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To:
M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
From:
Mai Kao Xiong, Children’s Librarian
Subject:
December Operational Report
Date:
December 28, 2011
I. PROGRAMS
a. Classes from Immaculate Conception School visited on 12/6, 12/7, 12/20, and 12/21.
b. Bulk loan of materials (3 bins) were prepared for Immaculate Conception and picked up
on 12/15.
c. Winter Wonderland Storytime & Craft was held on December 28.
d. Gaming @ the Library, a program geared towards teens but open to all ages, will be held
on December 29.
e. Program counts are as follows:
Program Title Date Children TEENS Adults
ICS-K 12/6/2011
11 1
ICS-1/2 12/7/2011
12 1
ICS-4/5 12/7/2011
8 1
ICS-K 12/20/2011 12 1
ICS-1/2 12/21/2011
12 1
12/28/2011
Winter Storytime 28 3 11
12/29/2011
Gaming @ the Library 11 3 4
TOTALS 94 6 20
II. COLLECTION
a. Final book orders were placed in the areas as follows: 1 J nonfiction; 3 additional copies,
requests, or series updates; 1 graphic novel; Booklist 7/2011 & 8/2011. Budgeted
amounts for the Children’s Department were successfully spent without need to place any
last minute final orders.
b. New preview boxes from Capstone Publishers were received. Books that were hits in
Workflows or found beneficial to the collection were added. The rest of the titles will be
shelved in the alley and reassessed in Oct. 2012.
c. Titles on standing order are being reviewed and updated.
d. Shelving labels are being updated, and old ones will be replaced throughout the
department.
e. Weeding
a. J Fiction: Weeding has been completed A-B.
b. Weeding continues ahead of schedule for YA, J CDs, E and NF.
III. PROJECTS
a. Programs for the spring (March, April, and May) are being scheduled and finalized.
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b. Planning for Summer Reading Club and 21 Century programs are in the preliminary
stages. Starting Jan. 3, booking performers will begin.
c. Preparations for the children’s winter reading program Book Warms has been underway
all month. These include: program logistics, publicity, design and printing of logs, and
purchasing prizes.
d. Final changes to the 2012 Seasonal Plan were made and submitted.
IV. GRANTS, MEETING, COMMUNITY
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a. Grants: Becky and I met twice to discuss priorities for the final quarters of the 21
Century Grant (Jan 2012-July 2012.) The Year 3 budgets as well as unspent amounts
from Year 2 have are being confirmed. Plans are underway for how these funds will be
used.
b. Community: The library received requests for participation in Dist. 13’s Kindergarten
Roundup in January, and dates and times were scheduled.
V. STAFF
a. I completed the following WebJunction webinar trainings: Understanding Unemployment
Insurance and Working with Your Workforce Center. As required for an upcoming
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workshop, I have also spent time studying the new materials and 2 edition curriculum of
Every Child Ready to Read. I also extensively worked on budgets, making final
purchases and orders.
b. Children’s Department Clerk: Kelly Olson has been very busy this month with year-end
and working with vendors to place final book orders and confirm cancels. Magazines
were withdrawn and discarded and 2011 statistics reported.
c. Temporary Children’s Library Aide: Ramon Gomez worked on programming publicity
including flyers, calendar updates, and website information. The Grade 3 Fountas and
Pinnell reading list was completed.
d. Short on staff this month, pages have primarily worked on keeping up with circulation:
check-in, shelving, assisting with displays, and shelf reading. They have assisted on
various projects including withdrawing and discarding, cleaning YA CDs, and processing
new books. Rachel and Michelle have done standout jobs in assisting the changing of all
three bulletin boards in the department.