- Monday
- Paws to Read
- Tuesday
- Toddlers 'n' Books (2 sessions)
- Storywagon: Colossal Fossils
- Maker Workshop: Hand Sewing
- Wednesday
- Summer school kindergarten field trip: Michael Hall
- Thursday
- Explore Elkhorn field trip
- Books 'n' Babies
- Library on the Go: Summer School
- Family Book Club: The Red Bicycle by Jude Isabella
- Art Workshop: Photo Collage
- Friday
- Anime Club
- Saturday
- Library Make Day
- Worked 40 hours; 13 hours on desk; 7 programs
Notes
- Monday - bills, answered emails, last-minute planning for programs, processing new stuff, cleaning off my desk
- Tuesday - went in at noon, we all played desk roulette, switching around to cover different desks, big group for Colossal Fossils - a summer camp came and they were surprisingly well-behaved - even their counselors were impressed! This is a new performer for us so I wasn't sure how it would go, but everyone loved it. Actually managed to grab lunch before on to hand sewing at 3:30, mixed group of experienced and beginners, some with adults some without. The last couple kids reluctantly left around 6pm, then clean up and I set up for tomorrow's field trip and managed to send a small book order.
- Field trip in the morning, then clean-up, then sending orders, then on the desk and working (again) on the missing/lost list.
- My associate did the field trip (mostly international students) and the family book club - it went really well. I took a volunteer to summer school, covered the desk for a while, then supervised volunteers and our art workshop. A small turn-out, but everyone stayed for a long time and enjoyed the project.
- Covered the desk Friday morning and went through a bunch of papers and lists.
- Saturday - disappointing turn-out. Last year I had a LOT of people, this year we invited some community groups and had barely 25 people. On the bright side, several kids got really into sewing and a few painted, plus some kids had fun playing with the spheros. This summer is just hard. We're doing even more programs, we're all tired and burning out, we've got more foot traffic and roughly equal circulation to last year, but our programs just aren't getting the attendance.
2 comments:
Jennifer, do you have any theories on why your programmes are getting the attendance you're hoping for?
Cheers
Ann
Weather? Unusually cold June and a lot of storms meant the pool was closed so now that the weather is hot and humid people are making up for lost time. More kids signed up for camp/sports/activities b/c the town is growing and there's more to do. More working parents means more kids in daycare. Kids grow up and you have to start all over with a fresh crop who may or may not be readers or library-users. It's hard to say.
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