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Virtual Town Hall Meeting - January 24, 2019

Harford County Executive Barry Glassman will host a virtual town hall meeting for citizens to provide input on the next county budget at 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 24 at Harford Community College’s Darlington Hall. In addition to live testimony, multimedia options are available now and will remain open during the meeting to encourage public involvement in planning the fiscal year 2019 budget. The virtual town hall meeting will include live and virtual input and will stream live on the county website.

Beginning immediately, citizens can provide comments on the budget via social media, email, or U.S. Mail. The county executive will review all incoming messages. During the live event, representative comments will be read aloud, along with messages relayed from callers to activated phone lines. This input will be alternated with public comments from attendees.

Comments may be provided through any of the following:

Email: iGovHarford@harfordcountymd.gov
Facebook: Harford County’s Virtual Town Hall
Twitter: @iGovHarford
Mail: Harford County Executive Barry Glassman, 220 S. Main Street, Bel Air, MD 21014
Call in: 443-412-2700 (activated only during the live event)

Citizens may watch the live event from the county Web page www.harfordcountymd.gov/VirtualTownHall or at any branch of the Harford County Public Library.

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Articles of Interest

FY 2018 Value of Select Library Services*

Quantity	Library Services	Retail Value	Value of Services
826,648	Adult Books Borrowed	$20.00	$16,532,960
815,803	Children’s Books Borrowed	$20.00	$16,316,060
715,464	Digital Materials Borrowed	$20.00	$14,309,280
741,955	DVD’s Borrowed	$4.00	$2,967,820
93,985	Music CDs Borrowed	$15.00	$1,409,775
96,582	Audiobooks on CD Borrowed	$35.00	$3,380,370
28,036	Playaways Borrowed	$65.00	$1,822,340
1,823	Little Leaper Kits Borrowed	$189.00	$344,547
4,381	LEAP Kits Borrowed	$110.00	$481,910
827	LSC Kits Borrowed	$150.00	$124,050
13,909	LSC Toys Borrowed	$25.00	$347,725
3,125	American Girl Dolls Borrowed	$147.00	$459,375
2,136	Superhero Kits Borrowed	$50.00	$106,800
30,522	Magazines Borrowed	$3.76	$114,762.72
79,646	Interlibrary Loans	$25.00	$1,991,150
497	Meeting Room Use	$100.00	$49,700
75,886	Adult Program Attendees	$16.00	$1,214,176
176,853	Kid’s/Teen Program Attendees	$15.78	$2,790,740.34
59,091	Online Class Attendees	$144.00	$8,509,104
269,053	Hours of Computer Use	$12.60	$3,390,067.8
1,195,459	Database Searches	$6.83	$8,164,984.97
465,447	Customer Queries Answered	$7.00	$3,258,129

Total Value			$88,085,826.83

*The values above are based on the estimated retail value of the materials or services

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Note: The values used above are based on the estimated retail value of the materials or services, with research from the Maine and Massachusetts State Libraries and HCPL staff.

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Some Harford County Public Library Facts (FY18)

Harford County Public Library offers customers an array of free resources including books, eBooks, audiobooks, DVDs, CDs, computer use, author presentations and programs for all ages

People searching for jobs are using the Library to complete job applications, fax resumes, submit applications online, create email accounts, and search health information

1,638,875 customers visited our branches by walking in, or using our convenient drive-through service
11,074,336 people made virtual visits to the library, used our website and our new library app
3,616,111 items were borrowed from the library
319,797 babies through adults attended library programs
465,447 questions were answered by Librarians
32,181 volunteer hours were donated to support the efforts of the Library