Adopted Budget FY 2018-2019

Library Palm View
www.mcallenlibrary.net/locations/palmview
Performance Measures
Actual Goal Estimated Goal
FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 17-18 FY 18-19
Inputs:
Number of full time employees 10 10 10 10
Number of Public Services staff 12 12 12 12
Service population, City of McAllen 145,335 145,335 145,335 145,335
Department expenditures $ 464,556 $ 511,059 $ 490,975 $ 492,486
Outputs:
Number of Library items circulated 42,335 46,224 38,169 40,459
Total number of reference / information
transactions completed 30,502 32,000 35,980 38,139
Number of internet users 24,591 22,756 23,160 24,550
Number of website visits (System total) 377,644 380,000 334,000 337,340
Number of active card registrations 3,227 4,435 3,101 3,194
Number of programs 597 615 597 600
Number of program attendance 12,154 10,837 11,931 12,289
Number of Library items owned 39,959 41,822 40,196 40,200
Library walk-in visits 112,253 130,436 102,724 107,806
Effectiveness Measures:
Percent of increase for number of items
circulated 7.7% 9.2% -17.4% 6.0%
Percent of increase for total number of
reference/information transactions 63.9% 4.9% 12.4% 6.0%
Percent of increase of internet users -45.5% -7.5% 1.8% 6.0%
Percent of increase in Library website visits
(System total) 67.3% 3.0% -12.1% 1.0%
Percent of increase in total number of
active card registrations 31.1% 37.4% -30.1% 3.0%
Percent of increase in number of programs -10.1% -5.4% -2.9% 0.5%
Percent of increase in program attendance 13.0% -2.7% 10.1% 3.0%
Percent of increase in number of Library
items owned 3.5% 0.7% -3.9% 0.0%
Percent of increase in walk-in visits -10.6% -4.1% -21.2% 4.9%
Efficiency Measures:
Turn-over rate of Library items circulated
1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0
Reference / information transactions per Public
Services staff
2,542 2,667 2,998 3,178
Average daily walk-in visits 316 367 289 304
Department expenditures per capita
$ 3.25 $ 3.52 $ 3.38 $ 3.33
*N/A=Not Available, N/P=Not Provided
Description:
Palm View Branch
Library is an extension
of Main Library
providing library
services and special
programs to the
residents of South
McAllen.
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