Riverton 1977

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Reiche (1974)
Childrens Library on Munjoy Hill (1956 2006)
Riverton (1977)
Peaks Island (1978-9)
Monument Square (renovation sketch) (1867 1979)
Burbank (1940 1995)
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Our Mission

• Portland Public Librarys mission is to serve the
  Greater Portland Community by providing a diverse
  collection of books and other resources, with
  access to information resources worldwide.
• The library's services support the educational,
  informational, and recreational interests of all
  community members.

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Board of Trustees

• Officers
• President
• Taffy Field, Portland
• First Vice President
• Morris L. Fisher, Cumberland
• Second Vice President
• Nathan H. Smith, Portland
• Treasurer
• Shelley Carvel, Portland
• Secretary
• Kaighn Smith, Portland

Members Eric Altholz, Esq., Portland Mohamed
Awale, Portland David H. Brenerman,
Portland Wendy Bush, North Yarmouth Janis Cohen,
Esq., Standish Annette Elowitch, Portland Peter
Merrill, Portland David Nicklas,
Falmouth Martha Ott, Cumberland Susan C. Ruch,
Falmouth Theodore A. Spitzer, Portland Edward J.
Suslovic, Portland Laurie Williamson,
Portland Carrie Green Yardley, Yarmouth
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Did you know?

• In 2007-2008
• 807,279 items were lent system-wide
• 615,615 people visited our 6 locations
• We were open a total of 8,548 hours
• Our public computers were used 126,850 times
• We answered 131,941 reference questions
• 25,372 people attended our programs
• We employed 51 FTE employees

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FY90-FY08 Lending Visits
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PPL Employee CountFiscal Year 1990-Fiscal Year
2008
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PPL Efficiency FY90-FY08
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PPL Usage StatisticsJuly 1, 2007-June 30, 2008

• does not include Government Documents
• does not include items belonging to school
  library PPL and EECS school libraries are joint
  use

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Northeastern Region Library Statistics (FY2005)

• All data from FY2005, from http//harvester.census
  .gov/imls/search/index.asp
• "Outlets" refers to central libraries, branches,
  and bookmobiles
• Manchester has a central library plus a
  bookmobile no branches.

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PPL Budget Highlights

• Total FY09 Budget - 3,821,396
• INCOME
• Government Appropriation
• City of Portland 3,106,396
  (81.3)
• State Library 184,000 (4.8)
• Cumberland County 12,000 (.3)
• Government Total 3,302,396
  (86.4)
• Library Generated
• Investments 244,000(6.4)
• Operations 127,000 (3.3)
• Fundraising 148,000 (3.9)
• Library Generated Total 519,000
  (13.6)
• Does not include capital campaign, endowment
  gifts, or restricted grants

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PPL Budget Highlights

• Total FY09 Budget - 3,821,396
• EXPENSES
• Personnel 2,568,035 (67.2)
• Collections 437,500 (11.4)
• Operations 343,970 (9.0)
• Facilities 311,391 (8.1)
• Contract Services 110,500 (3.0)
• Equipment 50,000 (1.3)
• Expenses Total 3,821,396 (100)
• Budget amount allocated to Branches 648,427
  (17)
• Branch Budget amount allocated to Munjoy
  80,867

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MUNJOY HISTORICAL SUMMARY

• November 2008 marks 50 years of service on Munjoy
  Hill.
• Ongoing Outreach to Parks and Recreation
  afterschool program at EECS, including the Read
  Your Way to Opening Day partnership with the Sea
  Dogs.
• Early-mid 2000s Replacement of Adams School led
  to a shared school/public library facility, which
  opened in 2006.
• Summer 2006 The first two year formal agreement
  (MOU) between the Library and Portland Schools
  was enacted.
• Fall 2006 Open hours rearranged to focus on
  out-of-school hours, stretching weekly coverage
  to 4 days instead of 3.
• Fall 2006-Fall 2008 4 rounds of neighborhood
  meetings at EECS in addition to regular
  participation in District 1 HCD meetings.
• Summer 2008 Transition to temporarily house
  Childrens Library due to community feedback PPL
  continues to provide adult services. School
  indicates that security concerns need to be
  addressed security cameras and monitors
  installed.
• Late Summer 2008 Newly configured joint library
  reopens to the public and the school new MOU for
  2008-2010 ratified

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HANDOUTS

• Meeting Agenda
• PPL Usage Statistics
• PPL Planning Summary Statements (DRAFT)
• PPL 2006-2008 Planning Milestones (Selected
  Items)
• Munjoy Branch Profile
• Munjoy Historical Summary
• Budget Principles and Statements

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FY09 BUDGET PRINCIPLES(used as planning
framework for budget response in Spring 2008)

• Meet the informational, educational, and
  recreational interests of every person visiting
  PPL locations or utilizing remote resources in an
  efficient, safe, and comfortable environment
• Increase the amount of lending in the PPL system
• Reduce the cost per unit of lending
• Reduce the staff cost for delivery of the public
  computing function
• Create a system-wide schedule of hours that
  responds to the lifestyles of our users, the
  profiles of each location, and our available
  resources
• Respond effectively to loss of City and State
  revenue
• Function at a high level of excellence for every
  hour open to the public
• Think and function as a library system
• Maintain and develop a strong neighborhood
  presence through whatever appropriate means in as
  many neighborhoods as possible
• Fully embrace the digital environment in the
  delivery of services and in the pursuit of cost
  savings
• Position the PPL system to address potential
  multi-year disturbance in City, County, and State
  funding