Teen MakerSpace starts next month at the Community Center!
Teens can join a 5 week course starting June 28th. Sign up here!
Below is a project done by MakerSpace Leader Rebecca Hanset.
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
1544 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) Up 13 from last month
Top Posts on FaceBook (by engagement):
Photographer Mike Earussi 41 reactions, 5 comments, 2 shares
Looking for reading tutors 26 reaction, 1 comment, 3 shares
Grateful people are finding new program for adults w/ disabilities 26 reactions, 11 shares
818 Followers on Instagram (up 21 from last month)
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): We are looking for gardeners – 97, Red Cross Blood Drive – 90, Author Talk Seeing Autism and bookmarks made by Creation Station – tied for 86
Library Blog: June book clubs 62, Want to help a struggling reader and storytimes tied for 3
Computer Users
Sandy 373 sessions
Hoodland 134 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 our Curbside Service.
Sandy – 41 users printed 96 jobs (205 pages)
Hoodland – 39 users printed 167 jobs (393 pages)
Library Cards Sandy 128 new accounts, Hoodland 17
Checkouts
Sandy – 2632 sessions. This averages 88 sessions/day (90 last month) 9,478 items
Hoodland – 590 sessions. This averages 23 sessions/day (24 last month) 2,076 items
We checked out a total of 11,554 items(last month 12,337) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
4th Grade visits – 58 kids and 5 adults from Sandy Grade visited the library.
Spring Celebration – 27 people visited the library booth at Spring Celebration. Over 100 attended.
Free Comic Book Day – Sandy 65, Hoodland 11 people.
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 54 kids and 13 adults attended to make sun catchers and Mother’s Day cards, do beading, and play with rhythm instruments.
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 14 kids and 5 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club,14 kids and 9 adults attended to build marble mazes and play with Picasso Tiles at the STEM program,27 kids and 10 adults attended Art Club with Wy’East Artisans Guild (2x/month)
Take & Make – 125 (103 Sandy and 22 Hoodland) kids pick up supplies to make Flextangles. Kids Take & Makes are available beginning on the 15th day of the month.
LEGO Club at Hoodland – 8 kids and 4 adults
Reading Tutoring – 32 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).
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.
Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
16 kids and 15 adults attended in the Library
Blue Bison Needs a Haircut by Scott Rothman
Facebook -29 views, 2 reactions
Mermaids Fast Asleep by Robin Riding
13 kids and 9 adults attended in the Library
Oona in the Arctic by Kelly DiPucchio
Facebook – 32 views, 2 reactions
The Giant Jumperee by Julia Donaldson – Storytime with an Officer!
21 kids and 19 adults attended in the Library
Max and the Tag-Along Moon by Floyd Cooper
Facebook – 29 views, 1 reaction
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins – Led by Brianna Latham
18 kids and 16 adults attended in the Library
How Do Dinosaurs Learn To Be Kind by Jane Yolen
Facebook – 23 views, 1 reaction
Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 14 kids and 12 adults attended
Ongoing
Spanish Language Class – 20 people attended
Take & Make -128 people (100 Sandy, 28 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make a paper tulip flower craft. Take and Makes for adults are available on the 15th day of the month.
Teen Programs
Special
Ongoing
Anime Club – 21 teens attended to watch anime
Take & Make – 90 teens (75 Sandy and 15 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make kIrigami night lights. The Teen Take & makes are available starting on the 1st day of the month.
Whiteboard ? of the month: How do you find piece of mind?
Adult Programs
Special
Author Talk – 19 people attended to listen to Matt Reader talk about his book Extraordinary Oregon.
Pollinators in Your Garden – 14 people attended a gardening talk with a Master Gardener.
Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 12 people attended on the 2nd Monday of the month (Art Lab), 8 people attended the 4th Monday of the month (Maker Lab).
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 6 people attended with 1 tutor
ESOL tutor – 12 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 20 people attended our writing group
American Red Cross Blood Drive – 28 people attended, 23 donors.
Computer Classes – 1 person attended Keyboard and Mouse, 0 people attended Computer Basics , 0 people attended Internet Basics, 1 person attended Microsoft Word.
Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 6 people discussed The Overstory by Richard Powers
Men’s Book Club – 13 people discussed Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Hoodland Book Club – 6 people discussed Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
Public Notary – Hoodland 11
Book a Librarian – 1 appointment to learn Microsoft Word and Open Office.
Exhibits
View the beautiful photography of local artist Mike Earussi at Sandy Library through June 30th.
Wy’East Artisans Guild – Come see this group exhibit at the Sandy Library through July 6th