Annual Report 2018 at a glance Community Partners 2nd Harvest Food Bank Meals on Wheels Spokane Valley Parks & Recreation 2018 Airway Heights Baptist Church Medical Lake School District Spokane Valley Partners Airway Heights Parks & Recreation Millwood Historical Society Starbucks Alzheimer’s Association Mobius Children’s Museum Startup Spokane 2,664,567 Inland Northwest Mobius Science Center Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU) Items checked out (physical and digital) Better Business Bureau Moran Prairie Grange The Gathering House Better Health Together naomi Thrive Washington of those, digital: Central Valley School District Neighborhoods Matter/Global Trailblazer After-School Program Cheney Free Press Neighborhood Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge 559,954 Cheney School District NEWESD 101 United Way Communities served Child Care Aware Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture University Elementary (21% of total) Children’s Home Society Numerica Credit Union Valleyfest City of Airway Heights/Kiwanis Club Orchard Crest Retirement Community Volunteer Coordinator Cheney Colville National Forest Partners Advancing Character Washington Department Community Colleges of Spokane Education (PACE) of Natural Resources Community-Minded Enterprises Riverside School District West Plains Chamber of Commerce 1,353,581 Deer Park School District Rockford Historical Society West Plains Support Network Visits to libraries Department of Children, Romance Writers of America West Valley School District Youth, and Families Salish School Whitworth University Department of Social & Health Services Salvation Army WorkSource Spokane East Valley School District SCOPE Wren Pierson Community Center Eastern Washington University SCORE WSU Master Gardeners Empire Health Foundation SNAP YMCA 112,580 Fairwood Farmers Market Society of Children’s Book YWCA Card holders Family Promise Writers & Illustrators Friends of the Spokane County Southeast Spokane Historical Society Library District Spark Center/INK Art Space Freeman School District Spokane Area Workforce Get Lit! Festival Development Council 84,390 Gonzaga University Spokane Art School Great Northern School District Spokane Arts In-Library program attendance Greater Spokane Spokane Authors & Self-Publishers Emergency Management Spokane County Heights Church Spokane County Extension Office Horizon Credit Union Spokane County Head Start/ECEAP/EHS HUB Sports Complex Spokane County Parks & Recreation 5,865 Humanities Washington Spokane County Library Meeting room reservations Inland Northwest District Volunteers Early Learning Alliance Spokane Public Library Junior Achievement of Washington Spokane Public Schools KERNEL/Catholic Charities Spokane Regional Health District KSPS Public Broadcasting Spokane STEM Leadership Spokane Spokane Symphony 3,432 Liberty Lake Library Spokane Transit Authority In-Library programs Liberty School District Spokane Valley Arts Council Mead School District Spokane Valley Heritage Museum Numerica Credit Union reading rally, Broadway Elementary, May 2018. www.scld.org Community Engagement Plan Board of Trustees VISION Every few years, the Library District holds community conversations throughout Spokane County to ask a few A community that learns, works, creates, and thrives together. John CRAIG Chair questions and, more importantly, to listen. These conversations are not about the library. Instead, they are about what Community engagement is our guide to make sure our Mark JOHNSON Vice Chair kind of neighborhoods residents and businesses desire to live and work in. Kristin THOMPSON Trustee work is both true to our mission and closely follows the MISSION These public discussions show us the collective knowledge of our citizens and reveal their hopes, dreams, and concerns. Providing resources, experiences, and places that empower Sonja CARLSON Trustee Often there are themes that emerge that are shared across communities and these themes shape the District’s strategic people to learn, explore, and succeed. Wes TETERUD Trustee direction so that the services and programs of the library are best positioned for the 279,000 people we serve. needs and desires of our communities. Where we’ve been 2018 Financial Information Service Priorities, January 2016–October 2018 A property tax levy of $.4762 per $1,000 of assessed valuation in the District service area accounts for more than 96% of annual funding. Remaining revenue is derived from interest earnings, other fees and charges, and miscellaneous revenues, Early Learning Business & Career Development Education & Enrichment Digital Interaction & Sharing such as gifts and donations. Revenues 1% 2% Year 2018 (from C4 for revenues) 1% 96% Taxes Taxes ...............................................11,845,558 Fines & fees .........................................117,172 1% Fines & Fees Friends’ donations, grants 96% & eRate reimbursements .....................73,501 1% Friends’ donations, grants & eRate Other ...................................................232,335 reimbursements Total revenues ...............................12,328,567 2% Other 22% Expenditures 6% From internal statements for expenses 51% Services, Education, & Programs Services, Education, & Programs ....6,169,513 Collections .......................................2,695,166 10% 22% Collection Spaces ..................................................766,331 6% Spaces Technology ......................................1,159,931 Our libraries provided 5,618 programs that helped We supported economic development for individuals For library customers ages 8–108 and up, we planned Through digital devices and computers, technology 11% 10% Technology Library District Support ...................1,268,671 51% 139,212 kids, parents, and caregivers as kids prepared with 559 programs that focused on career growth and presented 3,201 programs that were informational, brought the library to where our customers are, Total expenses ...............................12,059,613 to enter school ready to learn. and provided unbiased financial advice for 6,876 entertaining, and culturally enriching and were both inside and outside the library walls. Customers 11% Library District Support attendees. At the business level, we partnered to hold attended by 62,918 people. accessed our digital resources and apps over 2.9 million 130 small business workshops that provided insights and times to read eBooks, magazines, and newspapers, get information to 1,492 local entrepreneurs. help through online tutoring, take practice tests, learn new languages, and so much more..