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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Bethany Grabow, Children’s Librarian
Subject: July Operational Report
Date: July 31, 2014
I.PROGRAMS
a.Bulk loans of materials were prepared for Adventure Club and Mini Adventures classrooms.
b.The fourth Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meeting was on 7/7. Five people attended the meeting. We
talked about upcoming summer and fall programs for teens. I asked teens how they find out about
upcoming programs at the library. They cited Heights Happenings and flyers in the library as the top
two. They also requested the library develop an Instagram account. At the end of the meeting,
teens created a bulletin board. The theme is Teen Picks; each teen chose 5 or more books to put on
display to recommend to other teens.
c.The last Teen Crafternoon was 7/1. A few teens showed up to make yarn creatures.
d.Storytime for toddlers and preschoolers took place on Monday and Tuesday mornings. Themes
included ocean, camping, and beach. The evening storytime on 7/8 had a special visit from a sock
monkey!
e.Wacky Wednesdays continued throughout July. We had saw live animals from the Reptile and
Amphibian Discovery Zoo, moved to the music of Wendy’s Wiggle, Jiggle and Jam, learned about
chemistry from Mad Science, and saw some awesome bike tricks from Rich Wieber.
f.A Touch of Magic held a balloon sculpting workshop for teens on 7/10. Everyone learned how to
twist balloons and left with a bag full of their creations.
g.On 7/14, teacher Dan Malone and his students demonstrated a variety of punches, strikes, and
kicks they’ve learned at tae kwon do classes at Recreation.
h.Lovers of anime and manga came together on 7/17 and 7/31. Teens enthusiastically chatted about
their favorite manga, made paper fortune cookies and bookmarks, watched anime, and ate snacks.
(Cuttlefish crackers are surprisingly tasty.)
i.Abrakadoodle led a Glow in the Dark craft program on 7/18. 47 school-age kids created bugs out of
clay and painted them with glow-in-the-dark paint.
j.Fans of the Mo Willems’ books came to the library on 7/21. They participated Pin the Clothes on
the Naked Mole Rat, created Elephant and Piggie puppets, made Pigeon hats, and drew their own
adventures for Pigeon. Some families sat down for a storytime of various Mo Willems books as well.
k.Teens brought their creative minds to the Recycled Runway program on 7/24. This program was led
by the Textile Center and showed 9 teen girls how to make a plain t-shirt into a unique and custom
creation.
l.The ever popular American Girl Tea Party took place on 7/30. Girls celebrated American Girl
Josefina Montoya. They enjoyed tacos and made three different crafts.
m.Program counts are as follows:
Program Title Date Total
27
Preschool storytime 7/1/14
2
Teen Crafternoon 7/1/14
92
WW- RAD Zoo 7/2/14
28
Toddler storytime 7/7/14
41
Make & Take Crafts 7/7/14
5
TAB Meeting 7/7/14
6
READ Dogs 7/7/14
30
Preschool storytime 7/8/14
5
Family storytime 7/8/14
WW- Wendy’s Wiggle, 85
Jiggle and Jam 7/9/14
Inflation 101: Balloon 10
Sculpting Workshop 7/10/14
14
Toddler storytime 7/14/14
18
Make & Take Crafts 7/14/14
29
Tae Kwon Do demo 7/14/14
25
Preschool storytime 7/15/14
71
WW- Mad Science 7/16/14
18
Anime/Manga Club 7/17/14
47
Glow in the Dark 7/18/14
28
Toddler storytime 7/21/14
39
Make & Take Crafts 7/21/14
26
Mo Willems Book Day 7/21/14
27
Preschool storytime 7/22/14
WW- Rich Wieber’s 82
Bicycle Stunt Show 7/23/14
9
Recycled Runway 7/24/14
40
Make & Take Crafts 7/28/14
American Girl Tea 34
11:00 7/30/14
34
American Girl Tea 2:30 7/30/14
8
Anime/Manga Club 7/31/14
880
Total
II.COLLECTION
a.Book orders were placed from the following selection tools: Kirkus 3/15/14 and Booklist 2/15 &
4/15. Orders were also placed in the following areas: replacements and adds, audiobooks.
b.Weeding of QJ collection concluded this month. We have incorporated all but the biggest QJ books
into the J nonfiction shelves.
III.PROJECTS
a.Prepared agenda and activities for TAB meeting.
b.Updated VolunTeen schedule.
c.Communicated with Wacky Wednesday performers and other program teachers.
d.Made and sent out invitations for American Girl Tea Party.
e.Created decorations for American Girl Tea Party.
f.Updated juvenile historical fiction list on ACL website.
g.Filled out self-evaluations on summer storytimes in preparation for Early Literacy Team meeting.
IV.GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY
a.7/17: Represented library at community picnic.
b.7/25: Represented library at police picnic.
c.7/29: Attended Early Literacy Team meeting at LSS.
V.STAFF
a.This month the major projects page staff worked on are as follows: summer reading sign-up and
materials maintenance, selection tools, and weeding.
b.Kelly Olson worked on book orders. She also assisted with summer reading programs. She
completed her usual tasks including month end reports, magazines, counting money, receiving
books, and purchase requests.
c.Michelle Wermerskirchen sent a press release for August programs, prepared materials for weekly
Make & Take Crafts, and maintained program statistics reports.