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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Bethany Grabow, Children’s Librarian
Subject: August Operational Report
Date: August 27, 2014
I.PROGRAMS
a.Bulk loans of materials were prepared for Adventure Club and Mini Adventures classrooms.
b.The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meeting was on 8/4. Three people attended the meeting; two were
new members (our first male members!). We talked about upcoming fall programs for teens. All
three teens volunteered to help with the upcoming Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser for the library.
c.The Minnesota Historical Society presented Steampunk Mystery Mayhem for participants in grades
4-6. This history/mystery took place in a small Midwestern town preparing the 1893 World’s Fair.
Participants had to repair the sabotaged generator and discover the perpetrator based on clues. It
was a lot of fun!
d.On 8/9, girls and boys were transformed into fairies and elves. Each participant made a costume to
take home. It was magical program for all presented by ArtStart.
e.Summer VolunTeens gathered at the library for a volunteer appreciation ice cream party.
Afterward, we walked to City Hall and I recognized the teens present in front of the Mayor and City
Council.
f.Schiffelly Puppets performed a comedic puppet show on 8/12. The audience had to help solve the
mystery of which fairy tale character stole Rapunzel’s hair. (It wasn’t the big bad wolf. He’s changed
his ways.)
g.Make & Take Crafts continued to be popular. The final session was on 8/25.
h.Program counts are as follows:
Program Title Date Total
10
Steampunk Mystery 8/2/14
3
TAB Meeting 8/4/14
31
Make & Take Crafts 8/4/14
20
Midsummer Magic 8/9/14
VolunTeen 8
Appreciation 8/11/14
46
Make & Take Crafts 8/11/14
49
Schiffelly Puppets 8/12/14
3
LEGO Club 8/14/14
32
Make & Take Crafts 8/18/14
22
Make & Take Crafts 8/25/14
224
Total
II.COLLECTION
a.Book orders were placed from the following selection tools: Kirkus 4/15/14, School Library Journal
April 2014, and Booklist 3/15/14. Orders were also placed in the following areas: replacements and
adds, audiobooks, and music.
Weeding took place in easy readers and J fiction this month.
b.
III.PROJECTS
a.Prepared agenda and activities for TAB meeting.
b.Prepared invitations, certificates, and food for VolunTeen appreciation party and City Council
presentation.
c.Made flyers for September programs.
d.Prepared teacher orientation packets.
e.Made math and reading games for department.
f.Shifted graphic novels and YA nonfiction.
g.Sent events calendar to printer.
h.Converted events calendar to web-friendly version for website.
IV.GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY
a.8/19: Attended page meeting.
b.8/20: Hosted ISD13 new teachers at library and talked about library services available.
c.8/21: Attended Youth Services meeting at Northtown and shared storytime self-evaluations.
d.8/25: Talked to teachers at Immaculate Conception School about library services available.
V.STAFF
a.This month the major projects page staff worked on are as follows: summer reading prize
distribution, materials maintenance, selection tools, and weeding.
b.Kelly Olson worked on book orders. She also assisted with summer reading programs and
volunteen recognition. 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 September programs, prepared materials for
weekly Make & Take Crafts, maintained program statistics reports, and created the fall events
calendar.