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Library Director's Report
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Review only
BACKGROUND:
Statistics-
-checkouts of physical library materials are 99.5% of the number of checkouts at this time last year; Library2Go checkouts are exactly the same as last year at this time.
-door count is 105% of this time last year
-fines and fees were up by $212.46 from this time last year;
-self-check transactions were down by 257; internet use is up by 5 uses
Events-
The big events for March were:
March 5-Elevated Readers Book Club, Wii Night
March 6 - First Friday Film Series The Human Face of Big Data; about 30 or so people attended and the conversation was really great!
March 12 - Storyteller Will Hornyak; about 15 people attended
March 14 - Pi Day at the Library; get your Pi pencil: well received
March 17 - Evening Pajama Story Time-this needs some tweaking; we are getting our new story time person involved
March 19 - Music with the Whispering Roses; over 30 people attended
March 25 - See to Read: about 8 kids were screened; Kid’s Crafts: this had a big crowd
March 26 - Wii Night for kids of all ages-only 2 kids attended; Spring Break-it’s hard to figure out sometimes
Upcoming April events:
April 2: Teen Video Game Night - 9 teens attended
April 3: First Friday Film-Pedal Driven - about 40 people attended
April 9: Publishing with John Williams
April 12-18: National Library Week
County Wide Food for Fines all week long; collected food will go to local food bank; also check out our staff baby photo matching game
April 14: National Library Workers Day
April 16 National Teen Literature
April 23: Peter Sears and Andres Berger Kiss
May 1: First Friday Film: RIP, a remix manifesto
May 4: May the Fourth be with you!
May 14: Cello Bop with Gideon Freudmann
New story time schedule, all at 10:15
Mondays: Preschoolers
Tuesdays: Preschool Yoga Story Time
Wednesday: Toddler Yoga Story Time
Thursday: Toddler
Friday: Story time for Littles and...
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