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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOperational Report for Mai Kao To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director From: Mai Kao Xiong, Children’s Librarian Subject: August Operational Report Date: August 26, 2013 I. PROGRAMS a.The Bookawocky Summer Reading Program ended this month. We will begin collecting and analyzing statistics. Participants came to the library up until the very end to collect prizes and share about the books they have been reading. b. Bulk loan of materials were prepared and picked up as follows: ICS on 8/5, 8/12, and 8/19. c. Make & Take Mondays met 4 times this month and wrapped up on 8/26. d. Schiffelly Puppets performed a show on 8/13. This was a MELSA sponsored program. e. Three science-based programs were held on Saturdays this month, targeting different subject areas and age groups. On 8/3 there was an engineering program. On 8/10 there was a chemistry program. On 8/17 there was a biology program. f. Sea of Monsters movie release program was held on 8/15. This event was geared towards teens and held in celebration of the release of a movie adaptation of the widely popular book Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. g. Total program counts are as follows: Program Title Date Children TEENS Adults Design-Build-Create 8/3/2013 15 1 9 Make & Take Mondays 8/5/2013 115 53 Kids' Club 8/5/2013 5 1 Mxing Molecules 8/10/2013 10 1 8 Kids' Club 8/12/2013 8 1 1 Volunteer Recognition 8/12/2013 1 11 9 Schiffelly Puppets 8/13/2013 28 15 Sea of Monsters Mayhem 8/15/2013 14 Bugs (Mad Science of MN) 8/17/2013 6 7 Kids' Club 8/19/2013 3 1 Summer Reading Program (June-Aug) 8/30/2013 840 II. COLLECTION a. Book orders were placed from the following selection tools: School Library Journal 4/13 and Kirkus 2/1/13 and 3/1/13. b. Weeding was done in the following areas: All of J paperback, J nonfiction 300’s, and Easy S. III. PROJECTS a. There are now new shelves in the J Fiction area. The job was done by Mid America Business Systems, and the installation was done in a quick, efficient, and very satisfactory manner. The increased shelf area allows us to shift the collection in a manner that now frees up space for us to add an armchair in the area. Children now have one small place to sit and read! b. Summer Reading VolunTeens: From June-August, volunteers have contributed 350 hours of their time to assist the children’s department. On August 12, an appreciation reception was held in the teens’ and READ Dog teams’ honor. Attendees were presented before the City Council and received certificates and tokens of thanks for the commitment of time, work, and effort. c. As teachers are returning to schools the final week of August, they have been contacted about bulk loans and school visit services. I have begun this process and will have Kelly continue as the point person to finalize schedules. d. Bulk loan schedules for the 2013-2014 have been made, with just the details needing to be finalized. e. Baby Read, Baby Grow’s new teacher visited the library on 8/26. He was given a tour of the department and its resources, and will lead the program until the new librarian comes in. IV.GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY a.8/12: City Council Meeting b.8/20: Page Meeting c.8/21: ISD 13 New Teacher Orientation d.8/26: ICS School Visit V.STAFF a.Pages have been focusing on tasks that can only be completed while I am here. They have been diligent in working on weeding and selection tools in preparation for the interim when there is no children’s librarian. They have done a wonderful job in assisting with shifting books because of the new shelving. Pages have also been assisting with summer programs, and contributed to another successful season of programming. It is a true team effort, especially in the summer, to maintain the department while providing quality programs and services. b.Kelly Olson on a daily and/or weekly basis does money count, book orders, library cards, magazines, and receiving book purchases. In the time that she was gone, Stacey Hendren and Candice Marsh also assisted with some of her normal duties. Kelly assisted with the raffle winners from the summer reading program, a weekly task that did require effort to keep on top of! She will be assisting with programs and in September. Candice Marsh has worked on publicity for fall programming. She completed several c. program posters and the events calendar. She updated our games inventory, kept program statistics, updated folders and pictures, made new shelf labels, filed paperwork, and more. She assisted with duties in Kelly’s absence. I value her contributions to the library, and really appreciate the privilege to be a part of her professional growth in the time she has been here. d. Before my parting, I have accomplished the following: i. General daily tasks for pages until October ii. Weekly book orders until the month of October iii. Weeding on schedule until the month of October iv. Scheduling of substitutes for storytime until the month of October v. Candice’s project work until October vi. Detailed notes about Children’s Librarian tasks as I understand them, and as I have been working on them Almost two years have passed and I feel there is so much more to learn and accomplish. It is with utmost confidence that I trust the next Children’s Librarian will come in and have an even further and greater reach than what I’ve been able to do in the short time I have been here. It has been an honor and a privilege to be a part of this library and community. Thank you for your support and encouragement.