Monthly Report: April 2026

I hosted Get Up & Dance for Kids, a monthly recurring program I offer on the first Saturday of the month, in which children are encouraged by music to move around and learn to follow directions in a fun environment.
As part of the Vaisakhi annual initiative, I created a cardstock flag and an informational zine with a mini coloring page for attendees to make and color. The program, Vaisakhi Craft, was on Saturday, April 18th. 3 persons attended.
For National Poetry Month annual initiative that I am a part of, I coordinated and hosted 4 Typewriter Type-Ins.

Saturday, April 11th at Schaefer Branch Library. Sixteen persons attended.
Sunday, April 19th at Encino Branch Library. Eighteen persons attended.
Saturday, April 25th here at Mission. Twenty-eight persons attended. Two were repeats from prior type-ins.
Sunday, April 26th at Potranco Branch Library. Seven persons attended; 3 were repeats from prior type-ins.

I attended the monthly Discovery Team meeting. The goal of the committee is to improve how patrons discover and access library materials digitally.

I attended the Collection Development: Reviving the Collection training held virtually on Wednesday, April 29th. In the training, I observed and learned how and when to repair the spine of a book and how to recover a book.