Annual Report 2020 \

A Letter from the Library Director

As someone who was born and raised in In 2020 we also shifted our focus to online , I know that in the past our city has services and resources, delivering hundreds of weathered challenges like floods, tornadoes, virtual programs and re-directing resources and yellow fever. Yet, I never thought that in to digital content. I’m proud to say that, due my lifetime I’d experience a global pandemic. in no small part to our dedicated staff, we The year 2020 was a time of adapting for the were able to move forward with several Next Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, Generation Library projects in 2020. and this annual report may look different from years past because the needs of the While I may not have thought our community community we’re privileged to serve changed would experience a pandemic in my lifetime, so much and so quickly. I know that Cincinnati and Hamilton County is a strong, resilient community During the brief period when we had to and that we will come together to build close our doors in the spring, we continued a better future. Thank you to the staff, providing services via the phone, website, volunteers, partners, donors, and community and social media. We also used that time to members who make all of this possible. pivot and make sure when we re-opened we were offering services most needed by the community. I am grateful for partnerships that helped us achieve this, such as the free COVID-19 testing we offered at 26 of our locations with the help of UC Health and The Health Collaborative. I am also very appreciative of the General Assembly for their decision to provide public libraries in the state with CARES funds, so that we could safely re-open our doors to the community. Paula Brehm-Heeger Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Library Director Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library: Learning without limits.

At CHPL, every one of us is devoted to every one of you. To lending an ear. To pointing the way. To serving as a springboard for curiosity, uniting diverse people around a common love. We’re here for the playful hearts who want to connect. The hungry minds eager to collaborate. And the wide-eyed ones who wonder what they’ll discover next. We’re here for all. And we’ll never quiet the curious. 2020 Stats 7,454,289 Research Databases and Other Digital 4,889,606 Resources Accessed Digital resources checked out 30,647 1,924,403 Free Documents In-person visits Scanned for Customers

1,650,388 Unique items checked out 24,966 Free Documents Faxed for Customers 229,827 Meals and snacks distributed Facebook 300,266 engagements Twitter Social Media 46,723 engagements Instagram Engagement 36,313 engagements Engagement is the number of times that people viewed YouTube our social media content, including live virtual events 13,284 hours of watch time in 2020 and on-demand storytimes. with an average view time of 5 minutes Pivoting During a Pandemic 747,617 WiFi sessions 185,400 Curbside, drive-thru, and locker visits

149,791 Calls, chats, and emails to our Virtual Information Center

3,259 Socially distanced screen-sharing sessions for customer computer help

300 Virtual programs, including storytimes and lunch and learns Financials *ALL FUNDS

2020 Revenue

Restricted Grants $1,041,135.62

Public Library Fund, State of Ohio $41,427,080.51

Tax Levy $39,194,874.39

Customer Fines & Fees $273,149.67

Earnings on Investments $705,820.29 CHPL Staff receives financial reporting award

Contributions $494,512.89

Miscellaneous Revenue $1,333,224.00

$84,469,797.37 2020 Disbursements

Salaries $28,232,333.86

Benefits $8,889,157.19

Rep. Catherine Ingram visits Downtown Main Library Supplies $1,833,787.27

Purchased Services $11,337,760.03

Library Materials and Information $8,306,499.07

Capital Improvements $6,652,553.80

Other Objects $525,972.66

Transfers Out $65,778,063.88

$78,385,144.62

*Data includes capital improvements for the Facility Master Plan (FMP), excluding $13 million in FMP encumbrances. ONE OF AMERICA’S TOP LIBRARIES

LIBRARY JOURNAL Awards

FIVE-STAR Five-Star Library We were one of only five libraries nationwide to receive the prestigious Five-Star Library award by Library Journal. And, LIBRARY we’re only one of two libraries with eight consecutive years at this top level.

Major Digital Learning Grant The Cincinnati Museum Center and the Library were awarded a $496,707 grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to address inequities in education and tech access in Avondale, Price Hill, St. Bernard, West End, and Westwood.

National Award for Tech Upgrade An Innovations Initiative Honorable Mention was awarded by the Urban Libraries Council for improvements to the courtyard at our West End Branch, made possible with Enjoying the West End Branch’s courtyard upgrade funds from the FC Cincinnati Foundation.

Excellence in Financial Reporting The Auditor of State Award with Distinction was again awarded to the Library for excellence in recordkeeping.

Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Library Director Paula Brehm-Heeger with West End Branch Library staff Community Partnerships

Sewing Masks for Healthcare Workers Contributed to the county’s mask-making effort while PPE (personal protective equipment) supplies were low in the early months of pandemic. Our St. Bernard Branch, Reading Branch, and Loveland Branch Mini MakerSpaces were converted to mask-making stations for TriHealth’s and Hamilton County Public Health’s first responders. Empowering Workforce Development • Created a mobile laptop lab with Cincinnati Works to present a virtual hiring fair at Cincinnati Museum Center for people who had been furloughed or experienced job loss during the pandemic.

• Worked with the Cincinnati Arts Association to set up a mini mobile laptop lab for furloughed and laid-off arts employees in the area.

• Partnered with Cincinnati Works to supply COVID-safe, social distancing space and laptops for members of Cincinnati Works’ JumpStart Job Readiness workshop.

Offering Food to the Community In an effort to combat food insecurity during COVID-19, Offering Tech Access to the Community the Library partnered with La Soupe’s Community Kitchen Through printed materials distributed by the Legal Aid Program in October to provide frozen meals for all ages. Society of Greater Cincinnati, expanded awareness about This private-, corporate-, and foundation-funded project library computers, faxing services, and library staff tech has since expanded to nine locations with plans to continue support to help with eviction prevention. through at least early 2021. Hosting Blood Drives Our pre-pandemic after-school meal service for kids, a partnership with UMC Food Ministry fully-funded by the Hosted summer and fall blood drives with Hoxworth Blood USDA, pivoted to a weekly meal box service containing Center to help meet the urgent needs of patient care during seven dinners and seven snacks. Meal boxes are offered the pandemic. The drives resulted in 245 units collected and at 18 library locations. 735 lives saved. Harrison Forest Park Sharonville

Blue Ash Groesbeck

College Hill Bond Hill Monfort St. Bernard Madeira Heights Pleasant Miami Twp. Cheviot Ridge Northside Norwood Madisonville Clifton Green Twp. Westwood Avondale Corryville Covedale Main Library West End Delhi Twp. Test Count Anderson 28 339 2,424 Covid Tests Hosting COVID Testing Partnered with The Health Collaborative’s Test and Protect to serve as free COVID-19 testing sites. More than 2,400 tests were issued at 26 library locations in 2020. The weekly testing locations, which are scheduled to continue in 2021, are carefully selected to allow equitable access across the county. Testing is walk-up only and no appointments are needed. January saw the release of our Facility Master Plan—outlining specifics of the long-term vision for improvements to our neighborhood library locations with input and recommendations from more than 3,000 community members.

Every library location will receive improvements over the next 10 years. In 2020, we:

• Broke ground on the Price Hill Branch expansion and renovation project

• Selected a more than 25,000-square-foot location to expand the Deer Park Branch while remaining in the same shopping center

• Upgraded the heating and cooling systems at the Downtown Main Library and North Central Branch In 2021, look for improvements at the Downtown Main Library, more branches • Upgraded the electrical and sprinkler systems at the Downtown Main Library getting refreshed, the opening of newly renovated and expanded Price Hill and • Gave the College Hill, Elmwood Place, Madeira, and Groesbeck branches a refresh with new carpet, paint, Deer Park branches, design work on and furniture the Madisonville Branch Accessibility

• Added a drive-thru window to our Anderson Branch Library Project, two new drive-thrus, and more. Foundation, Friends “I really liked how and ATLA straight, to the point, and honest it was. Supporting the Library I appreciated the The Library relies on both public and private support to serve feedback, and even our community. Private support comes to CHPL through the learned a lot from following dedicated organizations. others’ questions.”

The Library Foundation — Writer-in-Residence virtual • Provided Zoom technology to power many of the Library’s office hours attendee 300 virtual programs

• Supported 12 virtual programs, including office hours and a publishing industry roundtable, and 12 podcast episodes with the Writer-in-Residence

• More than 1,200 donors gave $524,000 in support of CHPL

The Friends of the Public Library • Provided 4,123 books to community members in need

• Collected items from 864 cars and trucks Friends of the Library Used Book Store at the Warehouse ~ Hartwell through multiple Donate Days 8456 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45216 / (513) 369-6035 www.cincylibraryfriends.org Anderson Township Library Association • Donated 500+ books to community members in need

• Collected items from almost 100 cars and trucks through a Donate Day WE PROVIDED 28,216 Discover Summer Brand new books* Delivered for Hamilton County Youth 24,608 STEM activity booklets 16,073 Take & Make activity kits 6,914 Summer meals and snacks at library locations** 328 Grand prize kits

* Available at Library locations and 136 partner organizations. Partners included the Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati Recreation We revised our goals for this unusual year. In 2020, we Commission, YMCA, Boys & Girls Clubs, daycares, focused on engaging take-home opportunities for youth to schools, local recreation centers, food distribution help bridge learning gaps from COVID-19 school closures. sites, places of worship, community centers, other nonprofits and community groups. ** Through a federally funded program SUMMER PROGRAMS GALORE

Live in-person 147 and virtual programs

Recorded YouTube 111 videos

Discover Summer was made possible thanks to the support of our generous sponsors:

Friends of the Public Library, The Library Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation (Fifth Third Bank, Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees) Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation, TriHealth, and Chemed Foundation

In-kind support from Frisch’s and United Dairy Farmers

We debuted a learning app to digitally engage families. Our new brand and logo debuted in August to better connect with the community. Minds of All Kinds

Driven to cultivate an environment encouraging boundless curiosity, through individuals of all kinds learning and growing, together. CincinnatiLibrary.org relaunched with important improvements. In dozens of community listening sessions held in 2019, community members repeatedly asked for a more modern website.

• ADA-compliant catalog • Robust search engine with natural language search • New ways to discover titles and track your reading, listening, and viewing • Accessible on most newer devices, including smartphones

New app launched in December

New website launched in August The Library is deeply grateful for the generosity of our community. The following THANK gifts were received between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020 by the Library and Library Foundation. These donations are essential to ensuring delivery of excellent library services and the availability of the widest possible range of information resources YOU... for all ages.

For inquiries regarding contributions, please contact Staci Dennison, Chief Development Officer of the Library and the Thomas W. Jones Executive Director of the Library Foundation, at 513-369-4985 or [email protected].

$50,000+ $5,000 - $9,999 Cord Foundation Sarah Corlett and Jason T. Hampton Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. Bruce Family Charitable Foundation Irma David Maxwell C. Weaver Foundation $25,000 - $49,000 Melinda and Matt Davis Joseph A. and Susan E. Pichler Fund of The David N. & Ann Early Foundation Greater Cincinnati Foundation Noel Julnes-Dehner and Joseph Dehner Duke Energy Foundation TriHealth Annette Digirolamo and Thomas J. Gilman Family Fund of the Greater The Estate of Jane M. and Charles N. Wall Breed, Esq. Cincinnati Foundation Western & Southern Financial Fund Monica Donath Kohnen and Ralph W. H.B., E.W. and F. R. Luther Kohnen Charitable Foundation $1,000 - $4,999 Ellen T. and Dr. Steward B. Dunsker Jones Family Trust Anonymous (2) Designated Fund II of the Greater The Stern Family Charitable Fund of Anonymous Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Cincinnati Foundation The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Foundation The Estate of Sylvan Grisco $15,000 - $24,999 Sandy Bolek Judy and Michael Hayes The Borcherding Heck Charitable Fund Peggy and Kenneth Horne Scripps Howard Foundation Paula Brehm-Heeger and Ned Heeger-Brehm Sylvia S. Johnson $10,000 - $14,999 Jeremy Briggs The Kroger Company J.B. Buse, Jr. FC Cincinnati Foundation Frank P. Kromer Tara Carr Hamilton County Community David Little Development, CARES Champlin Architecture LOTH, Inc The Johnson Foundation James Cheng Karen and John Martens LaMacchia Family Foundation Kathryn and Anthony J. Ciafardini Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition Marge & Charles J. Schott Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Messer Construction Company Center Foundation Anne C. and Sean Murphy William Hueneke Foundation

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