Excerpts from the Librarian's Annual Report
24 October 2011

1.0 Statistics

1.1 Membership:

There were about 620 adult members on 24 October, about the same as last year's members. There are 575 child members, 42 more than last year (533). Since the children do not pay, this number could vary.

1.2 Circulation:

	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009
Adults	6232	5670	6434
Children	3470	2755	2668
School visits and loans		637	722
Children and school		3392	3390
Total	9702	9062	9824

These figures do not include renewal of books as they are not currently calculated by the computer.

More and more people are using the Library’s Internet facilities, both our library computers and particularly our wireless access. We have no measure of this service. More efficient Norton censoring is now in place.

1.3 Inter-Library Loan:

The Library borrowed 136 books on Inter Library Loan, last year 179 were borrowed. These books came from 18 different libraries, last year we used 25.

1.4 Documents Catalogued:

		2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009
English Adult	Books bought	423	191	180
	Books gift	63	19	18
	Audio-cassettes bought			1
	Audio-cassettes gift			1
	Audio CD bought	4	10	13
	Audio CD gift	10	5	3
	Video-cassettes gift			5
	Large print bought	18	28	30
	Large print gift	6	1
	DVD gift	12		2
English Children's	Books bought	122	94	102
	Books gift	14	7	9
Total English		672	355	364
Adulte français	Livres achetés	174	145	159
	Livres donnés	19	17
	Livres à gros caractères		2	6
Enfants français	Livres achetés	75	121	113
	Livres donnés			4
	DVD donné	1		1
Total français		269	285	283
TOTAL		941	640	647

1.5 Weeding:

over 250 books were weeded. More, in the Children’s Non-fiction and English Adult Fiction section, are in the process of being weeded. Encyclopedias, little needed reference books, and beloved elderly books were moved higher up to create lower shelving space.