Sandy Library staff was interviewed for recommended reads for National Reading Month!
March is Women’s History Month!
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
1519 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) Up 30 from last month
Top Posts on FaceBook (by engagement): Spanish Class – 74, Take & Makes – 52, Silent Auction – 35
788 Followers on Instagram (up 12 from last month)
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): Seed Library -198, Take & Makes – 134, Spanish Class – 101
Library Blog visits: Group Exhibit – 55, Book Clubs – 40, Egg Hunts – 33
Computer Users
Sandy 483 sessions
Hoodland 123 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 – 57 users printed 206 jobs (493 pages)
Hoodland – 16 users printed 90 jobs (148 pages)
Library Cards Sandy 120 new accounts, Hoodland 19
Checkouts
Sandy – 2907 sessions. This averages 94 sessions/day (94 last month) 11,318 items
Hoodland – 685 sessions. This averages 25 sessions/day (28 last month) 2,428 items
We checked out a total of 13,746 items(last month 11,705) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Preschool Visits from Living Way – 35 kids and 36 Adults visited the Library from Living Way preschool.
Ongoing
Take & Make – 124 (104 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) kids picked up supplies to make Marble Mazes. Our kids Take & Make kits are available on the 15th of each month.
Vista Apartments – 44 kids and 13 adults attended for craft day, science day, made kaleidoscopes, and paper springs with boxes.
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 17 kids and 7 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club, 20 kids and 15 adults attended our Busy Bugs STEM program, 34 kids and 14 adults attended Art Club with Wy’East Artisans Guild (2x/month)
Reading Tutoring – 24 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).
Library Birds – Literacy Scavenger Hunt had 102 participants
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.
Dr. Seuss’ Birthday was this month! We held a special Dr. Seuss storytime.
Dr. Seuss’ ABC’s by Dr. Seuss
16 kids and 15 adults attended in the Library
Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
Facebook – 37 views, 3 reactions
Giant Tess by Dan Yaccarino
27 kids and 24 adults attended in the Library
Giant Island by Jane Yolen
Facebook – 40 views, 4 reactions
Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee
19 kids and 13 adults attended in the Library
Where We Come From by Diane Wilson
Facebook – 29 views
Will You Be My Friend? by Sam McBratney
1 kids and 9 adults attended in the Library
The Long Ride Home by Stephanie Graegin
Facebook – 42 views, 1 reaction, 1 comment
Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney
20 kids and 12 adults attended in the Library
Granny and Bean by Karen Hesse
Facebook – 28 views
Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 26 kids and 21 adults attended
Teen Programs
Special
Silent Disco (put on by Community Center) 3 Library staff worked the Silent Disco with 55 teens.
Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 (89 Sandy, 11 Hoodland) teens picked up supplies for Paint by Sticker. Teen Take & Make kits are available on the 1st day or each month.
Anime Club – 7 teens attended to watch anime.
Adult Programs
Special
Spread a Little Positvi-tea – 52 people participated in this passive program to lift everyone’s spirit.
Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) adults picked up supplies to make Yarn Eggs. Adult Take & make kits are available on the 15th of each month.
Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 15 people attended on the 2nd Monday of the month (Art Lab), 13 people attended the 4th Monday of the month (Maker Lab).
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 7 people attended with 1 tutor
ESOL tutor – 10 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 9 people attended our writing group
American Red Cross Blood Drive – 23 people attended, collected 20 (of 18 expected pints).
Computer Classes – 3 people attended Computer Basics, 1 person attended Internet Basics, 3 people attended Microsoft Word.
Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 13 people discussed All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Men’s Book Club – 11 people discussed A Walk in the Woods by Bryson
Hoodland Book Club – 8 people discussed Finding the Mother Tree by S. Simard
Digital Book Club – 2 people discussed A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Public Notary – Hoodland 3
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 the 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 through the end of May!
