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M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
Marsha Tubbs, Children's Librarian
November 23, 1999
November 1999 Operational Report
Programs
A.. Storytime: Fall Storytime continued into November.
November 2 - 12 children/8 adults, November 3 - 29 children/11 adults, November 4 - 23 children/10 adults
November 9 - 13 children/5 adults, November 10 - 18 children/8 adults
November 16 - 15 children/6 adults, November 17 - 18 children/6 adults, November 18 - 19 children/8 adults
B. Motheread/Fatheread: I provided a Motheread/Fatheread program for Valley View and Highland Elementary
schools. Attendance at Valley View was 9 children/10 adults, and Highland attendance was 12 children/15
adults. This program will continue in February with another series of three storytime sessions provided by
the Library.
C. National Children's Book Week was held November 15 - 21. All contests and programs were well-received.
A special thanks to Council member and Trustee Don Jolly, Trustee Barb Miller, and Trustee Nancy Hoium's
representative Betsy Hoium, for their participation in the first National Children's Book Week evening
storytime. 9 children and 10 adults were present for this storytime.
D. Bulk loan deliveries to area schools expanded this month to include Highland Elementary Media Center,
Central Middle School Media Center, and a Spanish class from Central Middle School.
II.
Collection
A. Young adult: Since October 11, the Children's Department has been "experimenting" with non-fiction in the
young adult area. We established a display of non-fiction titles of interest to teens (ages 12 -18) adjacent to
the young adult fiction. The display consisted of 200 books, 50% of this collection circulated from the young
adult area over a six week period. Non-fiction and magazines are high interest items for young adults. Based
on the interest shown in this display, coupled with the statistic that 25% of a library's circulation comes from
this age group, I believe we need to take a look at this area in 2000.
Workshops
A. I attended a
Bureau of Educational Research workshop on November 5 in Bloomington. Author and
storyteller Caroline Feller Bauer presented the 7 % hour workshop. I came away with numerous ideas to
enhance the Library's storytelling sessions.
I also attended a MELSA sponsored workshop on November 13 at the College of St. Catherine entitled
Redefining Best Books for Young Adults. This workshop was presented by Adela Peskorz, former Young
Adult Specialist at Minneapolis Public Library, currently serving on the YALSA Board of Directors for ALA and
the selection committee for the new Michael L. Printz Best Young Adult Book of the Year Award (first recipient
to be announced in January). I came away from this workshop with a long listing of great young adult titles
and a sense that service to young adults is by nature "different" than service to adults or children. The
service needs of this group should be taken into consideration as we look at floor plans and service options
in a "new" facility.
MAT/k jo