September was a tough month with wildfires, evacuations, and library closures. We sent all staff in the buildings home around 2pm on September 10th when Sandy went into evacuation level 2, and didn’t have staff back in the building until Saturday, September 19th. We had to rent air scrubbers to get the smoke out of the building to make it safe for staff to enter. We resumed curbside pick-up of holds on Sunday, September 20th.
Air scrubbers to clean the smoke out of the air at the library
We started Computers by Appointment at Sandy on September 21st! In the first 3 weeks we had 33 people schedule appointments and use the computers (we have capacity for 63/week or 189 for 3 weeks).
We’ve spaced out our old computers and photocopier/printer in the Community Room to allow for social distancing and temporarily made printing free. An appointment is required to use the computer lab. Appointments are for 1 hour. Face masks must be worn the entire time. Restrooms are currently unavailable. Please also keep in mind that due to social distancing, staff are very limited in the assistance that can be provided. If you will require assistance using a computer, we suggest bringing a family member or friend with you to the appointment. Computer Lab Hours: Saturday & Sunday: 1 pm to 4 pm Monday, Wednesday, & Friday: 10 am to 1 pm Tuesday & Thursday: 2 pm to 5 pm
Community Room turned into Computer lab
Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a que waiting to be released to print. Call the library to have staff release the print job in the que to print. Pick up your prints through our Curbside Service. Prints must be picked up the same day the print job is sent. For a limited time, printing is free of charge.
Statistics for mobile printing: August Sandy – 8 users printed 74 jobs (247 pages) Hoodland 4 users printed 6 jobs (29 pages) September Sandy – 11 users printed 40 jobs (98 pages) Hoodland – 7 users printed 18 jobs (115 pages)
Book Bundles are here! – We supplied 9 people with personalized reading recommendations in September. Don’t know what to read? Tell us a little about what you’ve been reading, and let us pick something out! The more you can tell us, the better the recommendation will likely be. Click HERE to get started.
Curbside pickup of holds Pickup at Sandy is 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday and 12-4pm on Sunday. At Hoodland 10am-12pm Monday and 12-2pm Tuesday-Friday.
#s for September Sandy- 1141 pickups in 19 days. This averages 60 pickups/day(up from 45 last month). Hoodland – 238 pickups in 12 days. Averages 20 pickups/day(up from 15 last month). We checked out a total of 5304 (just down 80 items from last month’s 5384) items through curbside pickup!
Kids Programs Special Every day on the Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook Page, Thea Ellen has been posting an Early Literacy Activity to do with kids, a storytime with a famous person, something about a current topic such as Banned Books and a Library resource or other current available resource.
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.
Max And The Tagalong Moon – Monica Smith – 39 views, 2 reactions
Pete’s a Pizza – Monica Smith – 43 views, 2 reactions
Adult Programs Special Virtual Library Coffeehouse – Alexander James Adams is an American singer, musician and songwriter in the Celtic and World music genres. He blends mythical, fantasy, and traditional themes in performances, switching between instrumental fiddle and songs accompanied by guitar, bodhrán, and fiddle playing. We had 74 viewers on the following platforms: 39 Facebook 26 Twitch 9 YouTube
Ongoing Sit and Knit a Bit – virtual knitting group had 16 participants
Sandy Seed Library – We checked out 100 seed packets for curbside pickup as part of our fall seed bundles.
Book Bundles are here! – We supplied 24 people with reading recommendations in August. Don’t know what to read? Tell us a little about what you’ve been reading, and let us pick something out! The more you can tell us, the better the recommendation will likely be. Click HERE to get started. Summer Reading ended August 31, 2020 This summer we used the Beanstack Tracker app for iOS or Android. We learned a lot about what works best for a mostly online program, and have a number of items we would change for a future online Summer Reading program. Hopefully next year we can have a hybrid online/paper program. Here are the numbers:
Lib
Adult Enroll
Adult Finish
Teen Enroll
Teen Finish
Kids Enroll
Kids Finish
Preschool Enrolled
Preschool Finish
Sandy
53
7
36
20
52
19
31
18
Hood
12
4
0
0
11
6
3
3
Upon completion, all participants received a $5 off library fine voucher. Kids and teens also got to select a book to keep for completing the program.
The adults had several components in order to complete the entire challenge. They had to read for 20 hours, write 8 book reviews, and do 9 activities. For the reading log completion: 4 at Hoodland, 11 at Sandy. For the book reviews: 4 at Hoodland, 9 at Sandy.
As part of the teen summer reading program, teens could pick up stem kits curbside. Here are the number of stem kits picked up: Sandy: Binary bracelets – 58, Marshmallow castle challenge – 46, Harry Potter light up wand – 62. Hoodland: Harry Potter light up wand – 5.
Grand Prize winners! Baby – Preschool: Duplo Set Julian Berry
Grades K – 5: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil Annabelle Carey – pictured below!
Grades 6 – 12: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil Kaitlyn Ameele – pictured below!
Adults – $100 cash + two $25 restaurant gift cards each for Sandy and Hoodland $100 cash prize winner – Crystal Thornton (Sandy Library) $25 gift card winners – Sandy – Rebecca Cassel & Mallary Hoefer Hoodland – Mary Finnegan & Grace Schenkel (pictured below!)
Curbside pickup of holds Pickup at Sandy is 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday and 12-4pm on Sunday. At Hoodland 10am-12pm Monday and 12-2pm Tuesday-Friday. #s for August: Sandy – 1421 pickups in 31. This averages 45 pickups/day(up from 41 last month). Hoodland – 324 pickups in 21 days. Averages 15 pickups/day(down from 16 last month). We checked out a total of 5384 items through curbside pickup!
Kids Programs Special Every day on the Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook Page, Thea Ellen has been posting an Early Literacy Activity to do with kids, a storytime with a famous person, something about a current topic and a Library resource or other current available resource.
Virtual Storytimes and Crafts 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.
Virtual storytimes 8/6 Rot, the Bravest in the World – Monica Smith – 1 reaction, 49 views
8/20 Is There is A Dog in this Book? – Monica Smith – 2 reactions, 41 views
8/27 A Big Mooncake for Little Star – Monica Smith – 1 reaction, 45 views
Teen Programs Ongoing Inked Writing Prompt – 24 teens participated in the weekly online writing prompt workshop with Bree Bender.
Adult Programs Ongoing Book Clubs: Women’s – Held a socially distanced meeting outdoors with 9 book club members to discuss Virgil Wander by Leif Enger. Virtual – Our virtual Library Book Group on Facebook currently has 62 members. 3 members met to chat about what they’ve been reading.
Sit and Knit a Bit – virtual knitting group had 15 participants
Sandy Seed Library – We checked out 76 seed packets for curbside pickup. Fall seed bundles are ready for curbside pick up. They include beets, arugula, snap peas, radish, and Italian kale seeds.
Photography Group – 3 people met via zoom to catch up and talk about what they have been working on.
Public Notary – Hoodland 2 by appointment, socially distanced and outdoors!
Training – Library staff continue to do a lot of webinars/trainings.
Summer Reading started July 1st! It runs July 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020 This summer join us online for summer reading with Beanstack!. Log your reading, complete activities, write book reviews, and earn virtual badges. Get the Beanstack Tracker app for iOS or Android.
Don’t have access to the Internet? A paper option is available for Kids, Teens, and Adults upon request. These can be picked up using our curbside service! Call the library for details.
Upon completion, all participants will receive a $5 off library fine voucher. Kids and teens will also get to select a book to keep for completing the program.
Grand Prizes (raffle drawing) Baby – Preschool: Duplo Set Grades K – 5: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil Grades 6 – 12: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil Adults – $100 cash
If you have completed your Summer Reading Challenge, we are ready for you to come to the library to pick up your finisher packet! Click here to check the times for curbside.Look for the “Summer Reading Finisher Books” posted on the windows of the West side of the building at Sandy and on the front windows at Hoodland. Pick out a title and give us a call from outside. We will ask for your name, put together your finisher bag, and then take it out to the Curbside Pickup table for you!
We have also continued to take weekly summer Reading craft kits to Vista Apartments,trying to keep the kids engaged with the library, learning, and reading.
The Libraries are getting ready for when we begin to open to the public (In Phase 2 of the Governor’s Reopening Oregon Plan)! Our protective barriers in place!
Curbside pickup of holds and seeds Starting July 29th we changed how we do curbside pickup! Pickup at Sandy is 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday and 12-4pm on Sunday. At Hoodland 10am-12pm Monday and 12-2pm Tuesday-Friday. Simply park in a designated spot in the library parking lot at Sandy, give us a call, tell us your library card #, which numbered spot you are parked in, and we will check out your holds and set them on the table in your corresponding number.
#s for July: Sandy – 1227 pickups in 30 days. This averages 41 pickups/day(up from 30 last month). Hoodland – 328 pickups in 21 days. Averages 16 pickups/day(up from 14 last month). We checked out a total of 4646 items through curbside pickup!
Kids Programs Special Every day on the Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook Page, Thea Ellen has been posting an Early Literacy Activity to do with kids, a storytime with a famous person, something about a current topic such as our community blood drive or an author talk and a Library resource or other current available resource.
Virtual Storytimes and Crafts 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.
Virtual storytimes Bear Comes Along by Richard T. Morris 7/24 – Monica Smith – 5 reactions, 50 views
Kitty’s Cuddles by Jane Cabrera 7/30 – Monica Smith – 2 reactions, 42 views
Teen Programs Ongoing Inked Writing Workshop – 30 teens participated in the weekly online writing prompt workshop with Bree Bender.
TLAB – 2 teens attended virtually to help plan programs and services for teens.
Adult Programs Ongoing Book Clubs: Men’s – members met socially distanced and outdoors to discuss Women’s – Held a zoom meeting with 9 book club members to discuss Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Virtual – Our virtual Library Book Group on Facebook currently has 62 members.
Sit and Knit a Bit – virtual knitting group had 17 participants
Sandy Seed Library – We checked out 6 seed packets for curbside pickup.
Public Notary – Hoodland 3 by appointment, socially distanced and outdoors!
Training – Library staff continue to do a lot of webinars/trainings.
Summer Reading started July 1st! It runs July 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020 This summer join us online for summer reading with Beanstack!. Log your reading, complete activities, write book reviews, and earn virtual badges. Get the Beanstack Tracker app for iOS or Android.
Don’t have access to the Internet? A paper option is available for Kids, Teens, and Adults upon request. These can be picked up using our curbside service! Call the library for details.
Getting Summer Reading packets ready for curbside pickup!
Upon completion, all participants will receive a $5 off library fine voucher. Kids and teens will also get to select a book to keep for completing the program.
Grand Prizes (raffle drawing): Baby – Preschool: Duplo Set Grades K – 5: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil Grades 6 – 12: iPad mini with an Apple Pencil Adults – $100 cash
The Libraries are getting ready for when we begin to open to the public (sometime in Phase 2 of the Governor’s Reopening Oregon Plan)! We have moved out most of our furniture, have staffing plans, figured out our hours of operation, and are getting signage and protective barriers in place.
Curbside pickup of holds and seeds – #s for June: Sandy – 888 appointments in 30 days. This averages 30 appointments/day(up from 23 last month). Since LINCC libraries started sharing materials on June 19th, we have increased the number of appointments available most days to allow for increased service. We hit our maximum # (36 or 42) of appointments on 9 days! Hoodland – 187 appointments in 13 days. Averages 14 appointments/day(up from 8 last month). We hit our maximum # (12 or 24) of appointments on 8 days!
Katie Murphy is ready to make your appointment for curbside pickup.
Thea Ellen checking in holds once all County Libraries began to share.
Good thing we have those overhangs!
Kids Programs Special Every day on the Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook Page, Thea Ellen has been posting an Early Literacy Activity to do with kids, a storytime with a famous person, something about a current topic such as Pride Monthor Juneteenth and a Library resource or other current available resource.
Book displays in the time of Covid-19
Book displays in the time of Covid-19
Virtual Storytimes and Crafts 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.
Virtual storytimes Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas. 6/4 – Monica Smith – 3 reactions, 51 views
The Three Bears 6/11 – Monica Smith – 2 reactions, 25 views
Walter’s Wonderful Web by Tim Hopgood 6/18 – Monica Smith – 2 reactions, 43 views
Little mouse 6/26 – Monica Smith – 1 reactions, 33 views
Teen Programs Ongoing Inked Writing Workshop – 18 teens participated in the online writing workshop with Bree Bender.
Teen Coding Challenge – 4 teens responded to our final coding challenge on Facebook.
Adult Programs Ongoing Book Clubs: Men’s – members met by Zoom to discuss Blowout by Rachel Maddow Women’s – Library staff member Katie Murphy led a virtual meeting with 7 book club members to discuss what they are reading using Zoom and conference call. Virtual – Our virtual Library Book Group on Facebook currently has members. 4 members of the group met to discuss Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
Sit and Knit a Bit – virtual knitting group had 14 participants
Sandy Seed Library – We checked out 25 seed packets in June for curbside pickup!
Public Notary – Hoodland 6 by appointment, socially distanced and outdoors!
Training – Library staff continue to do a lot of webinars/trainings. We are currently focused on Social Justice issues as they pertain to libraries and communities. One example is Project Ready; Reimagining Equity and Access for Diverse Youth – this is a 27 module curriculum.
Exhibits – Hoodland Library Sandy artist Marcia Morrow’s watercolors featured by Clackamas County Arts Alliance Artist Exhibit Program through October 7th.
The Libraries are getting ready for when we begin to open to the public (sometime in Phase 2 of the Governor’s Reopening Oregon Plan)! We are moving out furniture, making staffing plans, figuring out our hours of operation, and getting signage and protective barriers in place.
Curbside pickup of holds and seeds – #s for May: Sandy – 711 appointments in 30 days. This averages 23 appointments/day(up from 18 last month). We hit our maximum # (36) of appointments on 3 days! We started curbside pickup 3 days/week on May 4th at Hoodland – 101 appointments in 12 days. Averages 8 appointments/day. We hit our maximum # (12) of appointments on 5 days!
Kids Programs Special Every day on the Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook Page, Thea Ellen has been posting an Early Literacy Activity to do with kids, a storytime with a famous person, something about a current topic such as The Oregon Shakespeare Festival or Black Birders’ Week, and a Library resource or other current available resource.
WyEast Artisans Art Club – Created 40 DIY marionette kits to distribute at curbside pickup.
Virtual Storytimes and Crafts 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.
Teen Programs Ongoing Inked Writing Workshop – 6 teens have participated in the writing workshop each with with Bree Bender.
Teen Coding Challenge – every week, we have posted a coding challenge on Facebook. #5 Find the Bug, Find the Crab – 2 teens participated #6 Code a Snapchat Filter – 2 teens participated #7 Hour of Code – 4 teens participated #8 Plastic Pollution PSA – 4 teens participated
Adult Programs Ongoing Book Clubs: Men’s – 6 members met by Zoom to discuss The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez Women’s – Library staff member Katie Murphy led a virtual meeting with 5 book club members using Zoom and conference call. Instead of talking about 1 book, the group discussed what each of them was currently reading. Virtual – Our virtual Library Book Group on Facebook currently has 61 members. 4 members of the group met to discuss Call of the Wild by Jack London. We got this great feedback from a bookclub member:I want to thank you for the wonderful time at the book club yesterday. I love how you gave us the background on the author and how you led. I felt a very warm and welcoming spirit from you (Katie) and Thea. Thank you for organizing and leading the group.
Sit and Knit a Bit – virtual knitting group had 13 participants
Photographers of the Sandy and Hoodland Library – have continued Quarantine Photography Challenges Quick share! Let’s see the 5th photo on your camera roll. (5/11) – 9 participants Portrait – 1 post
Sandy Seed Library – We checked out 224 seed packets in May for curbside pickup!
Training – Library staff continue to do a lot of webinars/trainings. We are currently focused on Readers’ Advisory. Look for an announcement on how to get a curated collection of items with your current reading needs/preferences soon!
Even though the Library has been closed, we’ve been active online and through delivering curbside service!
Plus – in addition to library services, the following 5 staff members have been delivering Meals on Wheels for the Community Center. Molly Espenel Robin Ferrin Greg Fox Lara Wilent Chris Wilhelmi A huge Thank you to you for stepping up to help with this essential service!
Curbside Library Take-Out is fantastic! We love making people happy, and this service certainly does that! We started on April 13th. Here are the numbers: 327 appointments in 18 days. This averages to 18 appointments/day – which is exactly half of our current capacity. People have loved picking up their library items and did you know we added seeds to curbside take-out?
We had a few extremely happy patrons contact us to let us know how they feel about curbside service. Below is a letter we received from one, a photo posted online and a photo a mom took of a very happy kid with their book.
National Library Week happens in April! Here are two of our posts celebrating it. As part of National Library week each year, the library holds a food for fines campaign to help our local Food Banks. We did a virtual version of it this year, asking people to take a picture of their donation at the Sandy Community Action Center, and email us the details. 5 people took advantage of this offer to reduce their fines and help the community.
In addition to pledging more $$ towards ebooks and eaudiobooks for Country-wide resources, Sandy and Hoodland Libraries added a few resources: Creativebug – the inspirational online resource for DIY, crafters and makers. PressReader – the world’s largest all-you-can-read magazine and newspaper platform (temporary resource) – screencast by Maureen Houck
The Friends of Sandy Library – The Friends of Sandy Library fundraiser was a great success! This past week, they presented the library with a check in the amount of $36,867.08. The library has already started purchasing Chromeboxes and PCs, and a new photocopier/printer has already arrived! Look for new computers after the library reopens!
The Library staff and the City of Sandy are so grateful for the Friends of Sandy Library and the great outpouring of community support they received! With this fundraiser, Friends of Sandy Library are not only helping the library, they are helping the entire community. Their fundraising success regularly helps to fund library programs. With this additional amount, the Friends have significantly increased the community’s access to information with better computers and a brand new photocopier/printer. As the Library Director, this additional support will help me balance my budget for years to come.
Photo credit to Brittany Allen and the Sandy Post. Read the full article here!
Hoodland staff made deliveries to 29 people’s homes. These were items that were languishing on the holds shelves. In May they followed Sandy into Curbside pickup of holds. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 1 hour each day.
Kids Programs Special Beware Of Mosquitula – 11 people joined author/educator Rick Reynolds for his virtual program with STEAM activities and readings of Beware of Mosquitula! and Mosquitula and the Great Gambusi.
Every day on the Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook Page, Thea Ellen has been posting an Early Literacy Activity to do with kids, a storytime with a famous person, something about a current topic such as National Poetry Month or the US Census, and a Library resource or other current available resource.
Virtual Storytimes and Crafts 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.
Virtual storytimes Bark George (4/2) – with Monica Smith 5 reactions, 4 comments, 72 views
Cats are Cats (4/9) – Julie Steeves and her puppy lulu, 8 reactions, 1 comments, 60 views
There are Cats in this Book (4/16) – Monica Smith, 5 reactions, 4 comments, 72 views
A Day at the Beach (4/26) – Maureen Houck, 4 reactions, 45 views
Teen Programs Special Chalk Challenge – Rebecca Robiniwitz, 104 engagements, 8 reactions, 5 people posted photos of chalk creations
Ongoing Virtual T-LAB Meeting – 2 teens came to discuss services that the library can be proving for teens during the pandemic.
Teen Coding Challenge – every week, we have posted a coding challenge on Facebook. #1 18 engagements, 1 reaction, 1 share #2 1 engagement #3 6 engagements, 3 reactions #4 17 engagements, 2 reactions 11 engagements, 1 reaction
Adult Programs Special Sit and Knit a Bit – a weekly virtual knitting group via Zoom has had 1 person drop in.
Community Poetry Reading – This Zoom event had 3 attendees A great discussion of poetry and creativity during the pandemic occurred. Spine Poetry on Facebook – 23 engagements, 7 reactions, 2 comments 10 engagements, 7 reactions
Ongoing Paint Nite – 20 adults and 1 kid joined in a virtual paint along – step-by-step painting with Melissa Lawrence.
Book Clubs: Women’s – Library staff member Katie Murphy led a virtual meeting with 5 book club members using Zoom and conference call. There were some technical difficulties to work out. Instead of talking about 1 book, the group discussed what each of them was currently reading. Virtual – Thea Ellen started a virtual Library Book Group on Facebook. It currently has 55 members.
Photography Group Zoom meeting– 4 people discussed motivation and creativity during COVID-19 Did you know the Photography Group has their own group on Facebook? Photographers of the Sandy and Hoodland Library. They have been doing Quarantine Photography Challenges. #1 Furry Friends (4/13) – 10 posts #2 Perspective (4/20) – 9 posts #3 Everyday objects (4/27) – 1 post
Outreach Ongoing Vista Apartments – Katie Murphy and Julie Steeves delivered Creativity Bags to 70 kids and teens at Vista Apartments. Katie Murphy is our Spanish Language Library Assistant, and along with Monica Smith, is in charge of our weekly STEM and Literacy program at Vista. She wanted to offer some type of enrichment to our Vista kids during this shut down. Most have limited access to online resources (if any), so they are especially in need of some activities to do right now. She put together bags of craft supplies, with instruction sheets and books for the kids.
One person texted to say “Everyone says Muchas Gracias to Katie”. A few of our ESOL students who live there texted saying “Thank you, the kids are so happy”. A couple of kids must have seen Katie and Julie through the window and came running up asking if they could have a bag. One boy told them that he was so happy to have the bag – literally the bag that the stuff was packed in – so he had something to carry food in. One mom came running out to see if I had any extras because her niece was staying with her.
Training – Library staff have been taking a lot of webinars/trainings during this time. Here are just a few examples of them: Digital Forensics, and Countering Misinformation in a Crisis Summer Reading Badges: A Twist on Summer Reading Public Libraries Respond to COVID-19 Managing frontline staff who work with homeless individuals Burnout, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue Advanced body language skills Domestic violence and sexual assault (in libraries) featuring Miranda Dube Homelessness 201: Advanced understanding of individuals experiencing homelessness Body odor: the most dreaded conversation Project READY (Reimagining Equity and Access for Diverse Youth) was created to address the gap in professional development opportunities for youth services library staff. The curriculum aims to: introduce youth services library staff to research in areas such as race and racism, critical theory, and culturally responsive or sustaining pedagogy.
The library was given a collection of painted rocks with (mostly) kids book characters on them! These have been painted by a local person who prefers to remain anonymous. Another library supporter offered to make a display case for them. Below is the finished product. We can’t wait for patrons to get back into the library so that they can peruse the shelves of books!
Kids Programs Special Dr Seuss’ Birthday – Special LEGO Club 16 kids and 13 parents
Ongoing Wy’East Artisans Art Club cancelled due to illness and COVID-19
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club: Art Club – Hoodland 9 kids and 7 parents Pokemon Club and Science Saturday cancelled due to COVID-19
Adult Programs Special Library Coffeehouse – 56 people attended to listen to the music of. Steve Hale Thank you to Mountain Moka for the coffee donation!
Ongoing Book Clubs: Men’s – 9 people discussed Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. Hoodland – postponed due to Covid-19. Women’s – postponed due to Covid-19.
Public Notary – Hoodland 4 (first 2 weeks)
Outreach Special Lil’ Cubs’ Preschool – 2 groups with a total of 23 kids and 17 adults visited the library for storytime, and a tour with our children’s Librarian Monica Smith.
Ongoing Vista Apartments – 16 kids did nature worksheets and activities. (first week)
ESOL tutoring – 16 tutors met with 19 students. (first 2 weeks)
Department of Human Services – 5 people were seen in the first 2 weeks of March. They were given applications and housing assistance.
Meetings Sarah McIntyre attended a Oregon Public Library Director meeting in Newport Oregon. It was the first Friday in March, and we were just starting to realize that Covid-19 was going to affect us. Beaverton had one of the only official known cases of the virus in Oregon.
What we are doing during our closure A few of us have been working in the library each day since we closed to the public on March 16th. Here are some photos of what we have been sorting and doing!
weeding collections!
sorting craft supplies!
Reconfiguring the iPads in the kids areas with great new holders!
Processing new items for our Library of Things!
Shelf reading!
We can’t wait to share our virtual program statistics for April with you! Stay tuned!
CIty Events SAM Anniversary – Monica and our volunteer talked with 19 people. 9 kids did the craft based on Mo Willems book Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!
Fire Extinguisher Training – 9 library staff attended this City-wide training.
Kids Programs Ongoing Wy’East Artisans Art Club – kids
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club: LEGO Club – Sandy 15 kids and 9 parents Science Saturday – 11 kids and 7 parents came to make DIY fidget spinners! Pokemon Club – 3 kids and 2 parents Art Club – Sandy 5 kids and 2 parents, Hoodland 3 kids and 3 parents
Storytime: Wee Ones – 74 kids and 56 parents Preschool – 44 kids and 35 parents Hoodland – 6 kids and 5 parents
Reading Tutoring – Our reading tutoring program is getting into the swing of things! Sandy – 17 tutors met with 21 kids! And we started reading tutoring in Hoodland – 1 tutor met with 1 student.
Read to a Dog – 2 kids
Teen Programs Special Teen Lock-In – 52 teens
Life Skills Class – 6 teens
TLAB – 5 teens
Creative Writing Workshop – 9 teens attended our first writing workshop with MFA Bree Bender.
Ongoing TeenSpace – 149 teens!
Adult Programs Special Library Coffeehouse – 76 people attended to cheer on their friends and neighbors at an Open Mic night. Thank you to Mountain Moka for the coffee donation!
Art Supply Swap – 20 people came to swap art supplies with the library and each other.
Mindfulness: Being in the Present – 14 people attended this lecture by Emily Teiko Cartoun and Moica Smith of the Wy’East Zen Center
Sandy Seed Library our seed library volunteers are still busily getting everything ready!
Ongoing Paint Nite – 27 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.
Hiking in the Alps – 24 people attended to hear about a trip that Elaine Russell, Library Assistant and her friend Ann Rogers took to Switzerland, Italy, and France.
Book Clubs: Men’s – 10 people discussed True Grit by Charles Portis. Hoodland – 8 people discussed The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin. Women’s – 11 people discussed The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Photography Group – 8 people attended the lighting adventure.
Public Notary – Hoodland
Outreach Special Vista Apartments Resource Fair – 60 people attended to learn about community resources.
Ongoing Vista Apartments – 66 kids did literacy and STEM activities, and challenge worksheets. Plus they made bike smoothies with OSU Extension, Grape sculptures, and fish in the sea (creative snacks), and “shopped” at the “grocery store”.
ESOL tutoring – 47 tutors met with 54 students
Department of Human Services – 10 people were seen. They got application assistance, information about the OHP, SNAP benefits, and eviction assistance.
Training Portland Literacy Council Tutor Training – Katie Murphy and 4 of the ESOL volunteer tutors attended a workshop on Adult Basic Skills/GED and English language learners at Clackamas Community College.
Exhibits Wy’East Artisans Art is currently hanging at Sandy until the first week of July.
Kids Programs Special Teddy Bear Sleepover – Sandy 20 kids and 20 parents, Hoodland 4 kids and 5 parents
Molly at Hoodland
Hoodland
Lara at Hoodland
Sandy
Sandy
Sandy
Ongoing Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 70 kids and 30 parents
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club: Pokemon Club – 15 kids and 7 parents LEGO Club – Sandy 10 kids and 9 parents, Hoodland 2 kids and 1 parent Science Saturday – 20 kids and 9 parents – photo below – Harry Potter wands Art Club – 7 kids and 4 parents
Making Harry Potter wands
Storytime: Wee Ones – 46 kids and 43 parents Preschool – 60 kids and 50 parents Hoodland – 2 kids and 2 parents
Reading Tutoring – 9 tutors met with 10 students on 6 days
Read to a Dog – 5 kids
Teen Programs Special Teen Paint Nite – 21 teens attended our last Teen Paint Nite.
Ongoing TeenSpace – 93 teens. 21 attended our Virtual Reality (VR) TeenSpace! At this event they played single-player games like Beat Saber and multiplayer games like Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.
Teen – Library Advisory Board (T-LAB) – 8 teens talked about teen programs and services at the Sandy Library.
Adult Programs Special Library Coffeehouse – 105 people attended to listen to the old-time string band music of Old Barn Preservation Society. Thank you to Mountain Moka for the coffee donation!
24 Hours in Welches reception – 36 people came to see and celebrate this project outcome with the Photography Group at Hoodland.
Gardening for Wildlife – 8 people attended this presentation by Suzi Cloutier, Stewardship and Communications Manager with the Clackamas River Basin Council. Suzi has spent the past 15 years combining her love of gardening and wildlife to make beautiful and functional places to help both humans and wildlife thrive together.
Seedy Saturday – 37 people attended this seep swap/seed giveaway. Happy gardening! A bit thanks to our Seed Library Volunteers for getting the seeds for this program organized!
Volunteers
Susie and Volunteers
Seedy Saturday Seed Swap
Ongoing Paint Nite – 20 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.
Book Clubs: Men’s – 11 people discussed Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Hoodland – snowed out! Women’s – 10 people discussed There There by Tommy Orange
Public Notary – Hoodland notarized 6 documents on 4 days.
Outreach Ongoing Vista Apartments – 63 kids did literacy and STEM activities. This month was about art. The kids worked with clay and yan, and completed challenge worksheets.
ESOL tutoring – 38 tutors met with 42 students on 21 days.
Department of Human Services – Assisted 21 people with Oregon Health Plan (OHP) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits applications.
Exhibits Hoodland Library currently hosts the rustic window photography of Lone Ballentine. Come viw this art through April 8th.
About a dozen City Staff (and friends!) participated in the Jingle Bell Run again this year! We had a blast.
Kids Programs Ongoing Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 43 kids
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club: LEGO Club – Sandy 6 kids and 4 parents, Hoodland 2 kids and 1 parent Pokemon Club – 3 kids and 2 parents Science Saturday – 1 kid and 2 parents Art Club – Sandy 1 kid and 1 parent, Hoodland 1 kid and 1 parent
Storytime: Wee Ones – 30 kids and 24 parents Preschool – 49 kids and 36 parents Hoodland – 2 kids and 1 parent
Gingerbread creations at Storytime
Read to a Dog – 9 kids
Reading Tutoring – 2 tutors met with 3 kids
Teen Programs Ongoing TeenSpace – 71 teens We held a Gingerbread Challenge one week!
Adult Programs Special Winter Poetry Reading – 5 people met at Hoodland Library to share poetry.
Ongoing Paint Nite – 15 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.
Book Clubs: Men’s – 10 people discussed A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell. Hoodland – 11 people discussed My Abandonment by Peter Rock.
Photography Group – 6 people attended a planning meeting for future projects.
Outreach Ongoing Vista Apartments – 30 kids did literacy and STEM activities. The Metropolitan Youth Symphony MYSfits String Ensemble came to play and hold an instrument petting zoo after.
ESOL tutoring – 30 tutors met with 35 students on 19 days
Department of Human Services – 6 people were served. They got SNAP application assistance, daycare provider information, and picked up checks and gas cards.
Building Exhibits On generous loan from the Newport Public Library, Sandy Library currently has a travelling exhibit of Rick Bartow drawings. It is a great exhibit. Challenge – find all 18 drawings hanging in the library! https://www.facebook.com/thea.bramblrose/videos/10157951080577265/
The Library photography group has an exhibit! TheClackamas County Arts Alliance has displayed work from 7 Sandy area photographers on the 4th floor gallery. #sandyoregon#LINCC#clackamascounty#sa_ho_photog @ Clackamas County Building
Training Katie Murphy attended a workshop called Navigating Systems: Impostor Syndrome, Stereotype Threat, and Code Switching, This workshop explored some of the systemic inequities effecting Latinx people, and communities of color more broadly (along with other marginalized identities) in our social institutions and public spaces.
