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To:
M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
From:
Mai Kao Xiong, Children’s Librarian
Subject:
January Operational Report
Date:
January 25, 2012
I. PROGRAMS
a. Classes from Immaculate Conception School visited on 1/10, 1/12, and 1/31.
b. Bulk loan materials (4 bins) were prepared for Adventure Club and picked up on 1/4.
Bulk loan of materials (3 bins) were prepared for Immaculate Conception and picked up
on 1/12.
c. The Winter Storytime session began on Tuesday, 1/17. It is enjoyable to see returning
participants as well as new families attend.
d. Program counts are as follows:
Program Title Date Children TEENS Adults
Valley View K registration 1/5 56 52
ICS-K 1/10 12 1
Highland K registration 1/12 64 72
ICS-1/2 1/12 10 1
ICS-3/4 1/12 9 1
Storytime 1/17 11 6
Storytime 1/24 13 7
1/26
16 5
Chinese New Year (ABK)
1/31
27 12
Storytime
ICS-K 1/31
11 1
1/9 - 1/31
77 14
Book Warms WRP Registrations
TOTALS 306 14 158
II. COLLECTION
a. Book orders were placed in the areas as follows: 1 J nonfiction; 1 award winners; 2 series
updates & replacement; Booklist 9/1/2011, 9/15/2011, 10/1/2011; and SLJ 7/2011.
Orders to be placed include the following: award winning titles,
b. Shelving labels continue to be updated, with old ones being replaced throughout the
department due shifting or being worn down.
c. Weeding
a. Weeding is now caught up to schedule after being behind in the J Fiction area for
the latter half of the year. We are currently on schedule up to the H’s in fiction
and 790’s in nonfiction.
III. PROJECTS
a. Programs for the spring and summer of 2012 continue to be scheduled and finalized.
b. Program summaries were written and submitted to Heights Happenings for March, April,
and May events.
c. A list of 30 classic children’s titles was submitted to Friends of the Library, per request
for the “Love Your Library” project.
d. The following programs/performers have been booked:
5/7 Gary Harbo, author and illustrator
5/12 U of M Raptor Center
6/5 MacPhail Center for Music
6/13 The Bazillions
6/20 Dazzling Dave National Yo-yo Master
6/27 Magical Mia
7/3 MacPhail Center for Music
7/11 Magician Matt Dunn
7/18 Alan Johnson Comedy Juggler Extraordinaire
7/25 Dakota Wild Animals
7/31 American Girl Tea Party
8/2 COMO Zoo – Bird-a-wocky
e. The children’s winter reading program Book Warms will continue in to the next month.
f. We are currently waiting for information on the Summer Reading Program. Details, the
program, and promotional items will be released after MELSA meets at the end of this
month.
IV. GRANTS, MEETING, COMMUNITY
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a. Grants: The 21 Century Grant has been renewed for another two years. Becky and I
have met twice to discuss budgets and programming. It was decided a meeting need to
be scheduled to meet with Linda Ernst.
b. Community: I attended two Dist. 13 Kindergarten Registrations. A table representing
the library was set up, and I was able to talk with families about the library, its programs,
and services. A teacher request to pull 50 books for classroom use was also filled on 1/5.
V. STAFF
a. Trainings: I attended MELSA’s all-day training on Every Child Ready to Read 2,
presented by Saroj Ghoting. Informative and encouraging, this workshop gave the
research and support of the importance of early literacy practices, and it equipped me
with the resources in integrate early literacy components into my storytimes. I also
completed a WebJunction webinar training on 1/18.
b. Children’s Department Staff: This month the staff worked on the following: weeding J
fiction and non-fiction, assisted with pulling books for bulletin board displays, finished
cleaning YA CDs, prepared and put up new shelf labels, shifted easy books, filed vendor
and publisher catalogs, completed several selection tools, and processed new books and
discarded withdrawn books. Kelly and I both additionally have been training our new
Library Aide, Candice Marsh.
c. Kelly Olson worked on reporting program statistics, finances and money count, placed
book orders, weeded magazines, and wrote and sent out performer contracts.