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MARCH 2009

Programs
The La Puente Library patrons enjoyed several programs this month. Five family gaming and five family movie programs attracted a total of 133 persons. We provided six young adult programs this month --- photography for Teen Tech Week and gaming. These programs employed the It’s My Life Digital Camera Kit and Book, purchased in 2008 using CDBG monies. The teens began the work of compiling this into a Shutterfly.com book to be purchased for the teen space at La Puente Library. In total, 51 teens participated in teen activities this month.
Outreach

• Spoke with author, Paula Yoo, about a summer teen book club using Good Enough.
• One elementary school visited the library.
• One adult school visited the library.

Collection Development

• Ordered/purchased over $10,000 in fiction and non-fiction titles using CDBG monies.
• Weeded over 1,000 non-fiction titles (001-912), in order to better select non-fiction CDBG books.

Merchandising & Visual Display

• Magic School Bus display.
• Faced-out new non-fiction books among NF books (weeding created more space).

 
Trainings & Meetings

• Participated in labeling committee meetings at East Los Angeles Library.
• Attended the Summer Reading Program Kick-off in Pico Rivera.
• Contributed to children’s librarian meeting at the San Dimas Library.

Volunteers

• One César Chávez adult volunteer assisted with book displays and marking books withdrawn.
• The La Puente Library teen volunteers assisted in the weeding of books, attended YA programs, made signs, and helped children with art activities at story time.

Books Read

• Read young adult selection, Good Enough, by Paula Yoo.
• Read a number of picture books, including Spring is Here, Where are Baby’s Easter Eggs by Karen Katz, Rabbits by Graham Tarrant, and Easter Bugs by David A. Carter.
• Edited NextReads picture book and young adult lists:
• Delatte, M. (Ed.). (2009). Picture Books. NextReads Web site: http://www.nextreads.com/

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• Delatte, M. (Ed.). (2009). Teen Scene. NextReads Web site: http://www.nextreads.com/

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Professional Development:
Delatte added to her publishing credits with a piece published in the Cool Teen Programs on a Shoestring, edited by Jenine Lillian describing Dia de los Muertos/Teen Read Week @ La Puente Library.

FEBRUARY 2009

Collection Development
• Ordered using CDBG monies from B&T, spending over $4,640 on children’s materials.
• Completed adult book order from B&T, spending @ $1,100 on AV, YA, ethnic, and adult materials.
• Completed children’s book order from B&T, spending @ $200 on children’s materials.

Programs
La Puente Library users enjoyed several programs this month. Eight family programs (movies and gaming) attracted 142 patrons. We provided two young adult socialization opportunities, including both art and gaming. In the first event, we created Valentine’s Day brooches (12 boys and girls participated). At the second event we worked together to create and document an exciting, musical Mardi Gras story time and parade (with authentic Louisiana king cake and beads).

Program Planning
Signed up immediately for the ALA Dia de los Niños Web site, and was pleasantly surprised upon receiving $185 for a program. Swiftly collaborated with Live Oak librarian, Margie Garza, and negotiated with an excellent vendor (who has previously charged $300 a show) to procure a $180 show for each library. Also spent the remainder of her regular (and science) 2008-2009 performer monies, scheduling two vendors, Blue Submarine & David Skale.

Outreach
La Puente Library services and programs were promoted at a Chili Cook-Off at La Puente High School

Merchandising & Visual Display
• Created the March calendar. Developed a sign for a March Teen Tech Week event.
• Displayed new children’s books in trough.

Trainings & Meetings
Presented at the county-wide youth services training --- sharing a PowerPoint and describing how one person can successfully provide both teen and children’s services.

Volunteers
The 19 teens who volunteered in February assisted in double-checking that CDBG books on order are not already available at the library. They also attended YA programs, made signs, organized videos, and trained new volunteers.


Books Read
Delatte read the many new picture books received this month, including Mixed-Up Fairy Tales (which easily became a flannel board story), Dinner Time by Pienkowski (another story time winner), and Ducks Don’t Wear Socks (gave story time attendees a good belly laugh).
• Delatte, M. (Ed.). (2009). Picture Books. NextReads Web site: http://www.nextreads.com/Display2.aspx? SID=bb9919d2-8923-4f93-a94d-63b73df56656&N=161121
• Delatte, M. (Ed.). (2009). Teen Scene. NextReads Web site: http://www.nextreads.com/Display2.aspx?SID=bb9919d2-8923-4f93-a94d-63b73df56656&N=162104

JANUARY 2009

Programs
The La Puente Library patrons enjoyed several programs this month. Five family gaming programs attracted a total of 87 patrons. We provided two young adult programs this month, both included art and gaming. In the first event, we made bookmarks, in the second event we created miniature backyards (with pools!) based on the book Micro Minis by Linda Goossens. In total, 29 teens participated, and more boys joined in creating miniatures than did girls.

Outreach
The children’s librarian visited one school (three classrooms) and was visited by two schools (three classrooms each).

Collection Development
Ordered/purchased over $3,000 in books using CDBG and other monies, and visited LHQ to read and review the books under consideration for the month of January. Also weeded several dozen magic, science, and fairy tale books in the children’s stacks.

Merchandising & Visual Display
Reinventing the children’s book trough by merchandising the oversized and new books, increased circulation of oversized picture books by 100% (see link to photographs). Volunteers were trained in the art of remerchandising this display.

Volunteers
The La Puente Library volunteers assisted in the weeding of books, attended YA programs, made signs, organized videos, aided in the quantification of flannel board stories, and helped set up for class visits.

Professional Development News:
Added to publishing credits with an article published in the Young Adult Library Services Journal describing the grant-funded Teen Tech Week @ La Puente Library.
• Delatte, M. (2009). Teen Tech Week: Find it! Shoot it! Shop It! Young Adult Library
Services Journal.

Over twenty Twi-hard fans colonized @ La Puente Library to create tees honoring the premiere of the newest teen vampire flick, Twilight. (Also attached: Halloween/Magic Wayne pix)

Icing Calaveritas for Dia de los Muertos

Teens and local artist, Roxana Ocana, assisted kids with creating Halloween figurines and icing yummy chocolate skulls, or calaveritas, in celebration of Dia de los Muertos and Halloween. As the dusk turned to evening, we tallied about 40 happy participants!

Secret Life of Bees Teen Event

To celebrate The Secret Life of Bees, teens enjoyed delicious, freshly homemade baklava baked by an Egyptian aide, then crafted candle holders and beeswax candles, & won promotional prizes provided by Teen Services.

What did you like about the program?
"Using the hot glue gun" - Jonathan
"Those little honey things were good!" - Rick

Comments:
"It was all fun and interesting, and all the food they gave was generous for you guys to give." - Jasmine
"I like the whole activity. I thought it was awesome doing it." - Alondra
"Very interesting programs" - Juan
"Cool" - Breanna

Suggestions:
"I think you should make puppets next time for little kids. OK?" - Jose
"I think you should put some Play-Doh to play with. (Any color is the best.) - Bryan