Author: Director

Presque Isle District Library
2018 Annual Report

Circulation

63,516 total
physical items circulated

3,903 items
borrowed & loaned

*

10,686 checked out

4,520 Reference Questions

*Population of 14,878 / Registered Users 6,386 / Library Visits 100,587

Pidl.org Visitors

Computer Use by Branch

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57% increase in
Facebook LIKES since 2016
from 411 to over 721

Proctoring

Book Club

Attendance

(all Branches)

153

335

Grand Lake - Millersburg - Onaway - Posen - Rogers City - Rogers City Theater

Programs offered at the 5 Libraries:

Harry Potter Party
Book Folding Class
Black Bears
Human trafficking
Adult Coloring
Crafts Group
Rope Basket Class
Recollections
Quilting Display
4 Book Discussion Groups
Shipwreck Exhibit
Computer Instruction
First Tuesday with Friends
Notable Authors

Programs offered at the Rogers City Theater:

TEDx Talk
Northeast Exposure Music series (4th Season)
Homespun II Folk Music
StoryTellers
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Thunder Bay International Film Festival
“The BiG Five Dive” Film Screening
Metz Fire Historical Program
Sofia Talvik - Swedish Folk Musician
Ocuqueoc Outdoor Center Historical talk
BlackThorn Celtic Band
Peter Bergin Ragtime Music
Carl D. Bradley 60th Commemorative
Annual Christmas Program sing-a-Long
Polar Express Family Event

47 Free Films

2,178 attendance**
** icons represents unit of 100

First Run Films

25

Net Cost	Net Income
$12,719.59	$12,720.91

3,872 attendance

District Library Staff:

Community Partnerships:

Director - Amber Alexander
Program Director - Anne Belanger
Reference - Michael Grulke
Youth Services - Don Dimick
Cataloging - Kay Spomer
Rogers City Manager - Tera Talaska
RC Supervisor - Tiffany Kortman
RC Clerk - Kelly Altman
Grand Lake Manager - Sandy Dion
GL Clerk - Dave Snow
GL Summer - Kathy Yaklin
Millersburg Manager - Lena Prichard
Onaway Manager - JoLynn Zalewski
ON Clerk - Beth Smith
Posen Manager - Nicole Grulke
PO Clerk - Barb Chojnacki
Rogers City Theater Manager - Garrison Benson
Concession Crew: Bradley Heidemann, Daniel Bielas, Caitlynn Shadbolt and Zachary Tennant
Floor Page - Mary Gustafson
RC Maintenance - Linda Karsten

Community Foundation of Northeast Michigan
Calcite Credit Union
City of Rogers City
Kiwanis
MediLodge
Onaway Chamber of Commerce
Peace Lutheran Church
Presque Isle County Historical Museum
Rogers City Area Schools
Rogers City Chamber of Commerce
Rogers City Downtown Development Authority
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Zonta

181 E. Erie Street
Rogers City, MI
Www.pidl.org

Friends of the Libraries:
contributed over $10,500 for Northeast Exposure Series, summer reading program,
photo copier and laminator (Onaway), and disc cleaning machine to the district.