7. Building Partnerships
Rotary Club
Dakota Western Bank
Oil Energy Golf Tournament
Prairie Mountain Electric
LastingVisions
Dale’s Clothing
Consolidated Telcom
Lions Club
Bowman County Education Association
Bowman Chamber of Commerce
Bowman Chiropractic Clinic
Yesterday’s Farmers
Tri-State Chiropractic Clinic
And the many individuals who sponsor
magazines, books & programs and
donated memorials to the library.
Chumps Investment Club
Back Room Quilters
County Extension Agent
National Resources Conservation Service
4-H Clubs
Boys & Girl Scouts
Oil Energy Safety Education
Hunter’s Safety Classes
Butterflies & ABLE
Head Start
Dollars for Scholars
Township meetings
Bowman County Economic Development
Corporation
Small Business Development Corporation
Retired Teachers
Prairie Rose Art Association
Delta Kappa Gamma
Hunter’s Safety Education
Farmer’s Union Day Camps
Tot-Lot Daycare
Pioneer Trails Regional Museum
North Dakota Humanities Council
North Dakota State Library
Bowman County Commissioners
Bowman City Commissioners
8. What services does the Library offer?
Books (Fiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult & Children’s
picture books) as well as Large Print adult fiction
Audio Books
Downloadable eBooks, audiobooks and video
DVDs and VHS
Special collection of North Dakota history including
a Theodore Roosevelt Center at DSU Kiosk
Magazines & Newspapers
Public Access Computers & Laptops
Wireless Internet
Odin Library - Search from home
Technology Petting Zoo
Printing, Scanning & Faxing
Reference Questions
Reader’s Advisory
Online Library Resources
Computer classes
Individual help with your eReader
Rosetta Stone Language Learning
Interlibrary Loan
Story Time & Programs for Children
Book Clubs
Meeting Rooms
Test Proctoring
Income Tax forms
Home delivery
Outreach programs
What’s new?
GED Program
Online card catalog
www.bowmanlibrary.org
Digitizing local history
New technology
9. Older children reading to younger ones.
Kids saying the library is there favorite place to be.
The mom who told me her teenager rolls out of bed, puts his clothes
on and runs to the library.
Snowbirds who return with book list in hand, so happy they can get
the books they want without being on a long list.
The guy who comes in nearly every day to read the paper, sits in the
same chair, and never speaks.
The lady who was so happy for help with her iPad she sent the
library staff flowers.
The woman who, while waiting in the library for her husband to run
errands, plays the piano.
10. A Wise Investment
$1 Invested
Yields
$10.16 Return
$10.16
$1
For every $1.00 invested in the Bowman Regional Public Library, $10.16 of value is
returned to the community.
11. $ 10.16
Return on Dollars Invested
$755,110
Value of Services
What would it cost to get
the same services from other alternatives?
$74,322
Library Expenses
=
Library Statistics x Average Cost =Value of Services
12. How are North Dakota Public Libraries funded?
City/County Library
COUNTY
Mill Levy
(Maximum 4 mills)
+
State/ND Library Aid
+
ND State Library Aid
=
County Support
CITY
Mill Levy
(Maximum 4 mills)
+
Budgeted Funds
+
ND State Library Aid
=
City Support
To receive ND State Library Aid, we must provide evidence of
sustained local support.