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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOperational Report for Mai Kao 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. st 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 st 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 nd 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.