Statistics notes

OK, so I took some time to look at the stats last night, here are some interesting tidbits...(these numbers represent January - October)

We circulate a lot for a library our size.......36.87 per capita....which puts us at the top of resort libraries in Colorado, and only second in the state to Silverton (their per capital circulation is 71.43)

Here's some numbers about our circulation:

The Browsing collection has more than 2000 circulations so far this year - it shows that our reader's want the new stuff - let's work even harder at promoting these titles.

Almost half of all of our circulations are Music or Movies!

DVDs are a whopping 39% of all of our circulation (up from 35% last year) and music is 10% percent of all of our circulation (up from 8 percent last year)

Non-fiction is 11 percent of our circulation (includes the travel collection)

Fiction is 7 percent of our circulation (including Browsers and large print)

and just plain-ol' regular New books are 4.4% of our circs........

Sarah

MARMOT HOLDS

HI there,

Please remember - it is NOT okay to OVERRIDE to get a hold Millenium. For example, Vail does not lend DVDs by PIH.....if you override to get the hold to process, they'll call us to remind us not to request this way.....

Use Inter-Library loan for items that you can't get in MARMOT. Print out the page and give it to Faith or Sarah to process as an Inter-library loan. They'll be able to find another library in Colorado (hopefully) that can lend the item.

Thanks,

Sarah

Snow Movie Night -- Location Change

Hi Everyone,
Due to the election, the program room will be sealed overnight next Monday. Therefore, we will be holding the movie night at the Telluride Museum at the top of Fir St. Movies include Out of Ophirica, Extreme Winter, Presence, and Ode to Avalanche. The event will begin at 6Pm in the Weatherford room.

SAMPLE BALLOTS

Sample ballots are available, by precinct, downstairs at the desk. Figuring out which sample ballot goes with which precinct is a bit tricky. Voting precincts do not align precisely with political boundaries. There is a map of the districts and a cheat sheet that should help you figure out which voting precinct a patron lives in, and then which ballot is appropriate for them. Ballots differ by which local races or ballot initiatives are included. (Norwood residents have Norwood school ballot issues that the rest of us don't.)

The ballots for the east end of the county (Telluride) are the largest, and figuring which ballot goes to whom is trickier than for the west end. Hopefully the cheat sheet will make this clearer.

You can also refer patrons to the County Clerk's website: http://www.sanmiguelcounty.org/portal/page?_pageid=117,145207,117_145266&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Thanks,
Faith (and Andy)

DOWNLOAD STATION

The DOWNLOAD STATION is Available.....behind the pole in the DVD section on the first floor.
Please take the time to download an Audiobook and refer our patrons to this valuable workstation.

NOTE ABOUT iPOD MP3 FILES IN OVERDRIVE: Please be aware that there are a LIMITED number of MP3 Titles in OVERDRIVE. These are the ONLY ones availabe for iPODS. The files are BIG and take a long time to download. Also, carefully read the Digital Help - basic instructions when transferring to an iPOD. Depending on the player, you may need to use iTunes to set the player to "manual" and then Transfer using the Overdrive software.

Sarah

AskUS INBOX!

Please remember to check the AskUs Inbox when working the 2nd floor desk! Its important that we reply to our patrons...to at least let them know we are working on their question.

Thanks,

Sarah

CREATION STATION

Wowee!
We've got ourselves a Fabulous NEW and Improved Creation Station. Thanks to Joe and Erlend.

Take some time to get familiar with the software -

Let's keep it sign-up basis....we'll get a new sign-up sheet for it. (We've got plenty of
machines for Internet access....)

Sarah

Town of TellurideElectronics Recycling Event

Town of TellurideElectronics Recycling Event
October 25, 2008

10:00am to 4:00pm

1370 Black Bear Road Telluride, Colorado

Please call Lita for more information: 728-2177

Fees will apply:
Monitors & TV's < 19": $15.00
TV's > 19": $20.00
Large Printers & Copiers: $10.00
CPU's or Towers: $9.00
Printers, Fax Machines, Battery Backups: $7.00
Stereos, VCR's Receivers: $5.00
Keyboards: $2.00
Phones, Cables, Circuit Boards, etc.: FREE.

No tires, microwaves, smoke detectors, household appliances, air conditioners or other non-electronic items will be accepted.


Link: http://www.telluride-co.gov/home/index.asp

By: Faith

Guest Card Blue Slips

After you "cash-out" a Guest Card please put blue slip in cash drawer, use the back slot that is typically used for checks or twenties.

Raffle Tickets

HI there,

Don't forget - the Raffle Tickets for the Quilt are in the bottom drawer in an envelope labeled RAFFLE!

When you close at night, put this envelope in the cash drawer so that it gets locked up at night.

Thanks,

Sarah

Course Reserve for Ah Haa "Build Your Dream Home"

Sue Beresford has placed a number of items on reserve here at the library for those participating in her Ah Haa course during the month of October. They are primarily intended for shared use in the library over the month of October, but Sue has said that she is fine with us overriding the in-library use only policy if students really need to take them home. Use your discretion.

All of these books have green paper around the cover that identifies them as reserve materials belonging behind the Ref Desk.

Some of these items are WPL books. For these we have changed the status of the items to "In Library Use Only." This should prevent PIH holds from being placed on these items and alert folks that may be searching for these items that there is something different about them -- hopefully avoiding long fruitless searching and accidental changing to "missing" status.

There are also books that Sue requested through PIH and ILL. These books have been checked out to Sue's account and she is aware that she is ultimately responsible for these items. We agreed to let her store them on our shelf and share them with her class.

If someone convinces you to check one of these items out to them, please make certain that you check them out to that patron's library card. This is probably obvious, but for the ILL and PIH books, we'll want to make sure we take them off of Sue's account before we check them out. Ask the patron to return them to the Ref Desk if possible and check anything not owned by WPL back out to Sue Beresford when they have been returned.

It's exciting that we can offer this type of service to the community. Let's work together to think of ways to streamline this process and make it practicable for other courses here in T-Ride.

Thanks!
Sarah (Lawton)