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Home My WebLink AboutOperational Report for Bethany To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director From: Bethany Grabow, Children’s Librarian Subject: December Operational Report Date: December 23, 2014 I.PROGRAMS a.Bulk loans of materials were prepared for ICS (1 bin for each of 6 classes). b.Classes from ICS visited on 12/1, 12/2, 12/3, and 12/4. c.Teen Advisory Board (TAB) met on 12/1. Seven people attended the meeting. We did some getting- to-know-you activities, discussed program ideas and marketing ideas. Teens filled out a survey about library space and services for teens d.Pajama Time Family Book Night (formerly family storytime) on 12/9 featured books and crafts about Pete the Cat. One little boy was such a Pete fan that he recited all the words as I read the story. He was especially excited to discover a new Pete the Cat book he’d never seen before. e.LEGO Club took place on 12/11. 10 kids and teens built creations out of LEGO bricks. Each participant chose their best piece to display in the children’s department of the library. This display gets a lot of attention from proud creators and interested onlookers. f.Homework Zone concluded this month. Jake, a volunteer with Minnesota Reading Corps, helped students in grades K-12 with homework on Wednesdays from 5 to 6 p.m. Many families have expressed interest in receiving tutoring for their children and this service is our response to that need. g.The Holiday Crafts program for teens took place on 12/13. Teens in grades 5 through 12 could choose to make any or all of the crafts. Crafts included scarves made from t-shirts, button collages, DIY scratch-off tickets, and magazine collages. h.We kicked off 2015 a bit early with a Noon Year’s Eve Party on 12/31. Previously, an event like this was held at the recreation department, but they were not doing it this year so I decided to have one at the library. We had a storytime followed by crafts and games. We counted down to noon and used our DIY noisemakers, balloons dropping from the ceiling, and an apple juice toast to celebrate. 46 people, from babies to grandparents, attended this program! i.Program counts are as follows: Program Title Date Children TEENS Adults Total 14 ICS-3 12/1/14 7 TAB meeting 12/1/14 13 ICS-2 12/2/14 16 ICS-4/5 12/2/14 23 ICS-PreK 12/3/14 2 Homework Zone 12/3/14 8 ICS-1 12/4/14 20 ICS-K 12/4/14 5 Family Book Night 12/9/14 5 Homework Zone 12/10/14 LEGO Club 12/11/14 10 Make & Take Crafts 12/30/14 4 Noon Year’s Eve Party 12/31/14 46 II.COLLECTION a.Book orders were placed from the following selection tools: Kirkus 8/1 and 8/15, Booklist 7/14, and Orders were also placed in the following areas: replacements, adds, music CDs, and audiobooks. b.Weeding of J fiction continued this month. III.PROJECTS a.Prepared programs for December and January. b.Prepared outline of program dates for January through August 2015. c.Planned and advertised Pete the Cat storytime. d.Created TAB agenda. e.Prepared materials and instructions for volunteers for December book sale. f.Planned storytimes for January through March. g.Prepared materials and prizes for winter reading program. h.Pulled Christmas around the world books for preschool class at ICS. i.Selected Legacy programs for spring. j.Booked two Wacky Wednesday performers for summer reading program. IV.GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY a.12/16: Attended Early Literacy Team meeting at LSS. b.12/17: Attended MELSA Storytime Palooza at Roseville Library. c.12/18: Attended meeting via phone with Children and Young People’s Section officers to plan unconference on tween programming. V.STAFF a.This month the major projects page staff worked on are as follows: selection tools, checking donated books for matches in the ACL catalog, preparing for winter book sale, and weeding. b.Kelly Olson worked on book, audio, and music CD 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 planned make & take crafts for the winter reading program and sent out press releases for upcoming programs.