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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOperational Report for Bethany GrabowCOLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY 820 - 40TH AVE N. E., COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN 55421 -2996 (763) 706 -3690; TDD (763) 706 -3692 To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director From: Bethany Grabow, Children's Librarian Subject: March Operational Report Date: March 25, 2015 PROGRAMS a. Bulk loans of materials were prepared for ICS (1 bin for each of 6 classes) and Mini Adventure Club. b. Classes from ICS visited on 3/16, 3/17, 3/18, and 3/19. c. Teen Advisory Board (TAB) met on 3/2. Ten people attended the meeting. We shared book recommendations, discussed program ideas for summer, and talked about volunteer opportunities for teens in the library. d. LEGO Club was popular as always. It's fun to see kids who don't know each other bond over their love of building. LEGO Club is also a good opportunity to practice sharing and cooperation. I have trained a teen volunteer to lead the club; she has done a great job greeting families and helping to clean up afterward. Teens in the Teen Advisory Board have expressed interest in helping with children's programming, so this is a way to experiment with that idea as well as to foster ownership in the library by being involved rather than just being a visitor. e. A new offering, Beginning Reader Storytime, took place this month. This was a 4 -week storytime session held after school on Tuesdays. It was geared toward children ages 4 through 2nd grade who are learning to read on their own. We read stories, did activities, and played games that explored the Every Child Ready to Read principles of sing, talk, read, write, and play. This storytime was developed to address the many questions we get from parents whose children are learning to read and /or struggling with reading. It was an interesting and educational experience both for me and the families who attended. f. Program counts are as follows: Program Title Date Total Toddler storytime 3/2/15 25 Teen Advisory Board 3/2/15 10 Preschool storytime 3/3/15 21 Beginning Reader ST 3/3/15 9 Baby storytime 3/6/15 0 Toddler storytime 3/9/15 21 Preschool storytime 3/10/15 27 Beginning Reader ST 3/10/15 19 LEGO Club 3/12/15 9 Baby storytime 3/13/15 6 Toddler storytime 3/16/15 26 ICS -3 3/16/15 14 Preschool storytime 3/17/15 23 THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ICS -2 3/17/15 12 ICS -4/5 3/17/15 19 Beginning Reader ST 3/17/15 6 ICS -PreK 3/18/15 22 ICS -1 3/19/15 9 ICS -K 3/19/15 21 Baby storytime 3/20/15 2 Toddler storytime 3/23/15 19 Preschool storytime 3/24/15 24 Beginning Reader ST 3/24/15 10 Baby storytime 3/27/15 10 Toddler storytime 3/30/15 23 Experiments in Paint 3/30/15 23 Preschool storytime 3/31/15 19 Libraries Are for Making 3/31/15 II. COLLECTION a. Book orders were placed from the following selection tools: Kirkus 11/1, Booklist 11/1, and School Library Journal November 2014. Orders were also placed in the following areas: replacements and adds, audiobooks. b. Weeding of J fiction continued this month. Ill. PROJECTS a. Prepared programs for March. b. Planned and advertised Beginning Reader Storytime. c. Created TAB agenda. d. Planned storytimes for April. e. Performed inventory on summer reading program materials. f. Prepared summer teen volunteer materials. g. Submitted Legacy program choices for summer. h. Trained new pages on children's department. i. Worked on summer program schedule for June through August. IV. GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY a. 3/12: Represented library at Community Baby Shower at the Family Center. 53 people, many for whom English is a second language, attended this event. I was able to talk to every family at the event about the library and baby storytime. V. STAFF a. This month the major projects page staff worked on areas follows: selection tools and shelf reading. 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. 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 created one new bulletin board, made flyers advertising upcoming adult programs, and created a new teen book display.