2006-2007 Annual Report - Santa Rosa County

The mission of theSanta Rosa CountyLibrary System is tobe a gateway to theheritage of the pastand to the promise ofthe future, offeringopportunities forenrichment anddiscovery throughbroad resources,knowledgeable staff,courteous service, andcomfortable, friendly,and safe libraryenvironments.in about 50 percent of students registered with a library card.• Scheduled 87,690 time slots for public computer use - record breaking use, andprovided over 14,000 individual instructions to computer users.• Received a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant of $18,000 to replacecomputers that were part of the initial public computer grants in the 1990’s.• Increased customer service focus from library employees resulting in 23,886customer questions being answered.• Initiated Tween/Teen youth programs for the first time for middle and high schoolstudents with 296 attending 38 programs.• Provided 226 Children’s programs to 4,022 children with focus on story time forages 3-5 and after school programs for grades K-5.• Offered Summer Reading programs for teens and families for the first time,including book discussions at all libraries.• Conducted 18 outreach efforts for youth programs and library registration programswith child care centers and schools.• Implemented reading advisory services including online book clubs, newslettersand tools to locate lists of works based on favorite authors, subjects, types, series,and other preferences that were used by over 4,000 readers.• Linked over 264,000 uses from the library web site to a myriad of library sourcesincluding the library catalog and dozens of valid and authentic sites for consumersand researchers.• Inaugurated self service for checkouts, computer reservations, and various print,copy, and fax services enjoyed by many library users.• Completed library strategic plan for 2006-2011, which was approved by the countycommission, and the annual plan of service was sent to the State Library ofFlorida.Visit your library on the web at www.santarosa.fl.govChildren and parents search for justthe right book to take home afterstory time.Human Resources Department32