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Warsaw Community Public Library is planning to develop a strategic plan for 2006, director Ann Zydek said Monday.
Community members will be invited to join focus groups to help in the plan's development. Zydek said the process should take about six months to complete.
The board reviewed annual reports from each department:
Circulation figures were given as: 2000 - 433,338; 2001 - 479,914; 2002 - 504,308; 2003 - 490,973; and 2004 - 494,643.
Circulation for January 2005 was 39,468; for 2004 the January circulation total was 41,660.
Reference statistics from 2000 to 2004 were presented as: 2000 - 99,098; 2001 - 110,478; 2002 - 112,838; 2003 - 111,077; and 2004 - 105,158.
Interlibrary loan requests fulfilled from 2000 to 2004 were presented as: 2000 - 1,787; 2001 - 1,712; 2002 - 2,083; 2003 - 3,519 and 2004 - 4,364.
The community outreach department reported 564 programs were presented in 2004 with 16,939 people attending.
The technical services report indicated the DiscoverStation public Internet computer system has been ordered. Also, a self-checkout station is on order for implementation in 2005.
The technical services-computer training department indicated a total of 101 computer training programs were offered in 2004, a 60 percent decrease from the 257 classes offered in 2003. There were 261 participants, a decrease of 944 participants in 2003.
The board also:
• Heard board president Larry Chamberlin, the Warsaw Schools Corporation appointee, will resign effective March 31. He is moving to another city.
• Heard the library's Web site will be redesigned.
• Heard installation of new flooring in the audio visual collections and circulation department has been delayed one month.
• Adopted an emergency closing policy and a job description for a Community Outreach Technical Assistant.
Library board of trustees members are: Larry Chamberlin, John Yingling, Ruth Jones and Mark Morrison. Paulette Sauders, Joel Curry and Tony Etienne were absent.
