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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-06 Library Board UpdateColumbia Heights Public Library Library Board Report - June 2022 BUILDING • Orkin inspected for pests and deployed preventative ant traps in staff breakroom. • Ballasts and drivers were replaced in ceiling LED light fixtures. COLLECTION • Book displays featured Read with Pride, hot summer reads, and new books. • Adult and juvenile print books were selected from regular review journals. Replacement copies, new releases by bestselling authors and paperbacks, and requests for young adult manga, “I Spy” books and additional copies of Maud Hart Lovelace award nominees were ordered. • Weeding continued in adult fiction. • The glass display case featured “Thank You for Shopping” department store memorabilia to promote the author talk on June 15th. FACILITY USAGE 2022 2021 Visitors 6,943 5,417 Public Uses of Study and Meeting Rooms 194 2 PROGRAMS, VIRTUAL EVENTS, SELF DIRECTED ACTIVITIES NAME DATE INTENDED AUDIENCE ATTENDANCE Daycare Storytime 6/1 Children (0-5) 9 Family Storytime 6/6 Children (0-5) 25 English Language Conversation Circle 6/6 Adult 8 Family Storytime 6/13 Children (0-5) 17 English Language Conversation Circle 6/13 Adult 3 Book Club: Dark Matter 6/15 Adult 6 Ollivander’s Wand Workshop 6/15 Children (6-11) 17 Author Talk: Kristal Leebrick Thank You for Shopping 6/15 Adult 26 English Language Conversation Circle 6/16 Adult 2 Young Punks: Art of the Patch 6/16 Young Adult (12-18) 0 Pop Up Storytime @ Sullivan Park 6/17 Children (0-5) 15 Poems in the Park 6/17 Self-Directed 24 Clay Garden Tiles 6/18 Children (6-11) 14 Family Storytime 6/20 Children (0-5) 35 English Language Conversation Circle 6/20 Adult 4 Watercolor: Pen and Floral Art 6/20 Adult 7 Story Stroll: “I Got The Rhythm” at Huset Park 6/21-24 Self-Directed ??? Android Smart Phone Workshop 6/21 Adult 11 Animation Flip Books 6/22 Children (6-11) 18 English Language Conversation Circle 6/23 Adult 2 Family Storytime 6/27 Children (0-5) 23 English Language Conversation Circle 6/27 Adult 7 Tree Identification @ Sullivan Park 6/27 Adult 16 Clay Creatures 6/29 Children (6-11) 25 English Language Conversation Circle 6/30 Adult 1 Needle Felted Toadstools 6/30 Young Adult (12-18) 9 TOTAL Programs =26 Columbia Heights Public Library Library Board Monthly Update – June 2022 STAFF • Eliza Pope, Youth Services Librarian, o Reinvigorated the early learning play space with a Farmer’s Market with produce and flowers. Children guessed how tall a sunflower will grow and estimated how big a green bean bush will grow. The light table was brought out with Magnatiles and translucent pegs. Children were invited to name and create their own mixed-up vegetables, which were displayed in the craft room and display case. o The Summer Reading Program started June 1. By month end, 144 youth had registered. o Summer Lunch was served on Wednesdays and Thursdays to youth under the age of 18. While attendance started slowly, all lunches are consistently being distributed. • Cortni O’Brien, Adult Services Librarian, o Met with Ryane Leifheit from Metro HRA/Housing Authority about how library staff could assist patrons with the opening of the Section 8 housing voucher waitlist. o Met with author and program presenter Doug Ohman. o Met with the Friends of the Library on June 8. o Delivered materials to four “At-Home” patrons. • Renee Dougherty, Director o Staffed a table at the City’s Art and Info Fair on June 23 with Cortni, Eliza and Board member Carrie Mesrobian. o Met with Eliza Pope and Cortni O’Brien for regular check-ins .PUBLIC COMPUTER USAGE 2022 2021 Users 990 805 Sessions 1,419 1,214 Minutes 49,457 42,763 VOLUNTEERS Total Hours Served Adult 11 32.5 Teen 6 37