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Annual Report 2018-2019

Banner image for the Ann Arbor District Library's 2019 Fiscal Year Annual Report

Annual Report FY2019

the Ann arbor district library board of trustees

  • Dharma Akmon
  • Victoria Green
  • Jim Leija
  • S. Kerene Moore
  • Jan Barney Newman
  • Colleen Sherman
  • Linh Song
  • Ed Surovell
  • Jamie Vander Broek
 
 

Director's Note

Picture of Library Director, Josie Parker

We’re hearing it again on social media and in the press. The scoffing doubt—barely veiled in the negative judgment buried in the question. Will libraries exist into the next decade or half-century? Who uses libraries? Well, apparently you do! I hope when you read this report you can see yourself in these amazing numbers, but more importantly, I hope you can see others.

We come to the library at different points in our lives with different hopes, dreams, and needs. Our use changes, waxes and wanes with the complexity of everyday life. Still, we come. This library is here, and it is here to stay because of you.

The AADL is yours to explore. We don’t need to know how you do that, but our numbers show that you do. We couldn’t be more pleased.

– Josie
 

Services

ann arbor district library was open to the public

356 days in the 2019 fiscal year

Picture of a library card

167,742 Registered
Cardholders

9,204 New cards issued
this year
 

Program Attendance

Graph showing 168,998 total attendance count for library programs over 2,549 programs

Door Count

Graph showing 1,767,965 total door count for the library system. Downtown Library: 607,281; Westgate Branch: 567,440; Traverwood Branch: 220,582; Malletts Creek Branch: 201,757; Pittfield Branch: 170,905
 

Visits to aadl.org

Graphic of a computer screen

12,393,816
PAGE VIEWS

33,956
average page views per day
 

Circulation

Graph showing distribution of item circulation by between adult and youth/teen collections. Adult collections circulated 4,227,997 items; Youth and teen collections circulated 2,131,118 items. Total circulation was 6,359,115 items.

6,359,115
System-Wide Circulation Transactions
 

Adult & Teen Collections

Adult Material System-wide

  • Books202,262
  • Compact Discs47,380
  • DVD46,726
  • Magazines18,592
  • Audiobooks14,905
  • Blu-ray12,739
  • Express Shelf3,535
  • Language Materials2,136
  • Tools & Other2,020

Youth & Teen Material System-wide

  • Books152,850
  • DVD14,315
  • Audiobooks5,025
  • Compact Discs3,250
  • Magazines1,767
  • Language Materials500
 

LIBRARY RENTALS AND BOOKINGS

ROOM RESERVATIONS: 592

Room reservations are event rentals of AADL programming spaces like the Multi-Purpose Room Downtown or programming rooms at branches.

BOOKABLE MEETING ROOM SESSIONS: 3,597
*does not include same-day sign-ups

Bookable meeting rooms in FY2019 included three spaces Downtown and two meeting rooms at Westgate.
 

Financial

REVENUE

  • Property Taxes$16,140,545
  • State Aid$255,001
  • Interest Income$240,228
  • State Penal Fines$219,624
  • Library Fines & Fees$151,085
  • Grants & Memorials$136,476
  • Other$105,532
  • TOTAL$17,248,491

EXPENDITURES

  • Employment Costs$9,422,776
  • Materials$1,759,051
  • Purchased Services$1,264,295
  • Operating Supplies$829,207
  • Rent$697,391
  • Capital Outlay$681,142
  • Repairs & Maintenance$568,937
  • Programming$442,387
  • Other$69,339
  • TOTAL$15,734,525
 

Gifts & Memorials

JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2019

GENERAL GIFT FUND

  • Janet Ammerman
  • Ann Arbor alumnae chapter of Delta Gamma
  • Don Biedermann, in Appreciation of Darla Welshons
  • Chat and Chew Club
  • Margaret A. Crouch
  • Ed Dawson
  • Tim DuFresne
  • Tom Finholt and Stephanie Teasley
  • Andrea Gregorka
  • Jonathan Guss
  • Alice-Penny Huesmann
  • Shoshana Hurand
  • Ellen M. Jahn, in Appreciation of Darla Welshons
  • Elvera Joseph, in Memory of Rae Mike
  • Melissa Kenny
  • Dan Magrisso
  • Robert and Josie Parker, in Honor of Ann Arbor District Library Staff
  • Robert J. Pattison
  • Daniel B. Schwalm, in Appreciation of Darla Welshons
  • Jean Steppe
  • Kelly Taylor
  • Richard Topping
  • UM Faculty Women’s Club Painting Group, in Memory of Enid Gosling
  • UM Faculty Women’s Club Painting Group, in Memory of Judith Macomber
  • UM Faculty Women’s Club Painting Group, in Memory of Libby Uher
  • Julie M. Walker

Adult, Digital, and Special Collections

  • Suzanne Admiraal
  • John Awood, in Memory of Sandra Alt Awood
  • Michael Boehnke
  • Doug and Beth Cox
  • Kathryn Detrisac
  • Dan and Jan Longone
  • Michael W. McCloy, in Appreciation of Darla Welshons
  • Al Murphy

Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library Fund

  • Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library

Gifts of Art

  • Aditi Kayal Kandiah

Ladies Library Association Fund

  • Ladies Library Association

Programs/EVENTS

  • Tim McKay

Roberta Keniston Fund

  • Sophia Guevara
  • Dietmar Wagner

Washtenaw Library for Blind and Physically Disabled

  • Sue and Larry Adler, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Charles and Rita Gelman, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Bonnie and Masoud Hemmati, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Robert Hollenshead, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Karen and Mel Holmes, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Ellen R. Katz, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Nancy and Phil Margolis, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Debbie Miller, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Mel and Joan Muskovitz, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • David Newman, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Sharon and Chuck Newman, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis
  • Susan Rizman, in Memory of Sophie Katz Mordis

Youth & Teen Programs & Collections

  • Randi and Paul Levine, in Honor of Dacia Klein
 

For more information about making a gift to the Ann Arbor District Library,
please visit aadl.org/donations

 

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