New York State Annual Reports
Completing Your Report:
Every chartered public library is required to file a NYS Annual Report of the library’s activities and finances.
Helpful Documents:
- Bibliostat Collect Login (if you don’t have your password, please contact kdownham@flls.org)
- Bibliostat Collect Tutorial
- Annual Reports Introduction & Tips – PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BEGIN
- Changes and Additions to the 2016 Report – PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BEGIN
- Paper Copy of the 2016 Annual Report (for personal use only — electronic submission required)
- Official Line-by-Line Instructions from DLD 2016
- Index of Financial Line Items 2016 – a quick reference guide to what goes where
- REVISED Running Reports for Your Annual Report 2016
- Fear Frustration and Finances – Annual Report PowerPoint Tutorial
- Switching QuickBooks from Accrual to Cash Basis
- How to count your wireless users if you have a Meraki Security Appliance
Financials and stats to be inputted into your report:
- 2016 Ballot Funding Spreadsheet
- 2016 County Payables Spreadsheet
- 2016 Summer Reading Statistics
- 2016 ILL Statistics
- 2016 Overdrive Statistics
- 2016 Website Statistics (if your site was hosted by FLLS in 2016)
Assistance and Troubleshooting:
- General Questions: Please contact Kristi Downham at kdownham@flls.org or 607-273-4074, x228. Please note that emails are preferred and will generally get a faster response!
- Running Reports: Please contact Jenny Shonk at jshonk@flls.org or 607-273-4074, x236.
- Bibliostat Collect Troubleshooting: If you experience problems with the online submission software, please call Baker & Taylor at (866) 785-9935 (not FLLS). Support is available M-F, 9am-6pm.
Presenting your Annual Report to the Community:
Every library should use their annual report statistics to their advantage, no matter how large or small you are! An annual report to the community allows you to promote and publicize the library’s accomplishments and to furnish accountability to your funding base.
- Why present an annual report to the community?
- Library Value Calculator
- Percent Calculator and Percentage Change Calculator
- Photo Release Form (needed for images showing faces)
Sample Report to the Community:
- Tompkins County Public Library
- Hazard Library Association
- Phillips Free Library
- North Liberty Community Library
Summary of Financials, 2015
2015 NYS Annual Reports for FLLS and Member Libraries:
| Institution | Annual Report | Annual Report Notes |
|---|---|---|
| FLLS | FLLS 2015 | FLLS Notes 2015 |
| APAL | APAL 2015 | APAL Notes 2015 |
| AUB | AUB 2015 | AUB Notes 2015 |
| AURO | AURO 2015 | AURO Notes 2015 |
| BERK | BERK 2015 | BERK Notes 2015 |
| CAN | CAN 2015 | CAN Notes 2015 |
| CATO | CATO 2015 | CATO Notes 2015 |
| CIN | CIN 2015 | CIN Notes 2015 |
| CORT | CORT 2015 | CORT Notes 2015 |
| DRY | DRY 2015 | DRY Notes 2015 |
| FAIR | FAIR 2015 | FAIR Notes 2015 |
| GRO | GRO 2015 | GRO Notes 2015 |
| HOM | HOM 2015 | HOM Notes 2015 |
| INT | INT 2015 | INT Notes 2015 |
| LAN | LAN 2015 | LAN Notes 2015 |
| LODI | LODI 2015 | LODI Notes 2015 |
| MARA | MARA 2015 | MARA Notes 2015 |
| MCGR | MCGR 2015 | MCGR Notes 2015 |
| MOR | MOR 2015 | MOR Notes 2015 |
| NEVA | NEVA 2015 | NEVA Notes 2015 |
| NEW | NEW Notes 2015 | |
| NIC | NIC 2015 | NIC Notes 2015 |
| OVID | OVID 2015 | OVID Notes 2015 |
| OWE | OWE 2015 | OWE Notes 2015 |
| POP | POP 2015 | POP Notes 2015 |
| PORT | PORT 2015 | PORT otes 2015 |
| SENF | SENF 2015 | SENF Notes 2015 |
| SPE | SPE 2015 | SPE Notes 2015 |
| TCPL | TCPL 2015 | TCPL Notes 2015 |
| TRU | TRU 2015 | TRU Notes 2015 |
| UNS | UNS 2015 | UNS Notes 2015 |
| WAT | WAT 2015 | WAT Notes 2015 |
| WAV | WAV 2015 | WAV Notes 2015 |
| WEED | WEED 2015 | WEED Notes 2015 |