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City of Columbia Heights | Library
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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Brianna Belanger, Youth Services Librarian
Subject: December Operational Report
Date: December 31, 2019
I. PROGRAMS
a. Tech Wizards continued this month meeting once. We’ll take a break in January and begin meeting
again in February.
b. LEGO Challenge met on 11/11 and 20 kids built creations that incorporated slime.
c. 4-H Teen Teachers taught 3 Junior Kitchen sessions this month. They taught younger kids about
nutrition and healthy eating and then worked together to cook real recipes.
d. Graphic Novel Book Club continued this month. We discussed Dugout and participated in zombie
themed activities.
e. Due to icy road conditions a small crew of 4 joined us for an interactive Science Storytelling STEAM
Saturday program. Kids listened to an engaging story and afterwards did hands on experiments that
helped them learn the science behind the story. Parents gave positive feedback about the program.
f. 8 school age children joined us at the library to create New Year’s Eve party hats and shakers at Puttin’
on the Ritz a legacy funded program.
g. 80 parents, caregivers, and children joined together at the library to ring in the Noon Year with crafts,
stories, a balloon drop, and an apple juice toast. Parents shared positive feedback as they left the
program.
h. We currently have 2 teen volunteer at the library. Teen volunteer hours total 12 hours this month.
i. Program counts are as follows:
Community Room- 4-H Junior Kitchen 12/2/2019 16
ICS-5th 12/4/2019 20
ICS- 1st 12/4/2019 15
ICS- K 12/5/2019 17
ICS- 4th 12/5/2019 23
Community Room- 4-H Junior Kitchen 12/9/2019 12
Community Room- Canta y Baila Conmigo 12/10/2019 4
Community Room- 4-H Tech Wizards 12/10/2019 8
Community Room- LEGO Challenge 12/11/2019 20
Community Room- 4-H Junior Kitchen 12/16/2019 19
Columbia Academy- Graphic Novel Book Club 12/17/2019 2
Community Room- Craft Lab: Smart Phone Photos 12/27/2019 0
Community Room- STEAM Saturday: Science
Storytellers 12/28/2019 4
Community Room- Puttin' on the Ritz 12/30/2019 8
Community Room- Noon Year's Eve 12/31/2019 80
II. COLLECTION
a. Book orders are on hold until the new year.
b. Weeding of EJ Fiction began.
III. PROJECTS
a. Managed teen volunteers
b. Worked on summer programming
c. Updated early literacy space for new season
d. Updated book displays
e. Planned and delivered December Graphic Novel Book Club
f. Prepared Spring Heights Happening’s copy
g. Developed a resume introduction for teens
h. Prepared a dentist themed storytime
i. Worked on garden bed proposal
j. Identified and ordered new baby storytime collection materials
k. Planned January and February Play Dates
IV. GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY
a. 12/2: Storytime Palooza at Roseville Library
b. 12/11: Youth Advisory Council Meeting- 21st Century Grant
c. 12/30: Meeting with Jy to discuss 4-H Tech Wizards program transition
V. STAFF
a. 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. Additionally, she helps with volunteen supervision, and
ICS visits.
b. Farrah Briest took over LEGO Club duties. She also helps with ICS visits, cleans toys, develops and
maintains teen passive activities, maintains early literacy activities, and markets events. She has been
working on processing materials while staffing the mobile desk.