February 2024 at a Glance

Events

Writing Your Life Letter

Nancy Sharp led an audience through a workshop outlining what it means to leave a legacy through a Life Letter.

Paint Your Story

Patrons took inspiration from ‘The 100 years of Lenni and Margot‘ and painted a personal work of art based on their own memories.

Coffee and Conversations

We had a cozy time at Mug Shot Coffee discussing our O-Town Reads Book, ‘The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot‘ by Marianne Cronin.

Statistics

Checkouts

• 3,130 adult checkouts

• 3,940 youth checkouts

• 880 checkouts on Hoopla Digital

• 33 checkouts on Kanopy Films

• 7,983 total checkouts

Visitors

• 7,657 in-person visits

• 1,759 website visits

• 9.416 total visits

Volunteer Hours

• 16.25 community service hours

• 64 volunteer hours by Friends of the Ottawa Library

• 7 volunteer hours by Friends of the Ottawa Library Board

• 7 volunteer hours by Ottawa Library Board of Trustees

• 86 additional volunteer hours

• 176.25 total volunteer hours

Top Checkouts

Adult Fiction

• Other Birds

• I have some questions for you

• The book woman of Troublesome Creek

• Murder at the 42nd Street Library

• The woman in the library

Adult Graphic Novels

• Let's Make Ramen!

Adult Non-Fiction

• Kingdom Quarterback: Patrick Mahomes, The Kansas City Chiefs, and how a once swingin' cow town chased the ultimate comeback

• Kansas City Chiefs Encyclopedia

• Artisan Sourdough: Wholesope Recipes, Organgic Grains

• Martha Stewart's Appetizers

• Dips & Spreads

Juvenile fiction

• We Still Belong

• The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls, book 1 : The Beginning

• Whatever After, book 2: Abby in Oz

• Wingfeather Tales

• Minecraft: The Crash

Juvenile Graphic Novels

• Guts

• Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls

• Dog Man and Cat Kid

• Sisters

• Sparks!, volume 2: Double Dog Dare
  

Juvenile Movies / TV

• Paw Patrol: Cat Pack Rescues

• Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups Super Paws

• Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie

• Boss Baby: Back in Business Seasons 1 & 2

• Paw Patrol: Jet To The Rescue

Movies / TV

• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

• Kansas City Chiefs: Super Bowl LIV Champions

• Asteroid City

• A Haunting in Venice

• Head Count
  

Picture books

• A Big Surprise for Little Card

• 5-Minute Berenstain Bears Stories

• Bluey 5-Minute Stories

• Curious George Visits the Zoo

• Pete the Cat Plays Hide and Seek

Video Games

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for Xbox One

• Dying Light 2: Stay Human for PlayStation 4

• Fallout 4 for PlayStation 4

• InFamous: Second Son for PlayStation 4

• Spiderman for PlayStation 4

YA Books

• Hold Tight, Don't Let Go

• The End and Other Beginnings

• A Lesson In Vengeance

• Wildcard

• The Things She's Seen

YA Graphic Novels

• Yu-Gi-Oh!, volume 3: Capsule Monster Chess

• Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duelist volume 2: The Puppet Master

• One Piece, volume 2: Buggy The Clown

• Tokyo Ghoul, volume 2

• Death Note, volume 2: Confluence