Numbers at a Glance: June 2021
Welcome to the St. Charles Public Library's transparency portal. The charts below are interactive. Please hover over each chart to view specific numbers and percentages.
Please Note: Our numbers below reflect that the library was temporarily closed during the month of June as we moved back to 1 S. 6th Ave.
Circulation
In June, Circulation staff filled 43 holds for SCPLD Patrons.
While our building was closed, many patrons
accessed our online resources.
Collections
Services by Request
Interlibrary Loan is the ability to get our patrons materials that are not available at our library or within our SWAN consortium.
*Please note: Due to the way they are collected, our interlibrary loan statistical numbers are always one month behind.
Book Club Service
Our Book Club Service makes it easy to select titles and run book club discussions. Everything you need is right at your fingertips. You provide the Book Club – we’ll do the rest!
We provided books for 29 community book clubs. We offered and fulfilled titles for April, May, and June for clubs that opted in.
Click HERE for more information about our Book Club Service!
New Materials, Purchase Requests, and More!
We provide materials for patrons as fast as we can!
Also, this month Technical Services concluded updating the catalog locations of the entire collection to be more patron-centric and to match new locations in the renovated building!
Programming
Adult General Programs
Book Discusion: 2nd Tuesday Book Discussion groups read The Splendid and the Vile: a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz by Erik Larson.
Click HERE to learn more about our Book Discussion Groups.
Teen General Programs
Food Bank Volunteer Session: 5 volunteers helped pack 3,108 pounds of food providing 2,590 meals. We have another session scheduled in July.
Movies in the Park: Sonic the Hedgehog had 138 attendees. In partnership with the St. Charles Park District and the STC Underground, our first outdoor movie was a smashing success!
Youth General Programs
ProShred Shredding Event
The St. Charles Public Library hosted a free shredding event for the community in June. ProShred was onsite to accept up to three boxes or bags of paper per person to shred. More than 300 individuals participated in this event.
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Adult Outreach Programs
The June Activity Kit was distributed to eight senior facilities in the St. Charles community. The theme was patriotic holidays.
Youth Outreach Programs
3 Youth Service Librarians hosted a Summer Reading signup at Thompson Middle School in June. 25 families attended.
Summer Reading
Youth Services has had 1,393 registrations for Summer Reading from June 1-30!
- 118 participants have read 500-599 minutes
- 83 participants have read 1000+ minutes.
These numbers are important because they indicate support for summer reading, libraries, and literacy, as the summer reading program has occurred entirely during the library’s closure.
As a thank you, yard signs are being distributed to those who register.