Springwater Township Public Library Budget 2021 - Township of ...

Springwater
                 Township Public
                     Library
                   Budget 2021
                       November 23, 2020

                   Jodie Player Delgado, CEO
                      Peggy Hughes, Chair

Board Members: Alissa Shanahan Vice-Chair, Jennifer Beach, Shirley
Breedon, Evan Chen, Jane Cocking, Sherry Diemert-Rome, Jennifer
St.Onge, Peggy Kerk and Anita Moore

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COVID-19
• Township facilities closed March
  13, all Libraries closed by the
  Province on March 17
• Staff worked from home providing
  digital programming and resources,
  first video program online on
  March 15
• Curbside pick-up commenced June
  8
• Elmvale and Midhurst branches
  opened to public week of July 27

                           2

Connecting with Residents
during COVID-19
•   Online registration
•   Calling patrons
•   Online book recommendations
•   Springwater-Elmvale Farmer’s Market
•   Social Media (Facebook, YouTube and
    Instagram)
•   Purchase of more hotspots to provide
    internet access
•   Personalized curbside book bags
•   Local history database
•   Increase of subscriptions to email
    newsletter

                                     3

Digital Programs

•   Krafting with Kathy
•   Storytime with Amanda
•   Harry Potter Readaloud
•   Local Author
•   Genealogy How-to
•   Lego Creations
•   Animal Crossing Virtual Library Branch
•   Dyslexia Awareness Panel
•   Crafting with Lesley

                                   4

Summer Reading
• Purchased online app ReadSquared
  (discount due to being part of the TD
  Summer Reading Club!)
• 208 participants
• 349 prizes awarded
• 101,791 minutes read
• 1,938 titles read
• 28 book reviews
• 515 games played

                                   5

What we’ve done
• 12, 021 e-book and e-audiobook
  circulations
• 86 video programs for all ages with
  6,907 views
• “Mark it Read” for Dyslexia
• Hosted Dyslexia Awareness Panel
• Harry Potter Readaloud with guest
  readers: Mayor Allen, MPP Downey,
  Tiny Deputy Mayor Walma, Library
  Board members and several
  Springwater Firefighters
• Online auction as Ladies Night Out
  cancelled
                                6

Challenges
• Planning during the uncertainty of
  COVID-19
• Loss of revenue
• Keeping staff and patrons safe
• Increasing digital offerings
  (collection and programming)
• Serving growing number of
  homeschooling families and
  remote teachers

                            7

Moving Forward!
• Providing library service both digitally
  and in person
• Revamping our digital and physical
  collections and programs
• Friends of the Library group and
  fundraising
• Increased staff training in video
  editing, digital programs etc.
• Updated contract with Tiny Township
  for library services

                                   8

Simcoe County Library
Co-operative
• Supported STPL during closure
  and reopening with digital
  resources access
• Increased purchases of e-books
  and e-audiobooks

Amount of total services received
from Co-op: $616,316
We paid: $7,762

                             9

Operational Costs
• Licensing increases (Digital library
  uses such as the Summer Reading
  app, Adobe for our digital programs)
• E-books and E-AudioBooks
• Increased digital training needs
• Staff COLA and step increases
• Lack of revenue (room rentals, late
  fines)

                              10

Budget 2021
Revenue - $58,500
Expenditures - $863,719

Municipal Contribution- $758,069

Program Changes - $78,984

Total: $884,203
Municipal Contribution: $837,053

                             11

Children and Youth Librarian
Full-time
• Create and implement Children and
  Youth programming for all Branches
• Ready for Kindergarten/Literacy
  education
• Coordinate with local schools and
  EDHS
• Outreach and education to the
  community
• Specialized focus on juvenile collection
  to fill community gaps in knowledge
• Demonstrated knowledge of children
  and teen development

                                12

Children and Youth Librarian
• Help homeschooling families and those
  doing remote learning
• Provide educational materials to families
  and teachers
• School libraries are not available as they
  were prior to the pandemic in many
  schools
• Curate the collection (physical and
  digital) to meet the needs of the
  community
• Is the first staffing recommendation from
  our Master Plan

                                  13

Funding Per Capita

  Wasaga Beach

        Midland

East Gwillimbury

      Clearview

    Springwater

                   0   10      20           30           40   50   60   70
                                    Funding Per Capita                       14

Employees Per Capita x 1,000

  Wasaga Beach

        Midland

East Gwillimbury

      Clearview

    Springwater

                   0        5      10          15     20   25   30
                                                                     15
                                Employee Per Capita

“I quickly realized that the library is far more
than a place where books are housed. It is an
essential community hub, a place to meet, to
learn, to contribute, to change. A place where
good feelings are shared and ideas come into
action. A place where everyone belongs. I had
never thought about libraries in this way
before.

…My wish is that everyone could truly
understand how important libraries really are
and how they have the ability to bring joy into
our lives. My experience has been more than
just rewarding, it has been healing.”

                             Andrea, STPL Volunteer

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