Friends of Sandy Library were busy this month sorting the best books to buy your loved ones for the Holidays. All proceeds from the Friends of the Library go to support library programs. Come in to see the great selection.
Our hat, scarf, and mitten trees are up in Sandy and Hoodland! Please bring in new hats, scarfs, mittens, socks, and personal care items. At Sandy they will be donated to the Sandy Community Action Center, and at Hoodland to the Hoodland Community Christmas baskets.
You can also drop off your toys for the Kiwanis toy drive at Sandy Library!
Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS)
ODHS is in the Library. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm for drop-in assistance.
Facebook, Instagram, and Library Blog
1645 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) (+ 21 from last month)
Top Posts on Facebook (by engagement):
Meet Tanis (new Read to the Dog) – 73 reactions, 9 comments, 12 shares
Sandy Public Library staff art – 40 reactions, 3 comments, 3 shares
Storytime with an Officer – 29 reactions, 25 comments, 6 shares
887 Followers on Instagram (+ 5 from last month)
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): 157 – Staff artwork, 126 – Do you have a question for the newest member of the Library?, 110 – Feeling any sort of way after Thanksgiving? Here is a delightful unicorn story!
Top Library Blog posts (by engagement): 32 – Book groups, 28 – National Bison Day, 24 Teen Artwork Contest
Computer Users
Sandy 465 sessions
Hoodland 102 sessions
Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. 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 150 jobs (282 pages)
Hoodland – 25 users printed 163 jobs (370 pages)
New Library Accounts Sandy 135, Hoodland 25
Checkouts
Sandy – 2644 sessions. This averages 94 sessions/day (86 last month) 9923 items
Hoodland – 625 sessions. This averages 25 sessions/day (22 last month) 2093 items
We checked out a total of 12,016 items (last month 11,741) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Ongoing
Take & Make – 350 (325 Sandy and 25 Hoodland) Craft for a Cause – Holiday Card Making Kits for Meals on Wheels recipients and Avamere Residents. Return to the Library by Dec 15th. Take & Make available beginning on the 15th day of the month.
Vista Apartments – 42 kids attended for literacy and STEM activities.
LEGO Club – Sandy 14 kids and 10 adults, Hoodland 5 kids and 4 adults
STEM Club – 19 kids and 10 adults learned how to make soap
Reading Tutoring – 16 one hour sessions of reading tutoring at Sandy (1 tutor and 1 student each) 1 hour at Hoodland.
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.
Little Green by Keith Baker
14 kids and 11 adults attended in the Library
Remembering by Xelena Gonzalez
Facebook – 22 views, 2 reactions
Crane Jane! by Andrea Zimmerman
17 kids and 13 adults attended in the Library
Firefighter Flo! by Andrea Zimmerman
Facebook – 12 views, 1 reaction
The Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain – read by Sergeant Thornton
12 kids and 13 adults attended in the Library
I Want a Boat by Liz Garton
Facebook – 14 views, 1 reaction
Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig
9 kids and 8 adults attended in the Library
I Can Make a Train Noise by Michael Emberley
Facebook – 20 views, 3 reactions
Our New Saturday Storytime is gaining a few visitors
3 kids and 4 adults attended
Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 32 kids and 26 adults.
Teen Programs
Ongoing
MakerSpace – 6 teens attended this session of our fall Makerspace Camp at the Community Center
Teen Hangout – 5 teens attended
Adult Programs
Special
Dia de los Muertos – 24 people attended a Bilingual Storytime, and 84 people attended our festivities
We have a new fiber arts club meeting at the Library on Tuesday afternoons in the fireplace room. Bring a sewing, knitting, crochet, or handheld loom project to the library and chat with like-minded people while you create.
Ongoing
Blood drive with the American Red Cross – 31 people attended, 24 donors, 21 units collected
Spanish Language Class – 24 people attended with one teacher
Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 23 people attended on the 2nd Monday of the month to weave, 20 people attended the 4th Monday of the month to make Pinecone Birdfeeders (Maker Lab).
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 9 people attended with 1 teacher
ESOL tutor – 7 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 21 people attended our writing group
Dungeons & Dragons – 9 people attended
Computer Classes – 4 people attended Computer Basics and 3 attended Internet Basic classes
Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 12 people discussed Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini
Men’s Book Club – 11 people discussed Trustee From the Toolroom by Nevil Shute
Hoodland Book Club – 9 people discussed The Book that Matters Most by Ann Hood
Digital Book Club – 3 people discussed Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie
Public Notary – Hoodland 10
Book a Librarian – One person learned how to access their Google Photos
Exhibits
Come in to view artwork by staff of Sandy and Hoodland Libraries through January 3rd.
