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VE OLUMBIA EIGHTS
Board of Trustees
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Patricia Sowada
Chair
Nancy Hoium
Vice-Chair
Catherine Vesley
Secretary
Steve Smith
Barbara L. Tantanella
To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
Member at Large
Gary Peterson
From: Bethany Grabow, Children’s Librarian
Council Liaison
Renee Dougherty
Subject: February Operational Report
Library Director
Date: February 23, 2015
I.PROGRAMS
a.Bulk loans of materials were prepared for ICS (1 bin for each of 6 classes) and Adventure Club.
b.Classes from ICS visited on 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/23, 2/24, 2/25, and 2/26.
c.Teen Advisory Board (TAB) met on 2/2. Five people attended the meeting. We shared book
recommendations, discussed program ideas for summer, and talked about volunteer
opportunities for teens in the library.
d.Pajama Time Family Book Night on 2/10 featured books and crafts with a Mo Willems theme.
We made Elephant and Piggie masks and read books by the author.
e.Make & Take Tuesdays continued this month. Each Tuesday after storytime we open up the
Activity Room for people to make a craft. Craft time is eagerly anticipated by the kids and it is a
good opportunity to practice cutting, coloring, and writing skills.
f.Teens gathered to celebrate the single lifestyle at the Anti-Valentine’s Day Party on 2/13. Word
about this program spread quickly around Columbia Academy thanks to Teen Advisory Board
members and we had 15 teens in attendance. Teens made poison green duct tape roses,
decorated hearts to tear open for candy inside, played candy conversation heart BINGO, built
catapults to launch hearts, and decorated broken heart cookies. I saw a lot of new faces at this
fun program and was able to introduce myself to some of the teens.
g.We had a special guest at storytime on 2/17. A dental hygienist from Angell Family Dentistry
came to storytime to talk about the importance of brushing and flossing and read a story about
going to the dentist. After storytime, all attendees received a free toothbrush, timer, and floss
from Anoka County Child and Teen Checkups. 31 people attended this special storytime.
h.The Winter Reading Program, Book Warms, concluded at the end of this month. In total, 140
kids and 29 teens signed up and committed to reading and using the library.
i.Program counts are as follows:
Program Title Date Total
11
Toddler storytime 2/2/15
14
ICS-3 2/2/15
5
Teen Advisory Board 2/2/15
17
Preschool storytime 2/3/15
13
ICS-2 2/3/15
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19
ICS-4/5 2/3/15
15
Make & Take Craft 2/3/15
24
ICS-PreK 2/4/15
9
ICS-1 2/5/15
20
ICS-K 2/5/15
Baby storytime 2/6/15 3
Toddler storytime 2/9/15 15
Preschool storytime 2/10/15 15
Make & Take Craft 2/10/15 6
Pajama Family Book 9
Night 2/10/15
LEGO Club 2/12/15 13
Baby storytime 2/13/15 3
Anti-Valentine’s Day 2/13/15 15
Preschool storytime 2/17/15 31
Make & Take Craft 2/17/15 4
Baby storytime 2/20/15 0
Toddler storytime 2/23/15 15
ICS-3 2/23/15 14
ICS-K 2/23/15 19
Preschool storytime 2/24/15 35
ICS-2 2/24/15 13
ICS-4/5 2/24/15 19
Make & Take Craft 2/24/15 37
ICS-PreK 2/25/15 27
ICS-1 2/26/15 9
Baby storytime 2/27/15 0
II.COLLECTION
a.Book orders were placed from the following selection tools: Kirkus 10/1, 10/15 and School
Library Journal 9/14, 10/14. Orders were also placed in the following areas: replacements and
adds.
b.Weeding of J fiction continued this month.
III.PROJECTS
a.Prepared programs for February.
b.Planned and advertised Mo Willems storytime.
c.Created TAB agenda.
d.Planned storytimes for January through March.
e.Maintained materials and prizes for winter reading program.
f.Submitted spring programs for library events calendar and added to eVanced online calendar.
g.Scheduled spring session of READ Dogs and recruited new team.
h.Wrote report of children’s programs for city annual report.
i.Planned and advertised Beginning Reader Storytime for March.
j.Contacted and scheduled staff from dentist’s office to visit storytime.
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IV.GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY
a.2/12: Attended MLA Subunit Orientation meeting for new officers via Go to Meeting.
b.Coordinated with Children and Young People’s Section officers via email to plan unconference
on tween programming.
c.2/17: Attended Early Literacy Team meeting at LSS.
V.STAFF
a.This month the major projects page staff worked on are as follows: selection tools, shelf
reading, and weeding. Since we are short staffed, pages have not had a lot of time to complete
extra projects and have been concentrating on the essential tasks.
b.Kelly Olson worked on book orders and withdrawing old magazines. 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, sent out
press releases for upcoming programs, finished the spring library events calendar, and created
one new bulletin board.
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