{"id":1055,"date":"2017-09-19T20:37:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T20:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2017-09-19T23:27:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T23:27:43","slug":"library-activities-august-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/2017\/09\/19\/library-activities-august-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Activities: August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kids Programs<\/strong>
\nSpecial<\/strong>
\nSummer Reading<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>Red Yarn
\nSandy – 8 kids and parents
\nHoodland 21 kids and parents<\/p>\n

Make an Eclipse Viewer
\nSandy – 40 kids and parents
\nHoodland – 23 kids and parents<\/p>\n

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Sandy Actors Theater play Rendevous with Darkness
\nSandy – 31 kids and parents
\nHoodland – 16 kids and parents<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>The Big Eclipse in Bluff Park with Sandy Recreation Dept
\n386 kids and parents<\/p>\n

Book Making
\nVista Apartments- 11 kids<\/p>\n

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Angel Ocasio
\nVista Apartments – 18 kids\u00a0and\u00a0parents<\/p>\n

Dragon Puppet Theatre – Puppet making!
\nVista Apartments – 18 kids and parents<\/p>\n

Summer Reading Finishers Party
\nVista Apartments – 18 kids and parents<\/p>\n

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Kids Summer Reading Signups vs Finishers<\/strong>
\nSandy Signups 839, Sandy Finishers 259
\nHoodland Signups 114, Hoodland Finishers 31<\/p>\n

Vista Apartments Signups 25, Vista Apartments Finishers 0<\/p>\n

Hana at Sandy is to the left – our Kids Summer Reading grand prize winner of an iPad!<\/p>\n

Ongoing<\/strong>
\nRead to the Dog – 7 kids<\/p>\n

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club
\nSandy 18 kids and parents,
\nHoodland 5 kids and parents<\/p>\n

Wy-East Art Program – 81 students<\/p>\n

Storytimes
\nPreschool at Sandy – 78 kids and parents
\nWee Ones at Sandy – 101 kids and parents
\nHoodland – 24 kids and parents<\/p>\n

Teen Programs<\/strong>
\nSpecial<\/strong>
\nPaint Nite – 19 teens<\/p>\n

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Teen Summer Reading Signups vs Finishers<\/strong>
\nSandy Signups 218, Sandy Finishers 41
\nHoodland Signups 19, Hoodland Finishers 9<\/p>\n

Matthew from Sandy is to the left – the winner of the Teen Summer Reading grand prize, an iPad!<\/p>\n

Ongoing<\/strong>
\nGame Factory – 22 teens<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Anime Club – 2 teens<\/p>\n

Learning Garden – 4 teens<\/p>\n

MakerSpace – 8 teens<\/p>\n

Mt Hood Farmer’s Market
\ntalked to 100 people about library programs
\nchecked out 95 packets of seeds
\ngave out 2 new library cards
\nhad 2 teen volunteers<\/p>\n

Adult Programs<\/strong>
\nSpecial<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>Library Coffee House – 78 people came to hear Kelsey and the next Right Thing<\/p>\n

Qigong – 31 people participated in our 3 week program<\/p>\n

Paint Night – 15 people participated<\/p>\n

Seed Saving for Beginners – 18 people participated in this Seed Library Program<\/p>\n

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Adult Summer Reading Signups vs Finishers<\/strong>
\nSandy Signups 197, Sandy Finishers 65
\nHoodland Signups 35, Hoodland Finishers 28<\/p>\n

Catherine at Hoodland is to the left- our winner of the Adult Summer Reading grand prize, a Kindle Fire!<\/p>\n

Ongoing<\/strong>
\nHoodland Book Group – 6 people came to talk about the book Gulp<\/p>\n

Public Notary
\nHoodland – 6 documents notarized<\/p>\n

Volunteer Appreciation<\/strong>
\nVolunteer Appreciation BBQ
\n200 volunteers attended
\n13 library staff helped serve our volunteers<\/p>\n

Building<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>Sandy got our Patron Self-Checkout machines installed! For the Month of August:
\n75.93% (or 3340 items) at Hoodland were checked out using self-checkout
\n78.32% (or 11,030 items) at Sandy were checked out using self-checkout
\nThis is up from about 40% of items being checked out with self-checkout.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> Art Exhibits<\/strong>
\nClackamas County Arts Alliance changed out their art exhibit in Sandy to a group show Damascus Fiber Arts School<\/em>. This show will be up for the next 2 months.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Our locally curated art exhibit in Sandy changed to Sue Allen’s Around Mount Hood: 12 months – 12 directions<\/em>. This show will be up until October 5th.<\/p>\n

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Clackamas County Arts Alliance art at the Hoodland Library is currently photography by Laurence Cutler of Estacada. \u00a0This Exhibit will be up through October 10th.<\/p>\n

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The Mt Hood Piecemakers’ Club have installed a beautiful new quilt in Hoodland titled Magic<\/em> by Ellen Hemmert.<\/p>\n

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Meetings<\/strong>
\nLibrary Advisory Board
\nMet on August 2nd. Discussed reduction in the number of Library Advisory Board Members (brought to City Council), initial results from the Strategic Plan- how to format them, and what information to discuss quarterly with the Board.<\/p>\n

Sarah McIntyre attended Congressman Blumenauer’s visit to City Hall to talk with staff and electeds.<\/p>\n

Chris Wilhelmi and Sarah McIntyre attended training with the City Attorney regarding RFPs, RFQs, and bids.<\/p>\n

Library District Advisory Committee
\nThe group at large got a report from the data subcommittee who was tasked with coming up with a better reporting form to LDAC and the County Commissioners. The Chair requested feedback on what topics were most relevant to discuss at upcoming meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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