STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY

662 Hudson Avenue

PO Box 486

Stillwater, NY 12170

For the month of February, every library in the Southern Adirondack

Library System prepares an annual report for the NYS Education

Department. This report compiles all of the statistics about check-outs,

program counts, grants, donations, tax dollars, and more. The information

in this report is a summation of the library’s 2016 business according to

the statistics provided to the State Education Department. Should you

wish to see the full report, it will be available online in the Spring. Just let

me know and I can email the link when the time comes.

The library saw a lot of change in 2016. We

thank you for your support as always and

look forward to continuing to serve this

community in all the ways we can.

Thank you, Sara Kipp

518.664.6255 phone

518.664.6826 fax

STILIB@SALS.EDU

http://Stillwater.sals.edu

If the light’s on, we’re home…. Monday through Thursday 10am-8pm Friday and Saturday 10am-3pm

Stillwater Public Library

1st Mondays at 1:00pm: Book Talk 1st Wednesdays at 7:00pm: Cookbook Review Club

1st Fridays at 6:00pm: Teen Night 2nd Mondays at 7:00pm: Non-Fiction Discussion Group

2nd Wednesdays at 6:30pm: Family Craft Night (2nd grade and up) 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00pm: Evening Book Club

4th Wednesdays at 6:30pm: Friends and Family Coloring Group

1st Mondays 6:00pm: Friends of the Library meeting 2nd Tuesdays at 7:00pm: Board of Trustees meeting Sara Kipp, Librarian

Carol Cary, Programmer Michele Barron, clerk Marlene Peluso, clerk

MaryAnn Barbolt, cleaning Anne Hallum, treasurer

Frank Zagorski, maintenance

Library Visits 23,481

Web Visits 35,551

Library Card Holders 1,699

Cataloged Books 15,179

Circulated Books 16,011

Cataloged eBooks 11,169

Downloaded eBooks 859

Cataloged DVDs 2,435

Circulated DVDs 10,920

Early Literacy Initiative

In 2016, the Friends of the Library donated $1000 to the Summer Reading

Program, sponsored Museum Passes for public use to the MiSci Museum, USS

Slater, Saratoga Children’s Museum, and the Adirondack Museum. Always a

tremendous with our annual fundraiser, Ladies Night, the Friends also

sponsored the evening with a $250 cash contribution, donated 4 baskets to be

raffled, and purchased the Great Escape

package valued at $500. The Friends are a

group of library enthusiasts who volunteer

time, skills, effort, and items to better

everyone’s library experience.

Friends of The Library

Mary Swatt, President Pierre Ghorayeb, Vice President

Tonya Trombley, Treasurer Elona Cadman, Secretary

Priscilla Callahan, member

Adult Fiction: My Grandmother Asked me to Tell You She’s Sorry

Non-Fiction: Alexander Hamilton

DVD: Hateful Eight

Teen Read: The 5th Wave

Children’s Book: Pete the Cat: Scuba Cat

Magazine: People

Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees (of the Stillwater

Free and Stillwater Public Libraries) have

spent the past few years planning for the

future. In 2016, the recommended prop-

osition passed and library was able to

make a huge step toward its future.

On May 16th 2017, an election will be

held at the school district public vote to elect three (3) members of the Board

of Trustees of the Stillwater Public Library to terms of three years,

commencing July 1, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2020.

Thomas Mellon, President Mary Ann Galarneau, Vice President

Mary Herlt, Vice President of Finance Joan Allen, Secretary

Thomas Boucher Heather Frank

Tina Pamper Meghan Stevens

Linda Tracy

Adult Programs 67

Adult Attendance 1,027

Teen Programs 19

Teen Attendance 155

Children’s Programs 104

Children’s Attendance 1,109

Public Computers 8

Computer Use 1,855

In June of 2016, Carol Cary joined the library

on a permanent full-time basis as the Chil-

dren’s Programming Coordinator and Assistant

to the Librarian. The library was only able to

fully utilize Mrs. Cary’s skills and education

during the summer months. In years past, we

had not been able to offer any programs with

a defined focus on early literacy. Since July of 2016, the library has been able

to offer a wide range of early literacy focused programming with a true lean-

ing toward education and developing library users. We now offer a weekly

story time utilizing pre-school concepts inline with kindergarten readiness

goals, and a baby and me time focusing on rhymes and rhythms for early

learning and reading skills.

In total, we offered 46 sessions since July with 344 attendees.