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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOperational Report for Bethany To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director From: Bethany Grabow, Children’s Librarian Subject: January Operational Report Date: January 31, 2014 I.PROGRAMS th a.Bulk loans of materials were prepared for ICS for Prek, Kindergarten, 1, 2, and 5 grade classrooms, Adventure Club and Mini Adventures, and ECFE. b.Classes from ICS visited on 1/13, 1/15/, and 1/16. c.Dr. Bergstrom from Fairview Clinic came to storytime on 1/14 and read books about Curious George. At the end of storytime, we had a special visit from Curious George himself! Dr. Bergstrom demonstrated what happens during a checkup and kids had a chance to check George’s throat themselves. Afterward, families had their pictures taken with Curious George and received a free book. d.We had a special family storytime in the evening on 1/14. The theme was music. We had three new families attend. e.Program counts are as follows: Program Title Date Children TEENS Adults ICS-K 1/13/14 12 0 Toddler Storytime 1/13/14 3 3 Preschool Storytime 1/14/14 32 14 Family Storytime 1/14/14 3 3 ICS-5 1/15/14 12 1 ICS-1 1/15/14 16 1 ICS-2 1/16/14 10 1 Preschool Storytime 1/21/14 17 8 Toddler Storytime 1/27/14 0 0 Preschool Storytime 1/28/14 7 3 II.COLLECTION a.Book orders were placed from the following selection tools: Kirkus Fall Preview and 10/1, Booklist 9/15, 10/1, 10/15, and School Library Journal 10/13. Orders were also placed in the following areas: replacements and adds. b.Weeding of YA and J paperback fiction was completed this month. III.PROJECTS a.Maintained materials for Book Warms winter reading program including printing additional reading logs, preparing make & take craft materials each week, and setting up a new Book Battle YA voting display each week. b.Prepared props for Candyland Live program on 2/7. c.Booked performers for Wacky Wednesdays during the summer reading program. d.Planned programs for March, April, and May and submitted for Heights Happenings. e.Emailed READ Dogs teams for March/April session. IV.GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY a.1/21: Met with Early Literacy Team to discuss goals and actions for early literacy at ACL libraries in 2014. b.1/24: Met with other ACL youth staff to plan for summer reading program. c.1/8: Attended Library Board meeting. Introduced to board members and presented results of Youth Read Down. V.STAFF a.This month the major projects page staff worked on are as follows: signing up youth for Book Warms and Youth Read Down, shifting quartos to shelves along wall, selection tools, and weeding. b.Kelly Olson worked on book orders. She also assisted in the many bulk loan bins we had this month. She completed her usual tasks including month end reports, magazines, counting money, receiving books, and purchase requests. c.Michelle Wermerskirchen worked on keeping and reporting statistics for Book Warms, putting up three new displays, and helping with props for Candyland Live program.