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The need for add~ti=nal personnel has become critical at the Charles <br />A. Cannon Memorial L~bcary, Ka~napolts Bcanch. As you will note from the <br />following chart and the attached graph, circulation (the number of materials <br />--books, audio cassettes, recocds, videocassettes, filmstrips, etc.-- <br />checked out fro~ the library) has shown a constant ~nc~ease over the past <br /> <br />1986 total of 72,714 items. The number of people on the library stsff, <br />however, has not changed in that same seven-yea~ period, Pemalntn~ constaht <br />at seven full time and two part time employees. <br /> <br /> CZRCULAT~O_N <br /> <br /> ~gee 72,714 <br /> I987 83,976 <br /> 1988 99,497 <br /> 1989 106,32S <br /> 1990 113,423 <br /> 1991 137,422 <br /> 1992 151,512 <br /> <br /> The number of ~ater~als checked out fro~ a l~b~a~y affects al~ aspects <br /> of the l~brary's operation. Thus, this ~ncrease in c~rcul~t~on also means <br /> a corresponding tnc~ease ~n the numbec of people v'~s~t~ng the t~bracy, <br /> the number of items ~eturned to the ~t~a~y, the nu~beC of overdue t[ems <br /> and the nu~e~ of items which ~ust be ~etu~ned to the s~elves. Our biggest <br /> p~ob~em ereas for handling the work load ere at the Circulation Desk <br /> {checking out and check~ng tn ma~erfa~S) and with ~eturntng materials ~o <br /> ~he~ p~oper places on ~he shelves. ~t ts v~rtually t~posstble for the <br /> library staff to ~eep up with the demands of a steadily ~nc~eastng <br /> work load wh~le at the same time assisting patrons tn a cheerful and <br /> aff~c~en~ ~nner. <br /> <br /> The library staff has a~ways taken great pride in the work we do, not <br /> only f~ the number of things we ace able to accomplish, but also in the <br /> ~ua~ty we b~ng ~o the work we do. Ou~ main goal has a~ways been and ~l~ <br /> <br /> <br />