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Home My WebLink About2022-08-24; Library Board of Trustees; ; Library Reports for July 2022Meeting Date: Aug. 24, 2022 To: Library Board of Trustees From: Sheila Crosby, Deputy Library Director Katie Nye, Deputy Library Director Staff Contact: Sheila Crosby, sheila.crosby@carlsbadca.gov Katie Nye, katie.nye@carlsbadca.gov Subject: Library Reports for July 2022 District: All Recommended Action Receive the Narrative Report and Statistical Report for July 2022. Executive Summary/Discussion The board will review the library’s monthly narrative and statistical report for July 2022. These reports provide a summary of work completed across all Carlsbad City Library divisions and locations as well as data and information about the services and programs presented for the community. Next Steps None. Fiscal Analysis None. Public Notification Public notice of this item was posted in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date. Exhibits 1.Narrative report for July 2022 2.Statistical report for July 2022 Aug. 24, 2022 ITEM 3 Page 1 of 6 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Staff Report EXHIBIT 1 Carlsbad City Library Monthly Library Report July 2022 Highlights: 1. Summer Reading Adventure Update The Summer Reading Adventure program will end Aug. 6. Teen volunteers returned to the library to receive reading reports from participants after a two year hiatus due to COVID-19. In the month of July, our volunteers listened to over 525 reports at all three library locations. 2. Teen Talent Show The Teen Talent Show returned to the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium on July 14. Teen Librarian Ashleigh Hvinden hosted the event with 18 individual acts and one group act. 108 community members attended the event. Teen Ella Engelberg (original comedy act) was the first-place winner, Sage Taylor (singer) won second place and Asher Devito (known as Personified) won third place for his rap performance. The grand prize for this year's talent show was a specialized experience in the Exploration HUB. The Exploration HUB is the technology lab and makerspace located on the 2nd floor of the Carlsbad City Library on Dove Lane. Library staff offer classes on topics like 3D design, Adobe Photoshop, Arduino and Silhouette Cameo. Staff will work with the winner to create the lesson that best fits them. In addition, the first place winner was awarded a karaoke machine, the second place winner a Kindle Fire and the third place winner an underwater camera. Programs: 3. Grow Your Garden Librarian Bridget Lopez and Library Technician Danielle Fiscal-Rajsky hosted the Grow Your Garden event on July 23. Approximately 55 people attended the event and took advantage Aug. 24, 2022 ITEM 3 Page 2 of 6 of the seed library, especially the Chioggia beets. This event included a crop swap, expertise from educator and master gardener Jay Klopfenstein and Lee Taylor from the Carlsbad Community Garden Cooperative, and a one-hour presentation by a farm to table professional chef, Michelle Fisher. 4. Small Critters and Bugs On July 19 the Georgina Cole Children’s Division presented a Bug Camp. Children learned about the life cycles of different bugs and butterflies. Children took home a Painted Lady caterpillar in a container provided with food to observe the process in person. The children were challenged by the craft to create their own version of an insect which yielded some really creative results. 5. Exploration HUB During the month of July, the Exploration HUB offered 12 classes. Exploration HUB staff created lesson plans to coincide with the Summer Reading Adventure’s theme, “Reading Beyond the Beaten Path” which is camping and nature themed. 6. Intermediate Genealogy Class “Transcription: Key to Clarity and Connection” presented by ReBecca Henry was held Tuesday, July 12. ReBecca Henry shared her experience of getting to know her great grandmother, who she never met, through transcribing her letters, as well as taking a look at how transcription can make things clear. This program was offered virtually with an attendance of 46.    7. DNA Interest Group   “The Priest and the Choir Girl Revisited: Searching for Family in an Endogamous Population” presented by Kathleen Fernandes, Ph.D. This presentation chronicled the efforts to learn about the family of Joao Inacio da Silva who was a foundling born in 1861 in the Azores, an island group in the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal. The geographic isolation of the islands resulted in an endogamous population where relatives shared more DNA than expected, reducing the applicability of standard methodologies, and calling for the exploration of alternative analytic approaches. This program was offered on July 16, both in person at the Aug. 24, 2022 ITEM 3 Page 3 of 6 Cole Library and as a webinar. In person attendance was six and virtual attendance was 27 for a combined attendance of 33. Community Connections: 8. Kiwanis Club of Lake San Marcos On July 12, Senior Librarian Marsha Weeks presented an overview of the genealogy resources and services available to the Kiwanis Club of Lake San Marcos. Topics included the physical genealogy collection and related equipment located at the Georgina Cole Library, online databases available 24/7, the formal partnership the library has with the North San Diego County Genealogical Society, the Ask a Genealogist service and more. The one-hour presentation was attended by 24 people. 9. Books To Go: The book bike visited the Farmer’s Market, the Sea Wall Beach route, and a showing of the movie “Encanto” at Flicks at the Fountain in July, promoting services to a total of over 700 people and giving away 305 books. Services: 10. Harvest Unleashed In July, the library launched a product called Harvest Unleashed that enhances searching in the online catalog -- making it easier for both staff and patrons to find and explore all the materials that the library has to offer. Highlights of the new product include: • Results that include pseudonyms or given names. A search for “Nora Roberts” will now show the results for her titles, as well as titles written under her pseudonym “J.D. Robb”. • Showing titles that are on order. Aug. 24, 2022 ITEM 3 Page 4 of 6 Special Projects: 11. Digital Asset Management System Senior Business Systems Specialist Devin Castel, Senior Librarian Marsha Weeks, Production Technician Bonnie Crane-Sullivan and Librarians Matt Ferrill and Jennifer Snapp-Cook have been working on a citywide project to help select a Digital Asset Management System. The system will be able to host Carlsbad historical photographs, oral histories, video, and other digital assets owned and maintained by the Library & Cultural Arts Department as well as assets maintained by other city departments. Library Kudos: "I had the most wonderful experience with one of the employees, her name is Esmie. I've taken so many photos on the reservation with family I wanted to create more space on my phone, so I went to the library, and she helped me transfer some of them over to a hard drive. She is so kind, knowledgeable and I was so grateful because we have so much we need to get done before we head up north tonight and this helped me so much. If you could pass that message along I would so appreciate it.” “I live in La Costa area of South Carlsbad, and I am going to tell my city council rep what a great job you did.” (email from Kiwanis Club of Lake San Marcos presentation attendee) “This is to express my thanks and appreciation for service I received at the Cole branch this morning. Jan at the genealogy desk went out of his way to help me find ancestry information. He was courteous and very helpful. Thanks Jan!” “Library staff are life savers! Through curbside service they have helped me out numerous times to check out materials and make my life better. They are always so helpful and patient over the phone when I call to put many books on hold. Thank you!” - Bonnie S. “Thank you for all your work in keeping our library current. Soooo many good things to say about the services you provide. I love our library. Thank you again.” “Thank you for adding Kanopy to our library services! Wow---that’s so great! I’m familiar with Kanopy and ‘really’ like it. I just signed up and the process worked without a hitch. I’m so glad that Carlsbad Library is there for us. You’re the best!” Maile McKeon, Exploration HUB supervisor received an email from a patron after she attended the backpack class. “Great class! Danielle is a really good instructor. My backpack came out looking beautiful. Thank you.” Aug. 24, 2022 ITEM 3 Page 5 of 6 EXHIBIT 2 LIBRARY MONTHLY STATISTICS July 2022 July 2019 (Pre-COVID-19) July 2022 Total Library Hours Open 840 615 Total Visitors On-site (2022 includes curbside) 65,400 34,821 Library Services Circulation of Library Materials 97,725 81,601 eAudiobook/eBook/eMagazine Downloads Audio/Video Streaming *Available offerings have adjusted 16,185 1,711 16,823 54 Reference Questions 18,789 11,991 Programs, Facility Usage Number of Programs Presented (On-site, Off-site, 2022 includes virtual) Programs Attendance 199 7,012 84 3,246 Number of Community Rentals Community Rentals Attendance 55 3,182 34 1,779 Technology Web Sessions In-House Computer Use eResource Use 46,591 13,363 7,575 36,304 2,393 8,080 Aug. 24, 2022 ITEM 3 Page 6 of 6 (carlsbad City Library Jm 0000 ~ ~ ~ 0 II ~t ooo D,........CJ CJ □