December 15, 2016In-Service Staff Day

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WelcomeWashoe County Library Staff!

Agenda

8am- Breakfast refreshments

8:30am- 2016 Accomplishments (Library Director)

9am- Speaker (Tod Colgrove)

10am Break-out Sessions Zinio/Mango/Koios Training and

Update- John Andrews Learning Express - Vendor Rep First Grade Outreach Training-

Beate Weinert/Jana MacMillan

11:15 Wrap-up and release to branches

Thursday, December 15th 8am- 11:30am, the Atlantis

Early LiteracyGrants Awarded- State Collection Development $7,000, Summer Reading Program (Stay and Play) $2800 (May, Nov 2016)1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Launch (September 2016)Children’s Book Fundraiser (Give the Gift of Reading) (Nov/Dec 2016)Reno Bighorns Charity of the Night (Dec. 2016)Washoe County School District Library Cards (Every Student issued card, Opt-in) (Dec 2016)Child Fine Free Card (Dec. 2016)

MakerspacesNCLabs Coding Camp (June/July

2016)Start-up School (April 2016)MT-1 (Feb-Apr 2016)Chromebook Labs/Training (Dec.

2016)3D Printer Coding starting (Dec.

2016)

Renovations

North Valleys Renovation (Nov/Dec 2016)

Tacchino Trust plans ($900,000 for renovation of Downtown Reno, Sparks, and Northwest and to expand Children’s Collections post renovations). (Nov/Dec 2016)

OperationalMonday Hours, 35 more weekly hours (January 2016)Establishment of Lucky Day Collection (February 2016)Added new searchable & filterable online events platform (LibCal) (April 2016)Establishment of In-Service Days (April 2016)Celebration of 50 Year Anniversary of the Downtown Reno Library (May 2016)Programming Retreat (July 2016)ALA/NLA Membership for Staff (July 2016)Java Lounge established at Spanish Springs Library (July 2016)Programming services restored at Partnership Libraries (June/July 2016)Restoration of Reference Team and Marketing Team (August 2016)IMLS National Medal Nomination (Oct. 2016)LSTA Grant submitted (AMH) (Nov 2016)Repair Sierra View Library HVAC, restoration of bathrooms. (July, December 2016)Collection Development Changes (Reduction of Wait Times, increase funding towards children’s materials, emphasize digital presence). (2016)

Technology Launched Basic Computer Skills classes at SC (January 2016 following November 2015 reconfiguration) Added new searchable & filterable online events platform (LibCal) (April 2016)Partnership with Koios to show library availability on Amazon and Google via browser plugin (May 2016)Social Media for Seniors pilot program w/ AARP Nevada (May 2016) – 47 attended at RN & SC. Hope to launch as regular AARP Nevada program in 2017. 586 attended; 80 classes offered.New website launched (June 2016)Koha Cloud Hosted (Nov. 2016)

Partnerships Nevada Humanities – Chautauqua, Young Chautauqua performers, Pop-up Salons, Literary CrawlNevada Museum of Art Northern NV Literacy CouncilPaws 4 Love presents Paws 2 Read—children read to specially trained therapy dogsPioneer Center for the Performing Arts Youth Programs—arts and cultural performancesRegistrar of Voters – Early Voting and Election-Day VotingReno Little Theatre—live theater performancesSierra Water Color Society – art workshops and gallery displaysSpellbinders Magic Extravaganza brought to us by Education Renaissance of Nevada Initiative (ERNI)Tahoe Rim Trail AssociationU.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services UNR and the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience - Brain Awareness programsUNR Cooperative Extension – Radon programsUNR English Department, together with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Lifescapes Senior Writing ProgramUNR English Dept: Young Writers Workshops UNR Performing Arts Series—arts and cultural performances

• Bruka Theatre—live theater performances• Community Foundation of Western Nevada and

KNPB - Classes on financial and estate planning

• Historic Reno Preservation Society—presentations

• Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful --workshops

School PartnershipsWCLS provides public library service at three schools, supports literacy and school curricula, and informs students, parents and school-district staff about library resources and servicesPartnership libraries at Duncan Elementary, Verdi Elementary and Gerlach K-12WCLS representatives provide library information and edutainment workshops/presentations and booths @ Reading/Literacy nights, Career Days etc. at elementary, middle and high schools, and provide Professional Development workshops for educators.First Grade Initiative—targeting ALL 1st graders at public and private schoolsParent University partner providing WCLS informational workshops, host library tours, Family Access Day presentationsWCLS partnered in the Striving Readers Grant which expanded the Parent University/WCLS workshops and added the school-wide card carrying initiative and public library tours as part of class offerings

Conference AttendanceNevada Reading Week (Reno) - 2 PLA (Colorado) – 4 ALA – none NLA (Las Vegas) – 5 MPLA (Colorado) – 2 Internet Librarian (California)– 1John presented at Internet Librarian on KoiosKoha (California) – 2 Summer Reading (Nevada) – 3 RN hosted the Northeast District of NLA Meet and Greet on Sep. 30 (Brenda Owens at RN is the Chair of this District) Corinne Dickman Graduation from Leadership Reno/Sparks (September, 2016) RN hosted Leadership Reno/Sparks class (June, 2016) Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)(Nevada) – 1RN hosted PR to Go Conference (August, 2016)

Fundraising Gifts $49,842  Fundraising $8,406  Grants $68,413  Tacchino $902,000BCC: $15,000 Friends of Washoe County Library: $145,000

Upcoming RFID implementation 2017 Libraries close consistently at 6pm M-Th (Jan 2017)  Sierra View seven day service (January 2017) Duncan/Traner five day service (January 2017) Core Team Retreat (January 2017) 3D Coding Camp Partnerships with UNR (February 2017) Leadership Team Retreat (March 2017) Customer Service Training (February 2017) Helen Barr Exhibit (Holocaust) April 2017 Three Year Technology Plan (Spring 2017) MPLA/NLA at South Lake Tahoe (October 2017) (Time to show off) Reno Aces Summer Reading Program Partnership/Library Day

(August 2017) Strategic Plan Process (Fall 2017) Downtown Reno Library Renovation Project (Fundraising in

conjunction with Tacchino Trust)(Fall 2017) Washoe County Library Foundation project (2017) Makerspace Consortia (2017) CIPA Compliance/ERATE (2018)

PossibilitiesBook Bike OutreachBike Lockers with Bike Repair kits

(Downtown Reno, Sparks)Biggest Little Book Festival (October

2018)Renown Early Literacy Program (2017)Outreach to Early Literacy Centers

(2017)New North Valleys Library (2020)New Sierra View Library (2024)

Washoe County Library SystemJeff ScottDirector

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Thank YouWashoe County Library Staff!