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Page 2 of 4 <br />Collection Name Year <br />Added <br /># of <br />Items <br />Total Collection <br />Cost <br />Total <br />Collection <br />Usage <br />Hotspots 2021 27 The library bought <br />20 for $5,000 <br />Friends donated <br />$3,340 for annual <br />costs <br />ARPA Grant <br />funded 7 items <br />379 <br />Induction Cooktops/ <br />Induction Cookware <br />2021 5 $520 <br />EBCE Grant <br />provided partial <br />funding <br />73 <br />Kill a Watt Meters 2017 5 Private donation 25 <br />Record Players 2023 1 $60 6 <br />CD Players 2023 1 $90 4 <br />Memory Kits 2024 25 $6,149 9 <br />Seed Packets 2015 ~100 <br />(Item # <br />estimate) <br />Livermore <br />Amador Garden <br />Society donates <br />seeds <br />Friends donate <br />envelopes <br />N/A <br />TOTAL ~341 ~$44,781 1654 <br />Collection Marketing and Promotion <br />Library of Things collections have been marketed through in-house promotions using <br />fliers, signage, and staff promotion at the service desks. The collections have been <br />featured on the new library webpages and items have been cataloged with unique <br />subject headings so they can be searched in the Bibliocommons library catalog. <br />Collection Usage and Impact <br />Library of Things collections are used by a diverse range of ages and interests. Staff <br />have collected feedback from participants who used the items in the past year: <br />•Positive interaction with the very first user of the Star Wars cakelet pan (before <br />and after checkout): Staff shared that the patron was excited to use the pan and <br />they discussed types of batter that might work best, and whether clean-up would <br />be onerous. When she returned, she shared her process and reported that her <br />family loved the cakelets. She used a strawberry cake recipe and found that the <br />cleaning was pretty easy (though she did have to use a Q-tip on R2’s grooves <br />and Yoda’s ears). <br />•Feedback from a user of the Holiday Bakeware Collection: “My daughter and I <br />had so much fun with the Grinch cake pan. It was so festive, and we can’t wait to <br />see what the next ones will be for the next holiday.”