HomeMy Public PortalAboutLibrary Dept Report May-2019Memo /
To: City Council
From: Meg Lojek, Library Director
CC: Anette Spickard, City Manager
Date: 9/3/2020
Re: Monthly Department Report – May 2019
Staff:
Short-staffed this month which is challenging due to increased library use in the summer. The Library Director and Casey Bruck presented an Info2Go webinar for the library community,
nationwide. Casey presented a STEAM workshop at Idaho First Bank, in partnership with University of Idaho Extension. He also represented the McCall library with learning activities
for kids at the 4H Aerospace Club of Valley County, held at Donnelly Elementary School.
Other Projects:
CM Construction Management Company contract is under legal review.
Programs:
Doing Democracy: Program will take a break during the summer months.
Test Proctoring: Library has provided 19 test proctoring sessions this month, supporting local businesses with apprenticeship tests and certification programs.
Preschool Garden: Gardens this month have provided fertile ground for learning opportunities for our community! Story time kids planted our vegetable garden in the back-parking lot.
They will care for the plants and harvest in the fall, learning vocabulary and science concepts along the way.
Pollinator Garden: Girl Scout Troup 255 cooperated with Library and Parks staff, and the Payette Children’s Forest, to plant a learning garden where the old ponderosa trees used to be
up by the fire hydrant in front of the library. The scouts also provided the library with a Pollinator Garden resource book and educational signs are on the way to be placed in the
garden itself.
Library Stats: May is included in this report.
Monthly Program Calendar: June library programs calendar is included in this report. Highlights include Noxious Weeds Seminar, a Writing Seminar, and the three levels of Summer Reading
Programs.