https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/8a708c7f3f0aa03eb5be5da78c7837c9.pdf ea6947a2ce3daeb0d80701f6a1016d30 PDF Text Text Annual Report 1970 �ANNUAL REPORT 1970 LA\-IRENCE PUBUC LIBRARY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Unquestionably ~he major event for us in 1970 wa3 the passage, on March )rd, of a bond 1ssue for $ 1,575,000 to build and equip a new librar,y facil~ty . In spite of the e?onorric slowdown which hagan in 1969, the bond 1ssue passed by a marg1n of 56 %. A key factor in its pa3sage was the excellent work done by the Bond Campaign Comnti. ttee . Another important factor, I feel , was the general recognition by the voters of the educational role played by this library in the community over the past 60- odd years . The swnmer of 1970 brought word that $ 122, 000 in federal funds were being auarded to Lawx~nce. This, in effect will mean that the total cost locally will be in the area of $ 1, 450, 000 . A by- product of the success of the election was Lawrence Library's receipt of the John Cotton Dana award for outstanding publicity during the campaign. Lawrence was one of 10 public libraries in the nation to win this award in 1970. Completion of plans for the building was held up at several points during the year, most noticeably due to compl. cations in condemnation of the required land. Ho~l8"ler, early in 1971 final plans for building construction were a~proved by the Board and the Commission. Schedule for completion now stands at. April, 1972 . In the meantime, space problems in the existing library remained acute. Storage of materials in the City \'later Plant amounted to aproximately 6, 000 volumes during the year. Of these were some 2, 000 bound volumes of periodical3 given to us by Leavem<~orth Public Library . Nan:,r of thes~ date to the. tu:n of the centnry and will be invaluable for reference use 1.n the new bmlding. Book circulation during the year decreased from 1969. The total.number of book~ circulated was 281 890 a decrAase of 5,830 over the preVl.ous year. A b~a~do·~ of figures i~dic~tes that circulation of adult books_ actually increasa~ ~ 6, 098 while childrens books decreased by 11!928 . This would se~m t~ he a continuation of a pattern which has been_gol.ng on for 5 or 6 years. Additionally, it ·nould seem t~ be a pr oblem Ul many parts of the coun~~ rather than purely local in na~ure . t• ·t · the patron use of our Xerox machine . 33,112 copies . Ill Ul eres l.ng 1 em l.S th befo.,..e \·lhile many of ;.~ re purchased last year, up from 27 ,ooo_ e yet~t •. f · 1s, a ru.r · or school use w:Lth au s1ae na ena the3e ~epres~n t b us~ess . hi h -~g·t othert~i-a be checkPd .b -owned J.tems w ,c ~~~ n ,:) b l mun er repress!lts 1 rary . ul t. on in that wa have not devisad O•Jt- These nre not counted as c1.rc a l. · a Practical method of keeping a count. b 'M1' materials during the year, other In a<.lti.tion to regular use 0 f l i ra • ., ding orogr'lm with an enrollment ser\ices included: childrens summer rea . · to the' homebound loans or 1, 72 0; 20 pre-schoo1 3 tory hours serv1.ce ' h ' in the school district, classroom or classroom collections to teac e:ts llection of childrens book~ placed Visit s t o the librar:r, and a. depos1 coThe~e are changed periodically. . 'o ter 1n the East Lawrence Commuro. ty c_n • t • t �p. 2 )!ring 1970, Lawrence co:1tinued to serve as a reference and interlibrary 10 an center for. sorr.e 34 libraries in the Northeast Kansas Librar:r System. ln all, 11e recel. ved. some 16,000 requests during the yenr and supplied 30 roximately ?,SOD 1.tems to ~ember libraries. In return for this service Law~nce rece1.~ed S 26,ooo. during the year.'l'hru use of a state--..r.ide network ns well as rec1.procal loan1ng agreements with Ottawa and Johnson County we received several thousand items on loan for Lawrence patrons . ' The greatest long-range problem during the year was the notifica~ion that we were no longer eligible for lower city electric rates . This more than doubled our rates and we estimate it can cost an additional $ 4 000 per year in the new library. Lawrence has joined 5 other public librari~s in Kansas in pressing for a change in this ruling. Good news on a long-r3nge basis came in the fonn of the results of the 1970 fedaral census . La~rence is now officially over 45,000 people . This will place us in that public library category in Kansas which allows 2.5 mills for library operation in cities over 35 1 000. Since this will cor.unence with our 1972 budget year, the estimated $ 30, 000-35, 000 additional funds we vill nded to operate the new building will be available. r~110 major personnell changes took place in 1970. t1rs . David Paretsky was appointed Childrens Librarian, reolacing Mrs . Halfen, who left in the SUinsr of 1970; Mrs. Larry Ashim became head of our Circulation Dept., replacing Hrs. Richard Frampton who resigned in the Fall of that year. We were also quite fortunate to have Hrs . 'tlilbur Hess join our Reference staff on a half-time basis last Fall . Mrs . Hess was previously employed aa a cataloger at KU and as the Librarian at Junior High . .. • �1970 ST \TISTICS ADULT 162 ,359 8, 247 2 ,836 iodicals CHILD!ml TGrAL 119 ,531 1 ,636 281,890 9,883 2,836 ----- T~e abov7 represents a c~rculat~on of 5, 830. total decrease in book Auult Circulation increased 6,098 and Children's Circulation decreased 11,928. ION '0 0, 9 970 ADULT CHILDREN COUNTY TOi'AL 9,745 9,104 6,255 6, 238 740 957 16,740 16,299 The total number of registered borrowers decreased 441 in 1970. AJult registrations decreased 641 , Children ' s decreased 17 and County increased 217. 1970 ithdrawn 1970 ~~ance , ADULT CHILDR£N TCYrAL 4,344 844 1 ,760 595 24,050 6 ,101+ 50 , 666 Dacember 31, 1970 1,439 71+, 716 Total book stocl( increased 4 , 665 over the previous figure of 70,051 for 1969. 107 gift books \-lere accepted during tha "jea:r . R:~C~D STOCK ~ll~nce , December 31, 1970 ADULT CHILDrt:ll TOrAL 1 ,822 454 2,276 Total record stock in~rcased 397 over the previous figure of 1 ,379 for 1969. gift records were accepted during the year . e) 4 684 requests for inforr:lation were ans~o~ered by our ' t t · 1970 ~bl.·~ ~san inc=ease of Reference Depar men l.n • - v ~ 244 oYer 1969 • • • • • �BUDGET SURVEY December 31, 1970 Budgeted Added Receipts Amount Spent Balance Tire . · · · · • · · • · · · · · · · • · · · · $ 79,706 .00 • . ...... . ............. 10, 000 .00 -----------..---- $ 75,190.76 $ 4,.515 .24 $ 89, 706 . 00 -------- $ 85, 626 .10 $ h , 079 . 90 HA1NTENANCE : ••••••••••••••••••••••••• $ 29, 940.00 al s ••••••••• •••••••••• 2, 300 . 00 $ 1,31!7 .37 11.48 lL9 .83 $ 35, ous .12* 2, uo3 .23 1, 764.02* 890 .39 u, 573 .76 u,100. 00 $(3 , 757 . 75) (91. 75) 125.81 209 .61 (72 .87) $(3, 586 . 95) ~RIES: t - tl~ 1, 740 .00 1,100. 00 h, uco .oo 4,100.00 g •. .•••••••••••••••••••• lies .. . · · • • · · · · · • • · · · · • . • . •• 1 s Salar y •••••••••••• HAINTENANCE : Suoplies ••••••••••••• and Equipme~t •••.••••• (43S .Ju) 10, 435 . 34 -------- 100.89 -------- --------- $ u3 , 58o.oo $ 1,609 .57 $ 48 , 776 .52 s $ -------- $ 565 .22 1,61.4 .29 3, 721 .62 1,054 .00 $ 800. 00 -------..-------_______ 3, 000 . 00 2, 250.00 1, 050. 00 ••••••••••••••••••••• 234.78 1, 385 .71 (1, 471.62) (4 .00) $ 7,100.00 ·~ --------- $ 6, 955 .13 $ 144.87 &.L SECURITY ••••••••••••••• $ 4,254.00 4,220. 00 1,130.00 350.00 5CO.OO 400.00 2,100. 00 $ -------- $ 3, 881. 01 $ -------- 3, 311.30 372 . 99 582.36 (159 . 44) (124 .44) 54 .38 (39 . 17 ) (44 .65) 94 . 93 $· 12 , 954 .oo $ 3, 527 .39 15,744 .43 $ 736 . 96 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• '"E . 1 •••••••••••••• • • • •••••• J='P~CY • •••••••••••••••••• ... ................ • :-:r- L-~ , CROSS • ••••••••••••••••••• COPI.t:S • ••• • •••••••••• • • • ll. • • ••• •. • ·•·• ••. • • • •• • • •• • $153 ,3hO .OO ~ -------16.09 _______ 3, 637.64 1, 305 .53 474 .44 445.62 639.17 2,141! .65 3,216.37* ... -------200. 00 _____ .,. __ $ $157' 102 .18 $ 5,136 .96 $ 1, 374.78 lcd9 s outstanding orders f r om 1970 that have not yet been paid for: M•llt Books $u, u70 .81 Childrens Books 1, Ju1.2h Anticipat ed Income 1970 Photo Copies 2,600 .00 Tax funds 121, 340 Ljbrary ?1ateriala 15.02 Desk Collect ions 6, 000 $8, 427 .07 NEKL Funds 26, 000 153 , 340 • • • �• FINANCIAL REPORT * LAvJR~·:l~CE PUDLIC LIBnAny 'u~ ~ DEC~MBER, Dec . '10 lial:mce , January 1· •••••••• r.,.,l"'ncc , neccmber 1 ........ L'"' .., 121, 3l.o.oo 112,128.00 5.9u 96 . Au 6,370.1) 3,311.30 100.89 149.8) 35.29 82.77 l, ~$0 .53 2Jh.45 ) . 30 17.90 21.66 --------------- Full Time Salaries ••••••••• Social Security •••••••••••• KPE.RS • ••••••••••••••••••••• Postage •••••••••••••••••••• Chiltirens Gifts •••••••••••• 0 ~::>airs and Equipment •••••• ?erkins Fund . • • • • • • • • ••••• Grove nor Fund •••••••••••••• -------11.L8 ------------------------ 26,000. 00 -------- -------16. 09 ---------------- -------- 6,082.05 1)0. 09 6,58L.89 J,o25.Lu LJ2.R1 1F8 .13 128.)7 1)1.69 L9J.55 11.50 -------17,57L.94 --------------______ .. _ 804 .LO 7JL.2o ul6.96 12 . 91 115.00 52.50 2)0.00 200.00 5.76 .L5 .6o L5.6C 65 .0G 2.2) 27.47 2)5.30 27.00 995.92 1S9,5u1.19 lL9,9)1.)9 )2,088.)7 166,152 .ao 153,361.71 • --------------__ ____ _ -------------------------------------------)2.50 ---------------------------- 126 .50 -------52.50 .,. b"l l. e ••••••••••••••••• ruilding Suoplies •••••••••• He lch Fund ••••••••••••• • • • • un:ards Fund •••••••••• • • • • • No ore Fund ••••••••••• • • • • • • -lnd.lilf! •. •.•••••••••••••••• Utili ties •••••••••••••••••• Tra\rel ••••••••••••••••••••• ~· Insurance •••••••••••••••••• l'OTIIL RLCEI PTS ••••••• • • • • • • BEFORE EXPENDITURES ••• • • • • • -------535.70 NEKL Funds ••••••••••••••••• BALANCE AFTER RECEIPTS AND ),1J)0.32 144.47 Childrens Books •••••••••••• Ovcrdues . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . ?hoto Copies ••••••••••••••• library Supplies ••••••••••• Librilry Hate rials •••••••••• Adult G1.fts •••••••••••••••• F...~:>lo.ree ' s clue Cross •••••• :J;:ployer' s Blue Cr oss •••••• P2riodicals •••••••••••••••• Yr. to Oat~ •69 6,611 .61 31 , 092 • ll1.5 P.'=;C~IFTS : Tax ...r und'"'. . , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ~dul t SookJ •••••••••••••••• 0 • .OOK~O Yr. to Date '70 1970 230.00 __200.00 ..____ _ 51. 02 )1 . 02 65.00 -------- = = • • • �Fin~mcial H(wort TJeccmher, 1?70' Dec. ' 70 Yr. to Datr.! '70 Yr. to [)ate •69 t:\ri';NOITHRES : · · · · • S~l~rlCS 5, 647. 47 30L . 23 66 . 24 250 . 96 11c;.oo L, b18 .67 1,019.79 2L.OO 672.u8 619.78 110; 35 •••• ••• •••• •• • • • •• • cus t.odi an ' s Sa l.,ry ••• • •• • • • Ernloyce ' s Blue Cros~ •••••• Erooloycr' s Blue Cross •••••• ros• • ••••••••••••••••••• Aault Hooks •• • •• •. •. • • • •• • • t, :t(:~ Chilrlrcns Books •••••••••••• reri odic.::? ls ••.••••••••••••• l:i t"lrar:,· Suoolics , ••••• , •••• Pindine ••••••••••••••• • •••• Bui.ldinr, Supplies •••••••••• ~eoairs and Eouipment •••••• • \;(l:ttingency •••••••••••••••• Tra\•cl •..• • .•••••• • • • • • • • • • ... . ••••••••••••••• Pnoto vOpleS Utilities •••••• ••• ••••••••• redera l Income Tax \vi thhe1d Desl: Collections ••••••••••• Library l·!ateria1s •••••••••• !-nsurance •••••••••••••••••• Bookmobile ••••••••••••••••• Social Security •••••••.•••• Kansas Income Tax \·Ti thhe 1d. Er:i;>loyee ' s KPSRS ••••••••••• Employer's KPERS ••••••••••• Grove nor Fund ••••••• i • • • • • • TOTAL EXPEtiDITURES . •• •• • ••• ---------28.62 • 26.76 -------521.82 837.00 1.57 28.30 -------- -------1,422.43 251.46 587.49 895.93 -------- 18,050.35 67, $)1 . 96 3, 6?7.62 757 .l,4 2,1Lh .6S 1, 305 .53 25,818.01 6, JJ57 . 45 2,l.t03.23 u, 57J .76 933 .17 565.22 1,61L .29 L7l.t.l.th 4L5.62 616 . )7 3,721.62 10,629 .60 2).70 l,7L9.00 1, 054. 00 576.09 7,762.09 1,062.96 2,)85.)2 ),6)7.64 264.00 64, 237 . 92 3, 2)3 .67 9$1 .50 1,659.9L 1, rf'8 . 59 20, 56L.41 6, 706 . 95 2, 298 . 59 J,927.Lu 849 .55 5LL . 21 4,725 .11 287.11 722.62 2, 71,8 . 96 2,L86 . 28 11,5o6 .20 9. 70 2,107.9) 1,155 . 16 52) .50 152,114.78 l.L6,750.10 - • 1,154.65 1,150.62 2,177.L1 ),157. 08 115.00 • Bl\LANCE AFTER P.ECE:IPTS MID EXPENDITURES ••••••••• •. 14,0)8.02 1..4,038.02 6,6ll.61 8,427.07 B,u21.o1 ), 095 .17 5,610.95 5,610.95 3,516.Ch EncUtilbered funds for outstanding book orders , photo copies and library materials at t.he end of the ~ss : year • • BALANCE IN ALL FUNDS ••• • • • • • • • • • �( BALMiCZ IN ACCOtniTS DECEl·iBER 31 , 1970 ACCOUl~T BALI~CE DESK COLLiGTIONS ••••••••••••• ~3 , 830 . 51 ADULT GIFTS .................. 343. 10 CHII.DREN ' S GIFTS ••••••••••••• 184. 00 PER.KlliS F'OND................. 227 . 30 SD~UuiDS FUilD . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 182 . 12 HOORE Fffi~D ................... 338. 83 ',VELCTI FUND................... 244 . 22 GRO\G.lJOR FUND................ 210 . 87 • TorJ\L •• • • • ••••••••••••••••••• J5 ' 610. 95 • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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