2010 Annual Report Summary

Services
Collection – Total number of items, print and non-print 226,684
Print Subscriptions 422
Database subscriptions 39

Circulation Hughes 403,303
Smithfields 32,200
Pocono Township 23,954
Bookmobile 10,329
Corrections 10,640
Total 481,426

Reference Questions 31,529 Subscription Database searches 27,012
Adult Program Attendance 861
Youth Program Attendance 8,619
Public Meetings held – Hughes Library 1,729
Staff FTE 34 People 44
Total Hours of Service 7,887
Public Internet stations – all locations 36
Public Internet sessions 92,361

Financials*
Income
Local Tax Revenue $1,275,602
PA State Aid 448,766
Other 160,544
Total Income $1,884,912

Expenses
Collection $231,376
Personnel 1,248,120
Other 390,112
Total Expenses $1,869,608
*unaudited

Programming highlights of the year included a visit from Will Hillenbrand, author/illustrator of What a Treasure, the state-wide “One Book, Every Young Child” selection of the year; and the first Monroe County Book Expo, a day-long showcase for the published works of Monroe County residents. The EMPL website was used 95,369 times, an increase of 11% over 2009. State aid was again reduced below budgeted amounts, but local income helped offset that loss. Thanks to the Frances M. and R. Dale Hughes Foundation, EMPL can continue to upgrade public internet stations and access. While this report is filled with numbers, the year was actually filled with people of all ages attending meetings and programs, reading and viewing stories, using computers to communicate, learn and play. EMPL is public service 7 days a week and always online.