We were very busy in July with library programs. Monica organized and delivered two Summer Reading programs each week, one in Sandy, one in Hoodland. The performers included mad scientists, musicians, magicians and dogs. Each performer emphasized the program goals — to get kids reading throughout the summer, and the kids have a great time.

The library staff has been trying something new. The Sandy and Hoodland staff have been swapping jobs.  Every employee is getting experience working in both libraries. It has been fun and educational!

On July 6th, we took a slightly different turn with our First Friday offering. We invited three authors, Kathryn Hurd, Scott Lazenby, and Nancy Osa, to come and read from their work. We had a great turnout. We held a door prize drawing for copies of each of the authors’ books.

For the entire month we promoted The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This book was chosen for our annual “Let’s Talk About It @ your Library” community read program. We sold copies of the book at the library for $2.00, and on July 25th held a community discussion. In addition to the discussion of the book, Monica highlighted examples of other young adult novels in the dystopian genre.

Monica, Susan Winsinger and I manned a table at the Family Fun Festival on July 28th. We were able to promote the library programs, and disseminate information about our wonderful online resources: reference databases and downloadable material.

During July our meeting room was used 16 times, and our study room was used 21 times.

The following is a quick summary or our statistics for last fiscal year.