PUEBLO CITY-COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT Report of the Executive Director Submitted to The Library Board of Trustees July 26, 2018

Trends in Genealogy PCCLD's Charlene Garcia-Simms (Special Collections Librarian) recently authored an article appearing now. The publication is "Trends in Genealogy," by Charlene Garcia-Simms, pp. 5-11, Genealogy and the Librarian: Perspectives on Research, Instruction, Outreach and Management, Carol Smallwood and Vera Gugnitskaia, editors (Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2018).

Colorado Library of the Year PCCLD learned that it has been selected by its peers as the Colorado Library of the Year. The Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) is awarding PCCLD with this designation. PCCLD will be presented with the recognition at the upcoming CALCON scheduled to take place in Loveland, Colorado, September 13-15. This comes on the heels of PCCLD’s selection early this year as ELGL America’s Best Public Library in March and the IMLS National Medal in May.

All Pueblo Reads The 2018 All Pueblo Reads book is The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson. Johnson is the author of the Longmire book series that also has a television show by that same name. The Cold Dish is the first book in this series. He will be here in Pueblo on October 26 and 27. The All Pueblo Reads committee has convened to work on details of program planning for October, and the Blacktie Ball is scheduled for Friday, October 26.

WAN and ISP Upgrade PCCLD’s Information Technology team successfully migrated the district to new Wide-Area Network (WAN) services and a new Internet Service Provider. This change includes faster speeds for much of the network, moving from a 1 gigabit per second service to 10 gigabits per second. The Internet also is faster, speeding up from 400 megabits per second to 1 gigabit per second. These upgrades include new equipment for the network, such as switches and firewall. Much of this improvement is funded with E-rate grants valued at $160,131.60 per year to PCCLD for ongoing network services and Internet connections, and about $16,000 for end equipment.

Bibliotheca Sole Source Procurement PCCLD negotiated procurement upgrades to self-check equipment located throughout the district. The improvements include replacing self-check computers on 21 stations and improving software interfaces on all. This comes after testing the upgrades over the past couple of months and receiving a special negotiated discount on the procurement. The total cost of the change was included in the 2018 budget and sole sourced to Bibliotheca at an amount of $45,723. When only one vendor is capable of meeting all specifications and purchase requirements, purchases may be made on the basis of prices established by negotiations. All sole source purchases are approved by the Executive Director and brought to the attention of the full Board of Trustees.

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Career Online High School PCCLD received a grant equivalent to $30,000 from the Colorado State Library about one year ago to pilot an online high school program for adults in our community. Five diploma recipients are scheduled to graduate in July with forty students currently enrolled. Another five students are on track to graduate in September. The pilot has been considered a success, and the Colorado State Library recently awarded another $25,000 in scholarship support to help PCCLD continue the program. The project is overseen by Jackie Swanson (Adult Literacy Coordinator) and Amy Martin (Managing Librarian).

RAWLINGS LIBRARY Special Collections & Museum Services  June total attendance was 6,039. Year-to-date attendance is 31,235 compared with 28,119 in 2017.  220 Document Delivery requests, including Ask Us questions, were answered in June, and 703 items from the collection were counted used by customers in June. The obituary index is updated on an ongoing basis. 74 items, including renewals from the Special Collections circulating collection were checked out in June.  Blake Hatton (Digitization Coordinator) digitized 990 pages of documents and photographs. Blake is focusing on adding more material to CONTENTdm and reorganizing digital collection files.  On June 21, Maria Tucker (Special Collections & Museum Services Manager) and Blake Hatton presented the first program on the Digital Memory Lab, Personal Archiving 101, with eleven people attending.  Digital Collections Use was 4,146. There were 392 views of the Colorado Weekly Chieftain and 2,693 views of the Colorado Daily Chieftain. There are now 6,561 items in the digital collection, and 58 items were added in June.  Three intern students from CSU-Pueblo are working on a variety of projects in the department this summer.  There were 27 movies featured in the InfoZone attended by 281.  InfoZone programs included: Music Mod Podge with 22; a Jazz Concert featuring Kimberly Sewell (Museum & Special Collections Coordinator) with 101; and weekly craft programs with 394.  Sunset Preschool toured the InfoZone on June 6 with 127 participants.  Community use of the InfoZone Theater in June included an Essential Oils Class, Paragon Preschool Graduation, Foster Grandparents of Pueblo, Pueblo’s Energy Future, and a Cordova surname research group.  Genealogy and Special Collections programs included: o Maria Tucker made a presentation on Andrew McClelland at the Pikes Peak Library District Regional History Symposium on June 9. There were 200 people in attendance, and it was livestreamed on Facebook. o Research sessions included one on June 5 with 2 attending, Ancestry.com on June 13 with 4, and Noreen Riffe’s Finding Lineage on June 26 had 7. o Weaving the Tzute of Life presentation on June 7 had 18 people in attendance. o The Spoken Word poetry group presentation on June 14 had 15 people. o The book signing presentation for Gloria Mora on her book Mis Crismas had 97 people attend on June 21. o The Cordova surname gathering had 28 people in attendance on June 29.  Maria Tucker has been working with the Colorado Non-Profit Association to partner on two upcoming programs in July and August.  The Heroes Art Project will be on exhibit in May and June, and staff is working on an exhibit of Rock Art. Native Voices and Discover Exoplanets are upcoming traveling exhibits in the InfoZone. A Steampunk exhibit is on the 3rd Floor, and the exhibit on the 3rd floor and branches is Music in Pueblo. Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 3

Reference and Readers Advisory  June displays included: Gardening, BBQ and Grilling, LGBT Non-Fiction, “Read the Rainbow”, Read-A-Likes, and LGBT Fiction.  State Government Documents monthly usage was 31.  Attendance for the weekly Storytellers meetings totaled 51.  Where Do You Read? June passive program. As part of the Summer Reading Program, Lesley Saldana (Customer Service Representative) created an interactive display that asked customers where they like to read, and 130 people participated.  Programs in June included: Bullet Journal Club on June 2 with 11 participants; To Dye for on June 5 with 18; Self- Publishing Workshops on June 4 and 18 had 16; Sound Healing Workshop with Emily Easton on June 19 had 12; Unmask Your Inner Rockstar on June 23 had 45 people of all ages to enjoy decorating masks and listening to music; Vinyl Destination on June 26 had 4; and Standing Like a Rock Advance Directives Seminar on June 30 had 9.  Highlights from the new booklist sent to the Pueblo Chieftain featured Nonfiction: What Truth Sounds Like by Michael Eric Dyson; The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton; and Goodbye, Sweet Girl by Kelly Sundberg; and Fiction: The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson; A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza; and The Pharaoh Key by Douglas J. Preston.

Hispanic Resource Center (HRC)  Exhibits included: Hoping for Heroes by local artist, Maria Lopez, is a collection of small cartoons mixed with abstract backgrounds. Maria earned a Master's degree in painting from Boston University and has shown her work nationally. Colors of the Southwest, pieces from the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center Colors of the Southwest collection will be on display through August 15 in the exhibit cases.  HRC Films were featured on June 12, 19 and 26. Films included Coco, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Kubo and the Two Strings. The films are part of a partnership with the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center and had attendance of 60 in total. Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 4

 HRC Programs had total attendance of 161. Bilingual Stories were offered on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. with 9 in attendance. The final HRC classes for this semester were held on June 5 and 6. Attendance this month for Rawlings was 67. Classes will resume in the fall. On June 2, Maria Smyer (Hispanic Resource Coordinator) hosted a special presentation from the Colorado Springs and Pueblo Chapter of the brain injury support group with 25 attendees who listened to a panel of survivors who shared their stories and resources for other survivors and their caregivers.  Maria Smyer provided a storytime and craft on June 26 at Books in the Park in Bessemer Park. Adult Literacy Program  Adult Literacy has gained many new tutors and learners. Currently, there are 53 active tutors and 78 learners. Many are working on GED or HISET (high school equivalency tests), the English language, and improving reading and writing. Age ranges for students are 15-70. Summertime schedules change time that tutors and learners spend together, but the teams stay connected.  Career Online High School (COHS) will hold the first graduation ceremony on July 19. Five COHS students will be receiving their high school diplomas. In June, thirteen 13 COHS students come to the monthly meeting where they discussed their coursework, their hurdles, and their successes. Our next monthly COHS meeting will be on July 12.  Jackie Swanson (Adult Literacy Coordinator) presented Adult Literacy and Career Online High School information to The Greater Pueblo Chamber on June 10 with 150 business people in attendance. Jackie Swanson also attended the monthly Continuum of Care meeting on June 26 where Pueblo agencies gather and share information about available help for our community. Pueblo City County Library District’s first COHS graduation was recognized. Older Adult and Homebound Programs  The Homebound program has 19 active customers served by 15 active volunteers who delivered 55 items in June.  StoryKeepers had 18 attendees on June 2 to honor dads and granddads by sharing a story about them to pay tribute to that very important man in our lives—our dads! Computer Classes and Digital Training  Total computer training and program attendance: 144 (computer classes, super seniors, open lab, VA group, Workforce)  Open Learning Lab volunteers met for 8 sessions to assist patrons with smartphones, apps, tablets, writing, and laptop tech support. This program had 46 participants.  Lori Kozel (Electronic Resource & Digital Collection Librarian) provided ten technology sessions for 76 patrons. Adult learners were shown how to utilize PCCLD’s Hoopla and Freegal digital content resources, how to upload their own videos onto YouTube, and ways to organize their smartphone apps. Attendees learned how to create documents and spreadsheets in Microsoft Word and were given resources for job searching and resume writing tips.  Eleven military veterans from the Community Living Center utilized Chromebooks to explore Chrome Music Lab and complete a mouse tutorial to expand their fine motor skills.  Lori Kozel provided three basic computer classes to 11 job seekers at the Pueblo Workforce Center. Attendees learned how to create MS Word documents, maneuver the computer mouse, and how to locate information on the Internet. Idea Factory  Total Idea Factory program attendance was 383. One-on-One Computer help was provided to 22; American Sign Language for Beginners had 12 attendees; Southern Colorado Threadbenders had 5; The Pursuit of Endurance Author Event had 52; Unleash Your Inner Rock Star Mask Making had 45; Origami Odyssey had 6; SoCo Makers Meetup had 10; Meet Your Maker-Entrepreneur & Innovator Speaker Series had 4; and Making The Future STEAM Camp had 227. Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 5

 The Idea Factory filled 16 3D printing requests, there were 645 Thingiverse Views and 581 Thingiverse downloads, and 1,156 used the Tech Bar in June.  The 2018 IDEA Con was another successful event with 2nd floor activities featuring a mix of maker activities, STEM, cosplay, art and music. Questbotics brought programmable robots. The Steel City Makers scanned patrons and made 3D Printed Busts. DJ Damien Selects and Dancer Xavier Gutierrez entertained the crowd with music and dance. Gregory Howell conducted a presentation about Watertower Place. The Society for Creative Anachronism reenacted medieval knight battles. Several comic book artists and crafters showcased their goods in the vendors’ area. Videos from the day can be viewed at the following URLs: Dancing Dino Idea Con 2018 - https://youtu.be/lJLKgdgWmBE; Xavier Gutierrez Idea Con 2018 - https://youtu.be/AZNKU4IaL7k; and Xavier Gutierrez IDEA Con 2018 - https://youtu.be/QG9XcepztDo  Fifty-two customers attended The Pursuit of Endurance author event. Davis spoke about how she overcame the challenges of injury and discouragement to complete the one mountain trail she had failed numerous times before.  Staff from CSU-Pueblo County Extension conducted Making the Future STEAM Camp at the library, a 2-week STEAM education camp with youth ages 8 to 13. Through a scholarship program, 100% of participants were able to attend tuition free. The staff at CSU-Pueblo County Extension wanted to ensure the camp engaged with a diverse group of underserved and at-risk youth. The first week focused on coding and robotics, while the second week featured E-Textiles. The group used Idea Factory supplies in conjunction with their own to facilitate the class. Over 20 students attended the class each day, with a different cohort each week. Youth Services  Youth Services sponsored program attendance in June 2018 was 3,042 compared with 2,453 in June 2017, a 24% increase.  Youth Services in-house program attendance in June 2018 was 9,015 compared with 4,395 in June 2017, a 105% increase.  The library received a Kinder Morgan grant of $5,000 for teen Summer Reading.  Grant-funded intern, Rhyia Bibby, began her work with Ellie O’Keefe (Teen Librarian) this month.  Total family Summer Reading attendance was 2,246 compared with 1,521 in 2017, a 48% The YS Team meets Pikachu at IDEA Con increase.

The Steelworks Museum presents Mystery Minerals at Lamb Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 6

 Tween Summer Reading programming had presenters visit Lucero, Lamb, Rawlings and Pueblo West. Weekly presenters this year were Mr. E and Kyle Groves, The Steelworks Museum, CSU- Pueblo Outdoor Pursuits, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Attendance was 268.  Tween STEAM Makers Camp was facilitated and arranged by Derrick Mason, and Youth Services provided a Robotics Kit for the first week of the program with 117 in attendance. Kids line up to see Police and Fire Department vehicles at the Summer  Lucero, Lamb, Rawlings and Pueblo West Reading Kickoff also offered weekly teen programs including cake decorating and jewelry- making workshops and a professional escape room. Attendance was 218.  This year, inspired by the success of family drop-in programs last year, Ellie O’Keefe (Teen Librarian) developed two “Make and Take” sets for teens and tweens. June’s kit was String Art. These kits were given out at Giodone, Greenhorn, the Beulah Satellite, Pueblo West, Rawlings, and Barkman reaching 102 participants.  Youth Services contributed money and supplies for branches teen/tween kickoffs, lock-ins and other parties. Pueblo West offered Laser Tag with 22 participants; Barkman Wii Lock-in with 20; Greenhorn IDEA Con Valley Laser Tag with 15; Giodone Teen Water Fight with 15; Giodone Minecraft event with 4; Rawlings Laser Tag with 15. Total attendance was 91.  Combined Tween/Teen attendance was 796 compared with 839 in 2017, a 5% decrease.  This year’s kickoff was a wonderful collaboration between Youth Services and Community Relations, featuring a bounce house, Chase and Marshall from Paw Patrol, visits from the Police and Fire Departments, snacks, live music, rock painting and more! Attendance was 1,545.  IDEACon was a fantastic success this year, a collaboration between Youth A young Transformer at IDEA Con Muralist Mat Taylor and his IDEA Con Services, Reference & Readers creation Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 7

Advisory, Special Collections, and the InfoZone. This year’s celebration of fandom, comics and making of all kinds included local vendors, a puzzle booth from SoCo Escapes, combat demos from the Society for Creative Anachronism, karaoke, a cosplay contest and fashion show, a makeup demo from Gil Mosko, game demos from Chaos Games, Pokemon crafts for kids and a Pikachu photo booth. Attendance was 1,249.  This is the second year of the partnership with School District 60 to provide free lunch for kids with 725 served.  Because the District 60-provided supper ended several days before the lunch program began, Youth Services provided afterschool snacks with funding from the Friends of the Library for the first week of June, reaching 85.  To test the waters and experiment with providing programming for parents, Youth Services is partnering with Care and Share to offer a 7-week Cooking Matters course. This course is different from many PCCLD programs. Attendance was 26.  Monday Gaming Hangouts were provided for tweens with 46 attending. A Center for Disabilities Outreach had 39 participants.  The Teen Advisory Board had 13 participants, and Teen Hangouts had 52.  There is a large group of tweens who are “graduating” from tween programming, but still do not feel comfortable attending teen programs. A weekly Craft Break is an attempt to bridge the gap between tweens and teens, and help them get to know Wildlife sightings at IDEA Con each other to set up a successful year of teen programming. Attendance was 50.  Kids Club had 57 participants.  Total Storytime attendance in June was 529 including: Baby Time with 61 participants; Time for Tots with 85; Family Storytime with 95; Storytime @ the Y with 64; Storytime at the Mall with 55; and Summer Zoo Storytime with 169.  This year Books in the Park is experimenting with a change in schedule with Mondays- Wednesdays at Bessemer, and Thursdays and Fridays at Fairmount, which started the second week of June. The extra day at Bessemer Park has been very well-attended, with 294 total attendees. A decrease in circulation (3,183 compared with 4,894 in June 2017, a 35% decrease) is probably due to a lower checkout limit. Due to concerns about a lower supply of books, checkouts were limited to two per person per day. In July, this limit will be raised to four. Despite a slight decrease in visits, lunches given out at Books in the Park show a 21% increase, demonstrating the vital importance of this program in helping to meet the community’s basic needs. Visits to Books in the Park were 1,122, compared with 1,135 in June 2017, a 1% decrease. Snacks were served to 404, and lunches were served to 873.  The following other outreach programs were provided in June: Summer Fest on June 2 reached 1,500; Carlile Most Improved Reader Awards reached 131; Community Baby Shower reached 200; Minnequa Most Improved Reader Awards reached 265; Eva Baca program reached 400; Sunset Park visit reached 36; and Fountain Most Improved Reader Awards reached 650. Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 8

BARKMAN LIBRARY  Paula Pryich (Librarian) had 55 in attendance for Preschool Storytimes and Stories on the Fly and 64 for outreach at Building Blocks, CSU-Pueblo and SPELL for preschool storytime visits.  Matthew Parlier (Library Specialist) had 71 in attendance for Toddler Storytimes; 32 for Chess Hangout; 10 for Make Your Own Toothbrush Robot; 24 for Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meetings and teen TAB Lock-in; and 60 for Crossword Search.  Summer Reading Programs (SRP) included 231 attendees for Family Programming: Creative Movement with Sangre De Cristo Center, Animal Encounters with the Zoo, Rockin’ Rockets, Instrument Petting Zoo; 36 attendees for Tween SRP kits; 46 for Teen SRP kits; and 64 attendees for Adult SRP including Tai Chi, Meet with Author Judith A Stone, Dream Interpretation with Tianna Galgano, Balloon Animal Magic, and Hairdo with the Hair Dad!  Barkman staff and Youth Services hosted programs included: 112 attendees for the SRP Kickoff Event hosted by all Barkman staff and volunteers; 24 attendees for the Book Discussion group featuring local author Judith Stone; 20 attendees for Popcorn, Minecraft, and Video Game Lock-in; 22 attendees for Pizza, Card Games and Board Games Lock-in; 11 for Tech Tutoring; 86 for Barkman Weekly Trivia; 30 for the Crafty Needles Group; 226 for Adult Coloring program; and 32 for the ongoing Barkman reading challenge.  491 meals were given out with the D60 partnership.  The CSU-Pueblo Fest attended by Kayci Barnett (Giodone Library Manager) and Alicia Griebel (Barkman Library Manager) had 70 in attendance.  The Rockin’ Pueblo: Music Through the Years exhibit provided by Community Relations had 786 attendees.

GIODONE LIBRARY  Kayci Barnett (Giodone Library Manager) and Lori Kern (Customer Service Representative) attended the Juneteenth Community Event on June 16 to promote Summer Reading reaching 98 participants.  On Thursdays in June, Paula Pryich (Librarian) visited Los Pobres to provide a storytime and craft for families which reached 39.  Kayci Barnett presented on digital resources at the D60 teacher training on June 25 reaching twelve.  Lorina Messenger (Library Specialist) provided storytimes and crafts at the Boone Headstart on June 26 and will continue through July.  Kayci Barnett promoted library services to CSU-Pueblo students at the CSU-Pueblo Fest on June 30.  There were 35 programs in June reaching 901 participants.  Paula Pryich hosted eight Family Storytimes in June on Thursdays and Fridays and occasional drop-ins with a total of 61 attendees.  The Summer Reading Kickoff held on June 1 featured a Bounce House, Clown, Face Painter, and Cotton Candy. Plus, Vineland’s own Media Specialist David Gouge and his band the Barn Burners played for 195 participants.  The Minecraft Gaming Session held on June 2 had 4 attending.  A Teen and Tween Summer Reading Water fight was held on June 6. This was a Friends- sponsored program and the first year to try it. Fifteen participants had water guns and free snow cones. Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 9

 An Instrument Petting Zoo allowed 26 participants to try out various musical instruments on June 26.  Cyber Seniors was scheduled on June 11, but no one showed up and will be tried at a different time.  The final session of Return of Fairies family craft time was held on June 12 with 12 attending. This craft project was presented in a series so participants could get a bit more intricate, but only one family attended consistently.  Hiking Safety for the Family was presented on June 15 for three.  From Class Clown to Talk of the Town was held on June 20 with nine attending. A customer who also happens to be a comedian suggested this program. A great crowd turned out and really engaged the male tween audience as well as adults and teens.  This year Giodone is trying passive programs for Teens and Tweens because they found programs at specific times were not well attended in the summer. Giodone gave away 20 Make and Take String Art kits to tweens and teens.  Fossil Fun for Kids offered a different activity each week for kids to participate in whenever they came to the library. Hatch a Dinosaur had 22 participants; Dinosaurs and PlayDoh had 47; Create a Dinosaur Skelton had 52; and Pteranodon Dinosaur Mobile Craft had 48.  The Avondale Satellite had 146 visits and hosted three Maker Clubs with a total of 125 participants. GREENHORN VALLEY LIBRARY

 Greenhorn Valley Library had a total of 765 children, tweens and teens participate in programs and community outreach during the month of June. This month the branch focused on creating a new Friday Family series which was a big and unexpected success with the community! Two of our most popular youth and family programs came from this series; Kids Painting Party which was led by Sharon Rice (Library Specialist) and Library Slime Lab lead by Joanna Stankiewicz. We hope to continue this series into the school year. Also added for this month was a new Adaptive Storytime designed for children of all ages with special needs. We hope to continue this kind of storytime as an outreach project in the local school district. We doubled the amount of excited patrons that attended this year’s Summer Reading Kick-Off Party!  Youth and family programming in June included: the Summer Reading Kick-Off Party had 75 participants; weekly Music and Movement Storytime had 78; Adaptive Storytime had 44; Animal Encounters with the Pueblo Zoo had 68; Craft at the Beulah Satellite had 10; Tinker Lab Tuesdays had 9; Teen Tech Night had 1; Laser Tag Lock-in had 15; Gross Science: Exploring Snot had 5. Family Fun Fridays included a Kids Painting Party with 37 participants; Hurray for Heiku with 5; and Slime Lab with 38. Passive programs included: Chalk Messages passive program had 35 participants; Sunflower Stick Together had 200; Musical Fun Craft program had 120; Beulah Teen Make ‘n’ Take Craft had 15; and Teen Make ‘n’ Take craft had 10. Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 10

 Greenhorn Valley Library had 343 adult program participants in June. The 2018 DIY Adult Summer Series successfully kicked off (made possible by a Friends of the Library grant) this month, with the majority of classes registered to the max and patrons excited for future programs. Learn Calligraphy introduced new community members to the library, who enjoyed the visual art form of writing. Our regular adult monthly programs like Sip ’n’ Stroke and Felted Dog continue to be very well attended.

 Adult family programs included: Play Pinochle at the Library! with 76 participants; The Felted Dog with 28; Sewing Class: Happy Birthday USA with 8; Tai Chi with Thoy with 41; History Night @ Your Library with 23; Sip ‘n’ Stroke with 16; First Aid and CPR Certification had 6; GHV Plant Sale and Market had 75; Perennial Favorites Presents: Container Gardens with 19; Making Soap with 10; Learn Calligraphy with 36; and Energy Healing with 5. ● Organizations that used community rooms this month included: West Hatchet Property Owners Association, Grace Cross Tutoring, Bible Study Group, Meadow Creek HOA, Valley Backpacks, Scrapbooking Club, Chamber of Commerce, Quilting Club, Volunteers for Community, as well as 13 non-organizational meetings. LAMB LIBRARY  The Lamb Library held seven events for adults with 66 participants. o The Free Legal Self Help Clinic had 5 participants; the film Chicago had 4; Make a Fairy Jar had 18; Open Mic Night had 13; Make Felted Soap had 18; Music Swap and Journal Jam had 5; and Cook the Book Club had 3. o Craft programs continued to be popular with Lamb customers with two events each with 18 participants. o Lamb offered an after-hours Open Mic Night that had 13 participants. A number of customers brought instruments and participated by singing and playing music.  Lamb offered 30 events for Youth, Tweens and Teens and had 1,460 participants. o Lamb visited Beulah Heights Elementary to promote Summer Reading and give Most Improved Reader Awards on June 1. o Lamb welcomed 50 3rd grade students from South Park Elementary on June 4 for a tour and storytime. o Summer Reading family programs held each Thursday in June averaged about 70 participants. The most attended family program in June was the Grupo Folklorico del Pueblo dancers with 90 attendees. o Summer Reading Tween programs have averaged 15 participants. The magic workshop and the Mystery Minerals programs each had 20 attendees.  Lamb continues its collaboration with School District 60 this summer to provide free lunches to youth up to age 18. The program continues to be a success at Lamb with over 1,079 lunches served in June. That is an average of 72 lunches served per week day.  Rockin’ Pueblo: Music through the Years was the featured exhibit where 581 visitors could view historic musical photographs from the Special Collections department archive.

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LUCERO LIBRARY

Thumb tack art Face painting with Kimberly Summer Reading at Lucero  Nicki Lawless (Youth Librarian) presented the following Summer Reading programs with total attendance of 181: Perler Beads with 13 participants; Creative Movement with 11; Magic Workshop with 7; Jewelry Workshop with 14; Animal Encounters with 24; Mystery Minerals with 2; Ukuleles with 16; Rockets with 28; CSU-Pueblo Outdoor Pursuits with 17; Cake Decorating with 21; Instrument Petting Zoo with 31; and Sculpt-a-Saurus with 27.  Jerry Vigil (Library Specialist) presented the following adult programs with total attendance of 59: Sun Catchers with 8 participants; Felt Guitars with 15; Paper Wreath with 16; and Mosaic Flower Pots with 20.  Kimberly Sewell (Library Specialist) presented the following Summer Reading adult programs with total attendance of 122: Teacup Cards with 14; Teacup Planters with 30; Guitar Pick Jewelry with 20; Tea Bath Bags with 17; Rock Garden with 9; Tea Trivets with 15; Paint and Pastries with 17.

Ukuleles Cake Decorating Dinosaurs  Mark Salazar (Hardknox Gang Prevention and Intervention) met with 172 kids.  Diann Logie (Lucero Library Manager) attended the Public Service Manager meeting, Strategic Planning meeting; Pillars of Unity Symposium, and participated in interviews for security positions.  Lucero staff delivered 735 items for the Books a la Carte program.

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PUEBLO WEST LIBRARY  Community display cases featured a July 4th display and Summer Fun display. The art exhibit featured Donna Leal Photography.  The Pueblo West Library held a total of 95 programs with a total of 1,807 participants. o Adult programs featured 54 events attended by 967. Highlights included: Summer Reading Kickoff with 150; Pueblo West Summerfest with 200; Chair Yoga on Wednesdays and Thursdays with 124; Tech Talk on Mondays with 19; Sew Happy-Earphone Case with 8; Coffee and Coloring with 15; Pueblo West Genealogy Club with 8; DIY-Personalized Coffee Mugs with 27; Lincoln Street Brass Americana Concert with 25; Acupuncture and Regenerative Medicine with 7; Birdhouse Book Folding with 5; and Bee Harvesting and Demonstration with 35. o Young adult programs for teen and tween customers had 16 programs attended by 308. Highlights included: Teen Summer Hangout attended by 6; Glass and Beads-Jewelry Workshop with 20; Maze Café—an Escape Room from SoCo Escapes with 12; Basic Cake Decorating with 5; Cosplay program with 25; Music Box Orientation with 2; Growing STEAM Makers with 8; Leadership Challenge with CSU-Pueblo Outdoor Pursuits with 10; Sculpt-a- Saurus with 12; Laser Tag Lock-in with 22; four Pueblo West Trivia events with 119; Summer Magic Mystery with 55; and Mystery Minerals with 12. o Children had 25 programs attended by 748. Highlights included: Salida Circus is Making Music! with 150; Rockin, RockOut and RockOn at the Library with Katherine Dines’ Hunk-Ta- Bunk-Ta Music with 80; LocoMotion: The Science & Circus Arts Show with 95; Grupo Folklorico del Pueblo with 90; Glass Harp Interactive Station with 434; eight Toddler Storytimes with 189; four Baby Storytimes with 35; four Family Storytimes with 73; and four Signing Stories with 36.  An estimated 388 people used the Pueblo West study rooms in June. FACILITIES  305 work orders were completed.  57 custodial work orders were completed.  An engineer evaluated the Rawlings building pressure.  The 5-year elevator inspection was completed at Lamb.  The 5-year fire system inspection was completed at Lamb.  The 1-year fire inspection was completed at Rawlings.  Repaired the Rawlings and Lamb grounds from contractor boring.  Installed sink in Barkman meeting room.  Supported IdeaCon, Books in the Park, and other summer programs.  Facilities has spent a lot of time repairing sprinklers throughout the district.  Replaced 20 fire damper actuators.  Worked on reorganizing shop areas. HUMAN RESOURCES New Hires, Promotions and Lateral Moves  Aaron Ramirez was hired as Librarian Archivist in Special Collections & Museum Services.  David Murray was hired as Security Officer for the Pueblo West Library.  Rhyia Bibby was hired as an intern under the PLA Inclusive Internship Initiative.  Cynthia Nicola was promoted to Circulation Assistant.  Kari Schafer was promoted to Customer Service Representative at Barkman.  Elizabeth Moore is making a lateral move with more hours as Customer Service Representative from the Barkman Library to the Pueblo West Library. Separations  Gerald Childs voluntarily resigned as Facilities Technician. Recruiting/Open Positions in June:  Security Officer, part-time.  Substitutes, as needed Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 13

 Facilities Technician, full-time.  Materials Handling Technician at Barkman, part-time.  Day Porter, Facilities, part-time (current day porter will move to one of the Facilities Technician openings). Volunteers  2,093.75 volunteer hours valued at $51,694.69 (estimated by Independent Sector’s figure of $24.69 per hour). Shannon Chapman-Bourgeault was selected as Volunteer of the Month for June for her work with the Adult Literacy program. USER SERVICES  4,939 items were added to the collection in June, and 3,313 items were withdrawn.  Jill Deulen (User Services Director) attended ALA in New Orleans June 22 through June 26. She visited with our current vendors and learned more about the upcoming migration from Koha. She also viewed The Public, a drama that deals with the prevalent issue of homelessness and public libraries.  Jill Deulen met with Charles Hutchins (Information Technology Director), Jon Walker, and Bibliotheca to discuss the upgrade from the selfchecks to Quick Connect. This upgrade changes cash management procedures as well as displays the library events calendar and makes suggestions to customers based on their checkouts.  Jill Deulen drafted a migration plan from Sirsi to Koha. She will meet with key staff in July for the project’s implementation.  Regina Ward, the new Circulation Supervisor, will begin working on July 9. Jill Deulen has created an onboarding plan for her that focuses on learning about Sirsi and PCCLD’s policies.  RFID Solutions visited to fix the bookdrop machine and will be upgrading equipment at Rawlings, Lamb, Barkman, and Pueblo West in the fall.  Additional meeting room guidelines that outline fees have been added to the website.  Tom Sumpter from Brodart visited on June 6 and met with Elizabeth Flores and Rich Poll (Collection Development Librarians).  Rich Poll and Theia Bravo (Collection Development Librarians) are ordering copies of the All Pueblo Reads book, The Cold Dish as well as seasons of the Longmire series.  A migration call was held with Koha on June 12.  It was determined at ALA that Koha and BiblioCommons will be able to work together so we will get to keep the current OPAC.  Jessica Casados (Interlibrary Loan Assistant) and Theia Bravo (Collection Development Librarian) are working on updating the Interlibrary Loan policy. STAFF DEVELOPMENT  Darlene Sherwood (Purchasing Specialist) attended Commercial Card training provided by UMB Bank on June 1.  Midori Clark (Community Relations/Development/Strategic Initiatives Director) and Gloria Madrill (Administrative Assistant) attended the International Association of Library Fundraisers Conference in Denver on June 3-4.  Loretta McDaniel attended Payroll training provided by Fred Pryor Seminars on June 4.  Derrick Mason (Idea Factory Librarian) attended Picademy Denver Workshop in Denver on June 4-5 to learn the Raspberry Pi microcontroller.  Four Finance staff members attended the Visa Intellilink Migration webinar provided by UMB Bank on June 5.  Jill Deulen (User Services Director) had call center training on June 6.  Ellie O’Keefe (Teen Librarian) attended the Youth Suicide Focus Group on June 7.  Sherri Baca (Chief Financial Officer) attended the SDA Regional Workshop in Fountain on June 11 along with Board members, Doreen Martinez and Marlene Bregar.  Sherri Baca (Chief Financial Officer) attended “Government Pension Accounting & Financial Reporting” provided by the Colorado Society of CPAs on June 12.  David Paez (Giodone Materials Handling Technician) attended Circulation Bootcamp on June 14. Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 14

 Muse McGinnis (Giodone Materials Handling Technician) attended Beginning Library Customer Service on June 18.  Kayci Barnett (Giodone Library Manager) attended Youth Development Training sponsored by the Pueblo Health Department on June 21.  Ellie O’Keefe (Teen Librarian), Maria Kramer (Youth Services Manager), and Natalie Gallegos (Youth Library Specialist) attended Positive Youth Development Training on June 21.  Sherri Baca (Chief Financial Officer) attended “Accountability, Respect & Trust in the Workplace” provided by the Colorado Society of CPAs on June 21.  Jill Deulen (User Services Director) attended ALA in New Orleans June 22 through June 26.  Blake Hatton (Digitization Coordinator) participated in webinar training on June 25 as part of the ongoing training provided by the DC Public Library and the Digital Memory Lab grant.  All Special Collections & Museum Services staff attended Personal Digital Archiving 101 training provided by Maria Tucker (Special Collections & Museum Services Manager) and Blake Hatton (Digitization Coordinator) in June. THANK YOU MESSAGES  The library received a Community Service Certificate from Stephanie Walthall, Tax Consultant W&I with the Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service which states, “In recognition of outstanding public service contributed to your community through the SPEC (Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication) VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) and TCE (Tax Counseling for the Elderly) programs.” The certificate was presented at an appreciation luncheon attended by Sarah Meador (Meeting Room Coordinator).  The library also received a letter from Frank Nolden, Director, Stakeholder Partnerships, SPEC with the Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service which read: “Thank you for your support of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) return preparation programs. It is a special honor to acknowledge you for the role your organization played in helping to return millions of dollars back into the communities you serve. I am proud of the amazing and outstanding support organizations such as yours provide each year to deliver a great filing season. We set high goals this filing season and I want to thank you for your efforts in helping us reach those goals. Further, you and other community based organizations helped millions of taxpayers to receive the tax credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, for which they were eligible. This credit helps to make life a little easier for many taxpayers across the nation. We know for certain that partners play a significant role at the IRS and I want to express my sincere appreciation for the support you and your members have given for the VITA and TCE programs. Your organization’s assistance is a valued service and is definitely needed for the continued success of these volunteer programs. I look forward to working with you in the coming years.”  Theresa Kosak sent the following email to Jon Walker: “Just wanted to pass on how enjoyable and helpful it is to have the library in the park. I have been several times this week and the turnout and feedback is phenomenal. I have brought several people and they are all amazed at how beneficial that is to provide books to the community and a place to congregate. Maria (Kramer- Youth Services Manager), Kirsten (Dees-Early Literacy Librarian), Lauren (Valdez-Seasonal Books in the Park Assistant) and everyone make you feel so welcomed! Thank you again for everything the library does for the community.”  Christine Kreger, Professional Development Consultant with the Colorado State Library, sent the following email to Sarah Meador (Meeting Room Coordinator): “It just dawned on me that I never took the time to thank you and the staff at Pueblo for all you did to help make the Successful Supervision workshop we held there in May a success. From booking the room, to security helping us get in to the library early, to letting us have lunch delivered. Everything went smoothly, and everyone was so friendly. Thanks again, and be sure to pass along my thanks to the staff! You guys are awesome!”  Angelina Lucero left the following Comment Form: “I am writing this message to your Library Managers/staff members. I just restarted coming back into your library after about 1 year or so. I endured a horrible hardship and dealt with some personalities that were far from being called human. I’m sorry for putting it this way, but I have been traumatized and I don’t come out of my Executive Director Report July 26, 2018 – 15

home nor talk to hardly anybody on a daily basis. The reason I am out today is because I was watching Dr. Phil and wanted some books to read that was related to the Dr. Phil Show/episode. He had some girls on there that endured some horrible life altering situations and they both wrote some books. But to get to the real reasons of why I am writing you. I want to let you all know that you have the most pleasant lady working here. She attended to what I was asking for with such a beautiful attitude. I had such a happy heart and a smile on my face when I left her presence. She has a gentle spirit that people can feel about her. And I was one of them I’m happy to say! So please let Lori Kozel (E-Resource & Digital Collection Librarian) know how she has impacted me. I would deeply appreciate this. To me she is the #1 staff of the Month. Congratulations Lori Kozel I thank you for being you! Bye.”  Theresa Kosak sent the following email to Jon Walker: “I attended the Lamb Branch cupcake decorating class. I wanted to pass on what a wonderful staff at that branch: Andrew (Bregar- Lamb Library Manager), Mary (Kratz-Customer Service Representative), and Rachael (Parlier- Librarian) always go out of their way to assist and are open to future classes. I actually referred a friend of mine and her granddaughter for story hour there. She raved about the services and how enjoyable staff made her feel. I also forgot to mention the phenomenal job Jackie (Swanson-Adult Literacy Coordinator) did and her group with the summer beverage class. Several things occurred in the class and Jackie was so professional in the way she interacted with everyone. Peublo is so blessed to have the great services offered at the library and the satellite libraries! I also want to thank you for your tremendous leadership. The greatness of the library is a reflection of the leadership, staff and board members!”

Respectfully submitted, Jon Walker Executive Director