There is a new Early Childhood section in the Friends of Sandy Library Book Nook. Come in a take a look and purchase items for the little ones in your family.
Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is in the Library. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm for drop-in assistance.
Facebook, Instagram, and Library Blog
1489 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) Up 22 from last month
776 Followers on Instagram (up 6 from last month)
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): Stay warm out there – 44, the Friends of Sandy Library – 36, Meet teen volunteer – 20
Library Blog: March Book Clubs – 59
Computer Users
Sandy 474 sessions
Hoodland 63 sessions
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 Curbside Service.
Sandy – 42 users printed 158 jobs (560 pages)
Hoodland – 15 users printed 35 jobs (139 pages)
Library Cards Sandy 142 new accounts, Hoodland 23
Checkouts
Sandy – 2440 sessions. This averages 94 sessions/day (94 last month) 9,482 items
Hoodland – 619 sessions. This averages 28 sessions/day (28 last month) 2223 items
We checked out a total of 11,705 items(last month 12,766) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 42 kids and 12 adults attended to make Valentine’s and do sensory activities
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 8 kids and 5 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club, 13 kids and 6 adults attended our STEM program, 31 kids and 22 adults attended Art Club with Wy’East Artisans Guild. View a recent STEM club project!
Take & Make – 120 (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) people picked up supplies to make Mosaic Magnets
Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!
Reading Tutoring – 18 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).
Read to the Dog – 3 kids participated (the dog was only at the library one day)
Storytimes
Storytime 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.
A Unicorn Named Sparkle by Amy Young
27 kids and 25 adults attended in the Library
Uni the Unicorn by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Facebook – 23 views, 2 reactions
Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
27 kids and 23 adults attended in the Library
Dark on Light by Dianne White
Facebook – 21 views, 1 reactions
Zoom! Zoom! Sounds of Things That Go in the City by Robert Burleigh
28 kids and 19 adults attended in the Library
Listen by Gabi Snyder
Facebook – 23 views, 2 reactions
Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
Facebook -16 views, 2 reactions
Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 28 kids and 22 adults attended
Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 87 teens (75 Sandy, 12 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make beeswax wraps. Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.
Anime Club – 8 teens attended to watch anime
Adult Programs
Special
**NEW!** Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 10 people attended on the 2nd Monday of the month (Art Lab), 9 people attended the 4th Monday of the month (Maker Lab).
Civics Challenge – 28 people signed up and 8 completed our Civics Challenge. Our Grand Prize Winner Was Steven Hook.
Plant Swap – 56 people attended to pick out new houseplants or leave them for others
Craft Swap – 28 people attended (even though it was snowing!)
Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make Owl Handwarmers. Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 7 people attended with 1 tutor
ESOL tutor – 7 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 13 people attended our writing group
Computer Classes – 3 people attended Keyboard and Mouse, 4 people attended Computer Basics
Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 14 people discussed Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
Hoodland Book Club – 8 people discussed Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Digital Book Club – 3 people discussed The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Public Notary – Hoodland 17
Book a Librarian – 1 getting set with Veterans benefits
Exhibits
Wy’East Artisans Guild – Come see this group exhibit at the Sandy Library through July 6th
Kathleen Draine’s still life silent auction is benefitting Art programs at Sandy Library. You may remember Kathleen as the previous Reference Librarian for the Library. Come in to see her work and bid on a piece from any public service desk!
