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COVER 2 COVER DECEMBER 2020 ISSUE

Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library Newsletter

Goodbye 2020!

LUT: Sunita Jaisattie, Lisa Klopotek, CBA: Rebecca Reyes, Raishara Bailey, Ricardo Perez Rohana Chomick, Allison Berardino

JBK: Allie Brazis, Chloe Frechette

MGL: Karen Padilla, Colleen Delgado, Connie Siebold, Nicole Alger, Jessica Jeffers

THO: Brittany Baccus WTP: Claudia Vallejo, Milly Marrero

What's inside this issue: Year in stats New staff & Promotions

NTA: Skye Cribelar, Alexandra Greacen, Lisa Clark, Melissa Falvey

*All figures as of Dec. 16, 2020.

We reached 8,367 likes on the main library Facebook page this year! (+1,125 from 2019.)

Fun Fact: Our top post (outside of closure / reopening announcements), is August 25's "How to spot fake news" with 797 unique engaged users.

Total Followers: 2,128 (+500 from 2019) Posts: 608 Likes: 10,600+

Post Engagement (Comments, Shares, Reactions, etc.): 56,154

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Social media posts & contests helped Facebook engagement increase by 200% with a 500% increase in followers.

Since March we have averaged 5 posts per day on Facebook with an overall year growth of 15% in followers (18% on Twitter, 29% on Instagram, & 390% on YouTube) and nearly doubling our engagement rate during the summer.

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Total Followers: 2,215 (+365 from 2019) T E E W T Posts: 1,077 368 Likes Retweets: 1,378 35 Retweets Mentions: 459 Top videos in each category: Story Time with Mr. Frank Meet Marie: Holocaust Survivor E-Books & Audiobooks with Libby Activities To Go: Fairy House Craft Curbside Pickup Adventures

Videos Created: 250 Views: 34,015 Subscribers: +360 Impressions: 400,213

Other+ DIY Crafts 10.7% 5.4%

Learn at Home* 14.9%

1,728 882 2,411 3,549

LEX Virtual Programs 21.9%

7,650 Views

Story Times 47.2%

*Does not include Unemployment Form video views (17,222) +Miscellaneous library service videos

@TampaHillsLib YouTube Channel has seen a 390% growth this year

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Pre-COVID outreach events: 30 Virtual outreach events: 7 Est. attendance at Pre-COVID outreach events: 2,509 Est. attendance at Virtual outreach events: 4,255

Events: 77 Classes: 61 Event attendance: 1,345 Class attendance: 553

What's inside thisissue:

Online registrations processed: 13,036 Total new cards issued: 21,802 New HAAL Pass accounts: 33,726 Borrow By Mail items: 37,470 Items Checked out: 1,205,282

Since February 2020 launch: 258,000 visits Staff visit Gearbox at least once a day!

Pageviews: 157,000 Frequently Used Pages:

* Find Staff *Training * Workflow Bulletins *Policies *Restarting Services

Welcome! to our new hires. Reach out to say Hi! to the who folks joined us during the last quarter of this year:

Crosstown

Downtown

Brendon Piccola, Library Service & Tech Guide 2 (JPL)

Antonia Green, Librarian (JFG) Stephanie Strobel, Librarian (JFG)

East County

Mid County

Jolene Birum, Library Associate (NTR)

Ashley Steinbach, Library Service & Tech Guide 1 (SAU) Brigitta Meyerhoger, Librarian (SEM)

North County

South County

Colleen Delgado, Library Associate (MGL) Dahlia Elsherbeiny, Library Associate (JBK)

Bonina Garcia, Supervisory Librarian (SHO)

West County Sthephany Delgado, Library Service & Tech Guide 2 (TNC)

Congratulations!!

Promotions: Bobbi Amato, Library Service & Tech Guide 1, TNC Jordan Ryan, Library Service & Tech Guide 1, CBA Joseph Taylor, Library Service & Tech Guide 1, JFG Chloe Fisher, Library Service & Tech Guide 2, NTA Katelyn Keim, Library Service & Tech Guide 2, SEM