Join us in our February Craft for a Cause! Hearts for Teachers
Would you like to let our local teachers know how much they are appreciated? Make a heart using one of the following ideas, and drop it off at the Sandy Library by February 14th. Baskets of the hearts will be delivered to each school in the Oregon Trail School District the following day. Make sure your hearts are not addressed to specific teachers as they will be delivered at random.
- woven paper heart – you can pick up a template for this at library curbside
- heart baskets – a more complex version of the woven heart
- paper heart chains
- wood hearts – a limited supply will be available at our library curbside starting Jan. 20th for you to take home and decorate
- knit or crocheted hearts – you can pick these patterns up at our library curbside. There are many free patterns available online.
- Or come up with your own idea!
The Sandy Seed Library is Back!
Just in time for Spring planting!
Come to the west side entrance during seed library open hours.
Saturday & Sunday: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Give us a call when you get to the library, we will let you in to browse and package your seeds. One person at a time will be admitted inside the building. If there is someone already at the Seed Library, we will take your name and phone number and call you when it is your turn. You will need your library card to take the seeds home! There is no due date on seeds, but we encourage you to learn how to save seeds for yourself and to donate back to the seed library.
We cancelled one day of the Computer Lab at Sandy to host a blood drive with the American Red Cross on January 13th.
We registered: 18 total donors
Collected: 14 pints of blood
Deferred: 4
42 PATIENT LIVES SAVED!
Computers by Appointment at Sandy we had 68 people schedule appointments to use the computers. Our current capacity is 21 appointments/week. At Hoodland we had 8 people schedule appointments to use the computers. Capacity at Hoodland is 12 appointments/week. People need to call to make an appointment.
Sandy Computer Lab Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 1 pm to 4 pm
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday: 10 am to 1 pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 2 pm to 5 pm
Hoodland Computer Lab Hours:
Monday 12 pm -2 pm
Tuesday – Saturday 2 pm – 4pm
Mobile Printing People are utilizing our mobile printing services. Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print. Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints through our Curbside Service. For a limited time, printing is free of charge.
Sandy – 22 users printed 50 jobs (960 pages)
Hoodland 4 users printed 10 jobs (11 pages)
eCards – Sandy created 26 new library accounts, Hoodland created 3.
Book Bundles – We supplied 3 people with personalized reading recommendations.
Don’t know what to read? Tell us a little about what you’ve been reading, and let us pick something out! The more you can tell us, the better the recommendation will likely be. Click HERE to get started.
Curbside pickup of holds Pickup at Sandy is 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday and 12-4pm on Sunday. At Hoodland 10am-12pm Monday and 12-2pm Tuesday-Saturday.
Sandy – 1754 pickups in 29 days. This averages 60 pickups/day(up from 56 last month).
Hoodland – 381 pickups in 23 days. Averages 17 pickups/day(up from 15 last month).
We checked out a total of7348 items(up from last month’s 6772) through curbside pickup!
Kids Programs
Special
Take & Make – Yarn Hearts – 153 kids (at Sandy, Hoodland, and Vista)
Vista Newsletter – Katie Murphy delivered 29 newsletters to kids at Vista. Read January’s copy here!
Every day on the Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook Page, Thea Ellen has been posting an Early Literacy Activity to do with kids, a storytime with a famous person, something about a current topic and a Library resource or other current available resource.
Virtual Storytimes
All of the following videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group. Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.
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The Snow Rabbit by Camille Garoche – 57 views, 3 reactions – presented by Robin Ferrin
Chicky Chicky Chook Chook by Cathy MacLennan – 66 views, 5 reactions
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food by Jane Yolen – 68 views, 3 reactions – presented by Robin Ferrin
Daniel’s Good Day by Micha Archer – 67 views, 5 reactions
Teen Programs
Special
Teen Book Boxes– NEW!
Each quarter, 20 teens (grades 6th-12th) can sign up for a free 3- month subscription to our Teen Book Box service. Each month teens will receive a mystery box filled with 2-3 personalized book selections, tasty treats and a few surprises they get to keep.
We opened registration with 10 spots, and they filled within 57 minutes. We added another 10 a few days later, and they filled the same day! Because of this success, we are planning to offer early literacy and middle grade book boxes soon!
Each January LINCC Libraries hold a Teen art contest. The winner’s art is used for Summer Reading. This year, Sandy Library had 5 submissions. Stay tuned to find out who the winner is and see photos!
Take & Make – Grow a Yeti! – 58 teens
Adult Programs
Special
Take & Make – Bird Seed Bells – 43 adults. A special thank you to the Woodard family for taking such a nice photo of their finished products in use!
Ongoing
Book Groups
5 people in the Digital Book Club discussed Mink River by Brian Doyle.
8 people attended the Women’s Book Club using zoom to discuss The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
Sit and Knit a Bit – virtual knitting group had 14 participants
Public Notary – 1 at Hoodland
Staffing
On January 24th, the Library implemented additional staffing changes and reduction of hours(in March 2020 we cancelled two regular shifts, and have had 94% fewer substitute hours during the pandemic than we had the previous year). Five staff members had a reduction in hours, and four people had significant schedule changes. All staff are currently providing our essential services including information and assistance by phone, curbside pickup of holds, planning and assembling our Take & Make programs, and shelving materials. Additionally, staff are providing virtual storytimes and events.