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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOperational Report for Mai Kao To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director From: Mai Kao Xiong, Children’s Librarian Subject: June Operational Report Date: June 26, 2013 I. PROGRAMS th 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. st 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 st 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. st 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.