Welcome Back to the Library!
Beginning Sunday, May 30th, Sandy increased our browsing hours Monday – Friday to 4 hours/day, and Hoodland now offers 3 browsing hours/day Tuesday – Saturday without making an appointment.
Sandy Library drop-in browsing times
Tuesday, Thursday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Monday, Wednesday, Friday:1:00 -5:00 pm
Saturday, Sunday: 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Hoodland Library drop-in browsing
Monday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Tuesday – Saturday 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Computers by Appointment at Sandy we had 143 people schedule appointments to use the computers (up from 104 last month). Our capacity May 1-7th was 21 and from May 7- 30th it was 63 appointments/week. At Hoodland we had 37 people schedule appointments to use the computers (down from 45 last month). Capacity at Hoodland May 1-7th was 12 and from May 7-30th it was 24 appointments/week. People need to call to make an appointment.
Sandy Computer Lab Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Hoodland Computer Lab Hours:
Monday 12:00 -2:00 pm
Tuesday – Saturday 2:00 – 4:00 pm
The Sandy Seed Library is back!
Just in time for Spring planting! Come to the west side entrance during our browsing or computer hours to access the seed library.
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.
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.
Statistics for mobile printing:
Sandy – 25 users printed 91 jobs (304 pages)
Hoodland – 11 users printed 49 jobs (111 pages)
eCards – Sandy created 14 (29 new library accounts in person), Hoodland created 1 (10 in person).
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-Friday.
Sandy – 1201 pickups in 30 days. This averages 40 pickups/day(down from 45 last month). 3843 items
Hoodland – 331 pickups in 25 days. Averages 13 pickups/day(down from 14 last month). 1072 items
Browsing at Sandy and Hoodland was 2 hours/day in May
Sandy – 622 sessions. This averages 21 sessions/day (up from 20 last month). 3490 items
Hoodland – 50 sessions. This averages 2 sessions/day (same as last month). 367 items
We checked out a total of 8772 items(down from last month’s 8,994) through curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Take and Make -Grass Heads -110 kids (Sandy and Hoodland) 43 kids (Vista)
Vista Newsletter – Katie Murphy delivered 29 Vista Newsletters to kids. Read May’s copy here!
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. We also started uploading our Storytime videos on YouTube so that Thea Ellen could post them on the Library’s Blog. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich – 41 views
We Are Water Protectors (posted by the Friends account) – 29 views
5-20 Unicorns Are the Worst – 40 views + 4 (youtube), 2 reactions
5-27 Duck Duck Goose – 26 views (0 youtube), 1 reaction
We did a promotional video for Summer Reading this year! (posted by the Friends account) – 27 views + 20 (youtube), 2 reactions
Ongoing
Read to the Dog – 9 kids read to the dog virtually!
Teen Programs
Special
Take and Make – Printmaking Basics – 50 teens (Sandy and Hoodland)
Adult Programs
Special
Spring Celebration! – 200 people attended! Sandy Garden Club held their annual plant sale, AntFarm supplied the space, and Wy’East Artisans Guild had a flower painting tutorial. The Library had Take & Make craft kits, tea and popcorn, and our Seed Library.
Take and Make – Clothespin Picture Holder – 60 adults (Sandy and Hoodland)
Ongoing
Book Groups
3 people in the Digital Book Club discussed Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
8 people attended the Women’s Book Club using zoom to discuss LAB Girl by Hope Jahren
Sit and Knit a Bit – virtual knitting group had 15 participants
3 people in the Photography Group met to take a walk and photos in the rain.