 .00 141.76 10 , 6~4 . "7 116,750.10 129,362 .82 3, 430.)2 6, 611 .61 --------- 20lt .23 2L5 .63 51-'6 .1) 61u .Lo 1, Lt03 . 30 15.00 ------------------------------------------- 2, 107 .93 2,486 .28 1, 1~0 . 62 2,117 .1.t1 3, 157 .08 7, 75h .65 7??. .62 8L<J .55 2, 2911 . 59 -------9.70 3, h30. 32_ • : ~ncu.11berPd f 1.1nds for "rtdin~ book orders at s ,.nd and out.:;tanding in all funds 3, 095 .17 3 , 516 .4~ 2, 3h8 . 97 3,095 .17 2, 348 . 97 1, 081 .35 3,516 .44 1, 081. 35 �( • 'qf1 LANC~ IN ACCOUN rs December )1, 1969 BAhANCf. ACCOUNT Desk Collections ••••••.•..••• .32 , 08) . )) Adult Gifts •.••••••.•..••..•• 307 .81 Children ' s Gifts •.•..•••••••• 57 .50 Perkins Fund .....•......•••.. 17L .80 Edwards Fund •••••.•.••••••••• 1)1.10 ...~t oor e -j;' -un.d •.••••.•••••••••••• 32) .8) .Valch Fund .................. • 193 . 20 1 Groveno r Fund .•••••••••••••• ~.---2 ~4~4_.A_7~ • • TOTAL ••••• ••• •• ••••••••••• •• • :~3 , 516 .44 • • • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History of the Lawrence Public Library Subject The topic of the resource Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) History -- Kansas Biography -- Kansas Description An account of the resource Resources related to the history of the Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas. 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