5.8. LIBSR 05-24-2016 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Librarian's Report to Elle River Friends of the Library (May 2016) What's Up? • Final count of March High 5 Donations: Elle River received 66 gifts totaling $734 (we keep $367) for an average donation of$11.12, more than twice the suggested $5 amount! We were 5th among 32 branches for dollars donated. Regionally, branches averaged getting 31 gifts per branch, with an average gift amount of$13.80. GRRL earned $14,000 total, about 20% more than last year. • Spectrum 6th graders led by their English teacher Kristin Rogers visited our library the second time this year in April. Students cleaned the easy picture book bins, board book room shelves, and other parts of the children's section to prepare for the Summer Reading Program. • Author Alida Winternheimer gave a writing workshop for teens and adults called "Here There Be Monsters," focusing on monster fiction and using examples from classic literature. Attendance was low (8) but it got high marks from the 3 attendees who left us feedback. • Another 3-year contract was signed with St. Cloud Area RSVP (Retired and Seniors Volunteer Program) after Will met with the director Lisa Braun in early April. They have provided us a stable base of volunteers for years; most of our branch's volunteers come through RSVP. • Tri-CAP (the Tri-County Action Program of Sherburne, Stearns and Benton Counties) has been basing their Sherburne County Outreach Specialist Jen Lamont in one of our study rooms every Monday, 10-3, for the last five months since November. This was a pilot basis and she's now moving semi-permanently to a desk in the Sherburne County Government Center. • Thanks to the great work of Pam, Jenny, Monica, and more, the unclassified paperbacks have been well-pruned and moved to the new rotating shelves. There is a bit less space. I did a rough count and would estimate there are around 350 titles out there and about as many removed. • If you are in the staff work room behind the desk(or the meeting room/Friends book sale storage area)you will notice some furniture has been cleared out. Thank you Jim from the City and Pam and Jenny from staff for figuring out what had to go and helping us move it. There is now more room for fixtures in usable condition like the new standing station! • ER Library Assistant Substitute Judy Doty was promoted to a permanent (regularly scheduled)position as Library Assistant in the Monticello branch. She was with us almost 2 years. Along the same lines, former ER volunteer Mary Cornelius (who had been working as an Aide in St. Michael since June 2015) was hired in March by our Big Lake branch.