Section G: Programs and Content Recordings

Live Program Sessions

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.

Include

• All program sessions that are sponsored or co-sponsored by the library. For a program session to be sponsored or co-sponsored by the library, the library must contribute financial resources or staff time toward the program session. For a program session that is part of a larger community event (such as a farmer’s market or festival), it is not necessary for the library to also sponsor or organize the larger event.
• Both on-site and off-site program sessions. For example, off-site would include a storytime at a farmer’s market or a presentation to a school group about library resources conducted at a school. On-site is meant to include programs in the library building and any attached grounds.
• Live-streamed virtual (synchronous) program sessions that are sponsored or co-sponsored by the library.
• Program sessions with attendance of zero or one if they were intended for a group. 

Exclude

• Program sessions sponsored by other groups that use library facilities. For example, do not include a homeschooling group hosting a speaker in a meeting room without facilitation from library staff.
• Offsite outreach efforts that do not otherwise meet the definition of a program session. For example, do not include having a library card signup booth at a farmer’s market.
• Activities delivered on a one-to-one basis, rather than to a group, such as one-to-one literacy tutoring, services to homebound, homework assistance, and mentoring activities.
• Passive or self-directed activities that do not occur at a scheduled time. For example, do not report “make and take” bags or coloring pages as a program. Report these self-directed activities on questions G51 to G59.
• Recorded presentations of program content. Report these on questions G49 to G50.
• Programming that is shared on the library’s website or social media that is not sponsored or co-sponsored by the library. For example, do not include sharing a video from an author’s website of him or her reading a book.

Tips for reporting programs and attendance:

• When reporting the number of programs count the total number of events. A story time held once a week for a year is counted as 52, not as one.
• When reporting attendees count total number of attendees regardless of the age. A children’s program attended by 10 children and 10 adults is counted as 20, not as 10.
• Live, virtual programs are conducted via a Web conferencing or webinar platform during which a library staff member (or other party sponsored by the library) is presenting to or interacting with an audience in real-time. These are considered programs for survey purposes and should be added into programming counts as indicated below.
• Recordings of program content include video or audio recordings created by a library staff person (or other party sponsored by the library) and posted to a video or audio hosting platform for the audience to view tor list to on-demand. Do not include promotional or marketing content. Recordings of program content are counted separately from live programs as indicated below.
• If a program is hybrid (i.e. in-person and virtual) then report it as in-person. Do not double count.
• WhoFi/Non-WhoFi – we prefill and lock data from WhoFi for libraries that use that service. If you did not use the WhoFi service fill out the non-WhoFi questions. The total number of WhoFi and non-WhoFi programs will equal the total number of programs offered in each category.

Children Ages 0-5

G01: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5: Count the total annual number of live, in-person, onsite library programs intended for children aged 5 years and under. An in-person, children’s program is any planned event for which the primary audience is children ages 0-5 and which introduces the group of children attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for children or which directly provides information to participants. 

G02: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, onsite library programs for which the primary audience is children aged 5 years and under. Count all attendees, regardless of age. 

G03: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5: Count the total annual number of live, in-person, offsite library programs intended for children aged 5 years and under. An in-person children’s program is any planned event for which the primary audience is children ages 0-5 and which introduces the group of children attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for children or which directly provides information to participants.

G04: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, offsite library programs for which the primary audience is children aged 5 years and under. Count all attendees, regardless of age. 

G05: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5: Count the total annual number of all live virtual programs intended for children aged 5 years and under. A live, virtual, children’s program is any real-time, planned event conducted via Web conferencing or webinar platform for which the primary audience is children aged 5 years and under and which introduces the group of children attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for children or which directly provides information to participants. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom story hours and summer reading events. Do not count recordings of program content here.

G06: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5: Count the total annual number of attendees of live, virtual programs intended for children aged 5 years and under. A live, virtual, children’s program is any real-time, planned event conducted via Web conferencing or webinar platform for which the primary audience is children aged 5 years and under and which introduces the group of children attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for children or which directly provides information to participants. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom story hours and summer reading events.

G07: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5 (G01 + G03 + G05): Automatically sums G01, G03 and G05 to calculate total number of library programs for children aged 5 years and under.

G08: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5 (G02 + G04 +G06): Automatically sums G02, G04 and G06 to calculate total number of library programs for children aged 5 years and under.

Children Ages 6-11

G09: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-11: Count the total annual number of live, in-person, onsite library programs intended for children ages 6-11. An in-person children’s program is any planned event for which the primary audience is children ages 6-11 and which introduces the group of children attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for children or which directly provides information to participants. 

G10: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-11: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, onsite library programs for which the primary audience is children ages 6-11. Count all attendees, regardless of age. 

G11: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-11: Count the total annual number of live, in-person, offsite library programs intended for children ages 6-11. An in-person children’s program is any planned event for which the primary audience is children ages 6-11 and which introduces the group of children attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for children or which directly provides information to participants. 

G12: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-11: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, offsite library programs for which the primary audience is children ages 6-11. Count all attendees, regardless of age. 

G13: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-11: Count the total annual number of all live virtual programs intended for children ages 6-11. A live, virtual, children’s program is any real-time, planned event conducted via Web conferencing or webinar platform for which the primary audience is children ages 6-11 and which introduces the group of children attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for children or which directly provides information to participants. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom story hours and summer reading event. Do not count recordings of program content here. 

G14: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-11: Count the total annual number of attendees of live, virtual programs intended for children ages 6-11. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom story hours and summer reading event. Count all attendees, regardless of age. Do not count recordings of program content here.

G15: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-11 (G09 + G11 + G13): Automatically sums G09, G11, and G13 to calculate total number of library programs for children ages 6-11.

G16: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-11 (G10 + G12 +G14): Automatically sums G10, G12, and G14 to calculate total number of library programs for children ages 6-11.

Young Adults Ages 12-18

G17: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTS: Count the total annual number of live, in-person, onsite library programs intended for young adults aged 12-18. An in-person young adult program is any planned event for which the primary audience is young adults and which introduces the group of young adults attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for young adults or which directly provides information to participants.

G18: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTS: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, onsite library programs for which the primary audience is young adults aged 12-18. Count all attendees, regardless of age. 

G19: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTS: Count the total annual number of live, in-person, offsite library programs intended for young adults aged 12-18. An in-person young adult program is any planned event for which the primary audience is young adults and which introduces the group of young adults attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for young adults or which directly provides information to participants. 

G20: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTS: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, offsite library programs for which the primary audience is young adults aged 12-18. Count all attendees, regardless of age. 

G21: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTS: Count the total annual number of all live, virtual programs intended for young adults aged 12-18. A live, virtual, young adult program is any real-time, planned event conducted via Web conferencing or webinar platform for which the primary audience is young adults and which introduces the group of young adults attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for young adults or which directly provides information to participants. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom book clubs and summer reading events. Do not count recordings of program content here.

G22: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTS: Count the total annual number of attendees of live, virtual programs intended for young adults aged 12-18. A live, virtual, young adult program is any real-time, planned event conducted via Web conferencing or webinar platform for which the primary audience is young adults and which introduces the group of young adults attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for young adults or which directly provides information to participants. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom book clubs and summer reading events. Do not count recordings of program content here.

G23: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTS (G17 + G19 + G21): Automatically sums G17, G19, and G21 to calculate total number of library programs for young adults aged 12-18.

G24: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULTS (G18 + G20 +G22): Automatically sums G18, G20, and G22 to calculate total number of library programs for young adults aged 12-18.

Adults Aged 19 or Older

G25: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS: Count the total annual number of live, in-person, onsite library programs intended for adults aged 19 or older. An in-person, adult program is any planned event for which the primary audience is adults and which introduces the group of adults attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for adults or which directly provides information to participants. 

G26: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, onsite library programs for which the primary audience is adults aged 19 or older. Count all attendees, regardless of age. 

G27: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS:         Count the total annual number of live, in-person, offsite library programs intended for adults aged 19 or older. An in-person, adult program is any planned event for which the primary audience is adults and which introduces the group of adults attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for adults or which directly provides information to participants. 

G28: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, offsite library programs for which the primary audience is adults aged 19 or older. Count all attendees, regardless of age. 

G29: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS: Count the total annual number of all live, virtual programs intended for adults aged 19 or older. A live, virtual, adult program is any real time, planned event conducted via Web conferencing or webinar platform for which the primary audience is adults and which introduces the group of adults attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for adults or which directly provides information to participants. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom book clubs and summer reading events. Do not count recordings of program content here.

G30: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS: Count the total annual number of attendees of live, virtual programs intended for adults aged 19 or older. A live, virtual, adult program is any real-time, planned event conducted via Web conferencing or webinar platform for which the primary audience is adults and which introduces the group of adults attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for adults or which directly provides information to participants. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom book clubs and summer reading events. Do not count recordings of program content here.

G31: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS (G25 + G27 + G29): Automatically sums G25, G27, and G29 to calculate total number of library programs for adults aged 12 or older.

G32: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS (G26 + G28 +G30): Automatically sums G26, G28 and G30 to calculate total number of library programs for adults aged 12 or older.

General Interest – For All Ages

G33: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE, GENERAL INTEREST LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Count the total annual number of live, in-person, onsite library programs intended for all ages. An in-person, general interest program is any planned event for which the primary audience is of all ages and which introduces the group attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities or which directly provides information to participants. 

G34: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE, GENERAL INTEREST LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, onsite library programs for which the primary audience is all ages. Count all attendees, regardless of age

G35: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE GENERAL INTEREST LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Count the total annual number of live, in-person, offsite library programs intended for all ages. An in-person, general interest program is any planned event for which the primary audience is of all ages and which introduces the group attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities or which directly provides information to participants. 

G36: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE GENERAL INTEREST LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Count the total annual number of attendees of all live, in-person, offsite library programs for which the primary audience is all ages. Count all attendees, regardless of age.

G37: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, VIRTUAL, GENERAL INTEREST LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Count the total annual number of live, virtual library programs intended for all ages. A, live, virtual, general interest library program is any real-time, planned event conducted via Web conferencing or webinar platform for which the primary audience is all ages and which introduces the group attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities or which directly provides information to participants. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom book clubs and summer reading events. Do not count recordings of program content here.

G38: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, VIRTUAL, GENERAL INTEREST LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Count the total annual number of attendees of live, virtual library programs intended for all ages. A live, virtual, general interest library program is any real-time, planned event conducted via Web conferencing or webinar platform for which the primary audience is all ages and which introduces the group attending to any of the broad range of library services or activities for adults or which directly provides information to participants. Examples of these types of programs include Facebook Live or Zoom book clubs and summer reading events. Do not count recordings of program content here.

G39: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE GENERAL INTEREST LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G33+G35+G37): Automatically sums G33, G35, and G37 to calculate total number of live, general interest library programs.

G40: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE GENERAL INTEREST LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G34+G36+G38): Automatically sums G34, G36, and G38 to calculate total number of people attending live, general interest library programs.

G41: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G01+G09+G17+G25+G33): Automatically sums G01, G09, G17, G25, and G33 to calculate total number of live, in-person, onsite library programs.

G42: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G03+G11+G19+G27+G35): Automatically sums G03, G11, G19, G27, AND G35 to calculate total number of live, in-person, offsite library programs.

G43: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G05+G13+G21+G29+G37): Automatically sums G05, G13, G21, G29, and G37 to calculate total number of live, virtual library programs.

G44: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, ONSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G02+G10+G18+G26+G34): Automatically sums G02, G10, G18, G26, and G34 to calculate total number of people attending live, in-person, onsite library programs.

G45: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, IN-PERSON, OFFSITE LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G04+G12+G20+G28+G36): Automatically sums G04, G12, G20, G28, and G36 to calculate total number of people attending live, in-person, offsite library programs.

G46: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE, VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G06+G14+G22+G30+G38): Automatically sums G06, G14, G22, G30, and G38 to calculate total number of people attending live, virtual library programs.

G47: TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVE LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G41+G42+G43): Automatically sums G41, G42, and G43 to calculate total number of live library programs.

G48: TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE LIBRARY PROGRAMS (G44+G45+G46): Automatically sums G44, G45 and G46 to calculate total number of live library programs.

Program Content Recordings

G49: TOTAL NUMBER OF PROGRAM CONTENT RECORDINGS: A program content recording is any recording of program content that cannot be viewed live as it unfolds (i.e., on-demand streaming). Only include program presentations posted during the reporting period. Regardless of the number of platforms on which a presentation is posted, count each unique presentation only once. Include program sessions hosted on Facebook Premiere that are not facilitated by a staff member. 

G50: TOTAL NUMBER OF VIEWS OF PROGRAM CONTENT RECORDINGS: The count of views of asynchronous program presentations for a period of THIRTY (30) days after the presentation was posted, even if that period extends beyond the survey reporting period (or fiscal year). For program presentations made available via Facebook, count unique 1-minute views of each video. For those made available via other platforms, count unique views of each video. For recorded program presentations that are recordings of live, virtual program sessions, exclude live attendance; live attendance should have already been counted on lines G06, G14, G22, G30, or G38.

Patron-Directed Activities

Below is a list of activities that are patron directed and sometimes known as passive, self-directed, or indirect programming. All answers are prefilled with 0. If you do not provide a listed service you can leave it as a 0. If you provide a service but are unsure of how many times it was used, answer with an estimate, or N/A. Otherwise provide the number of times each service is used ANNUALLY. Do not count the number of items created, only count the number of times a service is used. Do not include anything provided as a part of a library sponsored, in-person, program. These counts should be accounted for in the programming counts listed above. For example, do not count coloring sheets used as part of a live, in-person, program as an indirect activity.

G51: TOTAL NUMBER OF MAKE AND TAKE KITS PROVIDED   

G52: TOTAL NUMBER OF COLORING SHEETS PROVIDED        

G53: TOTAL NUMBER OF SCAVENGER HUNT PARTICIPANTS 

G54: TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIVIA CONTEST PARTICIPANTS     

G55: TOTAL USE OF LIBRARY’S MAKER SPACE SERVICE          

G56: TOTAL USE OF STEAM/STEM SERVICES     

G57: TOTAL NUMBER OF STORY-WALK PARTICIPANTS          

G58: TOTAL NUMBER OF READING LOG PARTICIPANTS         

G59: LIST ANY OTHER PATRON-DIRECTED ACTIVITIES: Enter any other patron directed activities not shown on the list above in G51 to G59. Answers to this question will be used to help develop this section in the future.