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2006 Report to the Community
Ways the LibraryStrengthened ourCommunity in 2006
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A Citizen EnlightenedA Community Engaged
A City Enriched
A Message From the Board Chair and CEO / Chief LibrarianMessagePublic libraries are the very heart andsoul of a community - a place forcitizens to meet, learn, connect, andgrow.
As the new Board Chair and CEO ofthe Thunder Bay Public Library, weare proud to have been chosen toserve our community. We arepleased to have this opportunity toreflect on past successes and lookforward to new opportunities to makeyour library stronger.
TBPL has embraced its new vision ofA Citizen Enlightened, A CommunityEngaged, and A City Enriched. Thestrategic plan for 2006 - 2008 reflectsthis commitment. We are respondingto community needs with newcollections and services, technologi-cal improvements and diverseprogramming. We continue to take
to heart our responsibilities ascustodians of this important publicresource.
Inside this report, you will find someof the many ways that the Librarymade our community stronger in2006.
A Message From the Board Chair and CEO / Chief LibrarianMessageFrom new online services andresources available 24/7, toimproved green practices, enhancedliteracy materials, and collections foryouth, seniors and the Aboriginalcommunity, your library is ensuringthat we continue to make ourcommunity a wonderful place to live,work, and play.
Board, Management, and Staff arenow looking ahead with greatanticipation. It is an exciting time aswe are poised to begin renewing ourfacilities over the next decade,turning consultation and study intoreality.
We have re-affirmed our commit-ment to four library locations, andwith support from the City and
community, our first task will be tostrengthen our two neighbourhoodlocations, beginning with Mary J. L.Black.
As always, we would like to thank allthose who support the library - oursponsors, partners, volunteers,donors, members, and funders. Welook forward to serving you now andin the future.
Terry Yahn, Board Chair
Gina La Force, CEO / Chief Librarian
Your Board and StaffPeopleThunder Bay Public Library BoardDec. 2006 - 2010
Terrence A. Yahn, ChairMargaret MacLean, Vice-ChairCharles CampbellMary Catherine ChambersGinny CzaczkowskiBarbara D'SilvaCouncillor Larry HebertVince RiccioGeorge Saarinen
Gina La Force, Secretary/Treasurer
Thunder Bay Public Library BoardJan. - Nov. 2006
Patrick Morash, ChairMargaret MacLean, Vice-ChairMary Catherine ChambersGinny CzaczkowskiBarbara D'SilvaCouncillor Rebecca JohnsonEd MetzlerUmed PanuGeorge Saarinen
Barry Holmes, Secretary/Treasurer
Management and Department Heads
Gina La ForceCEO/Chief Librarian (Jan. 07)
Barry HolmesChief Librarian (Jan. - Aug. 06)
Janet CarrollDirector of Human Resources
Tina TuckerDirector of Community Development
Joanna AegardHead of Virtual Library Services
Cherri BrayeAccounting Supervisor
Stephen HurrellHead of Automated Support Services
Dennis JarvaHead of Maintenance
Larry JosephHead of Technical Services
Angela MeadyHead of Children's and Youth Services
Barbara Philp (Acting Chief Librarian Aug. - Dec. 06)
Head of Adult ServicesSylvia Renaud
Head of Reference Services
The Library went green
in 2006 as a result of a
new board environmental
policy. Initiatives in 2006
included placing recycling bins
at all locations and recycling all
surplus computer equipment and
toner cartridges. The Friends also
began recycling hardcover books that
used to be destined for landfill.
Non-resident student
library cards were
offered free for the first
time. Now, students 18
and under who don't live
in the City can
access all library
services at no
charge.
A partnership was initiated
with the Thunder Bay
Chamber of Commerce
to promote businessresources offered by the Library, and
to offer cross-promotional
opportunities for both organizations.
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new telephone system to
improve service to library
customers.
2006 Library UseStatistics2,720,320 .... Number of times you used your library in 2006!
941,526 ....... Number of items borrowed by Library members
655,850 ....... Number of visits made in person to your library
290,850 ....... Number of times library workstations (computers) were used
278,100 ....... Number of items (reference books, magazines, etc.) used in the
library last year
274,000 ....... Number of electronic visits made to your virtual library
158,000 ....... Number of times library members used online databases
99,650 ......... The number of questions reference staff answered for you
22,344 ......... Number of program participants
850 .............. Number of programs offered to the community
1 .................. Library members are always number one!
The Reference Department
ventured onto MSN, and
offered chat referencefor the first time - staff are
online 3-5 p.m. Monday to Friday
A new Virtual Services
Librarian position was
established to reflect the
tremendous growth invirtual and online services.
The budget for buying new
children's books and
other materials was
increased so that it's closer
to the average amount spent on
children's resources at medium
sized libraries in Ontario.
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The Thunder Bay Public
Library was the first
public library
in Canada to
implement
online fine
payments.
Your Tax Dollars at WorkBudget2006 Revenues and Expenditures
2006 RevenuesCity of Thunder Bay ........... $4,480,400Province of Ontario............ $ 234,386Fees / Charges .................... $ 110,473Other ................................. $ 94,157Total .................................. $4,919,416Carried forward surplus previous years ................. $ 27,581
2006 ExpendituresSalaries / Benefits ............... $ 3,748,965Library Services .................. $ 162,119Library Collections ............. $ 420,121Buildings and Equipment ... $ 390,838Administrative .................... $ 242,781Total .................................. $4,964,824
Deficit 2006 ....................... $ (17,827)
You used your library
2,720,320 times in 2006!
Library use per capita .............. 25
Cost per use per capita ....... $1.65
Cost per capita ................. $41.09
Our MissionThe Thunder Bay Public Library
strengthens our community by
engaging people in the pursuit of
local and global information and
knowledge, and promoting literacy,
lifelong learning, and leisure.
Reference staff
visited highschools inMarch and
October to introduce students to
the online resources offered on the
Library's Web site at www.tbpl.ca
New graphic novels,of particular appeal to
youth, were added to the
Mary J. L. Black and
County Park Libraries.
The Library became del.icio.us!
del.icio.us is a Web site that helps
to organize and share lists of
Web sites (your bookmarks).
Visit helpful, staff selected links
on our Web site at
www.tbpl.ca
Look under
Virtual Collection/
Internet links.
The Youth Advisory Council
selected a new collection of books
for teens. This collection of
books will be placed
at the Thunder Bay
Regional Hospital for
use by their teen
patients.
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Definition Quest for Literacy 2006
Thank you!2006 Teams: Buset & Partners, City of Thunder Bay, Confed-
eration College, Dominion Motors, Friends of the TBPL, Good
Design, Independent Team Linguistic Mystics, Lakehead Public
Schools, Lakehead Rotary Club, Lakehead University, Literacy
Northwest, Newcap Radio, NorMaxx Financial Group, Northern
Nights Sleep Disorder Centre, Northern Ontario School of
Medicine, RBC Royal Bank, Scholars Education Centre, St.
Ignatius High School Debate Society, St. Joseph’s Care Group,
The Chronicle-Journal, Thunder Bay Catholic District School
Board, Thunder Bay Public Library, Thunder Bay Ventures
Judges: Mayor Lynn Peterson, Gary Cooper, Barbara Philp
Quizmaster: Lila Cano
5th Annual Definition Quest for LiteracySaturday, November 3, 2007
LiteracyEvent Partners
4th Annual
Final Quest
Winner:
Lakehead
University -
Helen Smith,
Lisa Richardson,
Mike Richardson
Event Sponsors
The Chronicle-Journal
Good Design
The Giant
Magic 99.9
Maverick Entertainment
Group
The Library
mascot, Zoose, was
introduced to the
community at a City
Council meeting, the
Canada Day Parade,
and the Christmas
Parade.
A summer project
worker was hired to
help strengthen
connections with
the Aboriginal community, plan new
culturally relevant programs, and
write a legend-based puppet show.
Blogs (online meeting spaces
to share opinions, reviews, and
more) were established for
participants in the
adult summer
reading game and
the youth advisory
council.
The Library placed
satellite collectionsat the John Howard
Society and the
55+ Centre.
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Partners2006 Community Partners
Gold Plus Partners ($150+)
Leo & Violet Aber
Bruce & Linda Adamson
The Telang & Biman Family
Paul Brucha
Buhler Mechanical Service Ltd.
Ethel & Charles Calabakas
Joan R. Cameron
Roy Carriere and Family
Ron & Mary Ann Currie
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Denson
Dolores Dickey
Andrew Dziubinski
Wayne Fletcher
Granberg Family
Maurice & Beryl Harris
Allan Harris
Secret Garden Perennials
Marlene Hurrell
Eleanor & Bob Huston
Shirley A. Hyslop
Mary A. Imperius
Thomas & Isabel Kane
Rose Kendall
Mr. & Mrs. Clement F. Kent
Erik S. Knutsen
Connie Lake
Tom & Fiona Robertson
Jennifer Lehto & Stefan
Susan Lester
Q. Douglas MacKay
Margaret MacLean
John & Janeen Mann
Pat & Bruce Melville
Dr. R.H. Mitchell &
Valerie Dennison
Nina V. Morash
Patrick Morash &
Janine Chiasson
M.O. & Shirley Nelson
Dan Newton
Jack & Anne Oliphant
Angelo Perozzo in memory
of Ilca Perozzo
Nancy & Graham Post
Dan Preley
Lynn & Allen Quackenbush
J.M. Richardson
Anne Ross
Lisa Shaffer
Susan Sinclair
Mary Skinner
Patricia Vervoort
Charlotte & Ron Walker
Roberta Welbourne
Robert & Beth Workman
Terrence A. Yahn
Anonymous (9)Every effort is made to ensure that this list isaccurate. Please let us know if we’ve madean error by calling 684-6813.
The library would like to thank the donors listed here for their generous gift of $150or more last year. The library is also grateful to our other 350 donors who contributedbetween $10 and $149 each last year. Donations to the library in 2006 totalled$32,000+. Your donations helped us to put more than 1,600 additional titles into thehands of children, young people, and adults in our community. Thank you for yoursupport!
A new community room was
developed at the Brodie Library.
This new space, stocked with
literacy materials, can be booked in
advance. It serves as a quiet place
for small meetings and for literacy
tutors to meet with
their students.
Funded by proceeds
from Definition
Quest for Literacy.
The Library reached
out to the community
by participating in
family literacycelebrations and community events
like the Children's Festival.
A family literacy game was
planned and ran in the fall to
encourage multi-generational
participation
in activities
that promote
literacy.
A literacy collection
with Aboriginalthemes was added
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Memorial Donations
The Thunder Bay Public Library acceptsmemorial donations in honour of friendsand loved ones. In 2006, the libraryreceived donations in memory of:
Elma Anderson
Ethan De Giacomo
Margaret Gillespie
Dorothy Harnden
Helen Knutson
Colleen Lehto
Sean Love
Eli Mann
Kathleen McIntosh
William Meady
Susan Ross
Lynda Scarnati
Katherine Smith McDougall Roy
Brent Taylor
PartnersMain Funders and Memorial Donations
Main Funders
The Thunder Bay Public Library wouldlike to thank our key funders andsupporters for their continued investmentin public library services for the commu-nity:
• City of Thunder Bay
• Province of Ontario
• City of Thunder Bay taxpayers
• All library users
• Friends of the Thunder Bay Public
Library
• Library Donors and Sponsors
• Library Volunteers
Children's & youth
services core valueswere examined and
distilled down to ten
meaningful words... Discover, Learn,
Read, Imagine, Play, Connect, Fun,
Choice, Dream, Respect
These words express our fundamental
goals for service to children and youth.
Online program registration and
an online calendar of eventswas introduced. This allows
everyone to go online to view
what's coming up at the library
for all ages, and
to register in
advance, when
it's required.
The Library's community meetingspace came in handy for Literacy
Northwest, who
held their annual
conference at the
Library.
New software was installed on
Internet workstations which
allows library
members to book
computer time in
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Carole AitkenCarol AndersonNancy AngusShirley BauchGloria BenedetEllen BengtssonDeanna BlackLillian BoreskiJosephine BoucherMarion BovayLorraine BurtonJudy CarrollRob ChandlerOllie ChapmanJoan ChappleBeverley CharynaJanine ChiassonMartha CollinsJanice, Samantha & Randy
CreightonIrma CutbushDonna DanardLesley DennisPeggy DerkaczMary & John DunlopNadine EllementEvelyn Barnes-FedoroniakDianne FenlonJoanne Ferrato
Linda FitzpatrickPauline FogartyTuula FrancoMary GallacherSusan GeschwenderValerie GigliottiLaurie GillespieSylvia GosmanAnne HarperVivian HaberernDelina HayMary HendersonLaurie HillJim HobsonKathie JohnsonJoan JoubertMarion JulienMargaret KaplanisGail KeepBarb & Mike KoppenhaverKirstin KoppenhaverVal KosloskiJennifer LaceyGina La ForceJanet LundbergJoyce MacphersonShirley MaloMaureen MannilaMarlene Markman
Our Friends
Pat MathesonFred MorganRobert & Dorothy MorrisonLynnette OjaLinda ParsonsHoward PartnoyAlison PeatTom PeottoMarilyn PorterMargaret PowerMarlene RyanMargaret SaipeDon SharpDixie SicilianoSheila SiegfriedVicki TetreaultAnn TodSierra TreesTina TuckerLouise UlicknowskiHelen UrquhartRose ValigroskyDiane WatsonIrma WeinrauchLinda WillsRoberta WelbourneLois & Skyla YoungRaili Zgrych
The Friends of the Thunder Bay Public Library is a non-profit association of publicservice minded volunteers dedicated to promoting and supporting library service inThunder Bay. Thank you for being our Friends.
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Two computers with adaptivetechnology at the Waverley
and Brodie Library Reference
Departments received upgraded
hardware and software. This was
funded by the
Friends of the
Library to assist
people with
disabilities.
Over 100 clients who
are unable to visit the
library had 9,528
items delivered totheir homes by Friends, volunteers or
family members.
The Friends Bookstore at
Victoriaville continues to offer book
lovers another option to obtain their
reading material. Selling books for
50¢ and up, the
Friends managed to
find new homes for
over 40,000 used
items!
The Friends contributed $39,892
to the Library in 2006. Most of these
funds were spent on new books and
other items for the
education and
enjoyment of our
community.
SponsorsOur Sponsors and Supporters
New
Italian,
Arabic,
German,
Hindi, and Ukrainian
books were added
to the languagecollections.
New CDs by
Aboriginal
artists were
added courtesy
of Friends of
the Library
funding.
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The Library debuted
on Flickr! Flickr.com
is a Web site that
allows you to store,
share and work with digital photos.
Look at Library photos at
www.flickr.com/photos/tbpl
The Government of Ontario and
the Library formed a partnership to
make accessing governmentservices easier. Library staff
were trained to
assist people with
navigating
ServiceOntario.ca
SponsorsOur Sponsors and Supporters
An Xbox 360gaming system
pilot project
was offered at
Waverley.
A number of online
tutorials were created
to help library users
become familiar with
new technology. Check out the
online tutorials, including Search
the Kids' Catalogue, What you can
do online with your Library Card,
Kids InfoBits and a Virtual Tour of the
Library under the Virtual Collection
category on the Library Web site.
The Library 'featured' 126 library,
community, and news eventson its Web site in 2006. Fifty-
nine of these were community
events like the
Blues Festival, the
municipal election,
and more.
A collection of
children's
books was
placed at the
Little Lions Daycare's new
public room to extend the
library's reach into the
community.
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Customer CommentsI absolutely love the Web site. It is one of the most user friendly sites I have
ever used. I recommend it often to others, hoping they will use the public
library.
I am currently teaching music appreciation at Confederation College, and I
wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed using the TBPL's online
access to the Naxos music library. Many thanks to the Library for this fantastic
service.
The staff are very knowlegeable and are eager to help locate materials. They
are very helpful with suggestions about what books my children might like.
Prompt and helpful attention.
The staff at this branch are
beyond compare. I've
watched and listened to
their interaction with other
patrons. They make everyone
feel that what they need or
are looking for is of the
utmost importance.
Celebrationsfor Canadian
Children's Book
Week included a
visit by First Nations author Larry
Loyie and co-author Constance
Brissenden.
The Library
provided
meaningful
volunteerwork for high school students by
offering them the opportunity to
create children's murals at the
library to enhance these areas.
MP3 books on CD
were added to the
collection at Brodie.37
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Readers Are Leaders! One hundred
and twenty six children in grades
one, two, or three were matched
with readingpartners and benefit-
ted from one-on-one
reading assistance in
2006.
Contact Your LibraryWaverley Resource Library285 Red River Rd.P7B 1A9General Inquiries
344-3585Reference
684-6815Circulation
684-6814Children's
684-6816
County Park Branch LibraryCounty Fair Plaza1020 Dawson Rd.P7B 1K6General Inquiries
768-9151
Mary J.L. Black Library151 W. Brock St.P7E 4H9General Inquiries
475-5906
Brodie Resource Library216 S. Brodie St.P7E 1C2General Inquiries
623-0925Reference
624-4200Circulation
624-4209Children's
624-4208
Lost or Stolen Cards (24 hr.)684-6801
Automated Phone Renewals344-7138
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