Adult Services Minutes - March 03, 2021

• Tulin – Everyone loved the mugs, thought they were cute. Everything went smoothly.

• Beth – Surprised by how many people went for the blackout. People loved the mugs. Participation at the CLs seemed to be up.

• Danielle – Everyone loved the mugs and it seemed like participation was way up from last year. Some people asked if we will do this again.

• Adrien – The cuteness of the mugs were a big draw for people.

• Jessica M. – Has 3 mugs left, which is a good indication of how well things went. Emily offered to help people run reports.

• Cameron – One customer asked that we do mugs again next year with a different mug.

• Shalla - Every customer love the mugs. Many were confused that the prizes were only for adults and not children and teens.

• Kelley - Received almost 20 cards so far. Onsite Libraries need to start promoting earlier.

• Andrew - We need to update the Spanish title of the bingo cards. It says libro de bingo, which means book of the bingo. Spanish speaking customers were appreciative to have a translated card.

EPS Updates

Summer Reading – Emily - Summer Reading minutes are up on the intranet and the staff training will be coming in April.

Summer Volunteer update – Heidi - Opportunities will be virtual this year. 8 different opportunities that libraries can decide which ones they want to offer. Some opportunities are offline (creating coloring and activity sheets) and some use technology. Quiet: The Power of Introversion book recommended. Sarah Brown suggested getting a library TikTok to reach our younger customers.

5161 Programming – Kristin - location 5161 funds can be used to support system themes (Black History Month, Earth Day, Poetry Month) to create take home kits and programs to go along with the theme. EPS is meeting this week to discuss themes for next year and Kristin will create a budget worksheet to help locations decided how much to budget for their 5161 for next year.

Tax Help, 123 Kits, Earth Day + Poetry Month Programming – Jessica - Tax Help: connecting customers to resources they need to do their taxes. Updated the webpage with information about tax preparation help sites, resources in the collection, etc. Page is promoted on slider on main webpage. There is a handout in the all engagement SharePoint that can be printed.

123! Play with Me! - March-May we are offering take home kits with a free books, resources, and activities. Landing page promoting the program. Tess Botkin, Amy Upchurch, Allie Barton, and Katherine Hickey helped create the activities.

Poetry Month – 4th-12th grade poetry contest with prizes for winners of the different age categories and a best in show. Flyers and videos to promote the contest. Hosting visit with Joy Harjo on April 25th. Joy will be announcing the winners of the youth poetry contest.

Earth Day – Partnership with Myriad Botanical Gardens. Distributing seed kits at each location. Kits are tied to a different story or fairy tale. Includes everything needed to plant the seeds and how to grow them. More info coming out in the next few weeks.

Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month – Teresa - Just finished filming a video with Kathleen Huffman on permaculture. May is Asian/Pacific Islander month. Looking for a traditional dance/hula performance. Have a storytime planned. Linda Sue Park may be doing an author visit with us.

Universal tags – Kellie - If you are created an event that goes along with one of the system themes be sure to use the universal tags. Some of the new tags include GeekCon, Women’s History Month, Earth Day, Poetry Month, etc. Emily reminded people to refer to the Virtual Programming Best Practices

Mergent Intellect training – Emily - There is a training coming up soon (March 11 @ 2pm) on this database. It is a great database for small businesses.

Sharing and Virtual Programming Discussion

Beth (CT) - great attendance HIIT training with the YMCA, Get Cooking Series, Earth Day programming including Home Composting, Container Gardening, SAIL, kits are popular

Danielle (AL) - improv night, Zoom meetings for take home kit show & tell

Lynda (AL) - calling senior centers for outreach, window displays including one on Ward 3 voting

Julianna (BI) - basic sewing and mending take home kit, doing booktalk videos

Kelly (BI) - take and make kits, most popular was beaded bookmarks in December, chair yoga pre-recorded videos on social media, virtual paint party, suncatchers, magnetic poetry kit, window displays

Danielle (ED) - Breastfeeding Made Easier virtual program with state experts, Author Hour events – 3 poets coming in April, cannabis information panel, date night in a bag take home kit

Adrien (ED) - Cozy Mystery Book Club still getting good attendance, string art take and make kit, take and make kits are filling up within 24 hours

Jessica (SO) - lots of popular kits, working on Earth Day and Poetry Month ideas

Phil (SO) - Spoticus Adventures board game

Darrie (SO) - bookmark and flyer to go along with board game, memory quilt almost complete

Sarah (DN) - starting planning process for LitFest in August, Indigenous Storytimes continuing, Historically Speaking program about Vietnamese refugees and OKC Asian District, book discussion group for GeekCon and Summer Reading

Eva (DN) - new and excited to learn!

Jakob (DN) - anti-stress/self-care take home kit, D&D program, Percy Jackson escape room

Haley (DN) - booktalk videos, pre-recorded video series on upcycling materials to make games and activities, helping with LitFest

Tulin (MC) - good response to holiday take and make kits, American Heart Association program, working with Carol on “you and me” kit for parents and kids, Jerod’s nonfiction book club has good attendance

Floyd (WA) - take home kits are popular

Andrew (CH) - seed exchange/distribution program

Kate (VI) - bath soak kit, Mindfulness March meditations online, romance book club, New Adult book club using hoopla materials

Cindy (VI) - keto class with Natural Grocers, more classes on health benefits

Johnathan (JN) - take and make craft kits, recommended reading: The Warehouse

Rebecca (NP) - working on take home kits as well, Novels at Night book club

Ann (RE) - Valentine’s Day crafts, Black History Month programs went well, BHM trivia take home kit, poetry group will have speaker in April about Paul Lawrence Dunbar, RE celebrating centennial later this year

Becky (NW) - thank you card family kit, question about kits not going to age groups for which they’re specified

Edie (BE) - collage art kit, Zumba Gold YMCA events, Earth Day seed paper cards, cherry blossom art kit, MLS Studios online – graphic design and editing

Kelley (OUT) - Edmond Senior Center book club through Zoom, Book Bingo successful with onsite libraries

Shalla (ED) - helping with systemwide poetry contest, Summer Reading subcommittee, hygge kit, Black History Month trivia take and make kit, citizenship classes

Judith Matthews (SCR) - Special Collections helping with research and in-depth reference questions, new wiki coming for local history and factoids, walking/biking tours – talk to Judie if you have ideas, send Lisa genealogy questions