The Library is fully open! Come on in!
Sandy Library
Monday – Tuesday 10 am – 7 pm
Wednesday – Friday 10 am – 6 pm
Saturday – Sunday 12 – 5 pm
Hoodland Library
Monday 10 am – 4 pm
Tuesday 1 – 7 pm
Wednesday – Friday 12 – 6 pm
Saturday 12 – 5 pm
Storytime in the Park!
Wednesdays, 10:00 am
Meinig Park Gazebo
In-person storytime returns Wednesdays in August. Miss Monica will read some books and we will sing songs and learn rhymes together. Masks are now required in outdoor spaces. Bring your own comfy blanket, pillow, or lawn chair to sit on.
UPCOMING LOAN PERIOD CHANGES
Starting September 1, Libraries in Clackamas County will be standardizing check-out periods. New adult fiction, DVDs, Blu-rays, video games, Lucky Day items, Library of Things items, and magazines will check out for 14 days. Most other items will check out for 28 days.
UPCOMING CHANGES TO BLOCKED ACCOUNTS
When LINCC libraries closed in response to the pandemic, the account block limit—how much money can be owed on an account before it is blocked—was temporarily increased so that patrons could continue to use resources and access their account even while libraries were closed. Now that LINCC libraries have reopened, the account block limit will return to $25 on September 8. If you need to discuss your account balance or would like to make a payment on your account, please contact your local LINCC library.
Reading Colors Your World – Summer Reading 2021 ends August 31st!
We have programs for:
Kids 0-5 years – raffle prize is a scooter
K-5th grade – raffle prize is a Nintendo Switch
6th-12th grade – raffle prize is a Nintendo Switch
Adults 18+ years – raffle prize is $100 cash
Visit Sandy.beanstack.org to sign up! or pick up a paper reading log at the library. Finish and return your log (and pick up your prizes!) by August 31, 2021 to be entered in the prize drawings.
Computer Users
Sandy 241 sessions
Hoodland 76 session
Mobile Printing 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 in person or through our Curbside Service. Starting July 15th, printing is no longer free of charge.
Sandy -21 users printed 40 jobs (118 pages)
Hoodland – 25 users printed 610 jobs (146 pages)
Library Cards Sandy created 18 ecards (94 new library accounts in person), Hoodland created 3 ecards (23 in person).
Curbside pickup of holds has slowed down to just a few people per day. We expect it to pick back up again when the rain returns.
Checkouts
Sandy – 2358 sessions. This averages 79 sessions/day (up from 70 last month) 10,441 items
Hoodland – 569 sessions. This averages 21 sessions/day (up from 18 last month) 2407 items
We checked out a total of 12,848 items(up from last month’s 10,804) through curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Take and Make -Oregon’s Amazing Animals! – in partnership with the Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History – 87 kids (Sandy and Hoodland)
Vista Apartments – 70 kids and 3 parents attended outdoor programs at Vista this month! We are promoting the summer reading program, offering craft activities, and activity challenges.
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.
Let’s Play! by Hervé Tullet, 1 Reaction, 29 Views
Kitty’s Cuddles by Jane Cabrera, 32 Views
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep by Teri Sloat, 32 Views
Clip Clop by Nicola Smee, 3 Reactions, 40 Views
After The Fall by Dan Santat, 2 Reactions, 47 Views
Ongoing
Read to the Dog – Is taking a break in July and August. Check back in September to make an online appointment.
Teen Programs
Special
Take and Make – Among Us Keychains -70 teens (Sandy and Hoodland)
Adult Programs
Special
Take and Make – Sugar Scrub Bars -60 adults (Sandy and Hoodland)
Ongoing
Book Groups
4 people in the Digital Book Club discussed The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J Ryan Stradal
5 people attended the Women’s Book Club using zoom to discuss Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran
Public Notary – Hoodland 9