FY 07 - 12 Strategic Plan Show & Tell
Highlight |
Date |
The Captiol Hill Library conducted their annual open house on Saturday, December 4th. Customers enjoyed free photos with Santa, free books, arts & crafts as well as live music. Over 800 customers attended. |
2010/December |
The children's area of the Downtown Library featured a display about computers and the internet. |
2009/September |
The Choctaw Library holds a children's bookmark art contest |
2009/July |
The Choctaw Library served as an evacuation site as wildfires threatened many homes in the community. They stayed open late to accommodate the evacuees. |
2009/April |
The class Using Photographs with Computers at the Village Library teaches customers how to transfer and email pictures on a computer. |
2009/November |
The Daily Oklahoman runs an article highlighting a fitness boot camp program at the Ralph Ellison Library. |
2011/January |
The Daily Oklahoman runs an article with Hispanic book recommendations by MLS librarians Taryn Kingery and Charla Aucone. |
2010/May |
The Del City Library formed a partnership with the Oklahoma School of Metaphysics. A representative came out and conducted a program titled "Heal Your Mind and Body." This program was well received by the Del City community . |
2010/July |
The Del City Library rearranges furniture to provide an atmosphere more conducive to reading and relaxing. |
2010/January |
The Development Department obtains a grant from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to fund new landscaping at the Village Library. They now have a minature Magnolia at the entrance along with 8 other new trees and 22 scrubs around the grounds. |
2011/May |
The digital bookmobile visits the Del City and Midwest City libraries to educate customers about our e-resources. |
2010/May |
The Downtown Library began a Bilingual Story Time for families which incorporates Spanish and English into a Family friendly learning experience. |
2010/May |
The Downtown Library begins hosting a series of "Find It: Legal Resourses at Your Library." This first month dealing with Preventing Identity Theft. |
2009/August |
The Downtown Library begins reviewing a new database at monthly staff meetings |
2008/October |
The Downtown Library creates monthly displays each month that feature the various media formats available in the library |
2008/November |
The Downtown Library gives a tour of the facility to a group of educators and informs them of the many services provided. |
2010/September |
The Downtown Library has offered three to four computer classes each month. Classes have included Internet Fraud, Facebook, Resumes and Job Searching, Internet Searching, Blogging, Excel, and Email. |
2010/January |
The Downtown Library held it's 2nd Annual Asian Festival and it was attended by 300 people. |
2009/February |
The Downtown Library holds a gingerbread holiday open house. |
2009/December |
The Downtown Library hosted six different art displays through out the school year from local schools in our service area: Wiley Post Elementary had two displays, Central Elementary School of Art, Classen High School, and a local Homeschool group. |
2010/May |
The Downtown Library hosted the Asian Festival on February 6. There were over 350 in attendance to view performances, taste foods, and participate in craft activities. |
2010/February |
The Downtown Library hosts a holiday open house to feature its meeting room spaces to the downtown business community |
2008/December |
The Downtown Library hosts John & Hank Green’s Nerdfighters Tour to a standing room only audience of teens |
2008/November |
The Downtown Library hosts the Dear Mr. President photo exhibit in conjunction with the inauguration |
2009/January |
The Downtown Library hosts their 3rd Annual Teen after dark party, this year celebrating the popular teen book, Twilight |
2008/October |
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