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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch OP Youth Services 2018 (BB) City of Columbia Heights | Library 3939 Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421 ▪ Ph: 763-706-3690 ▪ www.columbiaheightsmn.gov To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director From: Brianna Belanger, Youth Services Librarian Subject: March Operational Report Date: March 29, 2018 I. PROGRAMS a. Bulk loans of materials were prepared for ICS, Adventure Club, and Mini Adventures. b. Play pieces purchased with a grant from the Library Foundation were introduced to the children’s space this month. Families linger in the children’s area and children make friends while playing with the greenhouse installation. Play pieces will be swapped out seasonally to keep things fresh for families. They support the library’s initiative to support early literacy skill building. c. 30 kids and parents participated in the drop-in activities planned for Read Across America Day. Families could do a scavenger hunt, make a hat, and create story stones to facilitate storytelling at home. d. 21 parents and kids joined us at our Family Night event on 3/7. This month we focused on games and basic math skills by learning about Guinness World Records and then attempting to break them ourselves. e. LEGO Club met on 3/14 and 11 kids spent the hour creating and building. Kids are learning social emotional skills like cooperating, sharing, and teamwork as well as valuable engineering skills. f. TAB met on 3/17 to discuss summer programs and help create spring decorations for the teen area. g. ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) classes visited the library on 3/20, 3/21, and 3/22. Families participated in storytime, got a tour of the library, signed up for library cards, and played together. h. ICS students visited the library on 3/12 and 3/14. i. Silverwood Park delivered the Forecast Calls for Art program to 15 kids. Kids learned about different types of weather and storms in particular and then created a take-home craft. j. Maker Club met on 3/28 and 15 kids created papier-mâché bird’s nests. k. Our Escape the Library program had 7 kids and teens racing against the clock to solve problems and riddles in order to break out. l. Program counts are as follows: Community Room- Baby Storytime 3/1/2018 25 Craft Room- Read Aross America 3/2/2018 30 Community Room- Tech Wizards 3/6/2018 12 Community Room- Family Night 3/7/2018 21 Community Room- Family Storytime 3/12/2018 48 ICS- 1st Grade 3/12/2018 10 Community Room- Tech Wizards 3/13/2018 12 ICS 2nd/4th 3/14/2018 33 Community Room- LEGO Club 3/14/2018 11 Community Room- Baby Storytime 3/15/2018 38 Craft Room- Teen Advisory Board 3/17/2018 3 Community Room- Family Storytime 3/19/2018 55 Community Room- ECFE 3/20/2018 38 Community Room- Tech Wizards 3/20/2018 7 Community Room- ECFE 3/21/2018 58 Community Room- Baby Storytime 3/22/2018 27 Community Room- ECFE 3/22/2018 18 Community Room- Family Storytime 3/26/2018 30 Community Room- Forecast Calls for Art 3/27/2018 15 Community Room- Maker Club 3/28/2018 15 Community Room- Escape the Library 3/28/2018 7 Community Room- Baby Storytime 3/29/2018 47 II. COLLECTION a. Book orders were placed from the following: SLJ 11/17; Kirkus 11/1, 11/15, 12/1; Booklist 11/1, 11/15, 12/1, 12/15; Booklinks 11/17, Series Made Simple Fall, PW 12/11/17 and Replacements and Adds. b. Weeding of juvenile and easy nonfiction continues. III. PROJECTS a. Prepared and promoted for summer volunteer applications. b. Created, implemented, and maintained spring early literacy space. c. Planned for ECFE library visits. d. Planned and promoted April Family Night. e. Planned and implemented Read Across America Day activities. f. Created summer event promotional materials. g. Planned for High School Drop-in Teen Tech Week event. h. Imputed summer events into evanced. i. Created TAB agenda. j. Managed Teen Volunteers. k. Planned for summer programs and storytime. IV. GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY a. 3/9: Drop in Activities at High School for Teen Tech Week. b. 3/22: ECFE Community Baby Shower V. STAFF a. This month the major projects page staff worked on are as follows: selection tools, processing, and various cutting projects. b. Kelly Olson worked on book orders. She also fulfilled the many bulk loan bins we had this month. She completed her usual tasks including month end reports, performer contracts, magazines, counting money, receiving books, and purchase requests.