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DEPARTMENT / DIVISION FUND
LIBRARY – PUBLIC SERVICES GENERAL
PROGRAM NAME
CHILDRENS SERVICES
DESCRIPTION / MISSION
The Children’s Services staff provides professional and friendly assistance to young library patrons and their caregivers, helping
them to meet their personal informational, educational, and recreational goals. Children’s Services provides an attractive collection
of books and other resources designed to stimulate young readers. They provide reading guidance to young readers through
about age 17, and teach regular Storytime and toddler classes that emphasize creative expression, social skills, listening,
comprehension, and the foundations of reading. They develop and conduct an annual summer reading program to encourage
children to keep learning during their summer school break. The staff works with area schools to provide support for students and
the curriculum.

GOALS
• To provide exemplary customer service to all. (Positive City Image)
• To maintain current and accurate collections that meet the "Exemplary" benchmark of Standards for Texas Public Libraries .
(Positive City Image)
• To provide stimulating library services, collection, classes, and events to children from infants through young adult. (A Sense of
Community)
• To place the right book in the right individual’s hands at the right time to ignite a lifelong love of reading. (A Sense of Community)
• To provide essential resources, classes, and events for young students. (A Sense of Community)
• To sustain successful relationships with area schools and home-educators. (A Sense of Community)
• To develop and conduct an educational Mayor's Summer Reading Club designed to improve children’s readiness to excel in
school each year. (A Sense of Community)
• To conduct annual Outcomes-Based Evaluation (OBE) review of the Mayor's Summer Reading Club. (Positive City Image)

OBJECTIVES
• Selectors will complete three continuing education classes on collection development or collection management.
• Teach regular Story Time, Toddler Time, and Babygarten classes for very young children to encourage a love of reading and
teach pre-literacy skills.
• Present six events for young adults including the annual Mid-Cities Teen Book Fest to encourage reading among teenage
patrons.
• Continue offering monthly Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Story Time classes to teach STEM-literacy skills.

• Provide library tours for schools and daycare centers in the community.
• Develop, conduct, schedule, and evaluate outcome measures for an eight week Mayor's Summer Reading Club program.
Maintain high enrollment in the program. Provide annual report.
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
PERFORMANCE MEASURES ACTUAL REVISED ESTIMATED
Outputs:
Circulation of children’s materials 318,979 318,200 318,300
Circulation of young adult materials 30,569 31,500 31,600
# Of children's classes and events attendees 12,569 12,700 12,800
# Of young adult classes and events attendees 438 650 750
# Of participants enrolled in the Mayor's Summer Reading Club 2,699 2,753 2,808
Efficiency:
Annual turnover rate of children’s collection 5.8 5.8 5.8
Annual turnover rate of young adult collection 5.1 5.1 5.1

Outcomes:
% Of participants in the Mayor's Summer Reading Club who
respond “always or sometimes” to the question "reading is fun." 99.00% 99.00% 99.00%

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