FY2023 Annual Report to the State: Section 3: Library Programs, Policies, and Services

Follow the link for instructions and tips to use in Section 3 here.

See the Outline of Major Changes here.

A live program session is any planned event which introduces the group attending to library services or which provides information to participants.
Program sessions may cover use of the library, library services, or library tours. Program sessions may also provide cultural, recreational, or educational information.
Examples of these types of program sessions include, but are not limited to, film showings, lectures, story hours, literacy programs, citizenship classes, and book discussions.

For specific examples of live and prerecorded programs (previously called synchronous and asynchronous), please refer to the chart in Instructions.

Asynchronous programs are pre-recorded and offered to patrons for viewing at any time.

For the FY2023, there are three program categories: 

• Live Programs Categorized by Age, Live Programs Categorized by Venue
• Prerecorded Programs
• One-on-One Programs

View the Registered Borrowers (Questions 3.2-3.3) spreadsheet here.

View the Talking Book & Braille (Q3.16) data here.

For Q3.17 to Q3.32, please report information on Library Sponsored Programs as of the end of the FISCAL YEAR reported in Part 1.

One-on-One Program Sessions (question 3.31)

• Count library activities that are delivered on a one-to-one basis, rather than to a group, such as one-to-one literacy tutoring, services to homebound (such as delivering an item to someone's home), homework assistance, and mentoring activities.
• Scheduled computer assistance for an individual (whether scheduled with one person or set up as a walk-in time for computer assistance) may be counted as a one-on-one session; if one walk-in time is scheduled and library staff meet with 5 individuals separately it may be counted as 5 sessions with a total of 5 attendees. Computer assistance questions that arise during non-scheduled times should be counted as reference questions regardless of how much time is spent with the individual.

One-on-One Program Attendance (question 3.32)

• Count attendance for library activities that are delivered on a one-to-one basis, rather than to a group, such as one-to-one literacy tutoring, services to homebound (such as delivering an item to someone’s home), homework assistance, and mentoring activities.

• Scheduled computer assistance for an individual (whether scheduled with one person or set up as a walk–in time for computer assistance) may be counted as a one–on– one session; if one walk– in time is scheduled and library staff meet with 5 individuals separately it may be counted as 5 sessions with a total of 5 attendees. If one walk– in time is scheduled but individual brings along an additional person, count as 1 session with 2 attendees. Computer assistance questions that arise during non– scheduled times should be counted as reference questions regardless of how much time is spent with the individual.

Please report information for the categories below on the 2023 CALENDAR YEAR (1/1/2023-12/31/2023).

• Early Literacy
• Adult Literacy
• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
• Digital Literacy
• Teen-Led Activities

Q3.33 Teen-Led Programs

Teen-led programs are library programs where teens take the lead in all or many of the aspects of the program. Libraries should strive to involve teens in every step of the programming process, including the design of the program, marketing, hosting the program and program evaluation. Programs should be facilitated by teens, and teens should be allowed to modify and adapt programs as needed to meet their needs. Teen-led programs may also involve peer-to-peer learning activities, should encourage involvement of diverse and underserved teen groups from the community, and should be driven by teens’ needs and interests. Note that data is collected for the last two years.