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April 27, 2022 ITEM 3 1 of 1
Meeting Date: April 27, 2022
To: Library Board of Trustees
From: Sheila Crosby, Deputy Library Director
Katie Nye, Deputy Library Director
Staff Contact: Sheila Crosby, sheila.crosby@carlsbadca.gov
Katie Nye, katie.nye@carlsbadca.gov
Subject: Library Services Overview
District: All
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Executive Summary/Discussion
The board will hear an overview of library services presented by Deputy Library Directors Sheila
Crosby and Katie Nye. This presentation aims to provide the board with additional background
information, advocacy tools and library talking points.
Next Steps
None.
Fiscal Analysis
None.
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LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Staff Report
Library Overview
Sheila Crosby, Deputy Library Director
Katie Nye, Deputy Library Director
April 27, 2022
CARLSBAD CITY LI ARY
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TODAY’S PRESENTATION
•Introduction
•Library Overview
o Operations and Funding
o Programs and Services
o Looking Ahead
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BY THE NUMBERS –OPERATIONS
•Circulation Statistics
•General Fund -$ 13.7
•Over $522K community contributions
•Department Staffing
•52.5 full time staff
•61.66 hourly full time equivalents
•Library Service Levels
•Mon –Thurs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
•Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Looking Ahead
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SUNDAY DOOR COUNT
JUL-DEC 2019
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Door count 13,242 24,970 35,941
Door count/hour 127 120 110
Questions
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