guess who i met in the sandbox? collaborations with the public library

Playing in the Community SandboxCollaborations with the Public Library

Hutch Tibbetts

Digital Resources Librarian

Douglas County Libraries

Successful Collaborations

Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield

Bill Gates & Paul Allen

Sonny & Cher

DCL Initiatives

The Wildlife Experience

Denver Art Museum

Dinosaur Ridge

Community Involvement

Castle Rock Economic Development Council

Parker Downtown Development Council

Colorado Community Newspapers

Transparency Portal

John Travola & Olivia Newton-John

Vendors

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy

Local initiatives

Burt & Ernie

Elections Office

Election call costs

Calculation for cost of election calls for election office:

• Fee received for answering primary calls – $500 • Number of days answering calls – 17 • Fee received per week for calls – $294.12 = ($500 / 17) * 10 • Number of calls received 7/19-31 – 340 • $294.12/week / 340 calls received = .87¢ per call

Calculation for cost of election calls for Contact Center staff:

• Avg cost per hr for CC staff – $16.44• Time spent on election calls – 10.25 hours• Number of calls received 7/19-7/30 – 340 • $16.44 * 10.25 = $168.51 cost to answer calls• $168.51 / 340 = .50¢ per call

Partnerships

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Collaborations

Douglas County Libraries

Douglas County School District

CulturesDegrees of Magnitude

Category School District Library District

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2009 2010 2011

No. Registered Customers 58,723 59,185 60,483 173,660 197,018 217,802

Budgeted Revenues $451,390,619 $466,102,256 $439,147,638 $21,251,179 $21,639,347 $21,840,000

No. FTE Employees 5,158 5,102 4,734 247 227 224

No. of Branches 84 75 77 7 7 7

Governing Board 7, elected 5, appointed

Question Type Number % Total

General 54 14.03%

Academic 23 5.97%

Business 8 2.08%

Homework, K-12 300 77.92%

TOTAL 385 100.00%

AskColorado questions in Douglas County

Time Number Percentage

Before 8 a.m. 4 1.61%

Between 8 a.m. & 3 p.m. 123 49.60%

Between 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. 28 11.29%

After 5 p.m. 93 37.50%

TOTAL 248 100.00%

AskColorado questions during the week by time

Wrinkles

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Bud Abbott & Lou Costello

Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak