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YARRA PLENTY REGIONAL LIBRARY

Yarra Plenty Regional Library Presentation to Rotary Club of Eltham 15 September 2011 Christine Mackenzie, CEO. YARRA PLENTY REGIONAL LIBRARY. 983 sq km area Major provider in Melbourne’s northeast – 8 libraries – Mobile Library – Outreach vehicle Population : 343,000

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YARRA PLENTY REGIONAL LIBRARY

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  1. Yarra Plenty Regional LibraryPresentation to Rotary Club of Eltham 15 September 2011Christine Mackenzie, CEO

  2. YARRA PLENTY REGIONAL LIBRARY • 983 sq km area • Major provider in Melbourne’s northeast – 8 libraries– Mobile Library– Outreach vehicle • Population : 343,000 • Collection: 447,000 • Circulation: 3.4 million • Visitors: 1.3 million • Membership: 126,000 • Staff: 150 (88 eft) • Budget: $12.5 million

  3. Strategic Plan 08 - 12 Libraries building community capacity Libraries as community hubs Libraries online Skilled & confident library staff Seamless integrated technology Sustainable and responsible finance and governance

  4. Who uses Eltham library? 19,927 registered borrowers 412,000 items borrowed 10/11 9,800 people attended activities in 10/11 56,330 items in collection 1,496 visitors on 21 Sept 2010 Intergenerational Heart of the community

  5. Major projects – last 5 years Eltham library redevelopment New website www.yprl.vic.gov.au New Mobile Library New Outreach Vehicle RFID & self service implemented Wide Area Network

  6. Browse the shelf

  7. Use the new catalogue to get smarter Search results. Narrow your result set with the facets to the left.

  8. Use Advanced Search to construct or filter your result set

  9. Explore the collection by format, genre, language, plus check out our blogs, staff lists and more!

  10. Find out about Borrowing, Technology, Lifelong Learning and more under Services

  11. Find online databases and resources, ebooks, digital resources, Local and Family History information and Homework Help under Research

  12. Use our Calendar to find exciting and informative events at your local library branch

  13. Use About to find branch locations and hours, volunteer & employment, contact details, library FAQs and more.

  14. Login to personalise your experience and to get your account information

  15. Add a title to your own personal virtual bookshelf using My Shelves

  16. Add a Comment and share your thoughts

  17. Add a Tag and help categorise the collection in your language

  18. Create useful Lists for other users, or just record your favourite (or least favourite) books, movies, artists/bands, websites and more!

  19. Encourages staff to be part of the community Adding content Making lists Identified as staff content Blogging capability Easily highlight library events

  20. Major opportunities & challenges New technologies Collection Keeping libraries relevant Staff skills Finance

  21. Some quick facts It costs 9 cents a day per person to provide library services Last year loans decreased by 8% and visits by 3% (affected by Eltham closure) while attendance at activities grew by 4% Averaged out, last year each person in the region made 3.8 visits and borrowed 9.9 items The average number of times an item was borrowed last year was 7.6 Yarra Plenty has the highest number of loans in the State It was the first library service in Victoria to implement RFID to all branches and the first to offer wifi at all branches Our customers are happy – an approval rating of 8.07 out of 10

  22. Eltham library video…

  23. Christine Mackenzie9401 0710cmackenzie@yprl.vic.gov.au

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