February 4, 2025

Library Report

Preston Hot Springs Town-County Library

1. Services to the Public: Knit Wit meets Friday afternoons at 1pm.  Paper crafts start at 1pm on Saturdays. Materials are provided. Lisa Scott will be teaching Modern Ho’oponopono, a Hawaiiain healing technique, February 21, 2025, starting at 1pm. It is tax season. We will print tax forms free of charge. We will not print instructions free of charge.

2. Collections: We are about half way through re-organizing the Dvd sections. We have added a large number of movies to the make an offer sale.

3.  Technology: Nothing new to report.

4. General Administrative Business: The hot spot program, which has been paid for by the Montana State Library since 2019, will end June 30, 2025.

The library board will meet February 19, 2025 at 5pm for their monthly meeting.

REPORTS

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New Patrons:          6                          1                      1                       3                          1                   6

Walk-ins:              316                     319                  302                   410                      478               405

Computer Users   140                      129                  144                   108                      130               124

Wireless Users:      33                        10                    32                   51                      45                 25

Children                125                     116                 150               135                    122               101

Prints                  506                    267                287              245                    985              500

Copies                152                    149                 86               249                    110              125