Beth Anderson, Director, Burnsville Public Library, Burnsville, WV (Population served: 3,700)
Big Talk From Small Libraries 2021
February 26, 2021
http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk
3. First opened September 11, 1976 from a community effort to bring
a “pop-up” library to the town.
Addition was added in 2000.
*Stats from 2019 Annual Report
*Population from 2010 Census
Service Population – 3,723
Town of Burnsville Pop. Around 500
Full-Time Staff – 1.03
Registered Patrons – 1,363
Total Circulation – 5,410
Circ of Children’s Items – 4,125
Visits – 10,936
PAC – 8 Computers
with 2,357 users
WiFi users 585
4. Programming Changes
2014
12 Children’s Programs
2 YA Programs
4 Adult Programs
18 Total Programs
1,003 Total Attendance
2015
12 Children’s Programs
0 YA Programs
1 Adult Program
13 Total Programs
914 Total Attendance
2017
261 Children’s Programs
31 YA Programs
10 Adult Programs
302 Total Programs
5,888 Total Attendance
2018
380 Children’s Programs
14 YA Programs
15 Adult Programs
409 Total Programs
6,727 Total Attendance
2019
382 Children’s Prog.
3 YA Programs
20 Adult Programs
405 Total Programs
7,597 Total Attend.
*2014 and 2015 used different instructions for counting programs, which accounts for some of the increase.
14. Grants Received
• PLA’s iii 2017 for 2 interns and
2019 for 1 intern
• RIPL Scholarship
• PLA’s Digital Lead
• ARST Library Partnership
• Count Me In WV Census and
Civic Engagement
• PLA’s Connecting You to
Coverage 2018 and 2019
• PLA 2018 Conference and
PreConference
• The Pilcrow Foundation
• ALA’s Virtual Learning
Enhancement
• LTC: Focus on Small and
Rural Libraries
• Small Libraries Create
Smart Spaces
• Weyerhauser Giving
Fund 2016-2020
• Inquire Within
• Save the Children SRP
Incentive
• WVLC Grants
WVLA Scholarship
PLA 2018 Scholarship
Technology Expansion
HVAC/Security Cameras
• Rural Gateways
• Revisiting the Founding Era
• Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Grant
• The Libri Foundation
* We have not received 14 grants.