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OFFICIAL NOTICE AND AGENDA

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COUNTY OF MARATHON WAUSAU, WISCONSIN

of a meeting of the Marathon County Public Library Board of Trustees, Monday, July 16, 2018 at 12:00 noon

Library Headquarters, Wausau Community Room.

1. (12:00 p.m.) 2. 3. 4. 5. (15 minutes) 6. (15 minutes) 7. (10 minutes) 8. (10 minutes) 9. (10 minutes) 10.(10 minutes) 11.(10 minutes) 12.(10 minutes) 13. (10 minutes) 14. 15. 16. 17. AGENDA Call to Order Acknowledgement of Visitors Approval of Minutes

Bills and Services Report Public Comments

Reports Regarding Recent Meetings and Communications. For Discussion and Informational Purposes Only. No Action will be taken.

A. President

B. Other Board Members C. Library Director D. Board Committees E. Friends of the Library F. MCPL Foundation

G. Wisconsin Library Trustees & Friends (WL TF) H. Wisconsin Valley Library Service

Materials Review Committee/Request for Two Volunteer Board Members - For Discussion and Possible Action

PLSR Update/Two Potential Models Summarized - For Discussion and Informational Purposes Only

Roof/Solar Update- For Discussion and Informational Purposes Only Roof Repairs Update - For Discussion and Informational Purposes Only

L.E.N.A Upcoming Sessions Preparation- For Discussion and Informational Purposes Only ADRC/New Director Jonette Arms meeting- For Discussion and Informational Purposes Only Early Literacy Center Ribbon Cutting- For Discussion and Informational Purposes Only Announcements

Request for Future Agenda Items Next Meeting Dates

• Monday 08/20/2018 • Monday 09/17/2018 • Monday 10/15/2018 • Monday 11/19/2018 Adjournment Signed: Library Director *All times are approximate and subject to change

"Any person planning to attend this meeting who needs some type of special accommodation in order to participate should call the Library Administration Office at 261-7213."

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Regular meeting of the Marathon County Public Library Board of Trustees, Monday,

June 18, 2018. Spencer Branch Library.

Present:

Scott Winch, Gary Beastrom, Sharon Hunter, Alison Morrow (remote), Ralph

Illick

Excused:

MaiGer Moua, Katie Rosenberg, Kari Sweeney

Others:

Matthew Derpinghaus, Leah Giordano, Thomas O’Neill, Heather Wilde,

Audrey Kohlbeck

The meeting was called to order at 12:05 by Scott Winch.

Scott Winch welcomed visitors to the meeting.

A motion was made by Sharon Hunter to approve the Board of Trustee minutes from the

May 21, 2018 meeting. Seconded by Gary Beastrom. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Sharon Hunter to approve the Bills & Services report for May

2018. Seconded by Gary Beastrom. Motion carried.

Public Comments – None

President – No Report

Other Board Members – No Report

Director’s Report – Presented in the Board packet and by Director Ralph Illick.

Board Committees – No Report

Friends of the Library – No Report

MCPL Foundation – Director Illick reported the Foundation did not meet this month their

next meeting is scheduled in September. The RFP is due before their next meeting. I will

notify them what we will need to finish the interior renovations.

Wisconsin Library Trustees & Friends (WLTF) – No Report

Wisconsin Valley Library Service – No Report

MCPL Policy Reviews

 Checkout Policies – Fines and Fees – 10.10

We are asking that the limits for the items checked out to be lowered to 100 items from

200 items for adults and juveniles. This will bring it in alignment with what we offer to

homebound patrons.

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 Branch Library Establishment and Dissolution Policy – 7.62

The language on this policy is pretty standard. The major items are on the last page

under criteria for branch dissolution. For the record, this isn’t so we can dissolve a

branch we have no plans to dissolve a branch. This is policy is so we can do something

to prepare, if it is eventually adding a branch or the dissolution of a branch. This entire

policy was reviewed by Corporation Counsel and by County Administration.

A motion was made by Gary Beastrom to accept the Checkout Policies-Fines and Fees and

the Branch Library Establishment and Dissolution Policy as presented. Seconded by

Sharon Hunter. Motion carried.

Early Literacy Center Dedication Ceremony June 20 @ 11:00 a.m. (Rotarians June 28 for

meeting)

The Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce ambassadors will have a ribbon cutting

ceremony on June 20. We do have three funding entities that helped us put this together,

the Marathon County Foundation, the Wausau Early Birds Rotary Club, and the Community

Foundation. We would love to have anyone on the board at the dedication ceremony. The

following week on June 28 the Wausau Early Birds Rotary Club will have their meeting in our

Wausau Community. We will give them a tour of the early literacy center when their

meeting is finished.

Book Challenge Procedure Review for New Board Members

Being a public library we want to make sure we have materials that cover a broad range of

topics, generally with controversial topics. We do have a policy in place that offers anyone

in the public to challenge any materials that they might deem to be inappropriate.

We had one challenge a couple weeks ago and I am working through the policy right now.

The policy states that first we form a committee in house, we get out the reviews, we take a

look at other libraries that have the same materials and then we come to a professional

agreement. The patron is able to accept what we do or ask that we further review it and

have a couple of members from our library board and could of staff members to work

together to continue the process.

Monthly WVLS Meeting

There has been a change in personnel with WVLS and those that work on the ILS system.

We’ve had some challenges over time with getting the functionality that we want from the

ILS. We are getting to a point with new membership on the WVLS team where we can

really make some progress. One of the things that we are working towards is to have the

capacity to do a solid inventory.

EEEDC Committee Meeting

I was asked to attend the Extension, Education and Economic Development Committee

(EEEDC) meeting by Sarah Guild. She asked me to introduce myself and talk to them about

what we do at the library. The members of the committee already seem to know who the

library was and our standing in the community.

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Rotarians Speaking Engagement Meeting

I was asked to speak at the Wausau Early Birds Rotary Club meeting. I did stay after the

meeting and talked with members. I did emphasize in my speech lifelong learning and early

brain development. Members are aware of the programs we have at the library and what

we are trying to do.

Program Contract

We have put together a standardized performer agreement. Because of our agreements

with Employee Resources and Corporation Counsel, I was obligated to have Risk

Management review the agreement. I spoke with Corporation Counsel and he approved

our ability to have programs without requiring the $1,000,000 insurance liability for every

performer. The performance agreement has been approved by Corporation Counsel and

County Administration.

Announcements – None

Request for Future Agenda Items - None

A Motion was made by Sharon Hunter to adjourn the meeting at 12:24 p.m. Seconded by

Gary Beastrom. Motion carried.

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Library Director

Note: These minutes subject to approval at the next Library Board meeting scheduled for

July 16, 2018.

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Regular meeting of the Marathon County Public Library Board of Trustees, Monday,

May 21, 2018. Wausau Community Room, Marathon County Public Library.

Present:

Scott Winch, Gary Beastrom, MaiGer Moua, Katie Rosenberg, Kari Sweeney,

Ralph Illick

Excused:

Sharon Hunter, Alison Morrow

Others:

Matthew Derpinghaus, Thomas O’Neill, Heather Wilde

The meeting was called to order at 12:03 by Scott Winch.

Scott Winch welcomed visitors to the meeting.

A motion was made by Katie Rosenberg to approve the Board of Trustee minutes from

the April 16, 2018 meeting. Seconded by MaiGer Moua. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Katie Rosenberg to approve the Bills & Services report for April

2018. Seconded by MaiGer Moua. Motion carried.

Public Comments – None

President – I am in the process of working on the Library Director’s performance evaluation

and will be wrapping it up soon. It will be submitted to the County by the end of May.

Other Board Members – No Report

Director’s Report – Presented in the Board packet and by Director Ralph Illick.

 We are moving right along this year, we have a lot going on.

 The summer library program brochures that we distribute, will find these

brochures at just any kind of library. This should cost us a lot more that it does,

we have a sound team working on the graphics and layout.

 There was a new roof installed at Mosinee which was finished this past week,

the branch was closed for a couple of days.

Board Committees – No Report

Friends of the Library – Director Illick reported that the new space is averaging about the

same amount of money their book sales did on third floor.

MCPL Foundation – Director Illick reported that their next meeting will be in June.

Wisconsin Library Trustees & Friends (WLTF) – No Report

Wisconsin Valley Library Service – Report handed out at the meeting. Board Member

Rosenberg also reported there will be a trustee training week August 13-17, webinars will

be at noon every day. There will be an email sent out when more information is received.

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L.E.N.A State Project/Final Classes for String Cohorts

We just finished the first cohort on Monday mornings for the L.E.N.A start project. As you

know it was multiple funding entities and multiple collaborate entities helping us with the

operational aspects. It went very well, we had the mayor give a commence speech. The

parents were energized by what they managed to learn. The idea is to have kids ready for

kindergarten. People in the community are aware of what we are doing with this project

and have given us constructive feedback. We want the library to be a community center.

Toward One Wisconsin Project Update

This is a project that MaiGer and Sharon are both affiliated with. It started here with the

WIPPS project that was done with Toward One Wausau. I am involved with the first level

and there are four levels of engagement. This is process and a project which will take

approximately a year. About mid-April of 2019 in Milwaukee there will be 1,000 people or

more attending two days of programming. The first level is to help figure out ways to get a

more diverse workforce engaged in Wisconsin. This will be a good thing, it will further the

dialog that we have about being more open, being more engaged, more inviting, not only as

a place to live, but also as a place to work because it does matter. We constantly try to

keep our eyes and ears open here in the hiring process for the very best person. We have a

lot of opportunity. This will be good not only for Wausau, but for the state.

Annual Reviews in Progress

We are at that point and aligning our structure layers with the pay classification. We have

moved some employees back in 2016 with their pay classification and we are working with

the Employee Resources Director to better align them.

With our pay for performance model the ratings are; exceptional, highly successful,

successful, and needs improvement. I am happy to report that we might have one needs

improvement this time.

Early Literacy Center Project

Please feel free to walk into the children’s department and you will see some new

furnishings. We have a nearly completed early literacy center. These centers are very

popular in libraries. Once it is finished we will have a ribbon ceremony. We want to

remember that the Community Foundation, the Earl Birds Rotary Club, and the Marathon

County Public Library Foundation all had a hand in putting this Early Literacy Center

together.

Service Animals Policy

This policy was a challenge, but it is important. There are a few things we want to

remember about service animals. There are now service animals, therapy animals, comfort

animals, emotional support animals, all of which serve a purpose for people. However, we

are going to use the same kind of policy that the county and other libraries use, we only

allow those in with service animals. When you have a service animal, our staff by law is only

allowed to ask two questions; is that a services animal and what services does the dog

provide. We wanted to have a policy in place that is functional, we will also make certain

once it is approved that staff is trained on how to handle the situations.

A motion was made by Kari Sweeney to accept the policy as presented. Seconded by

MaiGer Moua. Motion carried.

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Branch Libraries Establishment and Dissolution Policy

We just finished this on Friday with Corporation Counsel. The idea behind it is that we have

more of a structure should someone in a community request a library and some criteria for

the dissolution of a branch.

No motion was made. The policy will be tabled until the June Board Meeting.

Announcements – None

Request for Future Agenda Items - None

A Motion was made by Katie Rosenberg to adjourn the meeting at 12:33 p.m. Seconded

by MaiGer Moua. Motion carried.

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Library Director

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Marathon County Library

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49,301.99 Report Total:

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18/07/02-13:06 Marathon County July 02 2018 Page: 1 GL787 LIB 18 OBL vs BUDGET Report Format 511 Period 6 ending June 30, 2018 Transaction status 1

Sub 101 GENERAL FUND Agy 0870 LIBRARY

Description 2018 Current Mth YTD YTD YTD Total Unobligated % MODIFIED Expense Encumbrances Expense Obligations Budgeted Amt Expen

Or2 665 LIBRARY

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Or2 666 WVLS CONTRACTUAL SERVICE-LI APR 711B LIBRARY LVL 1-OPERATING Cat 930 SUPPLIES & EXPENSE

Act 3169 E-BOOKS 26,116.00 24,250.09 24,250.09 1,865.91 92.9 Act 3240 MEMBERSHIP DUES 20,000.00 18,726.44 18,726.44 1,273.56 93.6 --- APR 711B LIBRARY LVL 1-OPERATING 46,116.00 42,976.53 42,976.53 3,139.47 93.2 --- Or2 666 WVLS CONTRACTUAL SERVICE-LI 46,116.00 42,976.53 42,976.53 3,139.47 93.2 --- Agy 0870 LIBRARY 3,613,438.00 280,350.56 1,702,003.51 1,702,003.51 1,911,434.49 47.1 --- Sub 101 GENERAL FUND 3,613,438.00 280,350.56 1,702,003.51 1,702,003.51 1,911,434.49 47.1

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Sub 252 LIBRARY GIFTS Agy 0870 LIBRARY

Or2 667 LIBRARY GIFTS APR Z712 LIBRARY GIFTS (EXP) Cat 930 SUPPLIES & EXPENSE

Act 3161 BOOKS LIBRARY 80,000.00 10,025.60 32,867.45 32,867.45 47,132.55 41.1 --- Or2 667 LIBRARY GIFTS 80,000.00 10,025.60 32,867.45 32,867.45 47,132.55 41.1 --- Agy 0870 LIBRARY 80,000.00 10,025.60 32,867.45 32,867.45 47,132.55 41.1 --- Sub 252 LIBRARY GIFTS 80,000.00 10,025.60 32,867.45 32,867.45 47,132.55 41.1 --- Report Final Totals 3,693,438.00 290,376.16 1,734,870.96 1,734,870.96 1,958,567.04 47.0 ============================================================================================

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TOTAL CIRCULATION STATISTICAL SUMMARY

Branch 2017 CURRENT MONTH 2018 CURRENT MONTH % CHANGE 2017 YEAR-to-DATE 2018 YEAR-to-DATE % CHANGE

ATHENS 2,184 1,641 -24.86% 11,778 10,593 -10.06% EDGAR 2,193 2,074 -5.43% 10,746 11,757 9.41% HATLEY 2,450 2,207 -9.92% 14,191 13,554 -4.49% MARATHON 4,311 3,491 -19.02% 21,970 19,608 -10.75% MOSINEE 4,565 3,879 -15.03% 22,934 21,614 -5.76% ROTHSCHILD 11,887 10,737 -9.67% 65,116 62,904 -3.40% SPENCER 2,391 1,853 -22.50% 12,764 11,269 -11.71% STRATFORD 2,897 2,451 -15.40% 13,869 12,010 -13.40% WAUSAU 44,437 41,211 -7.26% 249,353 228,351 -8.42% WAUSAU DRIVE UP 1,110 1,113 0.27% 3,338 7,174 114.92% HOMEBOUND 1,147 1,079 -5.93% 7,311 7,003 -4.21% ILL 117 72 -38.46% 681 745 9.40% OVERDRIVE 8,827 9,791 10.92% 52,147 58,768 12.70% GRAND TOTAL 88,516 81,599 -7.81% 486,198 465,350 -4.29%

**The Wausau Drive Up was closed the end of October 2016 and will be reopened March 27, 2017

**The Village of Edgar had a furnace issue at the beginning of Feburary 2018. The branch was closed from February 1-27 **The Mosinee branch was closed from May 7-15 for building repairs

For the month of June 2018

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WVLS- WVLS- WVLS- SCLS- NFLS- WVLS- SCLS- TOTAL NON- TOTAL % of CIRC

CLARK LANGLADE LINCOLN PORTAGE SHAWANO TAYLOR WOOD RESIDENT CIRC CIRC by BRANCH

ATHENS 31 0 101 5 0 374 0 511 10,593 4.82% EDGAR 11 0 19 1 0 0 0 31 11,757 0.26% HATLEY 0 33 15 561 1,502 0 0 2,111 13,554 15.57% MARATHON 26 42 19 0 0 2 0 89 19,608 0.45% MOSINEE 11 11 31 38 3 168 21 283 21,614 1.31% ROTHSCHILD 61 31 82 795 160 55 0 1,184 62,904 1.88% SPENCER 969 0 0 1 0 33 51 1,054 11,269 9.35% STRATFORD 132 0 0 0 0 68 50 250 12,010 2.08% WAUSAU 1,601 833 3,695 646 2,176 380 72 9,403 228,351 4.12% WAUSAU DRIVE UP 5 10 113 4 0 0 0 132 7,174 1.84% MISC* 66,516 TOTAL MCPL 2,847 960 4,075 2,051 3,841 1,080 194 15,048 465,350 3.23% % of CIRC by COUNTY 0.61% 0.21% 0.88% 0.44% 0.83% 0.23% 0.04% *MISC=HOMEBOUND,WVLS-D,WVLS-L,Ill, OVERDRIVE

ON-SITE CIRC TO NON-RESIDENT CUSTOMERS

June 2018

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2017 CURRENT MONTH 2018 CURRENT MONTH % CHANGE RESIDENT ADULT 61,754 63,017 2.05% RESIDENT CHILD 12,749 12,056 -5.44% HOMEBOUND 182 192 5.49% STAFF 87 64 -26.44% TEMPORARY 234 248 5.98%

TOTAL FOR MARATHON COUNTY 75,006 75,577 0.76%

ADULT 2,639 2,753 4.32%

CHILD 323 326 0.93%

TEMPORARY 11 14 27.27%

TOTAL FOR NON-COUNTY ON SITE BORROWER 2,973 3,093 4.04%

ILL 531 531 0.00%

GRAND TOTAL 78,510 79,201 0.88%

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

TOTAL MONTHLY CUSTOMER COUNT

For the month of June 2018

MARATHON COUNTY

NON-COUNTY ON SITE BORROWERS

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Marathon County Public Library Director’s Report

July 2018 THE PAST MONTH

Meetings with the Management Team are scheduled weekly on Thursday mornings.

Library Services Report

June 2018

News

 Held monthly rounding with individual staff  Attended weekly operations meetings

 Held interviews for WA library specialist position

 Matt worked to ensure all branch door counters are up and working properly  Attended Library Board meeting at Spencer Branch

 Attended ribbon cutting for the new Early Literacy Center  Attended Chamber Ambassador meeting

 Attended monthly policy & procedure meeting

 Dan & Chad are working on a committee to promote Library Card Signup Month  Chad continues to plan for the 2018 Central Wisconsin Book Festival, Sept. 27-30.

Between individual events and events with groups of authors, about 30 guests are expected so far

 Kate held the quarterly adult reference meeting on the 25th

 Kate created an adult summer reading list for patrons

 Julie participated in the Public Library Community Engagement Focus Group at Menominee Public Library

Events and Programs

Children’s Events

 Story Times:

o Book Babies: 3 programs; participants—84

o Preschool Story Time: 6 programs; participants—55 o Play and Learn Story Time: 4 programs; participants—144 o Sensory Story Time: 1 program; participants—0

o Family Story Time: 3 programs; participants—40

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 June 5: Franklin 2nd Grade Tour—66

 June 5: Rib Mountain SLP Presentation; 2 presentations—253  June 5: GD Jones SLP Presentation—196

 June 9: World Ocean’s Day—53  June 11: Toddler Dance Party—75

 June 12: Tom Pease; 2 performances—794  June 14: PAWS to Read—51

 June 19: Zoozort; 2 performances—1086  June 21: PAWS to Read—49

 June 23: LEGO Block Party—3  June 25: Toddler Dance Party—72  June 25: Building Adventures—2

 June 26: The Great Rondini; 2 performances—606  June 28: PAWS to Read—34

o Number of June children’s programs –36

o Total attendance for June children’s programs –3859

Teen Events

 June 14 Family Game Night—5

 June 25-28 Space Camp—5 participants per day o Total number of scheduled programs: 2 o Total attendance: 25

Adult/All Ages Events

 June 5: MCPL Live! Mourning Dayze & Wisconsin Rock ‘N’ Roll; attendance – 8  June 7: Needle Arts Night – 3

 June 18: Women’s Night Out book club – 5

 June 21: Medicare Cost Saving Options drop-in – 9  June 21: MCPL Movie Night: “Black Panther” – 7  June 27: Readers of Classic Lit book club - 8

o Number of adult programs - 6

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Media Summary

Social Media Statistics:

 Facebook (MCPL): 3,084 likes (+42)  Twitter: 1,169 followers (+5)  Pinterest: 946 followers (+3)

 Goodreads: 260friends (+4); 1,128 reviews (+16)  Instagram: 308 followers (+15)

Wausau Daily Herald

 June 12- A new technology counts words babies hear. This program aims to get parents to talk

https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2018/06/12/parenting-lena-start- technology-parents-talk-babies-madison-wisconsin-boulder-colorado-marathon-co/500180002

 Marathon County library gets a makeover to help young kids learn to read (Library Director, Ralph Illick and Library Services, Taylor Weinfurter)

https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2018/06/19/marathon-county-public-library-wausau-focus-early-literacy/713760002

Hot Happenings in the River District (email newsletter)  June 6- World Oceans Day Story Time

 June 13- Zoozort

 June 20- MCPL Movie Night – “Black Panther”  June 27- Pennies for Animals

WAOW Channel 9

 June 13- Pilot program monitors parent-child conversations, chatter could make kids smarter

http://www.waow.com/story/38409347/pilot-program-monitors-parent-child-conversations-chatter-could-make-kids-smarter

 June 29- People outdoors work to stay cool during heat wave (Library Services, Dan Richter)

http://www.waow.com/story/38545493/2018/06/29/people-outdoors-work-to-stay-cool-during-heat-wave

WSAW Channel 7

 June 24 – Space Camp offered at Marathon County Public Library (Library Services, Dan Richter)

http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/SPACE-CAMP-offered-at-Marathon-County-Public-Library--486384541.html

WSAU News/Talk 550 AM

 June 20 – MCPL holds ribbon cutting for Early Literacy Center (Library Director, Ralph Illick)

http://wsau.com/news/articles/2018/jun/20/mcpl-holds-ribbon-cutting-for-early-literacy-center

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WXCO Cool Oldies 1230 AM

 June 7- Coffee Break (Library Services, Chad Dally)

http://www.1230wxco.com/audio/Hometown%20Morning/06-07-18%20Chad%20Dally%20Coffee%20Break.mp3

 June 21- Coffee Break (Library Services, Chad Dally)

http://www.1230wxco.com/audio/Hometown%20Morning/06-21-18%20Chad%20Dally%20Coffee%20Break.mp3

City Pages

 June 7- Wausau: Needle Arts at the Library, World Oceans Day Story Time, Toddler Dance Party, Building Adventures, Paws to Read, Tom Pease, Family Game Night; Athens: Nature’s Niche Animal Program; Edgar: Nature’s Niche Animal Program;

Marathon City: Kindness Rocks-A Rock Painting Party; Mosinee: Make Your Own Musical Instruments, Summer Craft Day; Rothschild: Library Learning-Introduction to Pinterest, Paws to Read; Spencer: The Great Rondini Magic Show; Stratford: The Great Rondini Magic Show

Family Story Time; Play & Learn Story Time; Preschool Story Time; Tales for Tots; Book Babies; Play & Learn Playgroups

 June 14- Big Guide- Wausau: MCPL Movie Night-“Black Panther,” Medicare Cost-Saving Options, Family Game Night, Paws to Read, Zoozort; Athens: Truly Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else; Hatley: Hobbies and Crafts Night, Truly

Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else; Marathon City: Needle Arts at the Library, LEGO Block Party, Summer Craft Day, I Wanna Rock!; Rothschild: Library Learning-Introduction to Pinterest, Slide Into Summer, Paws to Read, Truly Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else, Shake Shimmy and Dance Family Story Time, Sound Stations; Spencer: Truly Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else; Stratford: Truly Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else

 June 21- Senior Moment Calendar- Wausau: Medicare Cost-Saving Options; Spencer: The Power of Protein-Incorporating Beef Into a Healthy Diet

Big Guide- Wausau: MCPL Movie Night-“Black Panther,” LEGO Block Party, Space Camp, Toddler Dance Party, The Great Rondini Magic Show, Paws to Read; Edgar: The Great Rondini Magic Show; Hatley: LEGO Block Party, Summer Craft Day; Marathon City: LEGO Block Party, I Wanna Rock!, Tom Pease; Mosinee: The Great Rondini Magic Show; Rothschild: Needle Arts at the Library, Sound Stations, The Great Rondini Magic Show, Paws to Read; Spencer: The Fromm Brothers and Their Fur Farm; Tom Pease

 June 28- Big Guide- Wausau: Paws to Read, Sensory Story Time; Hatley: Outside the Lines-A Family Coloring Party, Celebrate the USA Story Time; Marathon City: LEGO Block Party; Mosinee: LEGO Block Party, Rock Your Creative Side with Rocks; Rothschild: Paws to Read; Spencer: Summertime Food Safety and Great Summer Recipes

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Hub-City Times

 June 6- MCPL offers summer library programs- Wausau: Toddler Dance Party, Building Adventures, Tom Pease, Paws to Read, Family Game Night; Athens: Nature’s Niche Animal Program; Edgar: Nature’s Niche Animal Program; Marathon City: Kindness Rocks-A Rock Painting Party, LEGO Block Party ; Mosinee: Make Your Own Musical

Instruments, Summer Craft Day; Rothschild: Paws to Read; Spencer: The Great Rondini Magic Show; Stratford: The Great Rondini Magic Show

 June 20- Now That’s Entertainment- Spencer: The Fromm Brother and Their Fur Farm Record Review

 June 6- Athens: Library Paper Flower Garden; Edgar: Nature’s Niche Animal Program, Book Club “The Other Einstein;” Marathon City: Book Club “The Circle,” Kindness Rocks-A Rock Painting Party, LEGO Block Party, Rainbow Fish Story Time; Stratford: Book Club “Before the Fall”

 June 13- Athens: Library Paper Flower Garden, Truly Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else; Edgar: Book Club “The Other Einstein;” Marathon City: Kindness Rocks-A Rock Painting Party, LEGO Block Party; Stratford: Boko Club “Before the Fall”  June 20- Athens: Library Paper Flower Garden; Edgar: The Great Rondini Magic Show;

Stratford: Tom Pease

 June 27- Athens: Library Paper Flower Garden, Summer STEM; Silly Songs with Duke Otherwise!; Marathon City: Kids Needle Arts Night, Make Your Own Musical

Instruments, The Life of Mozart, Zoozort, CD Scratch Art, LEGO Block Party Senior Review

 What’s Happening Calendar- Wausau: Needle Arts at the Library Wausau Pilot & Review

 June 1- Rothschild library offers summer LEGO sessions

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2018/06/01/rothschild-library-offers-summer-lego-sessions

 June 4- Summer Library Programs: June 10-16- Wausau: Toddler Dance Party, Building Adventures, Tom Pease, Paws to Read, Family Game Night; Athens: Nature’s Niche Animal Progra; Edgar: Nature’s Niche Animal Program; Marathon City: Kindness Rocks-A Rock Painting Party, LEGO Block Party; Mosinee: Make Your Own Musical Instruments, Summer Craft Day; Rothschild: Paws to Read; Spencer: The Great Rondini Magic Show; Stratford: The Great Rondini Magic Show

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2018/06/04/summer-library-programs-june-10-16  June 7- MCPL Wausau to offer presentation on Medicare cost-saving options

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2018/06/07/mcpl-wausau-to-offer-presentation-on-medicare-cost-saving-options

Marvel’s “Black Panther” hits big screen at Marathon County library

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2018/06/07/marvels-black-panther-hits-big-screen-at-marathon-county-library

Summer library programs, June 17-23- Wausau: Zoozort, LEGO Block Party, Paws to Read; Athens: Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else; Hatley:

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Day, LEGO Block Party, I Wanna Rock; Rothschild: Slide Into Summer, Paws to Read, Shake Shimmy and Dance Family Story Time, Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else, Sound Stations; Spencer: Truly Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else; Stratford: Remarkable Loon-Read Books and Juggle Everything Else

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2018/06/07/summer-library-programs-june-17-23  June 18- Marathon County library programs, July 1-7- Wausau: Sensory Story Time;

Hatley: Celebrate the USA Story Time, Outside the Lines-A Family Coloring Party; Marathon City: LEGO Block Party; Mosinee: Marker Explosions!, LEGO Block Party, Rock Your Creative Side with Rocks; Rothschild: Paws to Read

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2018/06/18/marathon-county-library-programs-july-1-7

June 25- Marathon County library events- Wausau: Toddler Dance Party, Anime

Afternoon, Building Adventures, Silly Songs with Duke Otherwise!, Paws to Read, Family Game Night; Athens: Summer STEM; Edgar: Silly Songs with Duke Otherwise!; Marathon City: Zoozort, CD Scratch Art, LEGO Block Party; Mosinee: Silly Songs with Duke

Otherwise!; Rothschild: Paws to Read, Silly Songs with Duke Otherwise!, LEGO Block Party; Spencer: Rock Around Spencer Geology Tour; Stratford: Summer Craft Day

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2018/06/25/marathon-county-library-events Wausau Times/Buyers Guide

 June 5- Steppin’ Out- Wausau: MCPL Live- Mourning Dayze and Wisconsin Rock ‘n’ Roll, Needle Arts Night Wausau, World Oceans Day Story Time; Edgar: Escape Room Family Adventure; Marathon City: Miles Thro’ Middle Earth Fitness Challenge, Rainbow Fish Story Time, LEGO Block Party; Mosinee: LEGO Block Party, Rock Your Creative Side with Rocks; Rothschild: LEGO Block Party; Spencer: Have You Seen My Car Keys?,

Spencerama Days

MCPL Book Clubs: June 2018- Wausau: Readers of Classic Lit Book Club-“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer;” Athens: “Me Before You;” Edgar: “The Other Einstein;” Hatley: “Death Stalks Door County;” Marathon City: “The Circle;” Mosinee: “The Lake House;”

Rothschild: “The Stars Are Fire;” Stratford: “Before the Fall”

Summer Library Program Events, Week 1: June 10-16- Wausau: Toddler Dance Party, Building Adventures, Tom Pease; Athens: Nature’s Niche Animal Program; Edgar: Nature’s Niche Animal Program; Marathon City: Kindness Rocks-A Rock Painting Party; Mosinee: Make Your Own Musical Instruments, Summer Craft Day; Rothschild: Paws to Read; Spencer: The Great Rondini Magic Show; Stratford: The Great Rondini Magic Show  June 12- Summer Library Program Events- Wausau: Zoozort, Paws to Read; Athens: Read

Books and Juggle Everything Else; Hatley: Read Books and Juggle Everything Else; Marathon City: Summer Craft Day, I Wanna Rock, LEGO Block Party; Rothschild: Slide Into Summer, Paws to Read, Shake, Shimmy and Dance Story Time, Read Books and Juggle Everything Else, Sound Stations; Spencer: Read Books and Juggle Everything Else; Stratford: Read Books and Juggle Everything Else

 June 19- Ribbon cutting will mark opening of Early Literacy Center at Marathon County Public Library (COVER STORY)

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Panther,” Space Camp, Toddler Dance Party, The Great Rondini Magic Show; Edgar: The Great Rondini Magic Show; Hatley: LEGO Block Party, Summer Craft Day; Marathon City: Miles Thro’ Middle Earth Fitness Challenge, Tom Pease; Mosinee: The Great Rondini Magic Show; Rothschild: Paws to Read, The Great Rondini Magic Show; Spencer: The Fromm Brothers and Their Fur Farm; Stratford: Tom Pease

 June 26- Steppin’ Out- Wausau: Space Camp; Marathon City: Miles Thro’ Middle Earth Fitness Challenge; Spencer: Summertime Food Safety and Great Summer Recipes

Materials  Youth 2018 Annual Budget Monthly Budget Free Balance Spent as of June 4 % Spent Juvenile Audiobooks $4,149.95 $345.83 $1,659.99 $2,489.96 60% Juvenile CDs $1,000.00 $90.91 $422.41 $577.59 58% Juvenile DVDs $13,012.79 $1,182.98 $7,697.81 $5,314.98 41%

Juvenile DVDs Standing Order $2,000.00 $181.82 $1,399.52 $600.48 30%

Juvenile Video Games $2,000.00 $181.82 $966.47 $1,033.53 52% Young Adult Audio Books $570.00 $51.82 $251.03 $318.97 56% Youth AV Subtotal $22,732.74 $2,035.17 $12,397.23 $10,335.51 45% Juvenile Fiction $20,060.62 $1,823.69 $5,661.05 $14,399.57 72% Juvenile NonFiction $36,949.93 $3,359.08 $13,063.18 $23,886.75 65% Juvenile Picture Books $34,343.35 $3,122.12 $18,081.09 $16,262.26 47% Juvenile Spanish $500.00 $45.45 $260.54 $239.46 48%

Juvenile Standing Order Print $11,000.00 $1,000.00 $7,105.24 $3,894.76 35%

Young Adult Fiction $9,394.51 $854.05 $4,565.55 $4,828.96 51% Young Adult Graphic Novels $4,034.39 $366.76 $2,356.34 $1,678.05 42% Young Adult NonFiction $1,277.99 $116.18 $764.29 $513.70 40% Youth Print Subtotal $117,560.79 $10,687.34 $51,857.28 $65,703.51 56% Youth Services TOTAL $140,293.53 $12,722.52 $64,254.51 $76,039.02 54%

2018 WVLS Grant - youth book $1,500.00 $1,332.81 $167.19 11% 2018 WVLS Grant - youth AV $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $ - 0%

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8  Adult 2017 Annual Budget Monthly Allotment Free Balance Spent as of July 3, 2018 % Spent Adult Audiobooks $12,500.00 $1,100.00 $6,192.61 $6,307.39 50.46% Adult Music CD $7,500.00 $682.00 $4,220.25 $3,279.75 43.73% Adult DVD $33,500.00 $3,046.00 $17,494.13 $16,005.87 47.78%

Adult Video Games $1,000.00 $90.90 $500.74 $499.26 49.93%

Adult AV Subtotal $54,500.00 $28,407.73 $26,092.27 47.88% Adult Paperbacks $2,375.00 $215.90 $1,796.37 $578.63 24.36%

Adult Paperbacks S.O. $3,625.00 NA $2,660.00 $965.00 26.62%

Adult Fiction $46,000.00 $4,182.00 $19,832.91 $26,167.09 56.88%

Adult LT Fiction $6,200.00 $564.00 $3,687.45 $2,512.55 40.53%

Adult LT S.O. $15,300.00 NA $3,874.86 $11,425.14 74.67%

Adult Non-fiction $66,500.00 $6,045.00 $33,523.06 $32,976.94 49.59%

Adult Non-fiction S.O. $4,000.00 NA $3,421.03 $578.97 14.47%

Adult Biographies $10,000.00 $909.09 $3,937.91 $6,062.09 60.62%

Adult Spanish $500.00 $45.45 $302.92 $197.08 39.42%

Adult Hmong $750.00 $68.18 $401.10 $348.90 46.52%

Adult Print Subtotal $155,250.00 $73,437.61 $81,812.39 52.70% Adult Services TOTAL $209,750.00 $101,845.34 $107,904.66 51.44%

WVLS Grant Adult Book 2018 $5,500.00 $4,506.94 $993.06 18.06%

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June 2018 Support Services Report Circulation Team

 Passports News

o 16 Adult Passport Books o 5 Minor Passport Books o 5 Both card and book

 The MCPL Passport team accepted a total of 26 passport applications accepted with the new $35.00 execution fee and 26 photos were taken at $10.00 each for a total of $1170.00 recorded. We also assisted with 5 renewal applications.

 Matt D and Kitty R attended the V-CAT Council Meeting on 6/7/18

 Kitty R, Matt D, and Mary S met with T.B. Scott-Merrill employees in Ralph’s office on 6/14/18.

 Leads Meeting was held on 6/21/18 and were attended by Karen S, Kitty R, Mary S, and Matt D.

 Circulation Team monthly roundings were completed first week of June.

Support Services Team

 6/8/18 Pat and Mary helped cover the afternoon shift at the Main Desk.

 6/19/18 & 6/26/18 Janice, Mary, and Pat helped guide patrons to the 2nd_{floor for the}

SLP event.

 6/21/18 Mary attended Team Leads meeting with Matt.  Team members are working on their new learning goals.  Team members continue to work on the following:

o Checking AV contents for the Page Team. o Withdrawals for Katie.

 Rounding for the month is complete.

Page Team

 Karen attended Lead’s Meeting on 6/21.

 Applications for 2-Page Team shifts (9a-1p, 1p-5p) are being processed with Interviews scheduled for 7/11-7/12/18.

 Pages are currently Shelf Reading in Children’s nonfiction and Picture Books. When these two sections are finished, the entire library will have been shelf read in 2018!

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Branch Libraries Report

June 2018

Athens Monthly Report

Events and Programs

 Family Story Time: In June, Family Story Time met for five sessions with 7 adults and 58 children in attendance.

 Book Club: June book club had 4 attendees to discuss Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. In July, the club will discuss Wonder by RJ Palacio.

 Fiber Arts Club: In June, our Fiber Arts group met 4 times with a total of 28 Adults, and 5 Young Adults attending.

 SLP/ Libraries Rock: Athens currently has a total of 34 participants signed up for the Summer Library Program.

 Paper Flower Garden: For the month of June Athens supplied materials for patrons to help build a paper flower garden. A total of 15 adults, 22 children and 5 young adults participated.

 Natures Niche: Dennis “Dino” Tlachac visited the Athens branch on June 13th_and

introduced the children to live animals and their native habitats. A total of 14 adults and 47 children participated. Overall this program was a success the participants had a lot of fun. My only complaint about the program was that Dennis did not promote reading or the local library as much as I wish he would have.

 Truly Remarkable Loon: On June 20th_{Athens held a juggling performance from the Truly}

Remarkable Loon. This was a fantastic event with a great turn out. A total of 17 adults, and 94 children participated. Truly Remarkable Loon did a wonderful job prompting the library and encouraging the children to read.

Circulation Statistics

 Athens circulated 1,641 items in June. This is a 24.06% decrease from June 2017. In 2018 year-to-date, Athens has circulated 10,593 items. This is a 10.06% decrease from last year.

Library and Community News

 Victoria Kildeeva has resigned her position in Athens as the library assistant as of June 26th. We are currently looking to hire a new library assistant for 15 hours per week.  New Rug! On June 26th_{the Athens Branch received a new rug for the children’s area.}

Facilities Updates

 Sierra was very slow/freezing on June 11th_{- June 14}th

 Sierra was completely down on June 20th_{around 2pm Sierra was back up and running.}

 Athens did not have phone service and internet service on June 21st. _{Charter was back}

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Edgar Monthly Report

Events and Programs

 Two year old daycare visit: Edgar held a story time for the Edgar Daycare 3 time with a total of 10 adults and 46 children attending.

 Play & Learn: The Family Resource Center held Play & Learn 4 times with a total of 23 adults and 69 children.

 Book Club: In June the book club met and discussed the book “The Other Einstein” by Marie Benedict” by Nora Roberts. The book club will discuss the book “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance in July.

 Summer Library Programs:

a. Nature’s Niche visited the public school to kick off the Summer Reading Program with 30 adults, 10 teens and 250 children.

b. The Great Rondini visited the public school for the second MCPL Summer Reading Program this summer with 20 adults, 15 teens and 230 children. c. The Edgar Branch library held an “Escape Room” at the library with 7 adults and

18 children attending.

 School Visits: The Edgar Summer School classes visited the library this year with each class have a story read to them along with a project that had the class theme.

1. Reading and Math came 4 with a total of 9 adults and 89 students. 2. Crime Solvers came 6 times with a total of 6 adults and 50 students. 3. Lego came 3 times with a total of 7 adults and 72 students.

4. ABC’s of Nature came 3 times with a total of 9 adults and 52 students. Passive Program

The children colored 80 pictures, and made 38 “Pete the Cat” puppets. Circulation Statistics

The circulation statistics for the month of June 2018 was 2,074 items checked out, this is a 5.43% decrease for the same month last year and an 9.41% increase from 2017. Library News

 Branch staff have been working on making the suggested changes that Kate and Katie suggested when they were at the branch to weed. We are hoping that these changes will help to increase circulation.

Hatley Monthly Report

Events and Programs

 Family Story Time: Themes of “Vacations,” “Fathers/Dads,” “Libraries Rock!!-Let’s Listen,” and “Sounds of Natures” brought in 6 adults and 8 children.

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 Book Club: Death Stalks Door County. 7 members discussed the book. This book was received with all around good reviews. Many members were excited to learn that the author was going to be at the upcoming 2nd Central Wisconsin Book Festival. Several members have already started reading the next books in this series. Next month’s book is Big Little Lies.

 Play & Learn had 4 sessions and brought in 60 children accompanied by 35 adults.  Outside the Lines had 0 patrons stop in.

 Passive Programming

a. Our “Vote for your Favorite Music Genre” bulletin board had 30 people vote and Pop and Children’s won with 6 votes each.

b. Guess the Picture/Poster – We cut one of the SLP posters into squares and when a child either checked out a book, signed up for SLP or returned a SLP sheet, they got to pick a square to put and then could guess what the poster was. This month’s was easy it was the poster that said Libraries Rock with the guitar on it. We had 39 children pick a piece and 23 children that guessed correctly. Each correct guess resulted in an extra pick from the treasure chest, as we added a lot of stuff that we had in our back room. Next month’s picture/poster will be much more difficult and will mostly likely take more than a month to do.  Hobbies/Crafts Night brought 22 adults.

 Drop in Sessions of Tech Time had 3 patrons drop-in.

 Create Father’s Day Cards brought in 7 adults and 14 children to create cards for their Father Figures the week leading up to Father’s Day.

 SLP

a. The first SLP program of the summer was “Read Books and Juggle Everything Else” unfortunately this program only brought in 6 adults and 7 kids. Some of the patrons were ones that had only come to get books and did not know about the program. This program was the only one that we did not get handouts for which I do think contributed to lower attendance as our patrons very much like the handouts as reminders.

b. SLP craft day brought in 4 adults, 5 kids, and 1 young adults. We may look at doing this a different day of the week/time next year to see if that helps our numbers

c. So far we have had 25 Birth-PreK, 35 K-5, 6 Teens, and 6 Adults sign up for the Summer Reading Program with a total of 68 reviews/Pete the Cat sheets turned in. We have had just few patrons say they wanted something more in-depth before getting a prize but an overwhelming number seem much happier with this new way. 

 Family Game day brought in 4 adult, 3 kids, and 3 young adults Upcoming Programs

 Special Story Time – Celebrate the USA and Let’s Make Some Noise

 Children – Family Story Time, Play N Learn, SLP Tom Pease, SLP Nature’s Niche  Adult – Book Club

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 Tween/Teen – Create your own CD Mosaics

 All Ages – Outside the Lines, Lego Block Party, Hobbies/Crafts Night, Family Game Day,  Passive: Guess the poster, vote for your favorite musical instrument.

 Hatley circulated 2,207 for the month. This is a 9.92% decrease for the month. Year to date is 13,554 items. This is a 4.49% decrease from last year.

Library News

 Robin 1 attended her last LDP session, met with her mentor, and attended the county board meetings.

 Heather met with her LDP mentee.

 Shifting is happening to make more room in some collections.

 Heather has been helping out in Marathon City, Rothschild, Athens, and Edgar Facilities Updates

 The door counters are being adjusted.

Marathon Branch Monthly Report

Events and Programs

 Family Story Time: In June, Marathon held two regular family story time events with a total of 20 children and 10 adults attending. On June 7, we held a special Rainbow

Fish-themed Story Time to kick off the summer. We read stories, sang songs, and made a

really cute Rainbow Fish craft out of CD’s and jewels. It was attended by 23 children and 12 adults. Family Story Time is held on Thursdays at 10:30 am.

 Book Club: The participants read the novel, The Circle by Dave Eggers and five people joined in for discussion. In June, we will meet to discuss Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl. Book club meets the second Monday of the month from 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM.  Lego Block Party: We have started up this program again for the summer. Every Friday

afternoon from 1:00 – 3:00 pm children of all ages can join us to create and build with Legos. This month 5 adults, 34 children and 1 teen have joined in the fun.

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On Tuesday, June 12,

we held a “Kindness Rocks” rock painting event. This was

the first event of our SLP season. As expected, this was a very popular event

with 41 children and 20 adults attending. Participants got a chance to paint a

special rock with a kind message or design. They could take them home or hide

them around the community for others to find and enjoy.

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On Tuesday, Wednesday, June 20, we held our annual summer Craft Day.

Fifteen adults and 25 children made crafts based on famous children’s songs.

 Our monthly Needle Arts event was not held this month due to Elizabeth’s vacation. Our monthly Needle Arts event is held on the third Wednesday from 4:00-6:45 pm and will continue throughout the summer.

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 On Friday, June 22, we held an event entitled, “I Wanna Rock.” Children got a chance to decorate a cardstock guitar with glitter glue, stickers, jewels and markers. Eleven adults and 26 children attended the event.

 On Tuesday, June 26, our first performer of the SLP season, Tom Pease, wowed the crowd at the Marathon Elementary School. About 75 adults and 525 students attended the program.

 Upcoming Events and Programs: Story Time, Book Club, Needle Arts program

and Lego Block Party will continue as usual. On July 11 at 10 am,

our second

large SLP event, Zoozort, will perform at the Marathon Elementary. On July 13,

we will hold our “CD Scratch Art” event. Tweens and teens can drop in between

11 am and 2pm to create scratched designs on CD’s.

On Wednesday, July 18 at

10 am, our final large event will be held at Marathon Elementary. The

Travelling Lantern Theatre Company will perform “The Life of Mozart”. This

program is designed to introduce young children to the vibrancy of history and

the joy of music. On Tuesday, July 24, from 11 am to 2 pm, we will hold an

Instrument Making event. Children can drop in and create various musical

instruments out of house-hold supplies. On Wednesday, July 25, we will hold a

special Kids’ Needle Arts night. This event is geared for small hands and

beginners.

 Marathon circulated 3,491 items during the month of June. This is a 19.02 %

decrease over last year. So far in 2018, Marathon has circulated 19,608 items.

This is a 10.75% decrease over last year.

Library News

 Lisa gave 4 Summer Library Program presentations to 59 students and 4 teachers

from the K-5 classes of Marathon Elementary.

 Elizabeth visited St. Mary’s school to give an SLP presentation.

 Lisa and Elizabeth met with Ralph for the yearly rounding session.

 So far, we have registered 140 children for the Summer Library Program.

 We will begin to shift our adult fiction and adult large print fiction to better

accommodate the collection.

 Lisa will attend the Branch Coordinators’ meeting on July 20.

Facilities Updates

 Village maintenance moved the door counters to the inside of the main library

doors. Hopefully, we will now get a more accurate count of our library

attendance.

 Ralph arranged for someone to come in and remove the trim from the top of our

library shelves. Our adult fiction and large print fiction sections were

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flowing and this will give us the ability to add another shelf to the bottom of the

shelving units to better accommodate the spatial needs of the collection.

 Our public catalog computer has been down for a while. Josh from WVLS will be

coming to replace the unit with a temporary computer while he looks for a

solution.

Mosinee Monthly Report

Events and Programs

 Family Story Time: Family Story Time started its summer break, but Ashley’s outreach story time at the Mosinee Head Start served 4 adults and 16 children. This will be the last Head Start program until the fall.

 Play and Learn: The Family Resource Center presented 3 sessions this month with a total of 21 adults and 26 children.

 Book Club: Eleven patrons joined this month’s discussion of The Lake House by Kate Morton, including another new member. Next month we will be reading Small Great

Things by Jodi Picoult.

 Recurring Programs: Lego Block Party brought in 4 adults and 6 children on the 5th_.

 Our last two school visits of second graders were on the 5th_{and 6}th_{and brought in a}

total of 3 adults and 37 children. This year we had a total of 3 class visits from 7th graders that brought in a total of 3 adults and 82 teens. Our second grade classes brought in a total of 11 adults and 113 children.

 Our first summer session of our rock decorating program brought in 7 adults and 9 children on the 7th.

 Patrons could come in on the 11th_{to make their own harmonicas, maracas, and}

tambourines using common household items. Five adults and 7 children joined us.  Patrons could come in on the 13th_{for our annual SLP craft day, where they could create}

crafts based on popular children’s songs. Ten adults, 27 children, and 4 teens attended. It was a great event!

 Our first big SLP performance, Rondini Magic, brought in 19 adults, 7 teens, and 75 children on the 27th. As we have with the last two years, we again hit our room capacity, and turned away at least 40 people. One of these patrons did call back hours later as well to state a repeat complaint that her family was unable to attend the event. We are working hard to educate patrons on how early they need to arrive before the show to get a ticket, where other shows are located if they cannot attend ours, and that we follow the room capacity because we are dedicated to the safety of our patrons.  Passive Programs:

a. Children: This summer we are asking patrons to write their favorite song or band on a music note and add it to our sheet of music in front of the circulation desk. So far 40 patrons have participated.

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b. Adult: We featured an adult book recommendation display where patrons could write down a recommended read for other patrons to try. Seven patrons gave recommendations so far.

 Displays: This month we featured gardening books, a display of the first books in different series, and a staff picks display. The staff picks and ‘first in a series’ displays went over really well.

 Upcoming Programs: We will hold Play and Learn, Book Club, and Lego Club as usual. We will hold a maker explosion program on July 3rd, where patrons use sharpies and rubbing alcohol to create explosive designs. Our second session of rock decorating will be held on the 5th. Our two big performances of the month will be Duke Otherwise on the 11th and the Life of Mozart on the 18th. Three Harry Potter events during the week of Harry Potter’s birthday (the 31st) will include: a passive program where kids can make their own Hedwig, a Potions Class, and Ollivander’s Wand Shop.

 Mosinee circulated 3,879 items in June 2018. This is a 15.03% decrease. Mosinee has circulated 21,614 items in 2018. This is a 5.76% decrease.

Library News

 Ashley and Sarah had rounding sessions with Ralph on the 12th. We are very appreciative of his visit!

 Ashley filled in at Edgar on the 22nd_{and Marathon on 23}rd_.

 Special thanks to Kee, Ashley, and Audrey for covering (and Paula for offering) so Sarah could travel to her ill grandma in Virginia. She cannot express how grateful she is for this coverage!

 Ashley made labels that Taylor laminated for our juvenile series section, with the official logo for each series. Our series section looks great with these colorful new labels that not only look more professional but we think will help kids find their favorite series even faster.

 Lada Xiong-Vang, representative from SG Environments, visited our branch on the 28th

to assess our space and needs for replacement chairs after Ralph and Sarah discussed this need during rounding. We are very appreciative and excited for the new furniture, as several of our existing chairs are getting very worn and one has a missing part.  So far we have 171 summer reading program sign-ups, 20 more than last year. We are

expecting to add even more during our second and third summer reading program performances in July.

Facilities Updates

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Rothschild Monthly Report

Events and Programs

 Family Story Time: In June, we held 3 regular family story times with 36 adults and 49 children attending. Caley presented two outreach story times, one at St Therese daycare for 2 adults and 20 children, and one at Rothschild Head Start for 3 adults and 15

children. We also held a special Slide into Summer story time. 48 people joined us for this fun event and made a special themed craft! We also held a Shake, Shimmy, and Dance story time for 13 adults and 20 children.

 Play and Learn: 59 people participated in 2 Play and Learn sessions. In the summer, Play and Learn will be held off site at Machmueller Park, but will be held at the library if it is raining. In the fall, Play and Learn will return to the library.

 Book Club: 14 book club members met to discuss The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve. In July, the club will discuss Artemis by Andy Weir.

 SLP Class Visits: 61 students from the Rothschild kindergarten and 81 students from Rothschild first grade visited the library to learn about the summer library program.  SLP Programs: In June, we held 3 Paws to Read programs with 62 people participating.

92 people attended the juggling show put on by Truly Remarkable Loon and 156 people attended the magic show presented by The Great Rondini. Both shows were really well received! 26 people attended our Sound Stations program and experimented with sound.

 Recurring Programs: 10 people joined us for LEGO Club and 3 people joined us for our monthly Needle Arts event.

 Rothschild circulated 10,737 items in June. This is a 9.67% decrease from last year. In 2018, Rothschild circulated 62,904 items. This is a 3.4% decrease from last year. Library News

 SLP has been going very well in Rothschild. We have had 203 people sign up for the reading club.

 Many different subs filled in at Rothschild to cover open shifts. Thank you! We really appreciate all of the help!

 We weeded and shifted the adult large type and nonfiction collections. Facilities Updates