March 14, 2016

The Rochester Hills Public Library provides up-to-date materials and information to people of all ages for their recreation, education,

and lifelong learning. The library emphasizes efficient access and courteous, professional service in welcoming surroundings.

2016 Annual Report

Rochester Hills Public Library500 Olde Towne Road, Rochester, MI 48307

248-656-2900 • RHPL.org

Rochester Hills Public Library Hits 2 Million Checkouts in 2015

(ROCHESTER HILLS- Jan. 11, 2016) Rochester Hills Public Library had more than two million checkouts in 2015. That’s up 9.6 percent from the previous year and an all-time high for the library’s 92-year history. The in-crease is credited in part to a new feature in the library’s automation system that automatically renews borrowed materials for the items allotted renewal time.

“This has been a very popular feature with library users, they get to keep their items without having to person-ally renew or the worry about late fees,” said Christine Lind Hage, director of the Rochester Hills Public Library.

Even though materials are being checked out for longer periods of time, patrons who want the materials haven’t experienced longer waits. That’s because the library’s new handling equipment has greatly improved the turn-around time for materials.

This news was covered by several media outlets, including :

• Head of Circulation Ginger Olson says the new Automated Materials Handler has greatly improved the turnaround time for materials. Before the new system the average turnaround was 24-48 hours. The system has also increased staff productivity and efficiency.

The Rochester Post and The Patch.

Checkouts

• The Teen Advisory Board began its second year of service. They started a volunteer project last fall where they meet one-on-one with senior citizens at the library to show them how to use laptops, smartphones and tablets. From September to February they helped more than 20 happy seniors.

• The Teen Area was rearranged to be more user friendly.

• The Geek Club, a teen group, continued to grow, offering a supportive, safe environment for teens.

• OverDrive, our primary source for ebooks and eaudio, brought their Digital Bookmobile (now retired) for a day of hands on help. They had two people on board to show off the various services and assist with getting the OverDrive app onto devices. Despite stormy weather we had a good turnout.

• The Blue Bus, a traveling library that visits childcare centers, added two childcare centers plus a Great Start classroom.

• Oakland Talking Book Services, the livrary for those with low to no vision, grew nearly 6 percent over 2015.

• Librarians offered 414 one-on-one appointments with patrons to teach them all about eResources.

• Adult Services began offering a popular adult coloring club. The program continues to grow in 2016.

Additional Highlights for 2015

Additional Highlights for 2015

• A filter to prevent parking lot water drainage from flowing into the Paint Creek River was installed in April.

• Early Childhood Specialist, Wendy Lehman, presented on Family Place Libraries at the Michigan Associate for the Education of Young Children annual conference.

• Wendy Lehman is presenting on-site trainings on Early Literacy for local preschool staff.

• Four additional group study rooms were installed in the second floor adult area.

• The Friend’s of Rochester Hills Public Library raised $197 thousand. Their net gross was approximately $150,000. After expenses, the Friend’s were able to give the library $125,000.

• The online used book sales were approximately $54,000, which was an increase of over $25,000 from the previous year.

• In addition to the youth and adult programs, the Friend’s spent $23,000 for additional shelving required to complete the Second Floor Used Book Sale Room.

• The 2nd Annual Wine Wit & Wisdom doubled in attendance from 2014.

• Approximately 26,000 children, teens and adults attended library programs sponsored by the Friends of the Roches-ter Hills Public Library in 2015. The programs offered include lectures, author visits, musical performers, story times, video gaming, crafts, and more.

• We successfully hosted our largest Polar Express event to date with 1,467 attendees and 116 volunteers. Participants were treated to a trolley ride through Rochester’s Big Bright Light Show, a photo with Santa, cookies and games, in ad-dition to readings of “The Polar Express”.

• The Parent Child Workshop is a five week playgroup where families can relax, make friends and talk one-on-one with specialists on child development. Specialists included a speech pathologist, a child development specialist, a nutrition-ist, and a music & movement expert. The library partnered with the Rochester Community School’s speech pathologist, two local child care centers-Heartfelt Impressions (child development specialist) & Neighborhood Childcare Center (music & movement expert), and Customized Health Solutions (nutritionist).

• Our Free Play Saturdays, a monthly playgroup for toddlers, preschoolers, and parents/caregivers continued to draw crowds. It is typically held on the 2nd Saturday of the month Fall-Spring.

• Storytime is provided six times a year, each session is five weeks. There are approximately 150-200 kids (per session) in the Winter, Spring, & Fall.

• Storytime Visits offer on-site visits to preschools in the community that the Big Blue Bus does not visit, including Rochester Community Schools Pre-K 3 & Pre-K 4 programs (about 20 visits in the Fall & Spring each).

• A Preschool Fair is held every February at RHPL to introduce parents to the child care centers and preschool programs in the community, about 20 schools are represented yearly.

• We continue to offer our Raise-A-Reader program to all residents birth-24 months that sign up, children receive a free, developmentally appropriate board book each month, parents receive an educational handout each month

Adult & Teen Programs Offered 311Attendance 8,618

YouthPrograms Offered 461Attendance 17,672

Youth Programs

Volunteers

• The Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library raised approximately $197,000 in 2015. With their support, the library was able to fund programs for children and adults, the construction of the new Book Sale Room on the second floor, printing costs, computer equipment and aquarium maintenance.

• Circulation volunteers for the 2015 year completed 2,700 hours of volunteer time. That’s equivalent to 337 eight hour days.

• The volunteers clean all the AV materials, check for missing pieces, empty the bins on the material han-dler machine. They help us with MeLCat orders by pulling our items via a paging slip, putting labeling on the MeLCat items that are being sent to other libraries, emptying the bins when Rides delivers our MeLCat items each day.

• Volunteers also help the Friends of the Rochester Library by helping bring in large donations when patrons drop them off at the loading dock or even go out with patrons and bring them in from their cars. Several of our special services volunteers clean inside and outside of library items, put the items in alphabetical order, and discard items under the direction of a librarian.

Public Support

Comments are always welcome and we receive hundreds throughout the year. Here is one that really stood out:

I frequently attend the Sunday afternoon concerts. Last Sunday’s performance was beyond a doubt “The Best”. I want to thank you for having her at RHPL. Of all the concerts that RHPL contracted in the past-- Thornetta Davis was the first to move the audience as she did. It was refreshing to see people of all ages stand up and participate while she was performing. Encore!

2016 Library Board

Madge LawsonTrustee

Bob BonamVice President

Ryan DeelTreasurer

Anne KucherSecretary

Charles StoufferPresident

Christine Lind HageLibrary Director

Ayana Knox-PottsCity of Rochester Liaison

Michael TylerOakland Township

Library Liaison

Gregg ChristensonTrustee

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5% 2%

CIRCULATIONStaff Checkouts Patrons Checkouts Renewals e-Materials Circ Freegal Music Circ

65%12%

17%

6% 0%

LIBRARY CARD DISTRIBUTIONTOTAL CARDS 70,128

Rochester Hills Rochester Oakland Township Non Resident Michicard

Material Type CirculationStaff Checkouts 344,286 Patrons Checkouts 614,781 Renewals 678,974 eMaterials Circ 95,098 Freegal Music Circ 35,478

Library CardsRochester Hills 45,659 Rochester 8,326 Oakland Township 11,597 Non Resident 4,328 Michicard 218

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3% 8%

1% 3% 1%

ROUNDED REVENUE ACCOUNT BALANCESProperty taxes Rochester ContractOakland County contract State of MichiganOakland (OTBS) Fines and FeesInvestment income MiscellaneousFriends of the Library Undesignated gifts

Property Taxes 2,383,000 Rochester Contract 446,000 Oakland County Contract 680,000 State of Michigan 101,000 Oakland (OTBS) 127,000 Fines and Fees 320,000 Investment Income 6,000 Miscellaneous 23,000 Friends of the Library 125,000 Undesignated Gifts 63,000

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15%

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LIBRARY HOLDINGSTOTAL HOLDINGS 306,868

Print Audio Video Electronic Materials Other

Material Type Holdings Print 229,546 Audio 20,824 Renewals 46,069eMaterials Circ 10,047 Freegal Music Circ 382

Ken, Cheryl, & Zachary AdamsKen & Raina AdamsAnne AlbertusLouie & Mandy AndreopoulosChris & Colette ArkwrightLeonard BabajanBob & Florence BabbishCheryl BachledaRoger & Eugenia BajorekThomas BardsleyPatrick BarkeyLawrence R. BartalucciWilliam & Joan BeaudoinHelen Nam & Seth BeckerNathan BeckerKaren BejinSol M. Benaderet- Revocable Living TrustDarlene R. BenderJerry BendertCarolyn A. BennettDarlene & Chris BensonDorothy Berry-FifieldBill & Joan BeutelGary & Cheryl BidaAnna BilitiMary M. BishopCarlo BocciLilian BossePat BracewellEvelyn BradleyDoris BrandtRobert & Gretchen BreeseJerome & Ina BreitfelderEdward & Linda BronzPaul & Susan Burback Endow-mentAmelia BurnsAnne E. BurnsRichard & Janice CaloiaCarmela CampbellKaren & Glenn CampbellPaul & Nancy Carey FoundationTom CarletonDennis & Lorraine CarneyTim & Mary CaughlinAmanda & Steven CesnickJessica ChemberlinSai Kai ChengJon & Karin ChildsThe Childs FamilyHarold Choitz

Shawn M. ChristensenGregg A. ChristensonRobert & Margaret ChristinaSylvia ChunMr. & Mrs. William CichowskiCloudburst Consulting Group, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. James CloughCharles & Lydia CombsB.A. ComptonCarol Ann ConradDr. Thomas & Patricia A. CookA C CoombesMr. & Mrs. George CoonMyrna CorriveauKaren & Larry CoyneFlorence E. CurtissRalph & Barbara DarbyRobert & Mary DavisMark & Janet DavisonRyan & Melinda DeelMargaret DeGrooteDawn DembinskiRay De SteigerSuzanne C. DewsburyDavid & Joanne DeysEugene H. DiggsDavid A. DiLauraClaude & Laura DinsmoorDave & Pat DisbrowMr. & Mrs. Joseph DoyleMichael & Viola DreonFrank DronsejkoLois & Frederick DuerkPeter, Michelle & Lukas DuzGreg & Stacey DyerLynda EarhartJay & Linda EastmanRobert & Joan EdwardsEdna M. EgertonThomas EnschEQ Holding CompanyKen & Judy FahnestockRon & Naomi FeldmanEtta FeltesDana & Nancy FidlerAlfred F. FischlJim & Dolores FisherAl & Bonnie Fisk

John & Ellie FitzpatrickMichael & Mary FlanneryAnn FoggRichard FoxRoger & Carolyn FruechteYuhong FuSusan FullerLynne GaffordRalph GallupMs. Barbara GardelsNancy GaydosBrian & Kathy GeibRon GellishBonnie GentiliaMr. & Mrs. Rick GentryMr. & Mrs. Philip GerwertFrank & Mary Lee GlasgowRosemary GoforthShirley GofrankArmen & Carolyn GoogasianDoug & Judy GordonGarry & Nicole GordonThomas & Charlotte GordonJohn & Sylvia GrahamMichael GreenGerald & Nancy GreveArthur & Joanne GriggsMonica GroganJerome & Deanna GrossDoris GursinM. E. HaanLionel L. HaberekBob & Christine HageWilliam & Donna HalacogluDonna M. HallerNorm & Sue HamwayNabil HanoudiLilias HanrahanCharles HatchVicki HaviarasRichard HazyQun HeMr. & Mrs. Robert HeinrichsTerri HemphillDr. & Mrs. Worth Hender-sonDavid & Ruth HenkeJanet HeuermanStephen & Dora HigbieJohn HileMr. & Mrs. Orville HokschPatricia Holmgaard

2015 Donations

Shirley A. HoltRosemary HolzhauerSarah HooperJennifer HorvathVagish HoskoteDeborah HoyleSteve & Marisa HuberKeith & Julayne HughesNorman HunstadBeth S. HunterLepa IlisevichGrant & Cecelia JanssenMr. & Mrs. Wade JenningsElinor JereauBob & Marianne JokischThomas & Jane KamlayBetsy KampSteve & Lydia KanagawaGeorge & Trudy KarasSally KehrenMarcella KellamAmy A. KennedyFrederick KernEric & Ginger KetelsenMr. & Mrs. William KieferGregory & Judith KimpanSteve Kneip Jr.David KobbMel KozekElizabeth L. KrauseWilliam & Jean KrogerTom & Diane KruegerAnne KucherChandru KumarMr. Julius KuseyMarilyn & Pete LaBarberaJoe & Sangeeta LaForgesJohn & Kristen LaMacchiaCecile C. LandayPam LandstromBarbara LangerChristopher & Julie LataRobert E. LauerDiane C. LawsonMary Jean LawsonJulie LenhardSelma LeongTom & Judy LewandowskiBradley LietzDiane C. LighthallJames & Denise LilleyGerard R. LillyYhu-Tin LinHenry & Helen Lind

James & Cathy LindenWilliam LiptonDeborah LuczynSheila A. LyleJohn & Harriett MacDonaldMargaret MacTavishMs. Theresa MaddenMegan MaguireRebecca MarquardtDave & Colleen MarshMartha MarshWilliam & Joanne MarzolfJames & Susan MasiakMary C. MazureJanet MazzaraJ McCallRobert & Linda McClellanCheri McEneaneyBarbara A. McGeeDennis & Margaret McGeePaul & Sarah McKayJacquita McKinneyScott & Jill McKinneyTheresa MeeganMichael & Janet MelcherJ. MelvilleRoger & Patricia MericsJohn & Mildred MerzRichard & Jeanette MillerHenry MintonRahul & Nishma MitalMr. & Mrs. Edward Moeller-ingLucille MoererJacqueline F. MoonDavid & Karen MowersAlanna E. MrlikCecila A. MrockThomas MurdayThe Murphy FamilyJames & Elizabeth MurrayRenee MyersMatthew NahassJawahar NanderimarAvlok NarulaSantosh K. NayakSteve & Julie NeiheiselDebra K. NelsonMag M. NeubaueriiPaul NoackOakland County Library FoundationAnne E. O’BrienTaylor Ogilvie

John & Janice OlesonChristine A. OlsonConcetta L. OlsonDennis O’Neill, PH.D.Richard & Sharon Oster-houtSuzanne OzingaNarasingrao & Laxmi Pam-patiShoba PampatiCarol ParssinenAndrew & Christine Paster-nakDavid & Anna R. PearcyRobert L. Peaslee IITom & Diane PedersonTerry & Kathleen PennellLawrence W. PerkinsDouglas PetersThomas PettersonMartha PfaffPfizer Foundation Matching Gifts FoundationRobert T. PhippsPatricia PietrzakMr. & Mrs. James PodgornyWilliam & Leah PotereJames & Linda PowellPatricia PowierskiMegan PriceDean & Lori PrzymusinskiWilliam A. PurdyKenneth & Patricia QuintLeon RaczkowskiThe Ragnes Family Mrs. Arlene RampsonBarbara & George RandallNina C. RandallAlan & Mary Ann ReidingerMr. & Mrs. Jack D. RelyeaMichael & Stephanie RileyChris & Gail RinkMr. & Mrs. Hugo A. Ritzen-thalerElaine RobertsChristopher L. RobinsonLeonard & Kay RobinsonT. Rodney RoggRoger RollerBradley & Shirley RothRuss & Kathy RuedisueliCari RummelJuliet M. SabitJean Sander

Saburo & Anna SasakiDonald P. SaxonHarold SchellRobert & Jillian SchlaudDiana L. ScamardellaTom & Deb SchmittBrian & Angie SchmuckerJohn J. SchodowskiDebra SchofieldJoe & Marissa SchramskiEdward & Carol SchutzCarol ScottJudie SellgrenMichael & Cynthia SevillaIsaac & Donna SheppardPatricia SherrodJulie & Gary SikorskiGurmel SinghJohn & Arline SkiffStephan SlavikSandra SmithSusan SonyeDonna StacheMary Ann StangeStanley Black & Decker Inc.Carol & Bill StapletonGladys StebbinsMs. Jean StevensonGlen & Colleen SteyerVivian Vivio & Steve Stolaruk Fdn.William & Lorraine StollStoney Creek QuestorsVelliyiur & Suba SubbaraoJonathon & Laura SudoWendy SuperfiskyJohn SwensonThe Swenson FamilyLorraine S. TaliercioBrij TalwarSusan B. ThiemStephanie ThompsonAngeline ThornerDeborah TierneyRobert & Elizabeth TiloveMarilyn ToddTheresa R. TradiiGeorge TrippNathan & Natalie TrombleyJim & Karen TropeaRobert & Margaret TrygstadDouglas & Janet TullDonald W. TunstallBalbir Tuteja

Robert P. UhligSrikanth K. VadlamaniRichard ValuetMr. & Mrs. David Van GelderDomingo VidalAnthony L. & Susan D. VinciMary T. VogtRaymond S. VoldIan WagnerNeily J. WagnerMarja & Terry WalkerJudy WallinMr. & Mrs. Robert WalpoleTed WanamakerTodd WelscottBarb & Kurt WieseHelen WillardDavid WilliamsWesley & Claudia WilliamsPatricia & John WilsonShirley & Forrest WingMr. & Mrs. Lawrence WonschLouise & Dennis WoodEric & Rosemary WoodwardSheryl WraggMichael & Frances WrightKenneth York & Heidi JosephsonEric & Meghan ZeileRudy ZiehlWayne & Laura Zumwalt