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LIBRARY
LIBRARY (100-60-601)

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:
The Keller Public Library supports life-long learning and fun through books, programs and media in order to transform lives for a
better community.

DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES:
1. Build a collection and create a space in which all members of the public can interact, exchange ideas, learn, and enhance
community.
2. Offer high quality, consistent programming and cultural opportunities for children, teens, and adults that inform, educate,
inspire, enhance, and enrich the quality of life in the community.
3. Conduct ongoing assessments of new library-related technologies and their implications for delivering emerging but proven
technologies.
4. Protect the community's investment in the collection and the library's facilities.
5. Create a stable and sustainable economic model that allows for partnerships at all levels with commmunity organizations,
businesses, city departments, and other libraries.

DEPARTMENT GOALS:
1. Perform regular and ongoing analyses of the library's collection, services, and service population to maintain currency,
relevancy, and usefulness.
2. Offer at least 650 public programs and cultural opportunities that appeal to a variety of ages and interests.
3. Educate and retain highly skilled employees by sending all professional staff to participate in high quality industry conferences
where new and emerging ideas and technologies can be found.
4. Increase utilization of the Annex space.
5. Continue to develop beneficial consortium partnerships in MetroShare, North Texas Libraries on the Go, and CloudLink.
Leverage these groups to the benefit of the patron.

SERVICE LEVEL ANALYSIS:
FY 2024-25
FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2023-24 Adopted
SERVICES PROVIDED Actual Budget YE Proj. Budget
Visits to Library 188,296 150,000 184,856 170,000
Number of checkouts 581,720 550,000 500,858 525,000
Library programs participants 20,026 25,000 13,724 17,000
Digital Service Usage 74,426 70,000 67,096 68,000

FY 2024-25
FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2023-24 Adopted
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Actual Budget YE Proj. Budget
Checkouts per FTE employee as a
measure of workload (Texas average of 37,482 35,438 32,272 34,000
13,328 checkouts per FTE)
Library visits per capita (Texas average 4.07 3.30 3.99 3.63
0.87)
Library checkouts per capita ( Texas
average 3.35) 12.56 12.12 10.82 11.51
Digital Services usage per capita (Texas
average 0.09) 1.61 1.54 1 1
Program participation per FTE (state 1,290 1,611 884 1,555
average 450)
Experiential Usage N/A 65,000 26,026 30,000

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