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Home My WebLink About11/4/2013 - Board of Library Trustees (15) 1 NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY To: Board of Library Trustees From: Tim Hetherton, Acting Library Services Director Re: Report of Library Activities ____________________________________________________________________________________ TIM HETHERTON, ACTING LIBRARY SERVICES DIRECTOR/ LIBRARY SERVICES MANAGER; TECHNICAL PROCESSING COORDINATOR September proved to be an eventful month. The Library received a much appreciated $5,000 donation from Mr. and Mrs. Phil and Lynn Butterfield through the Foundation. The Butterfields donated the funds to be used specifically for the Balboa Branch. The funds will be used to purchase RFID hardware for the Balboa branch, specifically a self check kiosk. On the 6th, I had the opportunity to address a packed house at the General Gathering of the Friends of OASIS. I gave a presentation on the Library’s various services, programs, and resources to very receptive audience. I gave a similar talk that I call What’s New At The Library on September 18th to the Newport Beach Newcomer’s Club. The Annual City-wide Evacuation Drill was held on Tuesday, September 17th. Every building in the City, including all 4 Library locations, participated. The Library Admin Team worked out an evacuation plan that accounted for the new Central Library expansion on the second floor that worked quite well. On the 23rd, The Library’s Bistro, 24 Carrots, opened for business. The food is great, the menu is excellent, and the coffee is Kean, which is local coffee artisan Martin Dietrich’s new brand. Martin Brower, author and former Public Relations Director for the Irvine Company gave a lecture about the history of the Irvine Ranch as documented in his newly updated book, The Irvine Ranch: A Time for People on September 24th. Also in September, the City Information Technology department was able to double Internet bandwidth at all library locations, which will help satisfy Library customer’s demand for speedy online access. DEBBIE WALKER, BRANCH AND YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR Branches September was a fairly quiet month at all locations. With Summer Reading Program done all locations geared up for the start of the school year. The Balboa Branch hosted their 10th annual Talk Like a Pirate Day. As usual this program was well attended and offered fun for all ages. A storyteller offered pirate tales and songs while pirate crafts and a chance to “walk the plank” rounded out the festivities. Youth Services Meetings for Youth Services staff were held at Central in mid-September. The meetings provide the opportunity to evaluate SRP, discuss programming for the coming year and share book and craft ideas with one another. Katherine Mielke, Marketing Specialist, and Joanna Ransom, full-time Library Assistant from Mariners, manned a booth at the annual Children’s Book Festival located at Orange Coast 2 College. The event was held on Sunday, September 29 and offered the opportunity for Katherine and Joanna to talk about Library services, sign customers of all ages up for library cards and connect with some 400 + festival attendees. The Foundation provided funding for the booth and prizes were purchased by donations from the Friends of the Library. Teen Services The first YAAC meeting of the year was held on September 11. The majority of the new council members attended so the new year has gotten off to a good start. Mara gave them a tour of the Media Lab and ideas for projects to accomplish in the coming year were discussed. MELISSA KELLY, SUPPORT SERVICES COORDINATOR Bistro 24 The Bistro opened for business on September 30th at 7:00am. City Hall customers arrived during that first hour to get their morning coffee and snacks. The Bistro has been open every day since then serving food and coffee to the public. They are getting good reviews from staff. HVAC Repairs The repairs and balancing of the system continued throughout the month of September. The final setup of the new control system will be completed in early October and staff will be trained on the monitoring software. Emergency Drill The Libraries all participated in a City-wide Emergency evacuation drill on September 17th. This was the first time that we evacuated the building using the 2nd floor entry/exit doors as well as the first floor exits. Staff worked on a new procedure to enable us to check and make sure that all staff members were accounted for outside of the building. The drill went smoothly at the Central Library as well as at the Branches. Circulation Interviews for the positions of part-time Library Clerk and part-time Library Page were held in September. Each position accepted 150 applications for the jobs. Testing was held and staff interviewed fourteen people for each position. From the two recruitments we will have selected two candidates to fill the open Clerk positions and three for Page. One of the successful candidates for Clerk is Leah Duffy, who will be promoted from a Page position. The Human Resources Department is assisting the finalists through the pre-employment process. Congratulations to Leah! Literacy At the September 10th City Council Meeting, Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy presented the City with a check for $35,000 to support the Library Literacy program. At the same meeting the Mayor read a Declare September 12, 2013 to be International Literacy Day in the City of Newport Beach. The Literacy program participants and supporters celebrate ILD at a brunch at the Central Library on the morning of 9/12. The program included three inspirational literacy student speakers as well as Literacy Board President, Jason Brady. It was a well attended and appreciated event. NATALIE BASMACIYAN, ADULT SERVICES COORDINATOR Sunday Musicale The Jazz Band performed a lively set of original compositions plus a cover of a Jerome Kern song. The band consisted of four players—Gary Matsuura on alto saxophone, Albert Alva on tenor, Ron Kobayashi on piano, and Jack Prather on bass. There were 101 people in attendance, many of whom stood and applauded enthusiastically when they finished. 3 Martin Brower Event Martin Brower, author of the book, The Irvine Ranch: A Time for People: A 50 Year Overview of the Irvine Ranch spoke on Tuesday, September 24th at the Central Library. Brower was the Public Relations Director for the Irvine Company from 1973 – 1985 and was responsible for all of the Company's corporate, residential, commercial and industrial external and internal communications. From 1985 through 1999, he published the "Orange County Report" a newsletter covering trends in Orange County, California, and continued to follow The Irvine Company intensively. Brower signed his newly released books and 102 people were present for the event. EBook Program 87 people attended the EBook class and learned how to utilize the downloadable services for books and magazines. What’s Cooking? Event Chef Zov presented the techniques and secrets behind some of her signature dishes for an enthusiastic audience. 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