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M. Rebecca Loader, Director
Marsha Tubbs Children's Librarian
February 29, 2000
February 2000 Operation Report
Programs
A. ICS class visits
Kindergarten - 2/14 - 2 visits
1st grade - 2/2 - 2 visits
2nd grade - 2/16 - 2 visits
4th grade - 2/15 - 2 visits
B. Storytimes - 13 programs total with 252 children and 103 adults participating.
C. Activity Room Usage - 2/10 and 2/17 - Polish Language class
ECFE-2/24 - 8 children/3 infants/8 adults and 2/28 18 children/12 adults
D. Reading Club registration totals 148 on 2/29.
II.
Collection
A.
Weeding of the science area (J500's). Supervisor John Brosnahan has progressed through J595.
anticipate that this project will be complete by the first week in March. The science fields have
changed dramatically in recent years. This area need updating. We have discarded nearly 200
titles, due in large part to outdated information.
III.
Projects:
A.
Twilight Tales - Our first evening storytime (March 21 through April 11) will be hosted by Patty
Wheeler Andrews. She plans on utilizing picture books, wordless books and chapter books to
cover all ages and interest for families. Patty's background as a Children's Literature professor at
Anoka-Ramsey Community College will be a great benefit to this program.
Plans are underway for our first ever Puppeteers Workshop (tentatively scheduled for May 20).
The Twin Cities Puppet Guild has expressed an interest in doing the workshop. We are in the
process of working out the details.
Plantin' Pals - We will be offering another new program in April entitled Plantin' Pals. This
program will be offered twice daily on April 18 and 25 (10:00 A.M. for preschoolers and
Kindergartners and 7:00 P.M. for kids grade 1-3). Master Gardeners will work with participants
on a gardening activity following a short storytime related to planting and growing. Thanks to
Master Gardener Jean Kuehn, Special Projects Coordinator for the City, for her help in locating
Master Gardeners to partner this project.
IV.
Staff
A.
Kelly Olson, Clerk-Typist II, substituted for me during three storytime sessions this month while !
recuperated from surgery. Kelly also prepared promotional brochures, booklists, and posters for
Volunteens, Plantin' Pals, Puppet Workshop, and Twilight Tales. She continues to work on
weeding of the J600's, completed preparations for City annual report, and received one adult book
order (best sellers). Kelly also attended two training sessions on the new communication software
"Groupwise". Pages continue working on the J Fiction mending project and prepared materials
for a Valentine craft project for use during storytime.