HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-07-22; Library Board of Trustees; ; Library Services during COVID-19ITEM #8
Meeting Date: July 22, 2020
To: Library Board of Trustees
From: Suzanne Smithson, Library & Cultural Arts Director
Staff Contact: Suzanne Smithson, Library & Cultural Arts Director
suzanne.smithson@carlsbadca.gov
Subject: Library Services during COVID-19
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Executive Summary/Discussion
Director Smithson will update the board on Carlsbad’s library services and programs during the COVID-
19 pandemic.
Next Steps
None.
Fiscal Analysis
None.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code Section
54950 et seq.), published and distributed at least 24 hours prior to the special meeting date and time.
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LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Library Services during COVID-19
July 2020 update
prepared for
The Library Board of Trustees
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Supporting the Community
•WiFi availability
Dove children’s garden, Cole patio area
•Enhanced webpages
Library@Home & Bibilioteca en Casa, digital services
•Adjusted due dates
currently September 8
•REALM study
REopening Archives, Libraries, & Museums
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Cultural Arts
•At-home Art Projects
with instructional videos and hands-on activities
•Virtual Club Pelican
nature and art in cooperation with the children’s division
and Batiquitos Lagoon
•Artist Talk
new series highlighting local musicians with interview by
MiraCosta music faculty member and performance clips
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Genealogy & Carlsbad History
•Increased remote access to genealogy databases
•Launched Branching Out on-demand video series
•Added Ancestry Library Edition
•Added American Ancestors
•America’s Genealogy Bank
•Archives Unbound
•Fold3
•HeritageQuest
•Newspapers.com
•Using wildcards in Ancestry Library Edition
•Non-military records in Fold 3
+ 361 %
+ 500 %
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Branching Out
Expand your genealogy research
with online resources
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Genealogy & Carlsbad History
•Increased remote access to genealogy databases
•Launched Branching Out on-demand video series
•Transcribed half of the oral history collection
•Provided remote research services
•Continued monthly genealogy programming thanks to
partnership with NSDCGS
4
webinars
attendees
June
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Bilingual Services
•Provided remote reference services
•Sent postcard to advertise library services
•Added Spanish eBooks and eAudio books
•Continued to host Spanish Book Club meetings
•Assisted with Bilingual Storytime
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What's New?
See what's new! Here are all the books our
busy librarians have been adding to our
collection.
Listing 186 books . Includes: Fiction (117),
Literature (52). Romance (45), and more.
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Literacy Services
•Awarded 2 Career Online High School scholarships
–10 students enrolled in the program
•Supported learners and tutors remotely
–65 matched pairs in program
–10 pairs working remotely
–163 volunteer hours
–Piloted Learning Upgrade app
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Cataloging & Technical Services
•Added 400% more eBooks over June 2019
•Cataloging at 80% of normal
•New additions to print collection at 98% of normal
•Returned to fulfilling Interlibrary Loan requests
•Developed plan to contact patrons with purchase requests
•Reclassified young adult fiction by genre
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•3018 Virtual Reference Questions.•Increase of 74% from May to June.
•LIBCHAT 225 Questions. •93 in May•132 in June.
Reference Division
•Virtual Book Club
•3 Teen Summer Reading
Adventure Program
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Summer Reading Adventure staff efforts for May-June
•Five grade/age based
SRA opportunities
•189 learning activities
•Eight engaging youth
digital experiences
•Fourteen summer
reading lists
•Eleven virtual
storytime programs
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Curbside Service: It takes a Library
•Check outs per person have increased:
•1.8 to 3.1 at Dove
•1.7 to 3.8 at Cole
•0.4 to 3.8 at the Learning Center
•June 1 started with appointments only
•June 23 combination of appointments and drop in
•July 6 transitioned to all drop in.
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