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M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
Marsha Tubbs, Children's Librarian
April 2005 Operational Report
April 28, 2005
PROGRAMS
Kindergarten 4/4/2005 8 1
3rd Grade 4/5/2005 17 1
1 st Grade 4/5/2005 12 1
5th Grade 4/5/2005 22 1
1 st Grade 4/7/2005 14 1
2nd Grade 4/7/2005 17 1
4th grade 4/8/2005 29 1
2nd grade 4/8/2005 16 1
Kindergarten 4/7/2005 18 1
Story time 4/5/2005 1 1
Story time 4/6/2005 17 7
Story time 4/12/2005 1 1
Story time 4/13/2005 16 5
Story time 4/20/2005 18 8
Story time 4/27/2005 17 7
Grandparents tea 4/23/2005 19 15
Evacuation mtg 4/29/2005 242 18
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COLLECTION
A. Placed a large paperback order for the Easy Juvenile section as a result of
collection development in this area. Our EJ Paperback section gets a lot of use
and had been depleted due to wear and tear and this order replaced lost or
withdrawn items.
B. Placed an order for expansion and updating of our Graphic Novels in the young
adult section. This section is extremely popular with teenagers and the order I
placed this month should put us in good standing for the summer circulation.
C. Spanish language books (most bilingual) arrived this month and were added to the
collection. The majority of purchases for this collection were donated either by
the Friends of the Library or by Capstone Publishers.
PROJECTS
A. The final Grandparents Tea for the spring season is scheduled for May 21.
Registration is full at this time. This program has been very successful as you can
tell by the happy faces pictured below.
B. Summer Reading Club preparations continue, though a bit off schedule. We
anticipate having the flyers printed by the end of the first week in May (one week
behind schedule). We are awaiting the teen incentives ordered from Janway.
They were supposed to ship late April and should arrive by the first week in May.
Special thanks to the volunteers and staff at the Rum Library for creating over 700
butterflies and mice for use on our summer bulletin board. A great team effort.
C. The ILS PR campaign is moving into the public phase. The first public posters,
signs, and bookmarks will be distributed beginning May 1. Bookmarks have also
been produced to help staff notify patrons of changes in service as we move
through the migration process. Efforts will continue through May following "Go
Live" day as new badges, posters and signs will be produced along with a number
of news releases.
D. Preparations for Summer Funtime were completed this month. Registration
begins May 9.
E. We continue to collect applications for Tell Me More, the Children's Theatre
Program. Claire Wilson from Neighborhood Bridges has made visits to local
schools (CMS, CHHS, and ICS). The response at the schools has been good and
she reports that she handed out 50 to 100 applications. Deadline for return of the
applications is May 11.
F. Preparations continue for American Girl (August 2005), TMM,
Funtime/Storytime, Summer Reading Programs and the New ILS.
IV. STAFF
A. Library Aide, Cristy Tombarge and Library Clerk, Joanne Peterson completed a
data entry project for the ILS, which involved creating over 600 new entries.
Cristy has nearly completed the bulletin board for our summer programs, began
printing 1500 flyers to distribute at area schools, and printed the May Sampler.
She has also created registration forms, tally sheets and a variety of other print
materials for the volunteer program and summer programs. Cristy also
participated in ILS training-essential skills. Cristy has also been producing the
final layout for the ILS Update (newsletter), which is distributed countywide.
B. Kelly Olson, Library Clerk Typist, withdrew old editions of magazines, received
training in ILS Circulation, and aided in the production of booklists to accompany
TMM. She received three large book orders and linked books to existing records
in the absence of Library Clerk, Jeanine Schmidt, so we could meet the April 29
deadline for addition of new materials prior to "Go Live" day. Kelly also
participated on an ACL committee to produce instructions for off-line patron
registration, which will go into effect the week of May 9.
C. Pages in the Children's Department spent the month of April aiding in the
withdrawal of magazines, the production of the bulletin board, processed new
books including large order ofEJ Paperbacks, and received book donations. A
number of the pages have also received training in ILS Essential Skills and
Circulation.