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2007 Annual Report (PDF)

2007 Annual Report (PDF)

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. ANNUAL REPORT Library staff and friends are annual participants in Parade the Circle COVER: The day care center of the West Side Ecumenical Ministry was the first to take advantage of the “On the Road to Reading” program. The new mobile unit visits 31 sites weekly, where pr e- K teachers and care providers use a certified curriculum created by Library staff to introduce children to the world of books and reading. “On the Road to Reading” also services 12 pediatric and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) centers throughout the community.

David Fritz, Vice President of Public Affairs, , Inc.; Holly Carroll, Deputy Director; Maritza Rodriguez, Secretary, Board of Trustees; The Most Reverend Richard G. Lennon, Bishop of Cleveland; Sister Juanita Shealey; Alice G. Butts, President, Board of Trustees; MISSION STATEMENT Venerine L. Branham, Board of Trustees at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day commemorative celebration where Bishop Lennon was the keynote speaker. The Harry Potter Bus Tour The mission of the is to (top) Charlene A. Jones, Board of Trustees; author Thrity Umrigar; visited our Rockport Branch , Alice G. Butts, President, Board of Trustees; and Holly Carroll, Deputy one of only two in be the best urban library system in the country Director, at the Writers and Readers series. that were on the tour. by providing access to the worldwide information that people and organizations need in a timely, convenient, and equitable manner.

Comments from Board President The Peopl e’ s Universit y: Alice G. Butts

Striving For Excellence Our community is fortunate to have what many consider to be one of the nation’s Members of the finest public libraries. Faced with many opportunities and challenges, Cleveland Board of Library Trustees Public Library continues to create new and exciting ways to not only service the Vision needs of Greater Clevelanders, but also to expand programming, resources, and access to library collections. of “The People’s Universit y” is to be the This annual report looks back on the many accomplishments and success stories learning place for a diverse community, of 200 7. Throughout the year the Library continued to strengthen partnerships with inspiring people of all ages with the love many community organizations and forge new relationships to work toward shared of books and readin g, advancing the goals. In addition, goals and initiatives of the 2002 Strategic Plan moved forward, pursuit of knowledge, and enhancing the providing the highest standards of information and service to all residents. quality of life for all who use the Library. As we look to the future, we are excited about the opportunities and projects for 2008. As President of the Board of Library Trustees, it has been my pleasure and Charlene A. Jones Thomas D. Corrigan Maritza Rodriguez Alice G. Butts honor to serve you in 2007. The Board salutes the Library staff and administration Vice President Vice President Secretary President who strive each day to achieve excellence in library service and continued growth of Through June 2007 Beginning September 2007 Cleveland Public Library. Our staff acts as caring role models to a new generation of readers, inspiring our citizens to reach for the rich rewards of an ever-expanding global connectedness.

Alice G. Butts President, Board of Trustees

Venerine L. Branham Lori McClung Vita C. Redding Alan Seifullah Rick Werner Through February 2007 Beginning March 2007 Beginning July 2007

1 The Urban Libraries Council Conference was held at Cleveland Public Library on May 4-5 to explore how Cleveland Public Library libraries can be resources for addressing urban issues. (left to right) Rose Zitiello, Manager, Bank Relations, City of Cleveland; , Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library; Christopher Ronayne, Your Neighborhood Library President, University Circle, Inc.; Deborah L. Sutherland, Mayor, City of Bay Village; Steven A. Minter, Executive in Residence at Cleveland State University; Andrew A. Venable, Jr., Director; Martín Gómez, President, Urban Fosters Learning Libraries Council, and Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman. and Literacy for Life

The Library’s Staff Holiday Chorus performed in the Wing under the direction of Andrew A. Venable, Jr., Director. Programs for Youth at Your Library Andrew A. Venable, Jr., Director, with Teen Read Week In May of this year your participants (top) and with Summer Reading Club community proudly hosted participant at the program’s finale. The Preservation Department receives the 2007 “The Changing Face of Cities,” Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections. Attending the presentation part of the Urban Libraries Council’s Laura Wallencheck; Elizabeth Bardossy; Alice G. Butts, Partners for Success conference President, Board of Trustees; Ann Olszewski, CPL Preservation Manager; Lawrence L. Reger, President, series, which explores how libraries Heritage Preservation; Eryl Wentworth, Executive Dance performance during Hispanic Heritage Month . Director, American Institute for Conservation of Historic can be resources for addressing urban and Artistic Works; Andrew A. Venable, Jr., Director; issues. Library professionals from Albert Albano, Director, Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA); Andrea Chevalier, Senior Conservator, across the country convened in ICA; Lyla Chilkcutt; Gloria Massey; and Renee Pride. Cleveland to talk about the vital role Message from the Director urban libraries play in cultivating com - promises. You have taken full advan - This year Cleveland Public Library garnered significant national recognition. On June 25 munity and fostering knowledge and tage of our enhanced services; this is our reward for six years of hard work “The People’s University On Wheels” visited Capitol Hill , where we served as exemplary innovation. Cleveland was the ideal and dedication. backdrop for the welcoming of Members of Congress during the American Library site for this gathering of dedicated Association Annual Conference and for a press conference led by ALA president Loriene library leaders; in the last six years This annual report provides a record Roy. Your Library also co-hosted Cleveland’s first national Urban Libraries Council we’ve transformed your Cleveland of our accomplishments in 2007. Conference in May, and received the 2007 Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Public Library based on your aspira - During its production we secured your Preservation and Care of Collections from the American Institute for Conservation of tions. You asked for increased hours of most significant vote of confidence; Historic and Artistic Works and Heritage Preservation on April 4. operation in neighborhood Branches; on March 4, 2008, Issue 2, a five- In September, following a Community Attitude Survey by TRIAD Research Group, Harry and the Potters event at for more programs for children, young year, 5.8 mill replacement property our Lake Shore Facility. which revealed that Cleveland voters are very positive about their Library , a series of Town adults, senior citizens, and New tax levy passed by a more than Hall Meetings were held to discuss the status of our five library service initiatives. Sixty Americans; and for more computers sixt y-five percent margin. We remain percent of voters supported their Library and our new plan on May 6, 2003. Your support and computer classes. We promised committed to our goal of ensuring remains steadfast; as this annual report goes to press, we are celebrating the March 4, 2008 to meet these needs and we kept our that the Main Library and Branches passage of a 5.8 mill replacement property tax levy . Clearly, your response to our new are the center of our city’s neighbor - initiatives has been very positive! hoods. Our buildings are as lively as This year we also strengthened our ongoing partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan We presented more than 13,800 programs at CPL, in schools the people who work and serve, and School District ; to improve the academic performance of Cleveland’s students, full sets of and daycare and community centers. study, read, gather, create, and learn school textbooks are now available in our 28 neighborhood Branches and Youth Services within them. This 2007 annual report Department, Main Library, on a non-circulating basis. Our programs were attended by more illustrates just how engaged you are The State Auditor’s Office issued a good audit for our Year 2006 financial records, than 142,500 Library patrons. in your Library’s programs, exhibi - thereby continuing our history of earning good audits as custodians of the public ’s trust. tions, and activities. Thanks to the Plans are underway for relocating the Garden Valley Branch into the new Bridgeport combined efforts of our staff, Board, Place, building a new Rice Branch , and renovating the Woodland Branch . community partners, an d— most Thank You Cleveland for your confidence in and support of “The People ’s Universit y”! importantl y— our dedicated patrons, Chess for Success event (left) at Main Library. Cleveland Public Library is a center Children perform during of dynamic innovation and creativity. Chinese Lunar New Year tw o-day celebration. Most importantly, however, our build - ings are places where lifelong learn - ing happens. Your Library inspires Andrew A. Venable, Jr. literacy for life. Director

2 3 Patrons borrowed more than 5.4 million items from the Library Readin g/ Literacy for Life Over 3.9 million people visited a Cleveland Public Library We answered more than 2.1 million questions And more than 389,500 items were added to the collection TEEN The annual Read, Baby, Read! Reading Celebration was held at Cleveland Public Library’s Lake Shore Facility auditorium on May 15. Reading Clubs SUM When we hear the word “literacy,” we for children, on Read, Baby, Rea d!, MI most often think of reading and writing. a multicultural book group for second T But living in today’s complex, competitive graders from approximately 20 public, information society requires that we are charter, and parochial schools. In 2007 “literate for life.” Attaining life literacy Read, Baby, Read! launched Spotlight , a

requires that we have easy access to the magazine with a circulation of 5,000. This Teen Empowerment: Internet, and to textbooks and materials year we began an important collaboration A Motivational Summit 2007 East Tech graduate Richard Starr (far that are fundamental to public education with Care Alliance , an agency that provides right) kicked off the Teen Empowermen t: A Motivational Summit 2007 with a The Summer Reading Club participants, and intellectual development. Our visual medical and dental care to homeless motivational talk about his life journey to and Lyrics contest winner. cultur e— the realm of television, billboard, people in , and Lutheran adulthood. magazine and Internet advertisin g— Metropolitan Ministry , the organization encourages us to consume fatty, sugary, that operates the 2100 Lakeside Homeless high-carbohydrate foods; therefore, we Shelter. Each week, men living at 2100 must stay informed about good nutrition Lakeside Homeless Shelter gathered to dis - and exercise. Your Library makes these cuss books such as Barack Obama’s Dreams resources available to you on site at the from My Father and Is Bill Cosby Right? by

Main Library and neighborhood Branches, Michael Eric Dyson. The group provided Fit For Life Winter Reading Club events took place at the and we also bring them to you with our camaraderie and conversation; it also gave Zoo (top right) and Fit For Life was created to inspire teens at the Cleveland Botanical Garden , where to become physically fit. It was made Mobile Library units, our community part - men the opportunity to explore their own puppet shows were just part of the fun. possible by a grant from MetLife. nerships and programs, and our website. problems and circumstances in relation to Books clubs, which promote group authors’ experiences, the tribulations of interaction and a sense of community, fictional characters, and the challenges remain popular vehicles for sharing ideas faced by their homeless peers. Another and intellectual growth. Creating a success - goal of the discussion group was to have

ful club sometimes means connecting with members read books by authors who were Poetry Slam people where they live, study, and gather. scheduled to appear at the Library; like all Teen Read Week During the American Library Association’s Since 1999 your Library has partnered Clevelanders, homeless individuals are wel - Literacy for Life means offering programs like tenth annual Teen Read Week, young A Cultural Exchange Live Long & Like It where Linda Jaeckel, writers wrote, read, and performed their with , a literacy-based come to attend author events and programs Addison Branch Manager, presented “Seniors own work at a poetry slam. nonprofit multicultural arts organization held at their Main neighborhood Library. Take Charge: Money Matters!”

4 5 November 16 launch of “On the Road to Reading .” Childrens’ Book Week author Ashley Bryan (circle photo) was on hand to read to young patrons.

Holly Carroll, Deputy Director, Cleveland Public Library (CPL); John M. Moss, Board, Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD); and Venerine Branham, Board of Trustees, CPL collaborated with CMSD to include textbooks in all Library branches and Youth Services. With the help of the Library’s Technical Services Department, this was completed in time for the beginning of the school year.

Rhonda Fulton (center), Children’s , Mobile Services, works with teachers at West Side Ecumenical Ministry as part of “On the Road “The Library’s collaboration with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District ensures that to Reading .” students and their caregivers can access the textbooks after school, five evenings a week and on weekends. Cleveland Public Library's literacy mission is to provide as much educational support to school-age students as possible.” A Special Invitation — Merce Robinson, Literacy Coordinator, Cleveland Public Library Mobile Library Arrives in Washington DC Library patrons and Cleveland Often getting people engaged in read - Municipal School District students at ing and connected to their Library means their Jefferson Branch (left to right) taking books, DVDs, CDs, and materials Miyera A. Showers, Rayanne Bassin, Nathaniel Bassin, Natasha Rivera, to them where they live and work. We Orlando Hackney, Kyle Stacey, and expanded our Mobile Services Department Teleza M. Reeves. this year; an $80,000 Library Service and Technology Act grant from the State Library of Ohio made the purchase of the new mobile unit possible, and a $40,000 grant from Starting Point helped us stock the shelves with books and materials. The librarian, to meet the reading interests new project, “On the Road to Reading ,” of incarcerated men. These efforts keep strengthens our commitment to early confined men involved in reading childhood education. Library staff wrote and engaged with positive institutional a certified curriculum for pre-K teachers, programming. which is focused on teaching early literacy Thanks to the collaborative efforts Cleveland Metropolitan School District skills. Next year the Woodland Branch, of home to Mobile Services, will be expanded (CMS D) and Cleveland Public Library On June 25 “The People’s University and updated to better accommodate the staff, public school students now have on Wheels” visited Capitol Hill. A staff and fleet. access to a full set of textbook s— 2,000 number of mobile units from libraries copies in al l— at their neighborhood across the country convened on Another rewarding 2007 endeavor Washington DC. Your Library’s vehicle involved filling requests for books for the Branch and in the Youth Services was chosen to serve as a lively back - Richland Correctional Institutio n’s Library. Department of the Main Library. drop for the welcoming of members of Your Library’s Interlibrary Loan staff Beginning in September of this year, Congress during the American Library books from every subject taught at Association Annual Conference (ALA). worked with the correctional institutio n’s ALA president also held a CMSD for first through twelfth grades press conference in front of our Mobile were available to students and their Library, and media outlets dispersed caregivers for on-site use. images of it throughout the U.S.

6 7 Valentina , Bela , Vilen , Rita , Larisa , Ima , German , Dmitri , Aleksandra , Leon , Galina , Jacob , Vilen , Linaida , Vult , Tatiana , and Irina New Life Literacy for New Americans participate in the Russian Language Book Club led by Foreign Literature Librarian, Victoria Koba . The club Exhibition meets at the Memoria l- Nottingham Branch .

“Freedom: A Visual Arts Exhibition” was on display at the Martin Luther King, Jr. branch and included a Free Speech Zone . “Freedom Dance: A Celebration of Women and Their Girls” performed Freedom as part of the Freedom exhibition.

In May Cleveland hosted the Urban and Library Council conference, “The Changing Face of Cities .” A dynamic, Programs dedicated group of , administra - tors, and politicians from across the U.S. engaged in dialogues on the contributions of urban libraries to the quality of life in the city. Historically, American cities have Participants from Guatemala, always been hubs of racial, ethnic, and Nigeria, Vietnam, Puerto Rico, socioeconomic diversity. Cities remain Jamaica, and Ireland responded to multicultural centers; however, new immi - questions on what freedom in America grants of the 21st century need different meant to them. The exhibit and programs skills than those who came before them. In inspired conversations about freedom and industrial cities like Cleveland, nineteenth its variable meanings across race, gender, and early twentieth century immigrants generation, and socioeconomic status. settled in ethnically unified communities New Americans planning to apply for near factories. Industrial jobs did not citizenship were given free assistance in A series of programs on the meaning of freedom occured throughout the exhibition. require immediate mastery of the English mastering the newly revised U.S. citizen - Rev. Dr. Marvin A. McMickle (circle photo) and speakers Dr. Spencer R. Crew, language and native languages were ship exam. In collaboration with the President, National Underground Railroad Library patrons Macer Diaz commonly spoken in tigh t-knit ethnic Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Freedom Center, and Avery Friedman, and Esperanza Arias at their Attorney at Law, Law Professor and CNN Jefferson Branch . communities. In Cleveland’s post-industrial your Cleveland Public Library offered free Legal Correspondent participated in one era, New Americans often look to their citizenship classes on Saturday mornings of the programs.

neighborhood Library for a way to stay at the Main Branch. The citizenship course To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month , programs in Spanish and English were held connected to their new neighbors, native is one of the many ways your Library is throughout the Library system. languages, and traditions. working to meet the changing needs of our For the second year in a row, we part - diverse, changing, urban community. JAN 2007 JAN 2007 FEB 2007 SEPT 2007

nered with the Arts League of Michigan to Your Library earned recognition in the Bishop J. Delano Ellis II, Senior Pastor, Pentecostal Church of Christ in University mount an exhibition and program series at global community; Shanghai Public Library Circle; Charlene A. Jones, Board of Chinese Lunar New Year the Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch gallery. selected us as a partner in their “Window Library Trustees; Holly Carroll, Deputy celebration at Main Library. Director; and The Most Reverend This year’s exhibit, “Freedom: A Visual of Shanghai” program. Our Foreign Richard G. Lennon, Bishop of Cleveland Arts Exhibition ,” incorporated a series of Literature Department received 500 copies programs on the nuanced meanings of of top-notch Chinese language books freedom. The January 12 opening featured covering a wide range of topics, many of The Singing Angels Keith Beauchamp visited CPL performances by and which were printed in bilingual formats. By on January 28 as part of African Spirit Plus Show Band , and drew 400 accepting the invitation to participate in American History Month . people. In March, a panel, “Freedom: this international endeavor, your Cleveland Library patrons with Bishop Lennon New American Perspectives,” featured Public Library joins the ranks of some of at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day commemorative celebration . people from many different countries. the world’s most prestigious institutions.

8 9 PAGE 10 (top to bottom) Cleveland Public Library: Frank Jackson, Mayor, City of Cleveland; Sari Feldman, Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library; Tim Hagan, Cuyahoga Your Urban Center for Research County Commissioner; Charlene A. Jones, Board of Trustees; and The John G. White Chess Collection , Martín Gómez, President, Urban Libraries Council. located in Special Collections , is used by and Intellectual Inspiration Martín Gómez, President, Urban Libraries Council; Andrew A. researchers from around the world. Venable, Jr., Director; Sari Feldman, Executive Director, Cuyahoga This unique, hand written 18th century County Public Library; Lee Fisher, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio; manuscript (far left) illustrates how to Mary A. Dempsey, Commissioner, Chicago Public Library; and play chess. Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County Commissioner. “In our collaboration with the Cleveland Public Library and Chessmaster, Gioachino Greco created this the Cuyahoga County Public Library, we were able to bring together hundreds Attendees at the Urban Libraries Council conference at 17th century manuscript that illustrates Cleveland Public Library. chess traps and gambits. Cleveland Public of library leaders, public officials, and other experts to discuss the Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman; Christopher Ronayne, Library owns eight of these manuscripts. President, University Circle, Inc.; Deborah L. Sutherland, Mayor, changing challenges faced by our libraries in our rapidly changing communities.” City of Bay Village; Rose Zitiello, Manager, Bank Relations, City of Cleveland; and Steven A. Minter, Executive in Residence at — Martín Gómez, President, Urban Libraries Council Cleveland State University. 2007 COLLECTION STATISTICS

Titles 2,257,497 Cleveland Public Library is the city center What if you are ready to patent your idea but you don ’t know the language of patents? Or you are looking for the most effective way to search for patent information? Since 1886 your Library has been a Federal Depository Library and the staff in Book Volume s— Main Collection 2,622,300 of intellectual discourse and creative Government Documents provides hand s- on training using U.S. patent search processes and research tools, including the Book Volume s— Branch Collection 799,610 Urban Cassis DV D- ROM system, the PubWest database, and the Patent and Trademark (USPT O) web site. Classes are engagement. This spring at the available to help patrons understand how to work with the USPTO web site. TOTAL 3,421,910 Libraries Council “Partners for Success” You can use the Government Documents resources for historic patent information and trademark research. The department Bound Periodicals 274,597 conference in Cleveland also has census, congressional publications, legislation, consumer information, and federal statistical resources available to the , keynote speaker community for research. Computer Media (C D-ROM, Software) 8,989 Co Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher atin g Im Government Documents 815,454 pl eme cited three essential elements to economic nt w ith Maps 178,556 PA Ma development, “Knowledge, innovation, and TENT teri CLASS al S Microforms 4,644,278 FOR A IFICAT upp PENC ION ly i talen t— all of which,” he added, “libraries IL AND n a A BI n E Paperbacks 128,122 KE xpe 1 nda nurture .” Your Library is the third largest ble Photographs, Pictures 1,381,795 She ath public research library in the United States Sheet Music 18,000 and we are a leader in creating technologi - Sound Recordings (CDs, Cassettes) 162,699 cal advancements such as e-Books and cle Videos, DVDs 165,634 Vehi Land online services such as KnowItNow2 4x7. elled Prop pant We also inspire and support your creative Occu and intellectual endeavors. Researchers from all over the worl d— from India and Ireland to the United Kingdom and German y— travel to Cleveland, or work with our librarians via telephone or email to get the information they need to write chronicles on historic Page from Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office , March 1982 chess clubs, dissertation s— including one and pages from U.S. Patent Application Publication, June 2007, for Vibram FiveFingers ,® named one of TIME Magazine ’s best inventions of 2007. on composer Leslie Adams of Oberlin Colleg e— and essays on topics such as East The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Cleveland Ohio from 188 6-1910 are Urban Libraries Council now available online through the Cleveland Public Library Image Collection Prussian folklore, or on chess greats Bobby Exhibit (http: //cplorg.cdmhost.com/). Unlike the black and white versions available through Public OhioLink, these are full-color maps scanned from originals. These historical colorized Fischer and Boris Spassky. The Cleveland’s Evolving Public Library: 138 maps assist researchers in determining building construction material content through Administration Library (PAL) , located in Years of Books, Information & Service , a color-coded symbol key. More information is available in the Map Collection . , Room 100, was estab - an exhibit on the third floor of Main lished in 1912 and is one of the oldest Library, was featured at the opening night reception of the Urban Libraries Council’s con - ference. More than 100 photographs, letters, timelines, and maps chronicled the Library ’s municipal reference libraries in the country. rise from a modest one-room operation in 1869 to the citywide system it is today. Among While PAL specializes in the history of the the notable figures highlighted was librarian Linda Anne Eastman who, with director city of Cleveland, city-authored documents, , helped to shape our service ethic and develop the collections for and our city’s current and historic laws, it which the Library became known. When William Howard Brett was tragically killed in 1918, the Library ’s trustees unanimously selected Eastman to succeed him, making her the In 2007, over 1,400 digital Death Certificates also houses an important collection of scans were requested by Library patrons can now view and copy any death certificate issued in Ohio first woman in the U.S. to direct a large metropolitan library system. Eastma n’s greatest books and papers on age, race, and gender patrons and researchers between December 20, 1908, and December 31, 1953, by using the Library ’s single accomplishment was the construction of the Main Library. When it opened May 5, for reproduction in books, newly acquired collection of Ohio Death Certificates . A rich source of primary discrimination, green design and sustain - 1925, Cleveland’s library represented a substantial break from traditional central library journals, videos and for information for genealogists, death certificates include information such as the personal use. All photographs included in the book Historic names and birth places of the deceased person’s parents, the place and date of able urban development, public health and architecture in that every element of the building was focused on bringing books and Photos of Cleveland are from the Photograph Collection and the decedent’s birth, marital status, occupation, and place of burial. The examples safety, and urban parks and recreation. information as close to users as possible. Influential librarian , who range in date from 1850 -1979. The exhibition Visions of a City shown here are for American sharpshooter Annie Oakley, whose married name with a Soul: Four Photographers in Cleveland, 1925 - 2005 at was Annie Oakley Butler, and Tom Loftin Johnson, during the 1 “Urban Librarians Meet Politicos in Cleveland,” sought throughout his long career to make libraries relevant to the lives of patrons, had the Beck Center for the Arts was our first loan of photographs Progressive Era. Complete information on locating and obtaining death certificates (June/July 2007), 43. this achievement on his mind when he sent Eastman this congratulatory letter (above). for an exhibition organized outside the Library system. is available at www.cpl.org (click Do Research and Genealogy).

10 11 Our dedication to caring for our exten - sive collection of research material s— Erin Gruwell (center) signs books for Library patrons. books, photographs, works on paper, and works of ar t— was recognized this year, as your Library was granted the 2007 Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections . This annual award is presented jointly by the Connie Briscoe American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and Heritage Preservation. Since its inception in 1999, More than 1,500 patrons attended the we were the first public library to receive Sunday Afternoons for Writers and Readers Series. this honor; previous recipients include art museums such as the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and historic sites such as Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. The award was presented in October at a Board of Trustees meeting, which was held Intermuseum Conservation Association paper conservator Emily Helwig (left) with at our Lake Shore Facility, home of the “It is very encouraging to know that, even within this challenging Ann Olszewski, Preservation Librarian Preservation Department. economic climate, Cleveland Public Library remains committed to (center) Senior Technician Renee Pride treating a book in the CPL Preservation Lab. 2007 marked the third year of preservation, which is at the very heart of its mission (below) Preservation staff members Lyla SPECTRUM ... The Lockwood Thompson Michael Chabon to the public, and a cornerstone for sustaining Cleveland's heritage.” Chilkcutt, Gloria Massey, Elizabeth Bardossy Dialogues and Renee Pride. , a partnership with Cleveland — Albert Albano, Executive Director of the Intermuseum Conservation Association Public Art, which is funded by an endow - Thrity Umrigar ment from the trust of Lockwood Thompson. This year’s Pen & Ink series explored how, in combination, words and images have played crucial roles in story - telling and visual communication. Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer prize- Jim Harrison winning title Maus , spoke to an audience of more than 300 patrons. At a later program, Dave Eggers, a voice of Generation X, Marie Arana author, and founder of McSweeney’s, an independent book publishing house in San Francisco, and moderator Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic for The New York Times , engaged in a public dialogue Sherman Alexie on the ways artists and writers are pushing

publishing in new directions and challeng - Ambrozi Paliwoda’s Out of the Past, the Present Book of Mormon , 1830 (center) was restored ing perceptions of high and low art. Michael Kimmelman and Dave (top lef t) and Donald Duer Bayard’s Early by the Northeast Document Conservation Center. Eggers, at the December 13 Transportation: Cleveland’s Waterfront About Lakefront Garden plan detail (background top) SPECTRUM Dialogue . 1835 (below) are two restored murals considered and Italian Cultural Garden plan (background when Cleveland Public Library received the bottom) were treated by CPL Senior technician Preservation Award. Elizabeth Bardossy.

12 13 More than 1 million card holders in 10 counties in Northern Ohio Patrons placed more than 2 million holds for themselves

In 2007, CLEVNET celebrated 25 years of commitment to access and public service

More than 23 million items were checked out

Access to 60 online databases paid for by CLEVNET members 3 million items were shared among the CLEVNET members (sent from one library system to another to fill holds)

CLEVNET members downloaded 38,000 audio eBooks, 37,000 eBooks, and over 4,000 files of music and videos Homepage for General Reference

CPL Homepage and blog Ohio Center for the Book

Homepage for Fine Arts

Technological Literacy for Life:

Your Library as Innovative Catalyst “CLEVNET allows even the smallest library to have access to for Bridging the Digital Divide the largest collection in Northeast Ohio, that of the Cleveland Public Library.” Becoming “literate for life” encompasses — Steve Wood, Director, Cleveland Height s- University Heights Public Library more than computer and Internet profi - first CLEVNET member to join in 1982 ciency. Technology-based cultural literacy and African-American families are less also means being able to access and use likely than suburban white families to have CLEVNET 1982 - 2007 computers and online resources to get the broadband Internet connections at home. information you need to apply for jobs, Forty-three percent of affluent white fami - 2007 Member Libraries stay healthy, write reports or research lies enjoy broadband access, compared with Cleveland Public Library papers for school and work, and stay only 29 percent of Latin o/a and 31 percent Bellevue Public Library informed on topics that are interesting and African American city-dwelling families .2 Birchard Public Library (Fremont) In 1979 Cleveland Public Library Burton Public Library important to you and your family and com - The Pew study supports what you told us Director Ervin Gaines and staff began Cleveland Height s– University Heights Public Library munity. A study conducted this year by the at Town Hall meetings beginning in 2003; Clyde Public Library an automation project with Data Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet you depend on us to provide computers East Cleveland Public Library Research Associates (DR A). The system and American Life Project reveals that and training that is effective, efficient, and Your Library launched a new web site Elyria Public Library design in 2007. The new site includes a they envisioned would be capable of urban libraries are helping city-dwelling Euclid Public Library accessible. blog, a page for Ohio Center for the Book, expanding the number of programs it Fairport Harbor Public Library familie s— particularly Latin o/as and and subject department homepages, such Because you depend on your Library ’s as Fine Arts and General Reference. could manage, deliver information Hudson Library & Historical Society African American s— bridge the newest Huron Public Library computer hardware and staff expertise, Voices Rising of Cleveland (VRO C) is a simultaneously to a large number of new web site for teens. iteration of the “digital divide.” Today this we added 35 new patron computers to the Kirtland Public Library terminals quickly and efficiently, and be a part of a regional bibliographic Lorain Public Library divide is not simply about having Internet Main Library and neighborhood Branches. have maximum data storage capacity. database. Cleveland Height s- University Madison Public Library access; according to the Pew study, most And laptop users can now enjoy wireless The first tasks to be automated with Heights Public Library became the first Medina County District Library young people use computers and the web Mila n– Berlin Township Public Library Internet access at all 29 Library sites. the new DRA system included the card area library to engage in a collaborative Orrville Public Library on a daily basis at their neighborhood Also new this year is our new teen web catalog, circulation procedures, serial dialogue. In six months an agreement Peninsula Library libraries and public schools. What many Voices Rising of Cleveland site, (VROC ). and periodical records, and an index was signed and by the end of 1982 Perry Public Library less affluent families lack are computers VROC is a youth-centered space that to Cleveland newspapers. Our catalog Cleveland Height s- University Heights Ritter Public Library (Vermilion) and high-speed Internet connectivity at features new fiction, manga, and anime, was partially online in July of 1980, and Public Library went live, launching Sandusky Library Shaker Heights Public Library home. Bridging the digital divide means as well as Library events planned just by December of that year, it was fully the CLEVNET consortium. Twinsburg Public Library ensuring that people have broadband con - for teens. Young people are invited to online and the new circulation system Today, under the leadership of Director Wadsworth Public Library nectivity and the skills required to make “be heard” through the online discussion was working in every Library agency. Andrew A. Venable, Jr., your Library has Wayne County Public Library the most of the Internet as an interactive Wickliffe Public Library forum, YRea d?, and “get help” via a The following year, Dr. Gaines predicted 30 CLEVNET partners, making it one of Willoughb y– Eastlake Public Library tool for life and learning. Urban Latin o/a link to HomeworkNow, a service of that our independent database would the largest public library systems in the 2007 No n- Public Member Libraries KnowItNow2 4x7, which offers homework attract other Cleveland area libraries to world and offering innovative online Cleveland Law Library assistance from librarians. community and reference services such (services are restricted to members only) 2 Catherine Holahan, “America ’s Digital Divide Narrows,” as KnowItNow24x7, HomeworkNow, and http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2007/tc20070315_ Global Issues Resource Center 573361.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology (first accessed ReadThisNow. Hawken School May 20, 2008).

14 15 Mult i- purpose rooms are available New Needs = New Facilities, in all Branches for many local groups and community Architects’ initial planning for Garden Valley Branch, including floor plan New Practices + Processes organizations to meet in (background photo) and isometric drawing of the interior. Plans courtesy a safe and comfortable place. of Richard Bowen and Associates, 2007. CPL Board of Library Trustees and Administration, including Andrew A. NASA Venable, Jr., Director; Jan Ridgeway, Branches and Outreach Services “Planning for the Garden Valley and Rice Branches is very rewarding because both FAITH METHODIST CHURCH PRESCHOOL Administrator; and Venerine L. Branham, Board of Trustees; were committed to bringing a new branch to the Garden Valley community. are collaborative projects involving community stakeholders. These partnerships METRO YOUTH OUTREACH VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE allow us to pool resources and bring progressive, creative concepts to fruition.” CPR CLASSES GLENVILLE SENIOR HEALTH FORUM HOMEOWNER’S SEMINARS STARTING POINT — Holly Carroll, Deputy Director, Cleveland Public Library THE BOY SCOUTS LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS STREET CRIME WATCH GROUPS BLACK LITERARY GUILD CHILDREN’S HUNGER ALLIANCE CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT

“The new Rice Branch is designed to reflect Cleveland Public Library’s vision for

revitalizing service at the neighborhood level. We’ve been lucky to share BUILDING A COLLECTION our process with CPL administration and staff; they’re a natural In 2007 a committee discussed the needs of our neighborhood extension of our team and will continue to help guide the design to achieve their mission.” patrons and determined which materials would be most widely used and appropriate for a range of ages. The staff knows our — Richard L. Ortmeyer AIA LEED A.P., Principal, Bostwick Design Partnership patrons from the neighborhood and can make decisions that are beneficial to all who use that Branch. Ensuring that our neighborhood patrons TECHNICAL SERVICES have tools for life literacy is central to our When we build a new Branch, we spend time planning the facility, and we also plan the new collection for our patrons. Technical Services oversees mission; we also want to lead and collabo - The new Garden Valley the workflow process so all materials arrive at the branch. rate on neighborhood projects that enliven Branch will be located at: 7201 Kinsman Road, COLLECTION MANAGEMENT our city. One of our greatest ventures of Suite 101 Several months before the new branch was opened, selections for 2007 was planning the new Garden Valley the Garden Valley Branch collection are sent to Collection Management Branch . Garden Valley is one of our small - where they are reviewed, compiled, and sent to Acquisitions. est Branches in size, yet it serves the largest ACQUISITIONS number of children. The new building, manage and maintai n— it also allows for Acquisitions creates purchase orders and submits orders to vendors electronically. Later materials will be returned to Acquisitions where they designed by Richard Bowen and Associates, better traffic flow and route organization. are received in the Librar y’s system and invoices are processed. In addition to offering you Internet Bostwick Design Partnership’s initial plan - will be located in the Bridgeport Place SHELF SHIPPING ning sketches for Rice Branch were part of Plaza, and the space and collection, fur - access through one of our many computers, a collaborative process documented by the When books, DVD s, CDs, and other materials arrive they are unpacked above photos of Library administration and nishings, and technology it will house are design, which will reflect the important patrons looking for wireless service can by Shelf Shipping where property stamps and barcodes are applied. The staff and the architects. Plans courtesy of now find it at all of our Branches and at materials are placed on book trucks and returned to Acquisitions. Bostwick Design Partnership, 2007. being planned based on the needs and move toward greener, more sustainable interests of these enthusiastic young architecture and neighborhoods. the Main Library . Making some of our CATALOGING patrons and their families and neighbors. To meet the goals of our newly expand - historic buildings wireless was a necessary Book trucks travel to the Catalog Department where items are entered Mobile Services Department into the online catalog for future check out. The item records are Neighborhood Progress, Inc. and ed , a larger and worthwhile endeavor, however, adapt - associated with a record for each title so all copies are displayed together Buckeye Area Development Corporation garage and office space are in the works at ing all of them for wireless Internet access in the online catalog. invited us to be a part of a major undertak - the Woodland Branch . The space will meet was no small task, especially since many of BOOK PREPARATION ing in the Buckeye-Larchmere neighbor - the demands of this growing department, our buildings are decades or nearly a cen - Materials arrive at Book Preparation where they receive labeling and hood, where our Rice Branch is located. which is currently divided between a tury old. Imagine installing wireless routers plastic covers. Items are stored at Shelf Shipping until the week before the opening. NPI and Buckeye Development are planning garage adjacent to Woodland and a carpen - in Carnegie West, Lorain, or Sterling, GARDEN VALLEY BRANCH and building an environmentally friendly, te r’s shop on the Branc h’s lower level. which were all built between 1910 and Rice Branch Materials are shipped to the new Garden Valley branch several days “green” district and the is Mobile Services’ new home will ensure 1913, long before computer s— much less before opening. Technical Services staff unpack and set up materials so part of the scheme. Bostwick Design that staff can maximize workflow efficiency wireless communicatio n— had entered they are ready for the opening. Partnership is working on the new Branch an d— with two state-of-the-art vehicles to architects’ imaginations!

16 17 How Library Dollars Were Spent LBPH Receives Generous Grant for A Cash Basis Report of the General Operating Fund Sel f-Playing Audio Books General Operating Fund This year the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped was awarded a grant for 2007 approximately $10,000 from the State Library of Ohio’s Library Services and Technology Act Funds for the purchase of pr e-loaded, sel f-playing audio books Revenues called Playaways . A few days after the department staff sent information marketing Library and Local Government Support Fund (State General Revenues) $ 26,867,387 the new devices, the phones began ringing and didn’t stop. During the month of August more than 700 Playaways were in circulation and staff answered more than 1,000 calls Property Taxes (City of Clevelan d) 29,671,067 about the new sel f-playing audio books. Intergovernmental Aid 5,860,400 Charges for Services (CLEVNE T) 2,882,600 Other Revenue 3,090,650 Total Revenue $ 68,372,104 Fund Balance: January 1 30,233,948 Available for General Operations $ 98,606,052

Expenditures and Encumbrances Salaries and Benefits $ 41,246,226 Donors Library Materials 15,513,328 Utilities and Purchased Services 11,865,556 The following individuals and organizations made generous Other Expenditures 2,332,874 donations to the Library in 2007. Some gifts were made in Transfer to Building and Repair Fund 3,000,000 honor of loved ones, while others were made to enhance specific Library services, programs, or collections. All gifts to the Total Expenditures and Encumbrances $ 73,957,984 Library are greatly appreciated, as they improve our ability to Carried Forward for the Next Yea r’ s First Quarter Operations 24,648,068 deliver high quality service and to build outstanding collections. $ 98,606,052

New acquisitions from the Lockwood Thompson Memorial Fund Donors of Up to $99 include At the Zoo: A Book of Bloc k- Prints of Wild Animals Sketched at Washington Park Zoo by Kendrick Bell, published in Milwaukee Darrell & Marlene Smith • Rick & Joan Andersen • Steve & at the State Teacher’s College, WPA Handicraft Project, circa 1935; Das graphische Werk Max Pechstein’s by Paul Fechter, published in Evelyn Sahul • Ursula Korneitchouk • Ellen Mayer • Janet Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, circa 1921 (limited edition design by leading Armstrong • Lawrence & Mary Weber, TTEE • Louis & Linda Expressionist artist, Max Pechstein ). Neely Yurasits • John & Dora Yatson • Sally Windle • Jean Miske OCSE A/AFSCME Local 0220 • Oakwood Correctional Facility • Betty J. Taylor • Bath Local School District • Eyedoc Properties Fifty Years of Service LLC • James M. McDowell • Lakewood Board of Education • Larissa Bleiker Living Trust • John & Mary Ward • Lynn & JEAN PIETY Marian Voegeding • Richard & Carolyn Moles • William Tomcho Grants Donors of $100 to $499 • Senior Gatewa y– $49,452 for service and programs for the elderly Jean Piety, Science and Technology Manager, celebrated fifty years of Library service in • LSTA KnowItNo w– $325,176 for providing reference services 24x7 August of this year. When she began working at Cleveland Public Library, salaries were Marian Elizabeth Andrade • Marsha Coffman • Zeta Phi Beta $4,000 per year, and the affluent, Pos t- World War II United States was in the midst of Sorority, Inc .– Gamma Delta Zeta Chapter • David Schoedinger Other Funds Received Regularly a competitive race to space with the Soviet Union (now Russia). 1957 was also the • Waterloo Aeri e– Ladies Auxiliary General Fund • Estate of • Friends of the Cleveland Public Librar y– $16,801 for program support International Geophysical Year; as a result of developments in this moment in history, Mrs. Piety focused on the challenges and innovations of Ruth E. Ketteringham • Pysht Fund • Estate of Anna M. Schweinfurt h– $39,458 for the purchase of science and technology as she began her career. After a party honoring her hal f- Donors of $500 to $999 architectural materials century of Library service, Mrs. Piety announced a January 31, 2008 retirement date. • Frederick W. and Henryett Slocum Judd Fun d– $204,351 for the Library of Congres s– Center for the Book • American Society of During Mrs. Piety’s tenure, our Science and Technology Department has Library’s Homebound Service Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc .– become known for its collection on dogs , which contains more than 3,000 • Lockwood Thompson Memorial Fun d– $157,094 for the purchase of volumes on specific breeds, care and training, canine psychology, and texts on breed - Cleveland Chapter • Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee Fund fine arts materials, lectures, staff recognition, and travel expenses ing, showing, and kennel management. Stud books from American Kennel Club, Donors of $1,000 to $4,999 • Winifred Beech Young Testamentary Trus t– $38,121 for services to Canadian Kennel Club, and the Kennel Club (UK) provide patrons and researchers with the means to trace pedigrees back to the mi d- nineteenth century. Andrew A. Venable, Jr., Director and Main Irwin Jack and Lena Pincus Foundation • John Wiley & Sons, blind persons of the Connecticut Western Reserve Library Subject Department Managers Monetary gifts from the Western Reserve Kennel Club and breeds clubs generously Inc. • Dr. John F. Burke, Jr. and the Honorable Nancy A. Fuerst celebrate fifty years of Library service with help us purchase books and magazines for the dog collection. Dog lovers also Jean Piety (center). • Western Reserve Kennel Club give unique and significant gifts to this collection ; this year Mary Jean Piety assists Library patrons, 1969. Schuetzler of California donated the print series German Shepherd Dog Champions Print from 2007 gift to the dog collection, 191 8-1982 to the Science and Technology Department’s dog collection. 1982 German Shepherd champion Merkel’s Vendetta

18 19 FRIENDS CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, 195 7-2007 February 25, 1970 (center) farewell tea for retiring personnel officer Edith A. Case; staff and receiving line Cleveland Public Library Behind the Scenes (left to right): Dr. Fern Long, Acting Director; Miss Case; Miss Clara Lucioli (mostly hidden), Acting Asst. System Map Director; Mrs. Harley C. Lee, immediate past President, Friends; Mrs. Varelia Farmer, asst. to Director of Main 18a. l E 1950s Library; foreground R: Miss Dorothea Whitney, Head of Philosophy, Psychology, Religion Department “The Peopl e’s University Library for the Blind & Crowds shop at Friends Book sale with proceeds on Wheels” Physically Handicappe d* 1960s 1970s used to support CPL programs. Mobile Services l C 17121 Lake Shore Blvd. (21 6) 62 3- 7114 (21 6) 62 3-2911 (800 ) 362 -1262 M 13. Hough l E 21. Rockpor t* l W 1566 Crawford Road 4421 West 140th Street

N O ( ) ( ) T 21 6 62 3- 6997 21 6 62 3-7053 L U F 14. Jefferson* l C 22. South l C 850 Jefferson Avenue 3096 Scranton Road September 1969 Friends of CPL Scholarship recipients (left to right) Miss Linda Maset, (21 6) 62 3-7004 (21 6) 62 3-7060 Miss , Mrs. Shirley Lee, Miss Lena Nance, Miss Elaine Lynch, and Mrs. Harley C. Lee, President 15. Langston Hughes 23. South Brooklyn* circa 1950 of the Friends l E l W 10200 4303 Pearl Road August 1970 (above) Friends of CPL Scholarship recipents (left to right) Miss Susan Green; ( ) ( ) Miss Gloria Coles; Dr. Fern Long, Acting Director, Cleveland Public Library; Miss Barbara 21 6 62 3- 6975 21 6 62 3-7067 Barstow; Mrs. Sybil Green and daughter Sabrina; Mrs. Eunice Peters 16. Lorain l W 24. Sterling l C Mary Scelsi serving patrons at the Friends Gift Shop 8216 Lorain Avenue 2200 East 30th Street (circle photo at left) in September of 1987 (21 6) 62 3-7011 (21 6) 62 3-7074 980s Funded by The Friends, artist Malcolm Cochran’s M. Main Librar y* 6. East 131st Street Neighborhood l E 17. Martin Luther King, Jr.* l E 25. Union* l C Pig Bank (left) was installed in 1999 in the Business, Libraries 325 Superior Avenue 3830 East 131st Street Economics and Labor Department at Main Library 1962 Stokes Boulevard 3463 East 93rd Street E l East (21 6) 62 3-2800 (21 6) 62 3- 6941 (21 6) 62 3-7018 (21 6) 62 3-7088 Treasures Events are fundraisers with opportunities C l Central Public Administration Library 7. Eastman* for patrons to view treasures from the Librar y’s l W 18. Memoria l- Nottingham* l E 26. Walz l W collection. Treasures: Experience the Magic , W l West (in City Hall) 11602 Lorain Avenue 17109 Lake Shore Boulevard 7910 Detroit Avenue 2005, and Treasures III: 1001 Cleveland Nights 601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 100 (21 6) 62 3- 6955 ( ) ( ) 19inclu9ded a perfo0rmance by tshe Cleveland Boy 21 6 62 3-7039 21 6 62 3-7095 (21 6) 62 3-2919 8. Fleet Choir, 2006 l C 19. Mt. Pleasant l E 27. West Park l W 1. Addison l E 7224 Broadway Avenue 14000 Kinsman Road 3805 West 157th Street 6901 Superior Avenue (21 6) 62 3- 6962 (21 6) 62 3-7032 (21 6) 62 3-7102 (21 6) 62 3- 6906 9. Fulton l W 20. Rice* l C 28. Woodlan d* l C 2. Broadway l C 3545 Fulton Road 2820 East 116th Street 5806 Woodland Avenue 2000s 5417 Broadway Avenue (21 6) 62 3- 6969 (21 6) 62 3-7046 (21 6) 62 3-7109 (21 6) 62 3- 6913 In 1957 one of the Friends of the Cleveland Childre n’s Book Week activities, childre n’s 10. Garden Valley l C Public Library initial actions was to make programs, and Special Collections. 3. Brooklyn l W 7100 Kinsman Road 3706 Pearl Road (21 6) 62 3- 6976 All sites feature hig h- powered close d-circuit TV enlargers for retired Library director Linda A. Eastman Throughout the years, the Friends of the people with declining vision. *These sites feature additional (21 6) 62 3- 6920 11. Glenville l E adaptive equipment for people with special needs. Call the grou p’s first honorary member. Their Library has also given gifts from a fund 4. Carnegie West 11900 St. Clair Avenue l W (21 6) 62 3-2911 for details. 1958 charter luncheon was held at The dedicated to purchasing rare books to 1900 Fulton Road (21 6) 62 3- 6983 (21 6) 62 3- 6927 Higbee Company on November 7, where embellish the collection by deepening 12. Harvar d-Lee l E tables featured centerpieces designed to research facilities. In the 1980s, for 5. l E 16918 Harvard Avenue 856 East 152nd Street (21 6) 62 3- 6990 reflect popular book titles. At that time instance, they approved the purchase of a (21 6) 62 3- 6934 Music Celebration Friends membership cost $ 3.00 a year. We facsimile edition of the famous anti-slavery have undergone a great deal of change newspaper The Liberator , which was pub - Nathaniel Dett Program in fifty years, but one thing has remained lished by William Lloyd Garrison from Administration Friends of The Cleveland The Cleveland School of the Arts Choirs (botto m) Andrew A. Venable, Jr., Director Public Library and R. Nathaniel Dett Choir gave a lively performance constan t— the Friends commitment to 1831-1865. to an audience of more than 400 patrons. Holly Carroll, Deputy Director Robert F. Pincus, President your Cleveland Public Library. In 1991 Friends created The Eugenia Bruce Johnson, Main Library Administrator Amy McMaken, Vice President The Friends have actively advanced our Thornton Scholarship Fund to recognize Janice M. Ridgeway, Branches & Outreach Willie Ann Maddox, Treasurer vision of being a learning place for yo u— Eugenia Thornto n’s nineteen years as Services Administrator J. Stefan Holmes, Secretary Robert T. Carterette, Automation Services Anne Marie Warren, President our diverse communit y— and for inspiring dedicated writer of the Friends’ literary Administrator Pamela Blake, Tracy L. Conn, people of all ages to develop a life long love newsletter, Marginal Notes . Annually the Timothy R. Diamond, Planning and Melissa M. Gleespen, Lute Harmon, Sr., of books and literacy in all of its forms. fund provides four $1 ,000 scholarships in Research Administrator Kathleen B. Havener, Mike Kelly, John M. September 7 the Friends celebrated their 50th Anniversary Michael A. Janero, Chief of Security Operations Moss, Allison L. E. Wallace, Trustees Year with a Garden Party. Jamual Deadwyler (top) second Over the years the y’ve held numerous support of Library staff and their depen - Patricia E. Lowrey, Technical Services place winner of the 2007 “My Life as Poetry” Essay Mary Scelsi, Director fundraisers, which have included book sales dents, patrons, and Friends members for Administrator Competition with Friends Trustee, Mike Kelly, and Vice Tom Feczkanin, Associate President Amy McMaken. and auctions, Flower Fairs, and, more post-secondary education pursuits. Myron Scruggs, Facilities Administrator Annual Report Credits ESU Shakespeare Competition Monologue performer Joan L. Tomkins, Finance Administrator Shanetta Dorsey (circle photo), with Anne Marie Warren, recently, three “Treasures Events” in 200 4- Cleveland Public Library board, staff, Sharon L. Tufts, Human Resources Administrator RESEARCHER, WRITER, EDITOR. Lyz Bly Friends Past President. 2006. A book sale in 1986 grossed $24,000, and patrons extend our sincere gratitude to David L. Williams, Public Relations Administrator DESIGNER . Pam Cerio Design Attendees enjoy an evening of entertainment in the PHOTOGRAPHY . The following photographers’ work Eastman Reading Garden. and “Treasures 200 4” raised $22,000 for our Friends and congratulate them on this was used in this publication: Rodney Brown; Frances our Summer and Winter Reading Clubs, fifty-year mileston e! Kacala and Sam Norton (Friends of the Cleveland Public Library ); Diana McNees; Thomas Darryl Polk; and Don Snyder 20

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