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'°, - - _ _ - <br />"This is my kids' favorite place!" <br />"You guys are priceless! I rely on you all <br />the time from here and from home." <br />"Thank you for the excellent customer <br />service and going the extra mile." <br /> <br />Library Hours by Year <br />Items Circulated per <br />Eugene .Resident by Year <br />15.0 <br />112.6 <br />10.4 <br />9.4 ~ - <br />s.a <br />~: <br />Library. Visits by Year <br />in Thousands <br />for children, including those at branch locations, were very suc- <br />cessful. Summer Reading programs for all ages broke records, with <br />more than 3200 kids and teens participating - an increase of more <br />than 1000 over last year. And in its first year, Summer Reading for <br />Adults drew more than 500 participants and collected over 1200 <br />book reviews. <br />EPL's history of community ~ ~~ ~ ~~~ '~" ~ - a <br />partnerships dates back a '" ' <br />century. Supporting partners <br />include the Friends of the <br />~. <br />Library, providing fund- `" <br />raising support through its _ <br />annual book sale, magazine - <br />sales, and Second Hand Prose ~ - <br />book store at the Downtown ,., <br />Library. The Eugene Public ~ ~~ <br />Library Foundation contri- ~~ ~` <br />Reading programs for all ages <br />butes greatly with fundraising <br />activities including the annual Authors & Artists Fair and the new <br />Author! Author! lecture series. This year, the foundation <br />contributed the final installment on its commitment to raise $5 <br />million in donations from the citizens of Eugene to assist in the <br />construction of the Downtown Library. The Eugene Public Library <br />Advisory Board was formed this year with representatives from <br />the community at large. <br />FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003* FY 2004 FY 2005 <br />'Estimate for 2003 because electronic counters were not yet installed. <br />Last, but certainly not least, hundreds of dedicated individuals <br />partner with EPL as weekly Library volunteers, this year <br />contributing more than 22,000 hours of assistance to the staff and <br />the public. <br />i <br />~~ ; ~~ <br />,F~ <br />o;' <br />~. <br />...: ,~ <br />_.~~ <br />~.,. <br />~~~ ~_ F <br />First Friday performance in the Downtown Library rotunda <br />~^`;~_ <br />p~ <br />5 <br />FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 <br />FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 ~1' 2004 FY 2005 <br />