{"id":3456,"date":"2023-11-09T21:28:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/?p=3456"},"modified":"2023-11-14T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T23:30:00","slug":"library-activities-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/library\/2023\/11\/09\/library-activities-october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Activities: October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oregon Department of Human Services<\/strong> (ODHS)
ODHS is in the Library. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm for drop-in assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook, Instagram, and Library Blog<\/strong>
1624 Followers on Facebook<\/strong> (Sandy Public Library Friends) 
Top Posts on Facebook<\/strong> (by engagement): 
All dressed up for the Trick or Treat Trail! – 79 reactions, 9 comments, 2 shares
Today is the first day for voting (pumpkin contest) – 22 reactions, 11 comments, 3 shares
Are you looking for an online option to vote (pumpkin contest) – 17 reactions, 34 comments, 2 shares<\/p>\n\n\n\n

882 Followers on Instagram<\/strong> 
Top Instagram<\/strong> posts (by engagement): 398 – Mini Pumpkin Decorating Contest (3 posts), 192 – All dressed up for Halloween (Trick or Treat Trail), 82 – Native American Heritage month<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Library Blog<\/strong> posts (by engagement): 83 – Mini pumpkin decorating contest voting, 43 – November Book Clubs, 28 Artwork at Hoodland Library – Pascale Steig<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer Users<\/strong>
Sandy 455 sessions
Hoodland 104 sessions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile Printing <\/strong>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 – 53 users printed 156 jobs (441 pages)
Hoodland – 29 users printed 124 jobs (287 pages)

New Library Accounts<\/strong>  Sandy 118, Hoodland 13

Checkouts <\/strong>
Sandy – 2674 sessions. This averages 86 sessions\/day (91 last month) 9838 items
Hoodland – 576 sessions.  This averages 22 sessions\/day (25 last month) 1903 items

We checked out a total of 11,741<\/strong> items (last month 11,442) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs<\/strong>
Special
<\/strong>Early literacy day (with Todos Juntos) – Monica chatted with 67 parents and kids, signed 16 up for our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ongoing<\/strong>
Take & Make – 80 (70 Sandy and 10 Hoodland) kids pick up mini pumpkins to decorate. Take & Make available beginning on the 15th day of the month.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pumpkin decorating Contest – 26 of these kids returned their pumpkin for our pumpkin decorating contest!  And the winners are:
Sandy<\/strong>:
Best in Show \u201cDarwin\u201d by Finlee ValVerde
Raffle Drawing \u201cFluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion\u201d by Parker Vriehott<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hoodland: <\/strong>
Best in Show Cecelia Hernandez
 Raffle Drawing Adrien Slokya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LEGO Club – Sandy 13 kids and 9 adults<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEM Club – 9 kids and 7 adults learned about composting with worms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading Tutoring – 16 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vista Apartments<\/strong> – 39 kids and 11 adults attended. They made name crafts, did a recycling relay (with Clackamas County Recycling), pumpkin stacking and made puppets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Storytimes
<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spot Goes to the Farm <\/em>by Eric Hill
9 kids and 9 adults attended in the Library
Daisy <\/em>by Jessix A Bagley
Facebook – 20 views, 1 reaction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pumpkin Trouble <\/em>by Jan Thomas
15 kids and 10 adults attended in the Library
The Little Old Lady Who Wasn\u2019t Afraid of Anything <\/em>by Linda Williams
Facebook – 31 views, 1 reaction, 1 comment

Let\u2019s Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy <\/em>by Jan Thomas
15 kids and 11 adults attended in the Library
Uncle John\u2019s City Garden<\/em> by Bernette Ford
Facebook – 24 views, 4 reactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can You Make a Scary Face? <\/em>by Jan Thomas
16 kids and 11 adults attended in the Library
The Night Tent<\/em> by Landis Blair
Facebook – 17 views, 2 reactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our New Saturday Storytime is gaining a few visitors<\/strong> 7 kids and 8 adults attended <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storytimes at Hoodland <\/strong>Presented by Molly Espenel and Brianna Chase.  19 kids and 15 adults attended

Teen Programs<\/strong>
Special
<\/strong>Flashlight Candy Hunt – 200 teens and parents<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MakerSpace – 7 teens attended this session of our fall Makerspace Camp at the Community Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dollhouse of Horror – created by Heidi Brewer. This Dollhouse was displayed in the teen area for the month of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ongoing<\/strong>
Teen Hangout – 7 teens attended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take & Make – 80 (70 Sandy and 10 Hoodland) kids picked up mini pumpkins to decorate. Take & Make available beginning on the 15th day of the month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pumpkin Decorating Contest – 14 of these teens returned their pumpkins to enter the contest. And the winners are:
Sandy<\/strong>:
Best in Show \u201cEyeball\u201d by Aveline Clark
Raffle Drawing: \u201cSkelliboi\u201d Aodhan Welch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hoodand<\/strong>: Best in Show \u201cWinnie-the-pooh\u201d by Gracie Zavala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adult Programs<\/strong>
<\/strong>Special<\/strong>
<\/strong>Art reception – 27 people attended the joint reception for the Damascus Fiber Arts School and the exhibit for Sandy Library’s Tide Rising<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ongoing
<\/strong>Take & Make – 100 (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) people picked up supplies to make TP Pumpkins.Take and Make available on the 15th of each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blood drive with the American Red Cross – 54 people attended, 42 donors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish Language Class – 31 people attended with one teacher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities.\u00a0 23 people attended on the 2nd Monday of the month to decorate pumpkins, 20 people attended the 4th Monday of the month to have fun with Halloween games(Maker Lab).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 21 people attended with 1 teacher
ESOL tutor – 15 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing Group  – 11 people attended our writing group <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer Classes – 2 person attended Computer Basics and Internet Basic classes, 4 people attended Google Drive and Google Tools class<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Clubs<\/strong>
Women\u2019s Book Club – 13 people discussed Behind Her Eyes<\/em> by Sarah Pinborough
Men\u2019s Book Club – 11 people discussed The Secret Life of Bees <\/em>by Sue Monk Kidd
Hoodland Book Club – 10 people discussed Killers of a Certain Age<\/em> by Deanna Raybourn
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed Sula <\/em>by Toni Morrison
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<\/strong>Public Notary – Hoodland 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibits<\/strong>
View the Chalk Marker Art of Pascale Steig at Hoodland Library through January 10th<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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