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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

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

167,742 Registered
Cardholders

9,204 New cards issued
this year

Program Attendance

Door Count

Visits to aadl.org

12,393,816
PAGE VIEWS

33,956
average page views per day

Circulation

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