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To:
Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From:
Mai Kao Xiong, Children’s Librarian
Subject:
June Operational Report
Date:
June 26, 2013
I. PROGRAMS
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a.Bookawocky, the Summer Reading Program for children and teens, began June 8. Teen
volunteers assist with the program by signing up and awarding prizes to participants.
b. Bulk loan of materials were prepared and picked up as follows: for Mini Adventures on 6/7,
Adventure Club on 6/12, and for ICS on 6/17 & 6/24.
c. Make & Take Mondays is a drop in, weekly craft program. It was held on 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, and 6/24.
d. The summer storytime session began on 6/18 and will be held on Tuesdays for the next 6 weeks.
e. Three Wacky Wednesday performances were held this month: Alan Johnson the Juggler on 6/12,
Treasure Beyond Measure Pirate Show on 6/19, and Norm Barnhart’s Magic on 6/27.
f. Anoka County Child and Teen Check-ups attended each Wacky Wednesday giving away freebies
promoting child health and wellness.
g. Baby storytime met Thursdays this month: 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, and 6/27. This session there were several
first-time library visitors, and many participants expressed appreciation for the program being
offered in the summer.
h. Manga Club is a teen reading program that provides complete Japanese comic book series and a
space to read them. It met on 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, and 6/27.
i. Read and Grow with Abrakadoodle, a planting storytime program, was held on 6/7.
j. Solar Prints, a science-based Legacy funded program was held on 6/15.
k. Total program counts are as follows:
Program Title Date Children Teens Adults
Make & Take Mondays Mondays 145 59
Baby Storytime Thursdays 40 33
Read & Grow 6/7/2013 19 8
Volunteer Training 6/7/2013 6
Wacky Wednesdays Wednesdays 261 98
Teen Manga Club Thursdays 24
Solar Prints 6/15/2013 22 7
Storytime Tuesdays 66 3 31
Summer Reading Club June 377 165
II. COLLECTION
a. Book orders were placed from the following selection tools: Booklist 12/15/12, 1/13, 2/1/13; Kirkus
1/15/13. I am behind on these orders as the goal is to be purchasing from March selection tools by
now, so hope to be caught up by the end of next month.
b. Weeding in easy picture books: R and S.
c. Shifting: The readers have been shifted to the yellow shelves, next to the easy nonfiction. The easy
picture books are now going to be expanded across the west wall of shelving. To free up more
space, books labeled with holiday stickers will no longer have their own special sections. Because
the sticker already makes the books easily identifiable, the books will now be shelved with the other
easies, by author last name.
III. PROJECTS
a. Library programs to be published in the fall Heights Happenings were submitted on 6/21.
b. Preparations are underway for next month’s programs including the American Girl party, Teen
Crafternoons, and READ Dogs.
c. Play Matters! is an initiative by the Anoka County Libraries to transform children’s areas into
interactive, early literacy learning centers. I have attended the training and libraries are encouraged
to adapt their unique spaces. Through the rest of summer, I hope to slowly make small changes here
and there in order to highlight this concept that play matters.
d. Summer Reading VolunTeens: 16 teen volunteers have put in 108 hours of service this month.
These teens are assigned volunteer shifts Monday through Saturday, and they assist with programs,
the reading club, and small projects in the Children’s department.
i. An additional Volunteer Orientation training was held on 6/7 for those unable to attend the
May session.
e.Plans for fall programs will begin in the next few weeks. This includes the scheduling of
teams for fall READ Dogs and Teen Read Week.
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f.In effort to stay in compliance to the 21 Century Grant, I am exploring possible programs
we can hold on a weekly basis geared towards middle and high schoolers. The grant funds
programs offered to 4-12 graders, and the library’s strength is service for Pre-K to 5. The
target goal is to implement these programs either the winter of 2013/14 or spring of 2014.
IV. GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY
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a. 6/3: 21 Century Grant meeting
b. 6/3: Friends of the Library meeting
c. 6/4: ICS summer reading school visits
d. 6/28: Jamboree parade
V. STAFF
a. The department has been extremely busy as we are offering a program almost every day of the week.
Pages are staying on top of regular duties including a lot checkout, discharge, and shelving, as well
as weeding, selection tools, and shelf reading. With so many programs on schedule, their assistance
with activity room set-up, tracking attendance, and summer reading club registrations really keeps
the department going. There is often a lot of upkeep and tidying needing to be done after big groups
of children come through, and pages have been diligent in straightening shelves and keeping the look
of the department neat and tidy. It has been the team effort in part by all the staff that allows us to
deliver quality service to patrons, a variety of programming to meet the needs of the different age
groups of patrons we serve, and to really make the library a weekly, if not daily destination for
families in the community!
b. This month Kelly Olson placed book orders, sent library cards out, counted money, pulled books for
bulk loans, processed magazines, and kept statistics. Again with the increase number of library
visitors, a lot of her time has gone towards assisting patrons. She provided training for Barb
Kondrick on card registration.
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c. Candice Marsh has been busy keeping statistics for the summer reading club and 21 Century special
programs. She is assists with program set-up, has been entering attendance into reports, and is
working on plans for the American Girl program. Candice also assisted with mailing out library
cards when Kelly was not here. She is often working on so many projects simultaneously, and she
has been exceptional in her ability to multitask and be on top of what needs to be done and when.