Kiel Public LibraryThe Little Library That Does Big Things

Presentation to the

Kiel Area Chamber of Commerce

Nanette Bulebosh

December, 2008

Have you seen what we’ve been up to?

Guitar Hero on our new Wii console, April 2008

(Purchased with a $1,000 grant from MCLS)

Bowling with the

Kiel City Council

Super Smash Bros II

Mayor Bob Werdeo and and Alderman Ron

Meyer drop some pins with KPL’s new Wii

Winners of KPL’s first-ever

Teen Film Festival, June 2008

Library Assistant Rick Amelse (right) coordinated

Guest reader at story hour, May 2008

Police Chief Dave Funkhouser visits Joie’s magic story room

Visitors look at student artwork at the YAM open house.

More than 250 pieces were displayed

Youth Art Month, March 2008

Genealogy group, March 2008

KPL trustee Carolyn Johnson leads a discussion on useful

genealogy tools at the group’s first meeting of the year

Meet the Firefighters, October 2005

Every October, during Fire Safety week, the KPL story group visits the

Kiel fire station for a tour, fire safety tips, and a ride on a fire truck!

Santa visits during Christmas Walk, December 2007

Kiel Fish & Game Fishery, June 2007

KPL’s summer library program always begins with a fishery at Hingiss Park hosted by the

Kiel Fish & Gamers, who donate hundreds of dollars in fishing equipment for the winners

Babysitting Clinic, October 2006

Joie teaches a four-week, Red Cross endorsed babysitting clinic every fall & spring.

Guest speakers include police and fire reps, registered nurses, and child care experts.

Jacob Endries

Last Muggle StandingHarry Potter trivia contest

July 2007

End-of-summer Mr. Billy concert

at Hingiss Park, July 2007

MCLS Battle of the Books, October 2006

The KPL team took home the first-place plaque!

Edwin J. Majkrzak Historical Research Center

The center opened in April, 2006.

Selected photos and documents

went online in 2007

Big Streets in a Little City:

Street Scenes 1860-1980

Ed poses in front of the Research Center, which wouldn’t

exist without his donations and his expertise!

A few stats about your library

Number of books in collection: 35,424

Audio books: 1,176

DVDs & Videos: 1994

5 daily newspapers & 98+ magazines

E-books via NetLibrary: 8,805

Ed’s amazing local history notebooks: 100+

Resident library cardholders: 4,426

* From 2007 Annual Report to the state

A few more stats …

2007 circulation: 81,052

* Up from 76,256 in 2006

Number of adult programs: 31 (527 total participants)

Number of youth programs: 167 (7303 total participants)

# of times our computers were used in 2007: 9,308

Estimated # of visitors per year: 55,000 to 60,000

More than 1,000 per week!

Customer Services(A partial list)

Personalized Reference service

Readers Advisory

Interlibrary Loan services

Photocopy & Fax

High-speed Internet access

Computer classes

Mobile access to catalog

Free meeting room space

CATV broadcasting

15 to 18 SLP programs every summer

Wireless access on both floors

Riverside Reader newsletter

Local history resources

College catalogs

Tax forms & zoning maps

Weekly family story hours

Semi-annual babysitting clinics

Two display cases

Community bulletin board

Author visits & new book club

Special services for homebound, home delivery

Online databases, such as …

OverdriveDigital Audio Books

& Videos

Downloadable to your

Computer or mobile device

E-books on demand

Accessible from home after initial

registration at the library

Ask Away

Virtual Reference24-hr online help from librarians

Homework help for students

Research assistance for adults

Login via KPL website

www.kiel.lib.wi.us

Also on our website:

List of “Upcoming Programs”

“Little City Library” interactive blog

Link to hundreds of Local photos on Flickr.com

New slide show of Kiel, Germany photographs

And don’t forget we have WiFi

KPL Board of Trustees

Jacqualine Ungrodt, president

Carolyn Johnson, vice president

Faye Billmann, secretary & school rep

Will Foerster, treasurer

Scott Vogel, director at large

Ron Meyer, city council rep

Katherine Ristow, director at large

Julia Davis, Manitowoc County rep

Darlene Werdeo, Manitowoc County rep

Current KPL employees

Nanette Bulebosh, city librarian

Joie Baldock, youth librarian

Terry Kuske, technical coordinator

Sheila Draxler, library assistant

Rick Amelse, library assistant

Steve Thiry, library assistant

Five student pages, age 14-17

Don Krupp, custodian/maintenance(8.5 hrs per week)

City of Kiel

Manitowoc Cty

Calumet Cty

Grants/Other Income

Fine Revenues

2008 Budget

Funding Sources

Kiel: $152,034

Manitowoc: $92,073

Calumet: $5,399

Grants: $3,000

Fines & Misc: $2,500

TOTAL: $255,006

What’s next for KPL

More free films: Dec 12 & 26

Family gaming day: Dec 30

Monthly book discussion group at Stoelting House. Next session is Dec. 15: A Christmas Memory

Poetry “open mike” in early January

More public talks, more outreach, teen advisory board, author visits

What else?

‘Picturing America’display & lecture

More adult programs/author visits

More outreach talks by city librarian

Lapsits for infants and toddlers

More teen programming

More gaming events, hopefully involving people of all ages (Wii Fit?)

Additional databases – Career Track & Career Testing, Heritage Quest, Morningstar

What else? How about an Outdoor Skills Center?

Boy Scouts Matt Scott & Isiah Grybush & Troop leader Jim Scott (right)

Their outdoor lab will open next spring on the southside of the library

And finally …

Long-Range planning

A visionary but financially viable response to

the Lawson report of November 2008

A six-month Needs Assessment process

involving statistical analysis, three community

forums, on-site visits, comparisons with state

standards for a population our size, etc.

What we learned from theNeeds Assessment research

Our facility, built in 1972, no longer meets our needs

Computer resources are limited by space and infrastructure

Patrons noted a severe lack of seating and worktables

No room for teen area, youth dept needs much more room

Public complains of noise, disruptions from other users

Lawson report recommends

14 public computer workstations

10 staff workstations and more space for efficient workflow

Meeting room with seating capacity for 100 (1450 sq ft).

Better use of natural setting

Better connection between adult and youth rooms

Better soundproofing

Total square footage of at least 16,500

When do we want to do this?How will we do it?How much will it cost?Who’s going to pay?

These are questions we’re exploring now. Your input is valuable

Is it worth it?

“Isn’t the internet making libraries obsolete?”

In tough economic times,

libraries become

Even more important

AND, they’re a wise investment:

$4.06 return on every dollar*

* Northstar study of the economic impact of Wisconsin libraries, 2007

We’re asking you to help …

The Little Library That Does Big Thingsto get better & better, and …

do even bigger things!

Nanette Bulebosh, director

Kiel Public Library

894-7122

kielpl@esls.lib.wi.us

www.kiel.lib.wi.us