2012 First Quarter Programs

The Apple Butler.  Love the way this guy created his own name.  We partnered with him for 3 weeks in January and he really wanted to pull information fromt he general population as part of research for his book.  The only downside was that our computer lab had PCs instead of Macs.  And frankly, more and more folks are buying apple products.  I wonder if there's a grant out there to furnish a library computer lab with MACs!

This is our 6th year of BookBite and the group is constant at 25 members.  They choose the books and use the round robin technique, which is appropriate for such a large and vocal group.  I thought this could be a self-managed group, however, the group is more comfortable with staff on hand to handle the ones who are unaware of the time when they are talking.  A note about self-managed programs - they're great for economic days like these.

 Chinese New Year Celebration is a big event for this library and 300 is a lot of people to handle with a bunch of volunteers to set up and monitor.  This is our second year and our Friends of the Tustin Library got on board to support by donating $1000 to the committee.  Partnering with the community is a lot of work and stress does take its toll if you are not flexible.

Our Craft Guild is going great!  One of the members pulled out and so I have 40 photo boxes stashed in storage which I'll use for something else.  The members are great and once a month frequency is perfect.  For next season, with a new committee, I'll need to find a strong leader so they could get this going and running on their own.

Love this presenter!  She is a pro and exudes excitement and clarity in her expertise.  The room was packed with all ages and we learned the skill, hands on.  Our partnership allows her to get some exposure, however, the real exposure she aims is at the schools where it's a little difficult.  On the other hand, great program from the public, especially for the elderly seeking ways to exercise their brain. 

 This program was arranged by the branch manager and is totally self-managed.  If the facilitator keeps going, I'm sure he'll get a good sized class. 

This one here is a tricky one.  I feel like I'm fishing and still waiting for the tug.  I've posted these up and sent a few emails out to the business community and have not yet received a response.  I decided to do this because a few businesses had asked for time and space at the library to do a few free programs.  Hmmm... 

 I think this one will be super fun.  Sounds super fun and April is coming just around the corner.  Guess I better get my travel pictures up. 

**UPDATE 4/6/12 - OK...took this sucker down.  No interest there:(

Thank goodness someone has volunteered from the community to teach computer classes.  They don't have to be an expert, just hold basic knowledge of how to operate a computer. 

I wonder if I should put together an easy lesson plan so anyone can teach the concept.  Hmmmm...