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Cooperative
Update 2022/2023
Ms
Sarah Taylor provided an overview of the Cooperative and made the following
comments in summary:
· The
Cooperative post COVID is going strong with an addition of 15,000 items to
the collection which is shared across the zone. This gives an overall
collection of physical items of approximately 165,000
· It
has a large digital collection which has been growing, over the year 156,000
e-books and eAudio Books had been borrowed and 128,000 e-magazines.
· The
E-magazine provider has changed from OverDrive to BorrowBox
· The
digital collection continues to grow with approximately 15% of the loans
overall across the collection, with a total of 550,000 physical and digital
loans
· Starting
to get to get back to the “pre” COVID loan numbers.
· Continue
to promote and share resources across the Cooperative
· Physical
stock and Digital stock has been separated in the report to make it clearer.
· The
Growth in loans is increasing
Kiama
Library Update 2022/2023
Ms
Michelle Hudson provided an overview of the Kiama Library Services and made
the following comments in summary:
· Acknowledged
the work that has gone into putting together the annual report
· Some
of the highlights for Kiama are that people are starting to come back into
the library, reverting back to normal library conditions “pre
COVID”
· A
recent innovative program has been the Death Café held at Kiama and
Gerringong over a number of sessions and this highlights the importance of
partnerships, for this program Kiama partnered with the Illawarra Shoalhaven Compassionate
Community
· Diagon
Alley/Twilight/Magic Market in Gerringong which has over 20 market stalls,
music, free workshops, food trucks and fortune tellers, and has received
great attendance.
· The
same can be said for the 1st Birthday Celebrations, there were
over 700 people in attendance, there were circus performers, magicians,
competitions and pop-up craft opportunities.
· It
has been great working in partnership with the Museum as the library
continues to offer different programs. The Museum itself has a great
“Night at the Museum” program where people can come to the museum
after hours and look at the collections.
· The
Library participated in the National Novel Writing, this program encouraged
new authors to write 50,000 words over the month of November.
· Recognition
for the dedication of the Library Staff, working through some challenging
times but it’s great to see the public come back to the library and
enjoy the services.
Shoalhaven
Library Update 2022/2023
Ms
Sarah Taylor provided an overview of the Shoalhaven Library Services and made
the following comments in summary:
· Thanked
Michelle for the comments in relation to the report
· Ms
Ellen Forsyth from State Library visited the Shoalhaven this week and
understood a review, and provided positive feedback on the report.
· It’s
been another good year, things are getting back to normal from COVID
· One
of the main changes is that the library has set up the “Book Bar”
where multiple copies of popular books are purchased, this reduces waiting
times.
· Working
on a new Shoalhaven Library Strategic Plan which is expected to go on Public
Exhibition soon, this selected five (5) key priority areas, being: People,
Collection, Spaces, Technology and Programs
· Continuing
to progress the design for the Sanctuary Point Library, and have been
successful in obtaining Public Library Infrastructure Grant funding of
$450,000
· Over
565 events across all the Library branches have been held and over 9000
people attended
· Have
collaborated with the South Coast Writers Centre to facilitate workshops for
adults and young adults
· Have
liaised with local speech pathologists to help with our “Story
Time” to give more information to local families.
· Worked
with the Regional Gallery to conduct artistic programming
· Worked
with SaltCare and held homelessness sessions
· Held
sessions with RePower Shoalhaven to help people talk about energy
efficiencies and how to save money on their power bill
· A
big program is the annual Winter Knitting Competition, 123 entries were
received and at the end of the competition the hats were donated to local
charities.
· Celebrated
Pride Month during June and held a Queer&A event
· Held
twice this year was an event called BookFest, for unknown authors to come and
talk about their books in a group setting.
· A
lot of time has been invested into technology and digital assistance to train
the community
· Local
Heritage with the help of State Library NSW has a project called
Multicultural Shoalhaven, this has great audio interviews from people of the
Shoalhaven with multicultural backgrounds.
· Energy
Kits have been purchased that the public can take home to test the energy
ratings on their fridges and appliances to see what it costs to run for the
year.
· Another
Grant received was from National Backyard Cricket which allowed us to
purchase 5 Envoy Players which are devices the vision Impaired can use to
download audio books
· Acknowledged
both the staff and volunteers for their passion and dedication
Ms
Jane Lewis – Director City Lifestyles congratulated the Libraries and
team of staff on a successful 12 months and the partnerships that have been
established and continue to grow. Working together allows the provision
of more services and better outcomes for the community.
RESOLVED (Jane Lewis / Michelle
Hudson)
That the South Coast Cooperative
Libraries Annual Report 2022-2023 be received for information.
CARRIED
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