Annual report of the Cleveland Public Library for 2002

              Planning Our Strategy
for the Future
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Venerine L. Branham
President
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Author Colson Whitehead and Cleveland
Municipal School District students
Author Patricia Polacco visited the Library
during Children’s Book Week.
Library patrons participated in town hall meetings as part
of the planning process for the new Strategic Plan.
As President of the Board of Trustees for Cleveland Public Library ( CPL), I was
privileged to work closely with the Director and staff on the new Strategic Plan.
The entire Board of Library Trustees was committed to a comprehensive study that
focused on how the Branch Libraries can better serve the neighborhoods of
Cleveland. From February 2002, when more than 500 employees gathered for a first-ever
Staff Development Day, to December 2002 when the Board of Library Trustees
approved the Strategic Plan, we have been engaged in an comprehensive process to
learn what CPL means to our Cleveland residents.
The Board received invaluable input from an advisory panel of community leaders,
national and local consultants, six town hall meetings, 18 focus groups, and an analysis
of demographic and survey information. Outreach to the public was particularly
satisfying as we were reminded that CPL truly matters to people and is the trusted
information source for our residents. The Board of Library Trustees is excited about
the possibility of preserving our quality of service and building new services over the
next five years. The challenge will be to stabilize and maintain the Library and Local
Government Support Fund ( LLGSF) from the State of Ohio that is so vital to strong
research collections and reference services. The local community will also be called
upon to financially support the current level of service and to provide the funding
for service enhancements.
The entire CPL staff must be commended for delivering the highest quality of
services despite the many cost containment measures implemented as part of the State
Budget cuts. Appreciation is extended to the Friends of Cleveland Public Library, our
more than 140 community partners, and our individual donors who contributed to
special programs and events from Winter Reading Club to Writers and Readers to
Sneak Peeks, and so much more featured in this annual report. These events are vital
to the quality of life in this community and successfully connect the CPL collections
and services to the cultural and educational activities of Greater Cleveland.
We welcome the continuing dialogue between CPL and the public as we continue
to fulfill our mission and new vision.
Venerine L. Branham
President
Members of the
Board of Library Trustees
Thomas D. Corrigan
Vice President
John M. Moss
Beginning July 2002
Sandra E. Noble Robert C. Petrulis
Charlene A. Jones
Secretary
Frances Hunter
Patricia S. James
Through June 2002
The People’s University:
Striving For Excellence
The mission of the Cleveland Public Library is to
be the best urban library system in the country
by providing access to the worldwide information
that people and organizations need in a timely,
convenient, and equitable manner.
MI S S ION S TAT EMENT
ON THE COVER:
Playing a good game of chess requires
strategy and focus. More than 400
Cleveland Municipal School District
( CMSD) students took part in
Chess Challenge: Chess for Success
Competition, which was sponsored
by Cleveland Public Library, CMSD,
and RPM, Inc.
Cleveland Public Library
Neighborhood Library
Services Initiative
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Planning
Community
Use Library from one to
four times per week
of “ The People’s University” is to be the
learning place for a diverse community,
inspiring people of all ages with the love
of books and reading, advancing the
pursuit of knowledge, and enhancing the
quality of life for all who use the Library.
SURVEY RESULTS
STRATEGIC PLAN Priorities
Input from
Library- based Experts
• Board of Trustees
• Director and
Deputy Director
• Administrators
• All Staff
• Consultants
Outreach to the
Cleveland Community
• Leadership Advisory Panel
• Town Hall Meetings
• Focus Groups of Library
Patrons
• Library Survey
• E- mail to nlsi@ cpl. org
Research on
Specific Topics
• Safety and Security Survey
• City of Cleveland
Demographics with the
assistance of Cleveland
State University
• Urban Library Systems
• Ohio Urban Library
Systems
Vision
Increased Hours More Computers
and Computer
Training
Services for
Seniors
Services for
Children
Services for
Hispanics and
New Americans
56% 95% Satisfaction with Branch
Libraries
81% Rating Library service as
very important
As we go to press, we were victorious at the polls!
Cleveland’s citizens have spoken, “ Libraries Enrich
Our Neighborhoods.” We are thankful for the generous
and loyal support of Cleveland residents. The passage of
the levy preserves our library system and over the next five
years we will provide the service enhancements described in this annual report.
2002 was a year that focused on the creation of a new Strategic Plan through hard
work and commitment. We began with our first Staff Development Day at Cleveland
State University’s Convocation Center on February 18. This was a special time for every
staff member to focus on visioning for our future. Thereafter, consultants facilitated
18 community focus groups and six town hall meetings and gathered appropriate data.
The Board of Trustees approved The Strategic Plan on December 19, 2002, making
our 28 Neighborhood Branch Libraries a priority.
“ Libraries Build Community” and partnerships are essential to the growth and
development of Cleveland Public Library. On January 21 our partnership with the
City of Cleveland was clearly demonstrated as we welcomed Cleveland’s 55th Mayor,
Honorable Jane L. Campbell, as guest speaker for our 19th annual Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Commemorative Program.
Reading programs and Sunday Afternoons for Writers and Readers attract diverse,
appreciative audiences. Cleveland Public Library, “ The Reading Place,” encourages you
to “ Teach your children well; read with them.” Even as technology has an increased impact
on library services, we remain committed to books and reading as a core service.
Continuing reductions in state funding for Ohio’s public libraries may challenge
your Library in the future. However, we are working diligently to maintain state fund-ing
for Cleveland Public Library, the third largest public research library in America.
We commend a library team that is working hard to promote and preserve
“ The People’s University”: Library Trustees, Friends of Cleveland Public Library, Inc.,
Library Users, Library Partners, and a Staff of 700 Library Ambassadors.
Andrew A. Venable, Jr.
Director
Message from
the Director
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Rev. Hilton O. Smith, Rev. Jonyrma R. Singleton,
Director Andrew A. Venable, Jr., Mayor Jane L. Campbell,
and Dr. Andre K. Mickel commemorate Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day.
Sunday Afternoons for Writers
and Readers author Julia Alvarez with
Director Andrew A. Venable, Jr.
Town hall meetings were part of
the planning process that resulted
in a new Strategic Plan.
Guiding Our Future
The Cleveland Public Library Board of
Trustees and staff have consistently evaluated
our services, collections, and organizational
structure to ensure that we are continuously
growing and improving, and— ultimately
— meeting your needs. On December 19
of this year the Board approved a new
Strategic Plan, a blueprint for the future
of “ The People’s University.”
The twelve- month strategic planning
process involved fundamental steps of good
governance and vision. People from the
community and the Library were included
in this process. We hosted a leadership
advisory panel, six town hall meetings,
18 patron focus groups, and conducted a
system- wide patron survey. We gathered input
from our Board, our staff, and consultants
specializing in library planning, security, and
demographics.
We learned a great deal during the inten-sive
strategic planning process. The consis-tent
message was neighborhood library ser-vices
are valued and used. The fact that the
Branch Libraries are conveniently located
within one mile of most residents, as well as
being close to schools and neighborhood
businesses is key to providing services to
you— our patrons— where you live, work,
and raise your families.
Our new Plan calls for the enhancement
of several areas, including increasing hours,
creating more special services for youth and
seniors, adding computers and computer
training, and developing new programs for
groups such as the Hispanic community.
This year’s annual report focuses on these
areas, and demonstrates how the Library
makes a difference in people’s lives.
INCREASED HOURS
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is key to children’s literacy and success in the classroom.
Increasing Library hours
and other Library resources, their children are
better readers and more enthusiastic learners.
When parents have greater access to computers, books,
— Brenda Turner, Principal, Tremont Elementary School
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Neighborhood Library
Services Initiative
D e v e l o p i n g a S t r a t e g i c P l a n
Themes that drive
the Strategic Plan
• To become
patron- centered
• To refine and reorganize
services, structure, and
delivery
• To balance technology
services with ability to
train and serve
Feedback from
Town Hall meetings
emphasized
• Diversity and
management of
the collection
• Training on computers
• Hours of operation
Director Andrew A. Venable, Jr.
addresses CPL staff.
Aspects of the strategic planning process
included a session with staff, a leadership
advisory panel, and town hall meetings.
TOWN HALL MEETINGS
Community leaders David Abbott and Steve Minter
at the leadership advisory panel
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One goal of our Strategic Plan is to expand
computer resources and training. This year
we upgraded servers and public workstations
at eight Branch Libraries, and increased
web- based services. New innovations in
web- based services allow us to make some
of our programs available to you 24/ 7.
KnowItNow24x7, CLEVNET Library
consortium’s live online reference service,
is in its second year. KnowItNow24x7 use
more than doubled in 2002, and we added
new features, including a partnership with
The MetroHealth System. The partnership
is the first of its kind in the United States.
It offers free, live, online medical and health
information, advice, and referrals. Now you
can get answers to health questions from
registered nurses through live Internet
chats, and nurses can send pertinent web
pages directly to your web browser.
HomeworkNow has been upgraded to
include Tutor. com, a service that gives
students access
to professional tutors
daily between 2: 00- 10: 00 p. m.
Students can get help with subjects like
social studies, math, and history, as
well as assistance with term papers and
science projects.
In 2001 we received $ 86,689 from the
Ohio Library Foundation’s Drew Carey
Young Adult Grant. Funds were used for
young adult programs, most notably
YRead?, an interactive, online community
for teens, educators, librarians, and anyone
who enjoys reading acclaimed young adult
books. YRead? debuted on February 4
with Monster, by Walter Dean Myers.
Myers and his son Christopher were on
hand for an online chat with students from
Cleveland’s Max Hayes High School and
Dayton High School. YRead? has become
an important tool for teachers, who have
incorporated it into their curriculums,
borrowing books for their students and
encouraging them to engage in online
chats with other students and, in some
cases, authors.
W E B - B A S E D S E R V I C E S
“
Mayor Jane L. Campbell at the
KnowItNow24x7/ MetroHealth
System partnership kick- off.
KnowItNow24x7
use more than
doubled in 2002.
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones
was an honored guest at CLEVNET’s
anniversary celebration.
• FactsOnFile Science
• Full text newspapers including:
Akron Beacon Journal, USA Today,
and Washington Post
• World Book in Spanish
New Databases in 2002
MORE COMPUTERS
COMPUTER TRAINING 2
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CLEVNET 1982- 2002
Robert T. Carterette, Head of
Automation Services
CLEVNET partners from nine counties
came together to celebrate the consortium’s
20th anniversary.
CLEVNET
ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION
A U T O M A T I O N
your own digital vision.
Cleveland Public Library can help you identify
new places and subjects, or connecting with friends and family
anywhere in the world, the Library offers an open door.
If your goals are a better job, learning about
— Kevin Cronin, Library Patron
CLEVNET is truly a pioneer in virtual reference. Concepts such as
routing questions to Library subject departments, tapping outside experts
like MetroHealth, and including specialized services like Tutor. com were
first developed by CLEVNET. These ideas are now widely copied by other
virtual reference services
around the globe.”
Steve Coffman, Vice President
of Product Developement,
Library Systems & Services, LLC
The new web catalog interface
Family Fun and Learning Day
The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped hosted its annual Family Fun
and Learning Day in June. Sight- impaired and disabled patrons participated in a
panel discussion titled “ Yes You Can,” where they explained that blind people can
hike, play golf, and sail a boat, and that people in wheelchairs can dance and play
basketball. Their stories were supported by a demonstration of Beepball, a version
of baseball created especially for blind people.
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We were selected as one of four libraries in the United
States to receive new HP Computers and equipment for
disabled people. The new hardware and software was
installed at the Memorial- Nottingham Branch. The unique
equipment offers features such as “ jelly bean” switches that
can be activated with a very light touch, and mini- or maxi-keyboards.
One state- of- the- art item is the Tracker 2000, a
device that allows quadriplegic people to use a computer. A
small receptor is attached to a person’s glasses or forehead,
so that they can move a cursor by aiming and pausing the
receptor on the letters of an on- screen keyboard.
The Mobile Library celebrated its first
anniversary in 2002. We increased the
number of stops from 23 to 40, making
books, magazines, videos, compact disks,
books- on- tape, and DVDs available to patrons
of all ages. By adding new stops, we continued
to advance our goal of bringing the Cleveland
Public Library to the people.
Happy First Anniversary
A c c e s s A b i l i t y a t C P L
MOBILITY AND LEARNING DISABILITY WORKSTAION
and I take full advantage of the
The Library is my second home,
large print book collection.
I don’t think about the challenges of daily life;
books take me anywhere I want to go.
When I’m involved in a great book,
SERVICES FOR SENIORS
— Clarice Williams, Library Patron
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BLIND AND LOW VISION
WORKSTATION
S e n i o r I n f o r m a t i o n
Seniors with Del Donahoo ( center) and Director Andrew A.
Venable, Jr. ( right) at Senior Information Day.
The Mobile Library ( far right) makes access to
Library materials easy for seniors by serving them
at various locations.
Services for Seniors
In 2002 we started a program that will
meet the information needs of senior
citizens. Through a grant from the
Senior Success Vision Council, we
began work on the Senior Gateway Web
Initiative. The mission of the project is
to create an online community where
older adults and their caregivers can
explore a variety of subjects, and to
promote computer use and training for
the growing population of seniors. The
new website will build on the success
of KnowItNow24x7, and will offer the
services of a live, online information
specialist to help users access resources
and information.
Babushka got the doll down from the high
shelf. “ Yes, it is just the right time for you to
play with her,” said Babushka. She handed
the doll to Natasha. “ I am going to the store
for groceries,” she said. “ You may play with
the doll until I get back.” As soon as the
door closed behind Natasha’s grandmother,
something happened. The little doll began
to move. She jumped to her feet and did a
little dance. For a moment, Natasha was
a bit frightened. But then the doll called,
“ Come on, Tasha. Let’s go out and play.” N
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SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
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we visit the Library three to four times a week,
Our family loves to read;
and check out 25 to 35 books for Isaiah.
my husband and I are instilling the value of
reading and learning in our children.
The Library is vital to our family’s quality of life;
— Janet Paik with sons Isaiah and Abraham
From Babushka’s Doll by Patricia Polacco © 1990
Read, Baby, Read!
Program Finale
Clubs
Reading
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Services for Children
This year we varied our programs for
children and partnered with community
businesses and organizations to offer some
new and exciting events.
The Winter and Summer Reading
Clubs were extremely popular— more than
14,000 children participated this year!
The launch of the Summer Reading
Club, “ Read to the Max,” was held at the
Woodland Branch and included a guest
appearance by skateboarder and Gravity
Games athlete, Andy MacDowell.
MacDowell talked about the importance
of reading, working hard at school, and
staying drug free. He also gave a skate-board
demonstration and autographed
stickers and photographs.
A Cultural Exchange’s Read, Baby,
Read! continued its goal of advancing the
love of reading, embracing multicultural
literature, and improving the literacy
skills of Cleveland’s school children.
This year the program was launched at
all 28 Branches, the Main Library’s Youth
Services Department, and the Mobile
Library. Read, Baby, Read! involved weekly
club meetings where students participated
in discussions and activities about award-winning
multicultural books.
The Mt. Pleasant Cleveland Saves
Youth Initiative is a collaboration between
Key Bank on Kinsman, the Collaborative
for Organizing Mt. Pleasant, Councilman
Zachary Reed, Cleveland Community
Building Initiative, and the Mt. Pleasant
Branch. Fifteen young people met at the
Library each Friday and received training
on how to manage money, develop money
saving habits, and establish and manage
small businesses. The curriculum was
customized to include reading, library,
and information literacy skills. Following
each session, participants were assigned to
help seniors with lawn maintenance or
snow removal. Through a grant from the
Cleveland Browns Foundation, youths
were paid $ 91 a month and were expected
to save at least ten percent of the money.
Teen Read Week
In conjunction with the theme “ Get
Graphic@ Your Library,” Youth Services
offered a Drawing Manga class.
Tutor Derrick Hopperton
was an America Reads
Award recipient in 2002.
The Board of Cuyahoga
County Commissioners
also presented him
with a proclamation in
acknowledgment of
the award.
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I’ve spent my life in Cleveland, and I am amazed at how our community
has culturally evolved over the years. I donated 100 photographs to the
Library’s photo collection so that my family history will help tell the
story of this evolution.” — Nancy Ortiz
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In partnership with Playhouse Square, the Main Library’s
Photograph Collection actively sought donations of family
photographs for the Hispanic Families Photograph Collection.
The photos establish a visual record of the Hispanic experience
in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. The photographs were also
used to create a projected backdrop during the Teatro Popular
performance “ The Secret of the Ceiba Tree.”
In celebration of Chinese New Year,
the Lion Dance was performed at the
Main Library and the Branches. The
Postmaster Generals from the Cleveland
and Akron post offices unveiled the
design of the Chinese New Year stamp
at the Main Library. 2002 was the year of
the horse; therefore the horse was
the motif of the festive design.
HISPANIC FAMILIES PHOTO COLLECTION
A major priority of our new Strategic
Plan is to expand services to Hispanic
people and new Americans. We complet-ed
our two- year collaboration with the
Playhouse Square Education Department
on Teatro Popular, a long- term outreach
program to the Hispanic community.
Teatro Popular culminated in a live
performance, “ Secret of the Ceiba Tree,”
at Playhouse Square. The performance
was based on people’s oral histories and
family photographs. Patrons at Branch
Libraries worked with local artists to
create sets for the multimedia piece
that incorporated dance, music, video,
and narration.
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage
Month, we joined “ A Latino National
Conversation,” the multi- year initiative of
the Great Books Foundation designed to
encourage discussion and appreciation of
Latino literature. Throughout the month
of October we sponsored discussions at
the Main Library and the Branches on
novelist and poet Julia Alvarez’s How the
García Girls Lost Their Accents. The book
was also the focus on YRead?, our online
discussion forum for teens. Alvarez visited
the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing, on
Sunday, October 6 as part of our Sunday
Afternoons for Writers and Readers
series. The celebration of Hispanic
Heritage also included a screening of the
film based on Alvarez’s novel, In the Time
of the Butterflies, starring Salma Hayek,
Marc Anthony, and Edward James Olmos.
SERVICES FOR HISPANICS
AND NEW AMERICANS 5
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Doing research on careers.
I can read about my home country.
The computers!
Books about mythology, anime, manga,
science fiction, law, animals, and Egypt.
The librarians— they are very helpful!
— What Joseph Iraneta ( right), Imtyaz Syed ( center),
and Michael Christopher Moore
love about the Cleveland Public Library
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Titles 2,331,941
Book Volumes— Main 2,358,788
Book Volumes— Branches 677,293
TOTAL 3,036,081
Bound Periodicals 279,828
Computer Media ( CD- ROM, Software) 8,868
Government Documents 811,071
Maps 170,339
Microforms 4,595,629
Paperbacks 157,390
Photographs, Pictures 1,376,000
Sheet Music 17,800
Sound Recordings ( CDs, Cassettes) 147,091
Videocassettes,
Digital Video Discs ( DVDs) 99,396
When the Carnegie West Branch opened in 1910, a
series of friezes cast from the Parthenon in Athens,
Greece were installed in the reception area. In 2001,
the friezes, created by P. P. Caproni and Brothers of
Boston, were removed and sent to ICA for repair and
assessment. This year, the friezes were returned to
their home above the reception area at Carnegie West,
repainted and repaired to their original beauty.
In September our Map Collection Department
hosted a lecture by renowned Civil War cartography
authors Earl McElfresh and William Miller. The
authors described the challenges cartographers of
the Civil War faced as they mapped battlefields.
CAPRONI FRIEZES
COLLECTION STATISTICS
Reproduction of a Hotchkiss map from the book Mapping for Stonewall:
The Civil War Service of Jed Hotchkiss by William Miller.
In recognition of our extensive
collection of books on dogs,
one summer day we opened
our doors to a new group of
patrons: dogs!
CIVIL WAR MAPS
SOMETHING TO
BARK ABOUT
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“ Ohio City,” a mural by artist
William Adelbert Dolwick was
reinstalled this year at the
Lorain Branch.
Collection and Preservation
This year we continued our commitment
to expanding our collection, and to pre-serving
and restoring existing resources.
Our collection of books on dogs—
one of the largest collections in the nation,
with more than 5,000 volumes on breeds,
care, training, and canine psychology— is
something to bark about! The extensive
collection started in 1959 when Richard
Edge, brother and administrator of
Springer Spaniel expert C. W. Edge’s will,
wrote to the Western Reserve Kennel Club
( WRKC) for advice on what to do with
his brother’s collection of the American
Kennel Club Stud Book Register.
Ultimately, the volumes were shipped to
Cleveland. Edge’s collection spurred other
dog aficionados, including a member of
the Canadian Kennel Club, to donate
their collections to the Library. Since then
we have continued our commitment to
keeping these collections up to date. The
WRKC supports the Library’s collection
by making annual donations, and other dog
clubs have contributed all- breed books.
We began the long- term project of
putting several Cleveland High School
newspapers from the 1920s through the
1950s on microfilm. Our goal is to get the
school newspapers, including Glenville Torch,
Lincoln Log, Collinwood Interpreter, and
East Tech Scarab, on microfilm so that
alumni of the schools can access them
for research and nostalgic purposes. The
original newspapers will be catalogued
and archived.
Another important project was conser-vation
of the Mears Baseball Scrapbooks.
The 41 scrapbooks are the heart of the
Mears’ Collection, which consists of 468
volumes of photographs, yearbooks, annu-als,
media guides, and statistical documents.
Charles Mears, who excelled in the fields
of sports writing and advertising, moved to
Cleveland from Norwalk, Ohio in 1885.
His collection of baseball- related materials
was donated to the Cleveland Public
Library in September 1944, two years
after his death.
The Lorain Branch’s mural, “ Ohio City”
by artist William Adelbert Dolwick, was
reinstalled this year. Reinstallation of the
mural, one of the works created under the
New Deal art program under the Public
Works of Art Project of 1933- 34, was part
of an on- going effort with the Intermuseum
Conservation Association ( ICA) to clean
and restore all nine of the murals in the
Library’s collection. “ Ohio City” was the
last of the murals to be refurbished.
2002 STATISTICS
Patrons borrowed
5.3 million items
3.8 million people visited
a Cleveland Public Library
1.9 million questions
were answered
More than 330,000 items
were added to the collection
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Julia Alvarez David Levering Lewis Special guest author Colson Whitehead
Special guest author Susan Taylor ( center) with CPL Board of Trustees
President Venerine L. Branham and Director Andrew A. Venable, Jr.
Mayor Jane L. Campbell and
friends commemorate Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
Special guest author Bebe Moore Campbell
Special
Events
Programs
The Largely Literary Theater Company’s
critically acclaimed three- person version
of A Christmas Carol was staged on
December 7 at the Main Library’s Louis
Stokes Wing Auditorium.
Teen Night at
The RainForest
Savion Glover
Langston Hughes Centennial
5,100 programs at CPL were attended by
more than 100,000 Library patrons.
Author Patricia Polacco
visited the Library during
Children’s Book Week.
CPL conducted more than 1,100 programs in schools,
daycare centers, and community centers.
Author
In 2002 we continued our commitment to
bringing you quality programs and hosted
a diverse group of nationally renowned
authors.
David Levering Lewis, winner of two
Pulitzer Prizes and two Anisfield- Wolf
Book Awards, visited the Main Library
Louis Stokes Wing as a part of the popular
series, Afternoons for Writers and Readers.
Lewis wrote a masterful biography of
W. E. B. DuBois in two volumes, and is
author of other books including When
Harlem Was in Vogue.
In May, Bebe Moore Campbell, author
of New York Times best selling novels,
Brothers and Sisters and Singing in the
Comeback Choir, was also a part of our
Afternoons for Writers and Readers Series.
Campbell is a 1998 recipient of the
NAACP Image Award for an Outstanding
Literary Work.
Children’s book award- winning author
and illustrator Patricia Polacco visited the
Lake Shore Facility in November. She
spoke to a group of students, teachers,
and librarians in celebration of Children’s
Book Week.
The Cleveland Public Library’s
Sugarman Biography Award, established in
1998 in memory of Norman A. Sugarman,
is a $ 5,000 award given biannually to
authors who write biographies for children.
The recipient of the 2002 Sugarman Award
for books published in 2000 or 2001 was
Savion! My Life in Tap, by Savion Glover
and Bruce Weber. A reception honoring
the winning authors and Joan Sugarman,
award underwriter and wife of the late
Norman A. Sugarman, was held in April.
Glover and Weber spoke with the audience
about their award- winning book, and
Glover treated the appreciative audience
to an amazing dance performance.
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Sunday Afternoons for Writers and Readers
More than 2,000 patrons attended the series
Christopher and Walter Dean Myers Oliver Sacks
James McBride
Sunday Afternoons for Writers and Readers.
Events
JAMES MCBRIDE PERFORMANCE
Revenues
Library and Local Government Support Fund ( State Income Tax) $ 26,875,797
General Property Tax Levy ( Cleveland City School District) 17,736,542
State Aid 2,713,284
Service to Contracting Libraries ( CLEVNET) 2,597,408
Fines, Fees, Investment Earnings and Other Revenue 1,254,107
Total Receipts $ 51,177,138
Fund Balance: January 1, 2002 12,084,281
Available for General Operations $ 63,261,419
General Operating Fund
Expenditures and Encumbrances
Salaries and Benefits $ 31,850,544
Library Materials 12,087,253
Utilities and Purchased Services 9,811,472
Supplies, Equipment and Other Expenditures 1,935,373
Total Expenditures and Encumbrances $ 55,684,642
Carried Forward for Next Year’s Operations 7,576,777
$ 63,261,419
Cleveland Public Library’s
Fixed Asset Project
This year we replaced our fixed asset management system
and completed a physical inventory of all Library property.
The inventory project involved scanning thousands of
objects, ranging from furniture to computers. Using new
software, old records were converted to a new system, and
staff members used barcode scanners to read inventory labels
on every piece of property in 183 different locations. When
their work was complete, they discovered that the Library’s
total number of assets was 22,200, including 3,200 newly
identified items. Diligent staff members achieved their goal
of identifying 100 percent of valuable items, and 95 percent
of less expensive assets.
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How Library Dollars Were Spent
A Cash Basis Report of the General Operating Fund
5,981 Chairs
1,398 Tables
1,389 Cabinets
1,161 Printers
973 Book Trucks
658 Desktop Computers
646 Monitors
365 Pieces of Maintenance
Equipment
191 Detection/ Security
Equipment
SOME LISTED ITEMS:
2002
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In December, the Senior Success
Vision Council awarded CPL a grant
of $ 480,000. The grant will fund the
Senior Gateway Web Initiative, a
multi- year program with the goal of
creating an online community for
older adults and their caregivers. The
program will also promote computer
use and training for the growing
population of senior citizens. The website, SeniorsConnect. org,
will build on the success of KnowItKnow24x7, offering live,
online information specialists, resources, and information.
Donors of Up to $ 99
Janet Armstrong • Marvin B. Baily • Barbara Balcerzak • Cleveland Menu
Printing Inc. • Helen Davis • Ralph & Marina Dececo • Maier & Jane Driver
• Eaton Corporation Matching Fund • Students of the ECF Program,
St. Stephen’s Church • David & Jacquelyn Fales • Ann Ferrell • Cynthia
Fienga • Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary 2224 • Irma Frederick •
Joanne M. Gerheuser • Bernardo & Lucille Grimmer • C. F. Hayes Jr. • Jeff
and Susan Haygood • Joseph & Ruth Henney • Mary Jo & Charles Henry •
Gladys Hicks • Jack & Carol Howard • Hustead School Social Fund • Alex &
Dolores Kleme Trust • Pauline Kopp • Douglas Kramer • Teresa Leahey
• Mr. & Mrs. Bert Mears • Mount Carmel Behavioral Healthcare • Nature
Stone • Robert & Christine Ojendyk • Ray Parry • Harold & Maurine Perdue
• Denise Polk & Tom Wang • D. Rosalie Prenuda • Stephen and Elizabeth
Price • Ronald & Mary Recknagel • Audrey & Bill Renner • Edward &
Joan Rose • Rose Rubin • Edward & Vivian Simpson • Dorothy Soldan &
Laura Adams • Robert & Margaret Sutter • Shelley & Tom Turner •
Steven & Barbara Walthall • John & Jane Williams
Donors of $ 100 to $ 499
Dorothy Darr • Daryl & Karen Edwards • J. G. & Shirley Fleming •
W. R. & Yvonne D. Kirkendall • Milton A. & Charlotte R. Kramer Charitable
Foundation • Lee University Music Department • Estate of Margaret Love
• Timothy & Rita Lyons • Overeaters Anonymous • John & Jean Piety • Plain
Dealer Credit Union • Pressley Ridge Schools • Jack Sauer • Noreen Somrak
• Stephen Workman & Sue Nokes • Zilber Family Foundation
Donors of $ 500 to $ 999
Don & Pam Bulson • Dr. John F. Burke, Jr.& the Honorable Nancy A. Fuerst
• The Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee Fund • Kw & Cw Liao Family
Foundation • Joseph & Catherine Pendergast
Donors of $ 1,000 to $ 4,999
Estate of Jean E. Fitzgerald • The Gale Group • KnowledgeWorks
Foundation • Irving Rothchild • Western Reserve Kennel Club
Donors of $ 5,000 or more
Cleveland Browns Football Company
Grants
• Senior Success Vision Council, Senior Gateway to
Information Initiative – $ 480,000 ( December 2002
through November 2003, the first year of a
multi- year project)
Gifts to Special Funds
• Estate of Helen Brown – $ 34,919
for the Founders Fund ( final installment of a larger gift)
• Estate of Lois C. Cheney – $ 9,995
for the Endowment for the Blind
• Estate of Edgar Saltzman – $ 6,964
for the Founders Fund
Other Funds Received Regularly
• Friends of the Cleveland Public Library – $ 21,000
for program support
• Estate of Anna M. Schweinfurth – $ 60,028
for the purchase of architectural materials
• Frederick W. and Henryett Slocum Judd Fund–$ 207,584
for the Library’s Homebound Service
• Winifred Beech Young Testamentary Trust – $ 52,219
for services to blind persons of the Connecticut
Western Reserve
Donors
The following individuals and organiza-tions
made generous donations to the
Library in 2002. Some gifts were made in
honor of loved ones, while others were
made to enhance specific library services,
programs, or collections. All gifts to the
Library are greatly appreciated as they
improve our ability to deliver high
quality service and to build outstanding
collections.
Friends of The Cleveland
Public Library
Rosalyn Sievila, President
Robert F. Pincus, Vice President
Anne Marie Warren, Secretary
Nancy Mahoney and Mary Scelsi,
Co- Directors
Nina Gibans, J. Stefan Holmes,
Harvey G. Oppmann, Amanda S. Rudd,
Allison L. E. Wallace, Trustees
Administration
Andrew A. Venable, Jr., Director
Sari Feldman, Deputy Director
Joan L. Clark, Head of Main Library
Janice M. Ridgeway, Head of Branches
and Outreach Services
Robert T. Carterette, Head of Automation Services
Timothy R. Diamond, Head of Planning
and Research
Norbert R. Harnegie, Facilities Manager
Michael A. Janero, Chief of Security
Patricia E. Lowrey, Head of Technical Services
( beginning May 2002)
Donald A. Tipka, Head of Technical Services
( retired January 2002)
Joan L. Tomkins, Head of Financial Services
Sharon L. Tufts, Head of Human Resources
David L. Williams, Head of Marketing
and Public Relations
M. Main Library*
325 Superior Avenue
( 216) 623- 2800
Public Administration Library
( in City Hall)
601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 100
( 216) 623- 2919
1. Addison
6901 Superior Avenue
( 216) 623- 6906
2. Broadway
5417 Broadway Avenue
( 216) 623- 6913
3. Brooklyn
3706 Pearl Road
( 216) 623- 6920
4. Carnegie West
1900 Fulton Road
( 216) 623- 6927
5. Collinwood
856 East 152nd Street
( 216) 623- 6934
6. East 131st Street
3830 East 131st Street
( 216) 623- 6941
7. Eastman*
11602 Lorain Avenue
( 216) 623- 6955
8. Fleet
7224 Broadway Avenue
( 216) 623- 6962
9. Fulton
3545 Fulton Road
( 216) 623- 6969
10. Garden Valley
7100 Kinsman Road
( 216) 623- 6976
11. Glenville
11900 St. Clair Avenue
( 216) 623- 6983
12. Harvard- Lee
16918 Harvard Avenue
( 216) 623- 6990
13. Hough
1566 Crawford Road
( 216) 623- 6997
14. Jefferson
850 Jefferson Avenue
( 216) 623- 7004
15. Langston Hughes
10200 Superior Avenue
( 216) 623- 6975
16. Lorain
8216 Lorain Avenue
( 216) 623- 7011
17. Martin Luther King, Jr.*
1962 Stokes Boulevard
( 216) 623- 7018
18. Memorial- Nottingham*
17109 Lake Shore Boulevard
( 216) 623- 7039
19. Mt. Pleasant
14000 Kinsman Road
( 216) 623- 7032
20. Rice
2820 East 116th Street
( 216) 623- 7046
21. Rockport
4421 West 140th Street
( 216) 623- 7053
22. South
3096 Scranton Road
( 216) 623- 7060
23. South Brooklyn*
4303 Pearl Road
( 216) 623- 7067
24. Sterling
2200 East 30th Street
( 216) 623- 7074
25. Union*
3463 East 93rd Street
( 216) 623- 7088
26. Walz
7910 Detroit Avenue
( 216) 623- 7095
27. West Park
3805 West 157th Street
( 216) 623- 7102
28. Woodland
5806 Woodland Avenue
( 216) 623- 7109
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Cleveland Public Library
System Map
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Library for the Blind &
Physically Handicapped*
17121 Lake Shore Blvd.
( 216) 623- 2911
( 800) 362- 1262
* All sites feature high- powered closed- circuit TV enlargers
for people with declining vision. These sites feature additional
adaptive equipment for people with special needs. Call
( 216) 623- 2911 for details.
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Annual Report Credits
RESEARCHER, WRITER, EDITOR.
Lyz Bly, newsense enterprises
DESIGNER. Pam Cerio Design
PHOTOGRAPHY. The following photographers’
work was used in this publication: Kari Armstrong,
Margaret Baughman, Rodney Brown, Diana McNees,
Tim Safranek, and Don Snyder
As part of the 2002 neighborhood festival,
“ Puritas Park: The Art of it All,” children
created a peace tree by painting leaves
with their wishes for peace. The tree was
displayed at the Rockport Branch through-out
the fall.
Peace Tree
Security staff has a patrol car, which
can be dispatched to the Branches
quickly and efficiently.
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THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT
Behind the Scenes
Cleveland Public Library facilities are secured and
protected 24/ 7 by 45 trained security guards. Guards
are assisted by state- of- the- art technology, including
digital cameras, security monitors, and electronic
detection systems. The cameras and monitors allow
security staff to monitor Branches, as well as the
Main Library, from one command post. Our security
department keeps Library patrons and staff safe on a
day- to- day basis, and also at our many special events
and educational programs.
Safety and Security
For Patrons, Staff, and Facilities
Digital technology is used to monitor
safety 24 hours a day.
Morning roll call and
guard uniform details.
Monitors provide instant, live images
of Branch Libraries.