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delivery to homebound users, and guides for tech and genealogy research. In <br />2013, volunteers contributed over 4,500 hours to enhance and support library <br />services. <br />o The Historical Museum relies on volunteers to continue the oral history program, <br />to provide Museum and downtown walking tours and presentations, to organize <br />and care for collections, and to provide rose garden care. In 2013, volunteers <br />contributed nearly 2,000 hours to the Historical Museum. <br />Significant Proposed Changes and Justification <br />Increased staffing: <br />Proposed change Justification <br />1. 20 -hr. Librarian I /Adult Services <br />Cost Rank <br />Justification: The Louisville Public Library ranks very high among libraries serving <br />populations from 25,000 to 100,000 on state comparisons of output measures such as <br />circulation per capita ( #1), turnover rate ( #1), and percent of children's circulation as a <br />part of total circulation ( #1). The library ranks in the top thirty percent for program <br />attendance, up from the bottom twenty percent three years ago. We are clearly providing <br />programs our residents want to attend. Developing and scheduling these programs <br />takes time and stretches staff to the limit. All these numbers are indicators of good <br />service to be proud of, but achieving them has come at a cost to our limited staff. <br />Louisville ranks next to last on the list of staff per 10,000 served. Looking at staffing <br />another way, our professional staffing lags compared to libraries in nearby Broomfield <br />and Lafayette: <br />Division <br />Children <br />Adult <br />TOTAL <br />Louisville PL <br />2.0 FTE <br />2.75 FTE <br />4.75 FTE <br />Broomfield PL <br />(Mamie Doud Eisenhower) <br />Lafayette PL <br />4.75 FTE + 3 temps <br />5.5 FTE <br />9.75 FTE <br />9.5 FTE <br />combined <br />9.5 FTE <br />We feel strongly about our duty to demonstrate to those in the business community the <br />many powerful business databases available free with a library card. This outreach, <br />along with similar opportunities to expose teachers, parents, and students to the print <br />and virtual resources available that greatly supplement the offerings BVSD can offer, are <br />extremely difficult to schedule because they take librarians out of the building. <br />While our library is beautiful and a much appreciated anchor in the community, its four <br />service points (the Circulation, Children's, Teen, and Adult service desks) make <br />coverage an ongoing challenge. An example of the issues these events pose happened <br />last week, when an illness, programs, and a vacation resulted in the Public Services <br />Manager working three of the four evenings we're open late, in addition to her regular <br />hours. <br />Cost: $24,900 <br />Rank: 1st <br />