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GREAT RIVER REGIONAL LIBRARY- Explore. Learn. Connect. 5.8 Library Services Coordinator Report-Board Meeting-11/27/18 In outreach news,we attended the 2nd annual Elk River Community Connect event sponsored by Sherburne County United Way, and talked to approximately 83 people about library services and programs. In addition,we attended the ISD 728 Cultural Potluck event where we met 65 children and families,and enjoyed some multicultural food,dance,and a fashion show! Our Fall FairyTales outreach to a local private preschool was attended by 40 preschoolers who learned more about our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program,as well as the Itsy Bitsy Spider and Humpty Dumpty! In children's programming,we continue to see good attendance at our Lego hours,and our story times, incl.our Halloween themed family story time,where children and parents heard stories, played games, and made a fun craft, all while in costume! We are continuing to offer our school age book club,which has seen a drop in attendance the last two months, however,we have adjusted our timing to attract children later after school,and hope to pull in some home school families as well in the coming months. On Dec.5&6,we will be offering our Hour of Code classes,which had great participation last year,and we are hoping and planning for the same this year. In teen and tween programs/services,we seem to have established 3-4 regular attendees at our teen/tween book club,and are hopeful we will keep building. We continue to offer our passive teen trivia contest,which had good participation at about 50 responses for"The Princess Bride"and "The Book Thief". For adult programming, we had a good turnout of 17 adults for Allen Eskens,author of"The Life We Bury",and our 121 concert brought in about 10 patrons. Our Crafternoon programs for adults have generally been full with 12-15 participants,and usually lead to registrations for the next class. Our ancestry and genealogy class had 9 participants that wanted us to offer the class again soon. We will be having music in the library in December,with Andrew Walesch, a "Sinatra"style performer,and Angie Hoeft,with guitar classics, as well as an author visit from Patrice Johnson,the author of"Jul",a Swedish American Holiday cookbook. We are already looking forward to the Winter Reading program in January and February with a theme of "Get Yeti to Read". We are starting a new program series in January called"Schooled in Art",specifically targeting home school students, and we will be trying a brain games night to show our patrons the fun and learning they can have with our brain fitness kits. We will also have a couple of musical guests with guitarist Dave Cofell,and the Skally Line old time String band in January and February, and an author visit from Frank Weber,author of the Murder Book. We are trying some new things,and building on the established programs and services,and hope to continue to grow and expand our offerings in 2019. GREAT RIVER REGIONAL V— BRARY