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5� <br />Library Services Coordinator Report -Board Meeting-4 2712021 <br />Summer Reading Program is around the corner. We will offer the program both in -person and through <br />Beanstack this year, with the hope of more participation than last year now that children can come in <br />the building to sign-up and pick up prizes. We will be doing a generous offering of prizes again this year, <br />with many books to be given away, thanks to our Friends of the Library donations. <br />Part of Elk River's SRP plan is to offer a "take home" storytime option each week this summer following <br />the SRP theme of "Reading Colors Your World". This take home option will include supplies for a simple <br />craft, and book recommendations that go with our SRP theme. We will be considering a virtual or zoom <br />storytime option as well. <br />In addition, in cooperation with Sherburne County Parks and Rec Staff, and due to a grant the County <br />received from SHIP, we will be offering some story strolls in Sherburne County parks this summer. We <br />are still in the planning stages with this endeavor, but should be able to give a more complete update at <br />our next meeting. <br />Per our Master Gardener contact, the U of M Extension Service continues to restrict any in -person <br />programs, so at this time, they are not planning to offer the Jr. Master Gardener program this summer. <br />If that changes, our Master Gardener contact will reach out to Tim Sevcik, with City Grounds, should <br />they decide to go ahead with the order and placement of the planter boxes in 2021. <br />Our Locally Growin fundraising campaign wrapped up at the end of March, and we raised approximately <br />$290, which was close to half of our $750 goal. The money raised will go toward the purchase of <br />juvenile items for the collection including popular juvenile series books, STEM, Lego and coding items, <br />and popular juvenile history and biography books. Thanks to all of our patrons who generously <br />donated! <br />Staffing at Elk River had stabilized just before the writing of this report. Our two open aide positions <br />were filled in late January and mid -March. However, we now have an assistant opening due to a <br />resignation, so we will be accepting applications until April 25 for this part time position. <br />The lighting project has been completed here at the library. Many thanks to Gary and his staff and the <br />contractors for making our building brighter and more energy efficient. The City has also installed a new <br />air filtration system. If you would like more details on how it works, and how it can help us mitigate <br />viruses, let's invite Gary to fill us in. <br />Our goals for 2021 continue to focus on access to core services and technology for our distance -learning <br />students, homeschool families in our community, and other patrons where there may be a service gap. <br />We want to safely provide services while continuing to work within the limitations of the pandemic <br />mandates in order to mitigate the virus for our patrons and staff. <br />\%OFAT RIVER RECd01YAt <br />BRARY <br />