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LIBRARY BOARD REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
September 8, 2015
6:00 p.m.
Moorpark Community Center 799 Moorpark Avenue
1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
3. ROLL CALL:
4. SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
5. ' PUBLIC COMMENT:
6. REORDERING OF, AND ADDITIONS TO, THE AGENDA:
(Items to be pulled from the Consent Calendar shall be identified under this section.)
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS ON
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS:
8. PRESENTATIONS/ACTION/DISCUSSION:
A. Consider the Moorpark City Library Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2014-15.
Staff Recommendation: Receive and File the Moorpark City Library Annual
Report for Fiscal Year 2014-15 and direct staff to submit the report to City
Council as an informational item. (Staff: Jennifer Mellon)
B. Consider Cancellation of October 13, 2015, Regular Library Board Meeting. Staff
Recommendation: Direct staff to post a notice of meeting cancellation for the
October 13, 2015, regular Library Board meeting. (Staff: Blanca Garza)
9. CONSENT CALENDAR:
A. Approval of Minutes from Library Board's Regular Meeting of July 14, 2015. Staff
Recommendation: Approve the minutes.
B. Friends of the Library Report. Staff Recommendation: Receive and file the report.
(Staff: Jennifer Mellon)
JANICE S.PARVIN ROSEANN MIKOS,Ph.D. KEITH F.MILLHOUSE DAVID POLLOCK MARK VAN DAM
Mayor Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember
Regular Library Board Meeting Agenda
September 8, 2015
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10. ADJOURNMENT:
All writings and documents provided to the majority of the Library Board regarding all agenda items are
available for public inspection at the City Hall public counter located at 799 Moorpark Avenue during
regular business hours. The agenda packet for all Library Board meetings is available on the City's
website at www.moorparkca.gov.
Any member of the public may address the Board during the Public Comments portion of the Agenda,
unless it is a Discussion item. Speakers who wish to address the Board concerning a Discussion item
must do so during the Discussion portion of the Agenda for that item. Speaker cards must be received by
the Recording Secretary for Public Comment prior to the beginning of the Public Comments portion of the
meeting; and for a Discussion item, prior to the Chair's call for speaker cards for each Discussion agenda
item. A limitation of three minutes shall be imposed upon each Public Comment and Discussion item
speaker. Written Statement Cards may be submitted in lieu of speaking orally for Discussion items. Any
questions concerning any agenda item may be directed to the Administrative Services Department at
(805) 517-6245.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to review an
agenda or participate in this meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the
Administrative Services Department at (805) 517-6245. Upon request, the agenda can be made available
in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability. Any request for disability-related
modification or accommodation should be made at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting to
assist the City staff in assuring reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the
meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104; ADA Title II).
Regular Library Board Meeting Agenda
September 8, 2015
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) §
CITY OF MOORPARK )
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Blanca Garza, Deputy City Clerk II of the City of Moorpark, County of Ventura, State of
California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury, that I posted a copy of the Notice of
Regular Meeting of the Library Board for September 8, 2015.
Executed this 3rd day of September 2015, at Moorpark, California.
Blanca Garza
Deputy City Clerk II
Administrative Services Department
ITEM 8.A.
CITY OF MOORPARK
MOORPARK LIBRARY BOARD
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Moorpark Library Board
FROM: Jennifer Mellon, Administrative Services Manager
DATE: August 26, 2014 (Meeting of 9/8/14)
SUBJECT: Consider the Moorpark City Library Annual Report for Fiscal Year
2014-15
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Section 2.70.080.F of Chapter 2.70 Moorpark City Library, of the Moorpark Municipal
Code states, "The board shall on or before August 3151 of each year review and submit
a written report to the city council and state librarian on the condition of the library for
the fiscal year ending June 30 preceding..."
The August Library Board meeting was cancelled and staff is bringing the annual report
forward at the next regular meeting in September.
Attached is the prepared Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2014-15.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Receive and File the Moorpark City Library Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2015-14 and
direct staff to submit the report to City Council as an informational item.
Attachment: Moorpark City Library Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2014-15
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ANNUAL, REPORT
Fiscal Year 2014-2015
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Table of Contents
Librarian's Message 1
Statistical Summary 4
Programs & Special Events 5
Summer Reading Programs 17
Customer Service and Volunteerism 21
Governing Bodies and Support Organizations 23
Contact Information 27
Exhibit A: Program Detail
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Pg. 1 Librarian's Message
Message from the City Librarian — June 2015
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I am in a taxi with other librarians traveling I �' , E,i[i�it I
to an event during the American Library I'''I` ; i' 11 .i u',Y.
Association conference in San Francisco. 1_
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and I are among no less than 25,000 '�
Librarians, para-professional staff and '
library supporters who are attending this 16e
exciting annual, national sharing of all `' �1 I,
things bright and beautiful in Library-land, 'i nmj,
sympathetically declares that "of course ",
there will soon be no Librarians or Libraries .` ,r
because everyone's on Google". Have you
ever heard of such a thing? w
The Librarians in the taxi relish this sl
opportunity to launch into advocacy mode
by rapidly regaling our driver with i i
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outcomes, STEM and Makerspace programolerlIPC,2
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design concepts, outreach opportunities, -
literacy goals, Summer Reading events, civic engagement, volunteerism,
defense of freedom to read activities, access to technology, job hunting and
"new in town" resources, help with digital downloads, eBooks, DVDs, CDs,
audiobooks, magazines, fiction and non-fiction reading materials, to name but
a few, all selected within the dedicated bliss of serving the unique needs and
expectations of our individual communities. Whew!
Yes, that's quite a list, and we were not able to cover all those topics during
the 15 minute taxi ride to the convention center that day, but we did manage
to provide a heartwarming anecdotal tale of a young boy going back into 2nd
grade having resisted the "summer slide" by measurably maintaining his
reading level during the school break. "Libraries today are more important
than ever" - says John Palfrey, in his book, BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter
More Than Ever in the Age of Google. Moorpark City Library provides access to
information of all kinds, in many formats, equitably, without bias, all free at
the point of access. If you would like more in-depth information about the
innovative emerging technologies, digital initiatives, programs, services and
statistics that provide the foundation for the Librarian's taxi-advocacy ride —
please read on. It is our hope that you too will be pleasantly surprised.
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Pg. 2 Librarian's Message
What's new at Moorpark City Library?
Moorpark City Library joined the Inland Library Network (ILN) on August 15,
2014 enabling our online catalog to link with the other Library Systems &
Services, LLC (LSSI) operated libraries in the ILN including Santa Clarita, Simi
Valley, Riverside, and Moreno Valley libraries. With this expansive initiative,
the number of items available to borrow increased from approximately 57,000
items to 2.5 million items—or about 44 times as many items.
LSSI Moorpark Library staff and support team worked seamlessly to merge the
catalogs while simultaneously upgrading the Polaris Integrated Library System
to the newest version with new features and efficiencies, including the ability
to display items online that are in the eBooks and eAudiobooks Overdrive
collections. Before the upgrade, patrons were redirected away from the library
catalog to the Overdrive site to view downloadable offerings. The upgrade also
provides the ability to send out patron notices for items they have placed on
hold multiple times a day instead of only once each morning. Now a patron can
receive an automated notice via email following a late morning book delivery
and have the ability to stop by to pick up their requested item that same day.
There were, however, questions from patrons about the changes to the online
catalog's appearance and functionality. The most frequently asked question
was about holds queues. Example: If a patron was number 3 in line for our one
copy of an item prior to joining the ILN they may perhaps now be number 58,
which caused frustration. Staff was trained to explain that although the patron
may be number 58 in the queue, there are now over 90 libraries in the ILN and
there may be 90 copies of the item or more. So, there could potentially be
more than 58 copies and the requesting patron could in effect become first in
line to receive the item they want to read, listen to, or view. The holds queue,
as seen in a patron's online account, cannot provide an indication of when an
item will be returned by a current borrower, nor can staff determine from a
holds queue when a request will be filled. It should be noted that items
belonging to Moorpark City Library are always available to fulfill Moorpark
Library cardholder requests before being lent to other ILN Libraries. Library
staff always welcomes and encourages suggestions for purchase and the forms
can be completed by patrons if items are unavailable.
During this reporting period, the ILN cooperative delivery system progressed
smoothly with deliveries happening daily Monday through Friday. Over the
past months, some modifications have been made regarding lending. Some
libraries within the ILN have shorter loan periods and more renewals than
Moorpark. Patrons who access their account online have the advantage of
seeing when this is the case and they can renew items remotely.
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Pg. 3 Librarian's Message
Bookletters launched on October 1, 2014 on the Library homepage
moorparklibrary.org. It consists of rotating book cover art segments. Patrons
click on the Bookletters rotating "books" they are interested in and are
directed to a page with the featured books list and descriptions. From there, a
patron can click on the "check our catalog" book links to be taken directly to
the Moorpark City Library catalog entry where the patron can see the item
status and place a hold on the item if they wish. Although it looks simple, easy,
and professional, Bookletters is made possible through a proprietary
application with quite complex software algorithms to which Moorpark City
Library now subscribes. New features of the application will become available
as the librarians build their custom book lists.
Zinio, a new online resource of magazines, became accessible from the Library
homepage beginning on April 1, 2015. Using their library card, patrons can
upload any of the selection of 29 magazines to their own PC, MAC or hand-
held device. The service is unlimited in terms of the number of items a patron
can borrow from the collection of titles available, and simultaneous users are
unlimited. eMagazine downloads have no due dates, do not expire, nor accrue
fines. Patrons can also sign up to receive a notification when the next issue of
their favorite magazine is published and ready to access via download.
Looking Forward
It would be impossible to look to the future without clear recognition of those
who have been instrumental in this year's Library successes, and those who
continually position the library as a place of high value within our community.
The Moorpark Friends of the Library have once again sponsored the Summer
Reading Programs and supported events throughout the year. The Moorpark
Women's Fortnightly Club contributed funds to the exciting new Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) project which has been approved by the City
Council and budgeted to take place in Fiscal Year 2015-16. Service groups
including the Kiwanis, the Lions Club, and Moorpark Rotary collaborated with
the Librarians and staff on programs and special projects this year and have
committed their time on future projects. As we continue to strive to be at the
cutting edge of excellence in Librarianship, we know we cannot thrive without
the energy and input of these amazing advocates.
Jo Rolfe, MA,MLIS
City Librarian
Library Systems& Services, LLC.
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Pg. 4 Statistical Summary
Annual Library Statistical Comparison
January 2007 -June 2015
Patron Cards Inter Library Holds Digital
Fiscal Year Count* Circulation Issued Loans** Placed Circulation ,
Jan -June 2007 N/A 35,141 4,641 N/A N/A N/A
2007/08 127,577 71,178 3,290 288 1,965 N/A
2008/09 129,277 80,314 2,466 83 3,042 N/A
2009/10 150,617 97,611 2,323 78 3,823 N/A
2010/11 134,171 98,505 1,813 29 4,935 N/A
2011/12 131,099 132,314 1,787 115 6,882 N/A
2012/13 126,145 124,151 1,573 125 6,182 N/A
2013/14 137,136 126,065 1,556 59 9,317 855
2014/15 132,255 107,125 1,255 N/A 12,099 1,789
#of #of Event Public PC Volunteer Bra infuse
Fiscal Year Events Attendees log-ins Volunteers 0 Hours 0 Sessions 0
Jan-June 2007 33 575 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2007/08 63 2,487 22,096 N/A N/A N/A
2008/09 94 4,473 22,738 N/A N/A N/A
2009/10 152 6,082 22,726 N/A N/A N/A
2010/11 206 7,246 22,125 186 1,060 1,412
2011/12 351 8,027 19,525 399 3,034 3,223
2012/13 344 8,134 19,395 363 1,867 2,072
2013/14 427 9,650 16,866 418 1,811 1,605
2014/15 516 9,801 15,525 505 1,886 1,912
*Patron Counting device was installed in 7/2007
**Inter Library Loan service established 7/2007,Ended 9/2014 when the Library joined Inland Library Network
c. Overdrive implemented in 11/2013,Zinio Implemented 4/2015
0 Brainfuse and Volunteer Statistics tracked beginning 1/2011.
The Library is as busy as ever with an average of over 11,000 visits per month;
however, is still not at the all-time level reached in Fiscal Year 2009/10. Events
and number of event participants both increased once again during this past
year. Many more patrons are utilizing the ability to place holds on books which
has dramatically increased since joining the Inland Library Network in August
2014.
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Program Overview
#of #of
Children's Children's #of Teen #of Teen #of Adult #of Adult Total#of Total#of
Programs Attendees Programs Attendees Programs Attendees Programs Attendees
July, 2014 32 941 14 122 2 37 48 1100
August 17 689 7 50 2 8 26 747
Sept 22 447 19 99 2 14 43 560
Oct 32 578 18 60 2 13 52 651
Nov 23 424 13 60 3 26 39 510
Dec 25 592 13 81 2 13 40 686
Jan, 2015 29 480 14 108 3 44 46 632
Feb 26 390 13 93 2 17 41 500
Mar 28 652 19 153 3 40 50 845
April 30 631 14 72 3 34 47 737
May 25 543 15 116 1 15 41 674
June 28 1488 10 129 2 14 40 1631
Totals: 317 7855 169 1143 27 275 513 9273
Community Events and School items (tours, outreach)are not Included in Numbers Above. Only Programs
(storytime,teen events/programs,crafts/games,summer reading,adult programs etc.)are counted.
The Moorpark City Library provides programming for all ages and a variety of
demographics. The difference in the programming statistics on the chart above
and number of events and attendees listed in the chart on page 3 is that the
large community events, detailed on the next page of this report, were not
included in the chart above. Once again, the library contract staff increased the
number of programs being offered from 424 last year to 513 this reporting
year. Attendance has steadily increased each year over the past 8 years.
Programming is tricky, especially programming for tweens and teens, due to
trends, competing programs, extracurricular activities, and school
commitments. The Young Adult Librarian monitors and tracks trends and
gathers feedback from the teen and tween population that visit the library.
The full detail of programs plus outreach, library school visits, community
events, special events, etc. for Fiscal Year 2014/15 is provided as Exhibit A to
this report. Exhibit A is all inclusive of programs and events.
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Community Programs
The Moorpark City Library participated in the three large community events
during the reporting period and recognized Banned Book Week.
Family Day at the Ranch was held on September 21, 2014. Contract Library
staff attended the Moorpark Women's Fortnightly Club (MWFC) Day at the
Ranch. The MWFC held this family fundraiser complete with carnival games,
horse riding demonstrations, pony rides, petting zoo, horse shoeing and bull
whip demonstrations, food and more to benefit the Moorpark City Library.
The MWFC graciously donated $5,235.79 to the library which has been
earmarked for a self-check station that will be part of the RFID project next
Fiscal Year.
The Country Days Parade was held on September 27, 2014, with the Library
and the Moorpark Friends of the Library participating. Library contract staff
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attendees on the sunny
day in September.
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browse and purchase.
Moorpark Arts Festival took place on Saturday, April 18 where local authors
read excerpts from their books including Nathan White from his book of
poetry, Apparent Magnitude; Geert Heetebrij and Jonathan Lareva from their
family fantasy adventure The Undergrounds; humorist Sheli Ellsworth reading
from her book Sometimes I Pee When I Laugh; and Ryan M. Blanck, author of 6
books including #TheStrugglesReal shared from his collection of poems
describing his battles with anxiety and panic disorder. Other genres
represented include mysteries, Young Adult graphic novels and non-fiction
works. For children, the library provided a station for art activities, library
themed coloring and drawing pages, puzzles, and photo shots taken with the
authors and Summer Reading Club "Fetch" cutout. Direct interactions were
made with 150 members of the community throughout the day. Contract
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Library staff was engaged with patron conversations about the upcoming
calendar of events, programs, activities and other library services.
Banned Book Week, September 21—27, 2014
Banned Books Week is the national book community's annual celebration of
the freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country
draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of
challenged books and hosting a variety of events.
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the week prior to Banned Books
Week, librarians invited patrons
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surprised to learn about some of .�
the titles that have been
challenged. Even the Harry Potter and Diary of a Wimpy Kid series have found
their detractors. At Moorpark over 70 patrons participated in the project,
representing a wide range of opinions, ages and ethnicities. It provoked
conversation and debate. Moorpark Librarians received comments such as that
"it's great to have the forum to be heard against censorship", and "I feel good
and proud to live in a country, (and indeed have a library) that helps provide
access to literature and ideas of all kinds".
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Adult Programs and Events
This year the Library presented 27 programs tailored to the adult population of
our community, down from 37 last year. The decrease was due to
discontinuation of programs and events that have not attracted an audience
via the usual monthly marketing, press releases and promotions.
Book Club for Adults currently meets on the first Sunday of each month at
3:00 p.m. to discuss the book club book selection. Books chosen and discussed
for this reporting period included: The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by
Fannie Flagg; The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty; Vanishing Point by
Marcia Muller; The Life List by Olivia Gentile In the Woods by Tana French; One
Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper; A Pig in Provence by Georgeanne
Brennan; The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin; Orphan Train by
Christina Baker Kline; Alchemist by Paulo Coelho; and Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy. This book club usually has between 9 and 17 participants.
Road Scholar Events — On July 28, Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel)
Ambassador Jill Swaim shared her knowledge and opportunities to experience
the joy of lifelong learning while exploring the world. On Monday, October 13
Road Scholar John Callahan spoke about his passion for seeing the world.
Among his avocations he lists travel, reading, and writing and has been
working as a Group Leader with Road Scholar since 2008. He shared with
attendees the wide range of educational adventures offered by Road Scholar,
the leader in lifelong learning since 1975.
Local Author Panel — On
November 5, the City
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Pugh engaged the attendees with their discussion and tips on how to self-
publish and their ways to get over writers block.
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Adult Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast—On January 22, the annual volunteer
thank you event was held. Thirty volunteers attended the appreciation
breakfast, which included pastries, fresh fruit, coffee and tea. Individual
volunteers and those from groups, such as the Moorpark Friends of the Library
and Villa Esperanza, were in attendance. The City Librarian provided an
overview of programs and services the library was able to offer in the past year
thanks to the support of our volunteers and honored Moorpark Friends of the
Library member Francine Dudenhoeffer. Francine addressed the group,
encouraging volunteers to join the Friends of the Library. Friends of the Library
President Mike Fenerin also addressed the group, thanking them for their
support. Everyone enjoyed the heartfelt remarks of the presenters, and a few
volunteers even joined the Friends group and became Friends Board Officers.
Tea Talk & Tasting — On April 8 at 6:00 p.m. the Library hosted A Tasteful Tea
Experience with 23 attendees. David De Candia, Honorary Tea Ambassador and
Master Ceylon Tea Blender from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, gave a PowerPoint
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sustainability practices surrounding them. The tea tasting was popular and the
intricacies of picking, blending and selecting teas, as well as how to make the
perfect cup incited many questions about the culture that produce it. There
were slides of the farms where the different teas are grown and hand-picked.
Attendees were invited to visit the local facility in Camarillo and some did.
Author Event — On April 27 at 6:00 p.m. the Library presented "Get Healthy
and Fit the "Lazy" Way". Marie Bean, Australian author of Lazy Runner, Lazy
Loser, and Lazy Cook, was on a tour of California Libraries and she scheduled a
visit to Moorpark. Marie spoke on good health and provided tips and tricks for
improving fitness her 'Lazy' way. Signed copies of her books were available
during the post presentation question and answer session.
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Movie Mondays — Monthly screenings of favorites, classics and new releases
happen at 6:00 p.m. Attendance at this monthly program continues to be
sluggish. Movies have been selected according to theme or genre with titles
including Double Indemnity (1944; NR), High Society(1956; NR), and Get on Up:
The James Brown Story (2015; PG-13). The events heavily promoted are not
well attended. Unfortunately on one occasion when 7 attendees arrived for a
movie the disc skipped several times while in DVD player and some of the
audience eventually left. Informal surveys have been conducted to ask patrons
what would bring them to a movie at the library. The response was
unanimously that they would come if the furniture was more conducive to
relaxing with friends. With the limited space available in the meeting room and
throughout the library these patron comments have been noted for future
reference. This program will be reassessed going forward.
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Young Adult (Teen) Programs
This year's young adult programs included a celebration of two theme weeks
sponsored by the American Library Association.
Teen Read Week, October 13 - 18, 2014 The library held a Teen Read Week
Books to Movies Festival, showing four movies on four consecutive afternoons
based on popular YA books or comics: Divergent, The Hunger Games: Catching
Fire, Warm Bodies, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The festival was
reasonably well attended, with the highest attendance of 7 teens on the first
day, for Divergent. The Young Adult Librarian began each showing by
discussing the purpose of Teen Read Week and the festival, which was to
demonstrate the connections between what teens see at the movies and the
literature that inspired the making of the films. Creativity comes in many forms
and it takes an artist to see a story come alive from the written page.
Attendees were enthusiastic about the movies and reading in general, checking
out the books as primary sources.
Teen Tech Week, March 8 - 14, 2015 Teen Tech Week is a national initiative
of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) with the purpose of
ensuring that teens are competent and ethical users of technology and
encouraging teens to take advantage of the technology at libraries for
education and recreation.
Seventeen teens participated in a Creative Coding Workshop at the library
during Teen Tech Week.
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step-by-step instructions, /\
asked for help when
needed, and shared their designs with each other. Teens then got to see their
design created on a 3-D printer and gave the workshop positive reviews in an
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anonymous survey they completed on the third day. Almost all of them rated
the workshop as "excellent" and said they would recommend it to a friend.
This was a successful tech program and the library will continue to offer tech
events to the tween/teen population.
Other young adult programs held throughout the year included:
Teen Makerspaces — In this monthly program, teens had the opportunity to
create things and be a "maker." Last fall, teens learned how to make Duct Tape
Bookmarks, just in time for back to school. A fun and simple craft of DIY
Magnets had teens creating personalized glass magnets. In October, teens had
a great time finding and arranging book titles to create unique poems for Book
Spine Poetry. After participants scanned the library shelves and used the
catalog to find titles, they created poems and shared them with the group.
Tweens got in the Thanksgiving Craft spirit by making decorative place cards
for their families' Thanksgiving tables. In January, tweens learned about the
challenges faced by
engineers in the Skyscraper
,;;,--'01","• IV Engineering Challenge.
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They competed in a
" 1 4, challenge to build their own
skyscrapers of a certain
height using sticks, tape,
and paper. A Valentine
101; st
® = Fortune Teller craft was the
• . February Makerspace which
playfully answered
questions about their lives,
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such as, "Does my crush like
me back?" and "Should I audition for a part in the school play?" March was
time to Make a Mini-Garden of succulents in a decorative container.
Tween Book Club — This book discussion group for students in grades 6-8
meets the first Monday of each month. Books discussed included Out of My
Mind by Sharon Draper; Schooled by Gordon Korman; Coraline by Neil Gaiman;
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede; and Picture me Gone by Meg Rossoff.
In the discussion about Coraline, one participant modified his original opinion
of the meaning of bravery after re-reading a passage in which the main
character defines bravery. He had said bravery meant fearlessness, while
Coraline pointed out that it is doing something in spite of being afraid. In the
spring, participants were excited to learn that they would now get free copies
of the book club book to be discussed the next month.
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Pg. 13 Programs and Special Events
Introduction to 3D Printing — In November and January, 32 teens got a first-
hand look at the process of 3D modeling and printing thanks to web developer
Ben Fox. After providing a basic overview of 3D printing, including the software
and types of printers used, Ben printed a basic piece as participants watched.
Everyone was mesmerized as they watched the printer's platform "dance"
around. Participants were also impressed with the samples Ben brought. Next,
Ben demonstrated the process of modeling in Google SketchUp, and a few
participants followed along on their own laptops, playing with the software's
features and creating their own models.
Blind Date with a Book — All February long teens participated in Blind Date
with a Book in honor of Valentine's Day. Participants picked a wrapped young
adult book and read it to see if they fell in love with a new author or genre.
The total number of wrapped books checked out was 46 out of 50, and 14
"Rate a Date" (short book review) slips were returned. One lucky participant
won movie tickets for two. Teens seemed excited by the program; some
checked out more than one book and turned in more than one review slip.
Golden Grades Tutoring met vii , = T s'.
Mondays and Thursdays, �� - 41.
4:00 — 6:00 p.m. during the ■
school year with 81 students
taking advantage of the ,.'
tutoring. Moorpark High 1 -
School Students offered free r'
tutoring in all subjects to i
students in all grade levels
on a first-come, first-served
.Y'
basis but students were
never turned away, as tutors • . . -,__
rotated from one student to
r� �_. • �..
the next to assist with specific tasks. Feedback suggests that students found
their grades improved overall with this helpful one-on-one contact.
"Insurgent" Movie Release Party — In March, 12 attendees joined the Young
Adult Librarian for trivia, games and snacks based on the blockbuster
"Divergent" book trilogy and movies. One lucky teen won tickets to see the
movie Insurgent at a local theater.
Teen Volunteer Trainings led by the Librarians were held twice a month
throughout the year and is designed to help teens who are interested in
earning community service hours required for their high school graduation
while building valuable work and social skills. Volunteer hours are verified and
logged by one of the librarians.
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Pg. 14 Programs and Special Events
Children's Programs and Events
School age and preschool age children are the primary demographic served by
the Librarians at Moorpark City Library. Once again this fiscal year saw an
increase in the number of children's programs presented at the library as well
as an increase numbers of activity participants and attendees.
Special Events for -IFTET. : .
take place throughout the 1 p
year. ' - n,"jr
K-9 Demonstration Officer l a
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•
Delpit, and her black German f* 3-
Shepherd Dano, did a
question and answer session "
with lots of questions from `,/° ,�,•�
children on Thursday, August • !
14, 2014. After the demo, • . -
ry
the children got to pet and
play with Dano. This event •
was well attended with 95
children and adults.
Ojai Raptor Center Birds of Prey Demonstration — There was very strong
attendance of 65 families at this event held at the Community Center. Ojai
Raptors presented various birds of prey and all in attendance learned about
falcons, hawks, owls, and a vulture. Three presenters took out each bird,
describing the reasons why some birds can be released back into the wild
after sustaining an injury and why those presented could not. Engaging
question and answer periods occurred with each bird and everyone was
'enraptured' with new knowledge and their curiosities satisfied.
Insect Mania — This special program was offered on October 21 with 20 in
attendance. Dr. Kent Christensen presented a slide show and 4 boxed
collections of butterflies and insects from California and the tropics. He
commented on the fact he started collecting at age 8 and is curiosity lead him
to plan trips to collect specimens. Collecting became a lifelong hobby and he
traveled to foreign countries with fellow scientists. Children and parents were
fascinated with the multicolored and phosphorescent characteristics of the
butterfly's wings but were not as excited about the large beetles and spiders.
Everyone went away with new knowledge and appreciation of these small
living things.
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Pg. 15 Programs and Special Events
Early Literacy Celebrations - November celebrates Early Literacy Month and
Rebecca Strawberry was the highlighted performer on November 25 with 31
in attendance. Rebecca sang her original songs for kids to listen to about
being a kid and having a difficult day. She brought music and play props for
the audience to beat to the rhythm of certain songs. Adults commented on
the positive relevance of the tunes as it related to their family experiences.
Holiday PJ Party - On December
5, another attendance record was
set with 315 people gathering in
4. the library for the Holiday PJ
Party. Local student musicians
were on hand, visitors sang
'. . 'ty� carols, and our very own special
•• • .• Santa listened to children who
• 4'4-.1'.• • received a gift bag and a raffle
. .- • ticket. Attendees were also
. '..."-'4'.141-t;, �. -, ii invited to decorate cookies and
- r� _ i �� make holiday crafts. All enjoyed
hot chocolate or juice, decorated
the tree, and listened to a reading
•• of The Night before Christmas by
:••.• '••'-- the City Librarian.
California Young Reader Medal - On February 5, the library hosted a special
storytime event to showcase the 5 picture book nominees for the California
Young Reader Medal. Each book was read by guest readers and attendees
voted for their favorites.
Dia de los Ninos / Dia de LosL ' "Ell , I
Libros - In April, the library once _ , k .„
again hosted the day of the child ;gyp —
day of the book celebration with -"Ir � `
Alphabet Soup Puppeteers f �•,,.si.*� u ,
F
presenting a bilingual Quinceanera I i, ' a
puppet show. . «r;'
B
I
Big Truck/Big Read - Calling all \ � i
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vehicles to the library. In May the i - •
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Library hosted the Big Truck/Big
Read celebration with emergency
vehicles including police cars and -i J'y
fire trucks, the City bus, and City
public works vehicles. ,_ M
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Pg. 16 Programs and Special Events
Storytimes and other programs happen each month including Little Bilingual
Readers Storytime with First 5; Family Storytime on Wednesday mornings; PJ
Storytime on Thursday evenings, Baby Book Bunnies for toddlers; Preschool
Learning Time with iPads and technology exploration; the Read to a Dog
program; crafts; movies; lego free play; game time afternoons; Reading
Buddies; and holiday themed programs.
During this reporting period there were 317 children's events and programs!
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Pg. 17 Summer Reading Programs
Summer Reading Programs
During the summer months of late June through early August, the themed
Summer Reading Club (SRC) is in full swing. Storytime events take the summer
months off and other events occur at the library on a weekly basis.
"PAWS TO READ" 2014 — The kick-off event was in June 2014, and the SRC
continued through August 5. SRC Sign-ups for 2014 were as follows:
Children: 662 Daws to Kedd
Teen: 146 1
Adult: 82
Total: 890 01.04N-5TCH"/
Children's SRC 2014—July and August #
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The large Paws to Read weekly a
performances took place on Mondays at
3:00 p.m. in the Community Center Apricot
Room with the Finale in August at the High �. I
Street Arts Center.
At the weekly performances in July
attendees were intrigued by Mr. Twister,
Balloon Man as he created creatures of all
shapes and sizes; Juggler David Cousin who
had 'assistants' come up on stage to
practice juggling with scarves or banancing ,
peacock feathers; storyteller Rebecca
Martin who captivated the audience with her folk tales; and One World
Rhythm got everyone involved as three sets of percussion instruments were
handed out to each member of the audience to follow the beat, perform a call
and response, or try echo playback.
August 4 was the Cupcale Finale featuring Comedy Magic by Dan Ray who
utilized many volunteers for his magic tricks for the first 30 minutes of the
program and then did a ventriloquist act. After the show, the crowd headed
back to the library with their reading logs to select a book and stuffed animal,
plus enjoy a cupcake of course. Over 30 cans of dog or cat food were collected
and donated to the Ventura County Animal Shelter Food Pantry as part of our
'altruistic' aspect of our summer reading program.
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Pg. 18 Summer Reading Programs
During July and August the library hosted lego Tuesday's, Learning Day
Wednesday's, Read to a Dog Thursday's, and Movie Friday's as well.
Teen Summer Reading Program 2014—July and August
Weekly Makerspace programs took place on Tuesdays in the Library or the
Community Center adjacent to the Library.
Zombie Taxidermy had tweens and teens bring a stuffed animal (or select one
provided) to unleash their creativity and "zombify" them. Cupcake Boss
provided tweens and teen with
J* decorations to create animal
a cupcakes but participants were
free to decorate their cupcakes
„ -407howeverthey wished. Artist
:.- , iw Max Espinoza taught simple
�:� , tricks for drawing cartoon and
manga characters during
•r '„ � �;, Cartoon Drawshop, including
Mickey Mouse and Stewie
Griffin from the television show
"Family Guy.” Teens learned
about the basics of animation in the Make A Zoetrope 3D animation device.
In the last Makerspace of the summer, teens learned how to Make a Dog Toy
for their dogs (or dogs they know).
Teen Summer Reading Program Finale/Pizza Party. Twenty-four teens
attended the finale and pizza party to celebrate their successful participation
in the summer reading program. They enjoyed sharing some of the books
that they had read and ate pizza while the Young Adult Librarian gave an
overview of upcoming teen events at the library. After the free book
giveaway, there was a drawing for the finale prizes, including 8GB flash drives;
a $25 Regal Theaters gift card; an iPod Shuffle; and a Kindle Paperwhite.
Participation in the Teen Makerspace programs ranged from 7 to 24
throughout the summer with Cupcake Boss being the best-attended event
other than the Finale Pizza party. During these fun activities, participants built
social skills and were exposed to books and information that promoted
conversation and learning at all levels.
Adult Summer Reading Program 2014
Read, Review, and Win! Adults were invited to read or listen to a book within
the scope of the Paws or animal theme during June, July or August and then
to fill out a review form found at the Library, on the library website, or the
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Pg. 19 Summer Reading Programs
library Facebook page for a chance to win an Amazon Kindle or other prizes.
The book club for adults got into the spirit of summer reading program by
selecting a Paws themed title, A dog's purpose by W. Bruce Cameron for the
July 2014 discussion. There were a total of 25 book review submissions
received either online through the website form or on paper at the library and
one lucky winner received the prize of a Kindle Paperwhite tablet!
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SPONSORED BY THE MOORPARK FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
During the spring of 2015 the new theme of "READ TO THE RHYTHM" was
introduced for the summer reading club for 2015. Summer reading events
span the fiscal years and for 2015 programs and events began in mid-June and
continued through the first week in August.
Children's Summer Reading Club 2015-June
To get everyone revved up for
the SRC, the Library hosted a
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Petting Zoo next to the Library 0,
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on Tuesday, June 16 at 10:00 •
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a.m. A record setting 440 .'
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attendees stopped by to see
goats, chickens, ducks, a • ;
miniature alpaca, and a •
miniature two-year old cow!
Parents and children enjoyed '4
petting the animals and Library *f:.,
staff promoted the upcoming • ,'•
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SRC. `. '
The Kickoff event, One World Rhythm at the High Street Arts Center, took
place on June 22 at 3:00 p.m. All large performances continued throughout
June, July and the first week of August on Monday afternoons. On June 29 the
Swazzle Puppetters visited to get everyone clapping to the beat.
Storytime in the Park events are a new offering this summer to take the
Library into neighborhoods. The Pi in the Park Storytime events are scheduled
to occur weekly on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. for 7 weeks in 7 different
parks througout the City. A rotating banner promoting the storytime will be
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Pg. 20 Summer Reading Programs
moved each Friday morning to the park where the storytime will be the
following week. The first PJ Storytime at Community Park next to the library
was very successful and staff are excited about this new offering.
Teen Summer Reading Program 2015–June
The teen summer reading
ryesprogram started off with a
<4 '; _ - bang—the bang of Taiko
� � � � Drums! The Young Adult
Via. Librarian introduced the 19
participants to the Summer
Reading Program with a
video then everyone
enjoyed Japanese snacks
such as Pocky and rice
crackers; made personalized hachi maki headbands; and learned a basic Taiko
dance and drum routine. In the first month of this year's teen program there
were 155 sign-ups! This is a record for a single month.
In the weekly SongPop Saturday program, created especially for the summer
reading program, teens competed in teams to "name that tune" in a fun
music trivia game.
Adult SRC Program 2015-June
Read, review and win! For the new summer reading program aligned with the
Read to the Rhythm theme, adults were invited to read or listen to a work of
fiction or biography that had a music theme and fill out a review form found
at the Library, on the library website, or the library Facebook page. To
encourage participation this year there were prizes for 5 participants including
puzzles, a music Encyclopedia, a musical scarf and the Grand prize was an iPad
Air 2.
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Pg. 21 Customer Service, Outreach, and Volunteerism
Customer Service, Outreach, and Volunteerism
The City of Moorpark has an Agreement with Library Systems & Services, LLC
(LSSI) who operate the library on a daily basis. LSSI offer their employees
frequent trainings in customer service as the company's management knows
that this is the primary factor for successful and happy client outcomes.
Digital content delivery platforms and Internet access are selected and
maintained with the patron users in mind as well as adhering to the Moorpark
City Library's policies adopted by the City Council. Customer service
satisfaction has been improved with the remarkable increase in the number
of items available to search online and borrow from the library due to joining
the ILN. LSSI employees decorate the library with themed displays and
decorations for special events and programs to make the small but welcoming
space appealing and inviting to customers of all ages.
Library contract staff continues to reach out beyond the library walls as we
conduct outreach at various community events such as Country Days in the
fall, and the Moorpark Arts Festival in spring. Librarians attend local school
open house nights and career days to promote library programs and services,
and offer informational resources to students and teachers alike.
As stated by the City Librarian at the Volunteer appreciation breakfast,
"Volunteerism here at the Library, and for the Library takes many forms
without which the Librarians and Library staff couldn't present the amazing
programing and service that the community of Moorpark has come to value
and expect."
The wonderful Y,� • , u,,_iv a Vh ..
consistency of our f ,. _. , f
•
.
Library volunteers , ! , -.J
who visit each week �!Pig "
to straighten and
dust the stacks of
books, magazines, ` •�
audiobooks, DVDs
and puppets W
continues to be
evident in every
section of the library. Volunteers enjoying the Appreciation Breakfast
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Pg. 22 Customer Service, Outreach, and Volunteerism
Our program volunteers are invaluable and include:
• Our dear friends the therapy dogs and their "Parents" for our Read to
a Dog program;
• Those who help facilitate the songs and crafts for our Little Bilingual
Readers program reaching young ones who are learning to read
English for the first time;
• Those who give their time for training with Laubach Literacy of
Ventura County, Inc. and use the Library to meet with patrons for
English conversation and literacy tutoring;
• Our Reading Buddies who join us to listen to children read and help
create a trusted safe environment where it's okay to ask for help;
• The Moorpark Women's Fortnightly Club who founded the Library
back in 1912 and continue to hold fundraising events in support of
library services;
• New volunteers who have recently joined our family to keep the DVDs
and children's books in good condition ready for the hands of our
library cardholders;
• An expert in his field who gave his time to shared his knowledge of
computer programing and 3D printing with our community's teens;
• And, of course, the Moorpark Friends of the Library members whose
financial support literally make our programming possible.
The Library had an incredible 418 volunteer shifts totaling 1,811 hours over
the course of the year; and what is more impressive is that those volunteer
figures don't include the volunteer contributions of the Friends whose hours
serving on the Friends Board, holding book sales, planning, and sorting
donated material are not counted in the Library's recorded statistics
presented in our Quarterly reports to the Library Board and City Council. The
City and Library contract staff thanks all the volunteers who gave so much
over this past year.
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Pg. 23 Governing Bodies
Governing Bodies
"Life's most persistent question is,
What are you doing for others?"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Library Board of Trustees (Board)
The Library continues to enjoy the strong support and leadership of the City's
Library Board of Trustees (Board). Current Board members are as follows:
Heather McGregor, President; David Landry, President Pro Tern; Anne Dixon,
Boardmember; Jose Rios, Boardmember; and Candice Sunseri, Boardmember.
The Board is very committed to our library and the enrichment that the library
brings to the community.
The Board met in July, 2014 with Robert Perez selected as Library Board
President and Heather McGregor as President Pro Tern. The board concurred
to continue their regular monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of each
month at 6:00 p.m. Moorpark Friends of the Library President Mike Fenerin
gave a report on the Friends of the Library activities for the last term.
At the meeting of August 12, 2014 the Board received the Moorpark City
Library Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2013-14 as well as the Collections
Allocation Report. The Moorpark Friends of the Library report was also
received and filed.The September meeting was cancelled.
At the meeting of October 14, 2014, the Board considered the 2014 SRC
summary report and the Moorpark City Library quarterly report for the first
quarter of Fiscal Year 2014-15. The November and December meetings were
cancelled.
At the meeting of January 13, 2015, the Board considered the Quarterly
Report for the 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year 2014-15 (October-December 2014).
The Board met on February 10, 2015 to consider nomination and selection of
a new Library Board President and potential selection of a president pro-tern
with the resignation of Library Board President Robert Perez. Heather
McGregor was selected as President and David Landry as President Pro-Tern.
At the February meeting, the Board also began discussion of the City Council
Goals and Objectives that relate to the library and library services. The regular
meeting of March was cancelled.
At the special meeting of March 24, 2015 the Board continued discussion of
the City Council Goals and Objectives with the recommendation to move the
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Pg. 24 Governing Bodies
potential objective to implement an RFID system and install security gates at
the Library to a 0-2 year objective.
On April 8, 2015, Board members had their joint meeting with the Moorpark
City Council at 7:30 p.m. and outlined their priorities for the next year. The
discussion focused the following topics:
1. Update on the status of the Civic Center Project which includes the
Library Expansion Project and discussion of space needs and options
going forward with the design;
2. Discussion of moving the RFID project from a potential objective to a
0-2 year objective;
3. Discussion about funding opportunities, grants, fundraising; and,
4. Discussion about bringing the library to the community which is going
to be piloted with the Storytime in the Park events during the
summer.
At the May 12, 2015 meeting, the Board considered the Quarterly Report for
the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2014-15 (January — March 2015). The June
meeting was cancelled.
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Pg. 25 Support Organizations
Support Organizations
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is
going to get better. It's not.
-Dr. Seuss
Moorpark Friends of the Library (Friends)
h,nORPARK The City wishes to thank the Moorpark Friends of the Library
r �S for their continuing support and tireless advocacy of the
Moorpark City Library. In 2014-15, the Friends were proud
I_tI/!i to once again sponsor the Library's Summer Reading Clubs
OV Till!LIERARY
and special events and their sponsorship provided incentive
prizes for various events plus they assisted with the planning, logistics,
marketing and outreach.
As of June 2015, the Friends Board consists of Mike Fenerin, President; Dona
Pugh, Vice President and Treasurer; and Barbara Penney as Secretary. Rosalie
Barili is newsletter coordinator; Francine Dudenhoeffer is membership
coordinator; and Sandi Thompson is the social media coordinator.
The Friends are a 501(c)(3) organization whose sole purpose is to support the
Moorpark City Library. The Friends meet regularly to discuss their operations
and how they can assist the Library with programs, events, and in other ways.
The Friends commitment is to support and sponsor library programming and
they donated close to $12,000 to the Moorpark City Library in Fiscal Year
2014/15, which is a marked increase over past years.
During the reporting period, the Friends participated in the Moorpark
Women's Fortnightly Club Day at the Ranch on September 21 where they
featured their upcoming Country Day's sale, live comedy event, and
memberships. The Friends also hosted a member appreciation dessert
celebration on the evening of May 5, 2015 to honor all those who volunteer
for their group.
Memberships — Friends Memberships continue to remain steady with
between 70 and 80 paid members. The Friends would like to increase their
memberships and continue to discuss avenues to explore. There are various
levels of annual membership offered ranging from $10 for an individual
membership, to $25 for a family or $50 patron level membership. Family and
Patron level members get the perk of free books from the Friends Book store
as a membership benefit.
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Pg. 26 Support Organizations
Book Sales —The Friends continued operating their book store in the Library
with generous help from their volunteer corps. From June 28 — July 9, the
Friends had their summer book "Parking Lot and Porch Sale" with earnings of
$526 which is on the low side of average for the summer sale.
In the fall of 2014, the Friends participated in a "trifecta" of book sale events.
The Friends, once again, participated with a book sale at Country Days with
sales of $486. The Friends also held a Porch Sale following Country Days and
participated for the second time at the Civil War Reenactment. For the Civil
War event, the friends culled all war related materials and history books and
took them to the event. Civil War Book Sale netted about$500.
The spring book sale went well in March of 2015, earning $536, slightly more
than last year's sale.
Book Club —The Friends Membership Chairperson, continues to offer a book
club for adults at the Emeritus Senior Living Center in Camarillo. Emeritus
sponsors the purchase of additional large print copies of book club selections
and gives a $50 monthly donation to the Friends.
Comedy Fundraiser—The Second Annual "Live Comedy at the Funeral Home"
was once again a success. The event was held on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at
6:30 p.m. with wine social and three stand-up comedian event at the Perez
Family Funeral Home Chapel. The event was well attended and the net profit
was about $1,000, the same as the prior year. As a result of strategic
partnerships with the Moorpark Women's Fortnightly, Rotary, Kiwanis and
others, this high profile event brought the Friends mission to a completely
new audience and gained increased support. The Third Annual "Live Clean
Comedy" event will take place at the High Street Arts Center on Sunday,
October 18, 2015.
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Pg. 27 Contact Information
Contact Information
Moorpark City Library
799 Moorpark Avenue
Moorpark, CA 93021
Phone: 805-517-6370
Email: askus@moorparklibrary.org
www.moorparklibrary.org
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Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes #
7/1/2014 Legos MT 35 F g Theme
7/1/2014 Teen Makerspace CH 14 Zombie Taxidermy
7/2/2014 Preschool Learning Day MT 30 iPads+learning games
7/2/2014 Elementary Learning Day MT 8 Science&games
7/2/2014 Wii Wednesday CH 14
7/3/2014 Read to a Dog MT 11
7/3/2014 July 3rd Extravaganza JR,CH, MT 62 Community outreach
7/6/2014 Book Club for Adults JR 12 All Girls filing stations last reunion
7/7/2014 Teen Movie CH 9 One Direction:This is Us
7/7/2014 SRC Children's Program MT 135 Mt.Twister-Balloons
7/8/2014 SRC Legos MT 35 Flying machine Theme
7/8/2014 SRC Teen Makerspace CH 17 Animal cupcakes
7/9/2014 Preschool Learning Day MT 31 iPads+learning games
7/9/2014 Elementary Learning Day MT 6 Science&games
7/9/2014 Wii Wednesday CH 9
7/10/2014 Read to a Dog MT 7 Olive&Miss Molly
7/10/2014 PJ Storytime MT 23 2 Princesses
7/11/2014 Children's Movie MT 10 Cats&Dogs
7/14/2014 SRC Children's Performance MT 125 Juggler David Cousin
7/14/2014 Teen Movie CH 1 Fast& Furious 6
7/15/2014 SRC Legos MT 20 Animal Theme
7/15/2014 SRC Teen Makerspace CH 10 Cartoon Drawshop
7/16/2014 SRC Learning Day-PS MT 21 Games, crafts,activities
7/16/2014 SRC Learning Day-Elementary MT 1 Math&Reading
7/16/2014 Wii Wednesday CH 6 Grades 6-12 only
7/17/2014 Read to a Dog MT 11 Olive&Miss Molly
7/17/2014 PJ Storytime MT 20 Curious George
7/18/2014 SRC Movie MT 9 Amazing Panda Adventure
7/18/2014 Outreach MT 55 First 5 Evening Event
7/21/2014 SRC Children's Performance MT 85 Storyteller Rebecca Martin
7/21/2014 Teen Movie CH 7 Oz,The Great&Powerful
7/22/2014 SRC Legos MT 30 House Theme
7/22/2014 SRC Teen Makerspace CH 7 Zoetropes
7/23/2014 SRC Learning Day-PS MT 32 iPads+learning games
7/23/2014 SRC Learning Day Elem MT 4 Science&games
7/23/2014 Wii Wednesday CH 10 Noisy-stopped early
7/24/2014 Read to a Dog MT 8 No dogs.
7/24/2014 PJ Storytime MT 16
7/25/2014 SRC Movie MT 22 Homeward bound 2
7/28/2014 SRC Performance MT 87 One World Rythmn
7/28/2014 Teen Movie CH 3 After Earth
7/29/2014 SRC Legos MT 22 Human being theme
7/29/2014 SRC Teen Makerspace CH 10 Dog toys
7/28/2014 Road Scholar JR 25 Jill Swain
7/30/2014 SRC-Learning Day-PS MT 17 iPads+learning games
7/30/2014 SRC-Learning Day-Elem MT 3 Science&games
7/30/2014 Wii Wednesday CH 5
7/31/2014 Read to a Dog MT 14 Olive&Miss Molly
7/31/2014 PJ Storytime MT 8
JULY TOTALS Attendees: 1162 Programs/Events: 49
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Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes #
8/1/2014 SRC Movie MT 12 The Wild (G)
8/3/2014 Book Club for Adults JR 8 A Husband's Secret
8/4/2014 SRC Finale Performance MT 240 Comedy Magic Dan Ray
8/5/2014 Teen SRC Finale CH 24 Pizza party
8/5/2014 SRC Legos MT 30
8/6/2015 SRC Learning Day PS MT 18 iPads+learning games
8/6/2014 SRC Learning Day Elem MT 0
8/7/2014 Read to a Dog MT 15 2 dogs
8/7/2014 PJ Storytime MT 13
8/11/2014 Movie Monday(adults) JR 0 Pompeii
8/12/2014 Teen Makerspace CH 5 Duct tape bookmarks
8/8/2014 Outreach MT 150 K-Round-Up @ Flory
8/13/2014 Family Storytime MT 30 Theme: Manners
8/13/2014 Wii Wednesday CH 3
8/14/2014 SRC K9 Demonstration MT 95 Dano and Officer
8/14/2014 PJ Storytime MT 6
8/19/2014 Teen Movie CH 0 I, Frankenstein (PG-13)
8/20/2014 Wii Wednesday CH 2
8/20/2014 Family Storytime MT 30 Giants
8/21/2014 PJ Storytime MT 11 Teen Guest Readers
8/23/2014 Legos MT 1
8/25/2014 Teen Volunteer Training CH 5
8/27/2014 Digital Storytime&Play MT 23 Rainbow Fish
8/27/2014 Wii Wednesday CH 11
8/28/2014 PJ Storytime MT 13
8/29/2014 Wii Games MT 2
9/3/2014 Family Storytime MT 25 Shapes Theme
9/3/2014 Teen Wii CH 8
9/4/2014 PJ Storytime MT 9
9/5/2014 Legos MT 10
9/6/2014 Read to a Dog MT 7 Karen &Daniel
9/7/2014 Book Club for Adults JR 11 Where'd You Go, Bernadette
9/8/2014 Teen Book Club CH 1 Out of My Mind
9/8/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 2 2 tutors
9/9/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 22
9/9/2014 Teen Makerspace CH 3 DIY magnets
9/10/2014 PS Learning time MT 25
9/10/2014 Tour&Class Visit MT 29 Walnut Canyon K
9/10/2014 Banned Book Mug Shots CH 7
9/11/2014 Tour&Class Visit MT 28 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
9/11/2014 Special Family Event MT 65 Ojai Raptors
9/11/2014 PJ Storytime MT 7
9/11/2014 Banned Book Mug Shots CH 13
9/11/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 2 1 tutor
9/12/2014 Tour&Class Visit MT 26 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
32
Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes
9/12/2014 Tour&Class Visit MT 35 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
9/12/2014 Banned Book Mug Shots MT 10
9/12/2014 Game Time MT 10
9/13/2014 Teen Volunteer Training MT 3
9/13/2014 Banned Book Mug Shots MT 14
9/14/2014 Banned Book Mug Shots CH 9
9/15/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 2 2 tutors
9/15/2014 Banned Book Mug Shots CH 10
9/16/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 30
9/16/2014 Banned Book Mug Shots CH 8
9/17/2014 Family Storytime MT 18
9/17/2014 Teen Wii CH 4
9/17/2014 Banned Book Mug Shots CH 15
9/18/2014 PJ Storytime MT 16
9/18/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 2 1 tutor
9/21/2014 Family Day at the Ranch CH/JR 52 Woman's Fortnightly Club Fundraiser
9/22/2014 Movie Monday(adults) JR 3 Storm Center
9/22/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 2 2 tutors
9/23/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 18
9/23/2014 Teen Movie CH 2 "Perks of Being a Wallflower"
9/24/2014 Family Storytime MT 20
9/25/2014 Teen Volunteer Training CH 2
9/25/2014 PJ Storytime MT 20
9/25/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 3 2 tutors
9/27/2014 Country Days Staff 264
9/29/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 4 2 tutors
10/1/2014 Family Storytime MT 45 Trucks Theme
10/1/2014 Class Visit MT 25 Walnut Canyon K
10/1/2014 Teen Wii CH 6
10/2/2014 Class Visit MT 25 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
10/2/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 2 1 tutor
10/2/2014 Teen Volunteer Training CH 2
10/2/2014 PJ Storytime MT 9 Engineer Theme
10/3/2014 Class Visit MT 30 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
10/3/2014 Class Visit MT 34 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
10/3/2014 Legos MT 20
10/4/2014 Read to a Dog MT 9 Esther
10/5/2014 Book Club for Adults JR 8 Vanishing point by M. Muller
10/6/2014 Teen Book Club CH 4 Schooled by G. Korman
10/6/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 3 2 tutors
10/7/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 20 Mouse Paint Bk+activities
10/7/2014 Reading Buddies MT 2
10/8/2014 Family Storytime MT 19
10/9/2014 PJ Storytime MT 8
10/10/2014 Game Time MT 2 Wii Game
33
Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes #
Teen Read Week(TRW)
10/13/2014 Movie Festival CH 7 Divergent
10/13/2014 Road Scholar JR 5 John Callahan
10/14/2014 TRW Movie Festival CH 3 Catching Fire
10/14/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 27 Halloween story
10/14.2014 Reading Buddies MT 3
10/15/2014 PS Learning time MT 30
10/15/2014 TRW Movie Festival CH 5 Warm Bodies
10/16/2014 TRW Movie Festival CH 4 Captain America:Winter Soldier
10/16/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 3 1 tutor
10/16/2014 PJ Storytime MT 12 Monsters
10/17/2014 Class Visit MT 29 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
10/17/2014 Game Time MT 8 Bingo&card games
10/18/2014 Teen Volunteer Training MT 3
10/20/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 5 2 tutors
10/21/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 30 Pumpkin Theme
10/21/2014 Reading Buddies MT 3
10/21/2014 Insect Mania MT 20 Dr. Kent Christensen
10/22/2014 Family Storytime MT 19 Monster&spiders
10/22/2014 Class Visit MT 25 Walnut Canyon K
10/22/2014 Teen Wii CH 4
10/23/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 1 1 tutor
10/23/2014 PJ Storytime MT 6
10/24/2014 Class Visit MT 23 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
10/24/2014 Class Visit MT 35 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
10/24/2014 Kids Crafts MT 17 Halloween Theme
10/27/2014 Movie Monday(adults) CH 0 Sixth Sense
10/27/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 4 2 tutors
10/28/2014 Teen Makerspace CH 5 Book spine poetry
10/28/2014 Reading Buddies MT 2
10/29/2014 Family Storytime MT 28 Halloween Theme
10/29/2014 Teen Wii CH 0
10/30/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 2 1 volunteer
10/30/2014 PJ Storytime MT 10 Halloween
11/1/2014 Read to a Dog MT 9 Esther&Tuck
11/2/2014 Book Club for Adults JR 11 The Life List
11/3/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 4 2 tutors
11/3/2014 Teen Book Club CH 2 Coraline
11/4/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 30 Fall Theme
11/4/2014 Reading Buddies MT 6 3 Volunteers
11/5/2014 Family Storytime MT 28 Mayor-Guest Reader
11/5/2014 Author Panel JR 14 4 local authors
11/6/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 5 3 tutors
11/6/2014 PJ Storytime MT 9
11/7/2014 Lego time MT 13
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Program statistics by month FY 20142015
Date 'Program Staff Attendees Notes #
11/7/2014 Class Visit MT 28 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
11/7/2014 Class Visit MT 29 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
11/8/2014 Teen Volunteer Training MT 0
11/10/2014 Teen Movie CH 0 Godzilla (2014)
11/12/2014 Family Storytime MT 35 Deputy Yates&Joann
11/12/2014 Class Visit MT 26 Walnut Canyon K
11/12/2014 Teen Wii CH 3
11/13/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 3 2 tutors
11/13/2014 PJ Storytime MT 20 Mountain Meadows
11/14/2014 Class Visit MT 28 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
11/16/2014 Intro to 3D Printing CH 12 Ben Fox
11/17/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 7 4 tutors
11/18/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 30 Thanksgiving theme
11/18/2014 Reading Buddies MT 6 3 Volunteers
11/19/2014 Family Storytime MT 35 Firefighters visit
11/20/2014 Teen Volunteer Training CH 0
11/20/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 8 3 tutors
11/20/2014 PJ Storytime MT 14
11/21/2014 Children's Craft Buffet MT 20 Turkeys
11/24/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 6 3 tutors
11/24/2014 Movie Monday(adults) JR 1 12 Angry Men
11/25/2014 Early Literacy Performance MT 31 Rebecca Strawberry
11/25/2014 Reading Buddies MT 4
11/25/2014 Teen Makerspace CH 6 Thanksgiving place cards
11/26/2014 PS Learning Time MT 13 Games, crafts,activities
11/26/2014 Wii Games CH 4
11/28/2014 Game Day MT 5 Lego,board &card games
11/29/2014 Children's Movie MT 5 Planes: Fire&Rescue
NOVEMBER TOTALS . Attendees,, .. 510; -('' — ;Programs/Events:! 39
12/1/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 10 4 tutors
12/1/2014 Tween Book Club CH 3 Dealing with Dragons
12/2/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 13 Weather
12/2/2014 Reading Buddies MT 3
12/3/2014 Family Storytime MT 25 Holiday Theme
12/4/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 14 3 tutors
12/4/2014 Holiday PJ Party MT 315 Santa, music,storytime,cookies
12/5/2014 Class Visit MT 26 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
12/6/2014 Read to a Dog MT 5 Karen &Daniel
12/7/2014 Book Club for Adults JR 9 In the woods;Tana French
12/8/2014 Movie Monday(adults) JR 4 The Holiday
12/8/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 12 3 tutors
12/9/2014 Little Bilingual Readers MT 18 Holiday theme
12/9/2014 Reading Buddies MT 2
12/10/2014 Family Storytime MT 15
12/10/2014 Teen Wii Games CH 2
12/11/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 13 3 tutors
35
Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes #
12/11/2014 PJ Storytime MT 0
12/11/2014 Class Visit MT 27 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
12/13/2014 Teen Volunteer Training MT 3
12/15/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 12 3 tutors
12/16/2014 Reading Buddies MT 4 2 tutors
12/17/2014 Family Storytime MT 28 Hanukkah Theme
12/17/2014 Teen Wii CH 6
12/17/2014 Outreach-Class visit MT 30 Walnut Canyon K
12/18/2014 Pi Storytime MT 0
12/18/2014 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 2 2 tutors
12/19/2014 Lego Time MT 10
12/22/2014 Teen movie CH 2 Christmas Vacation
12/23/2014 Winter Games MT 17 Wii games&puzzles
12/24/2014 Pre-School learning time MT 0 iPads+learning games
12/24/2014 Winter Games MT 12 Wii &board games
12/27/2014 Children's movie MT 8 The little Penguin
12/30/2014 Teen Volunteer Training CH 1
12/30/2014 Winter Games MT 10 Legos&Wii
12/30/2014 Tour MT 8 Boys and Girls Club
12/30/2014 Teen Makerspace CH 0
12/31/2014 Pre-School learning time MT 8 Games, crafts, activities
12/31/2014 Winter Games MT 5
12/31/2014 Teen Wii CH 4
DECEMBER TOTALS Attendees: 686 Programs/Events: 40
1/2/2015 Winter Games MT 15 Board&Card Games
1/3/2015 Read to a Dog MT 7 Karen & Daniel
1/4/2015 Book Club for Adults JR 14 One Last Thing Before I Go
1/5/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 10 4 tutors
1/5/2015 Tween Book Club CH 3 Picture Me Gone
1/6/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 23
1/6/2105 Reading Buddies MT 6
1/7/2015 Family Storytime MT 20
1/7/2015 Class Visit MT 25 Walnut Canyon K
1/8/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 13 2 tutors
1/8/2015 P1 Storytime MT 10 Winter Theme
1/9/2015 Class Visit MT 28 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
1/9/2015 Class Visit MT 27 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
1/10/2015 Teen Volunteer Training MT 1
1/12/2015 Movie Monday(adults) JR 0 The Others
1/12/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 12 3 tutors
1/13/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 33 If you give a cat a cupcake
1/13/2015 Reading Buddies MT 5 2 adult volunteers
1/14/2015 Family Storytime MT 27 Winter Theme
1/14/2015 Teen Wii CH 0
1/15/2015 Teen Movie CH 0 Pitch Perfect(PG-13)
1/15/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 16 5 tutors
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Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes
1/15/2014 PJ Storytime MT 4
1/16/2015 Lego Time MT 8
1/16/2015 Class Visit MT 27 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
1/20/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 18 Jump Frog Jump
1/20/2015 Reading Buddies MT 6
1/21/2015 Family Storytime MT 28 Snow
1/21/2015 Intro to 3D Printing CH 20 Repeat of Nov. program
Adult Volunteer
1/22/2015 Appreciation Breakfast JR 30
1/22/2015 Baby Book Bunnies MT 6
1/22/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 10 3 tutors
1/22/2015 PJ Storytime MT 7
1/23/2015 Class Visit MT 31 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
1/23/2015 Tour&visit MT 10 Boys and Girls Club
1/26/2015 Teen Volunteer Training CH 3
1/26/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 2 2 tutors
1/27/2015 Reading Buddies MT 4
1/27/2015 Teen Makerspace CH 3 Skyscraper challenge
1/28/2015 Preschool Learning Time MT 25 Stories,songs&puppets
1/28/2015 Class Visit MT 27 Walnut Canyon K
1/28/2015 Teen Wii CH 5
1/29/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 11 4 tutors
1/29/2015 PJ Storytime MT 16
1/30/2015 Kids Winter Crafts MT 12 snowflakes&mittens
1/30/2015 Class Visit MT 24 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
JANUARY TOTALS Attendees: 632 Programs/Events: 46
2/1/2015 Book Club for Adults JR 13 A Pig in Provence
2/2/2015 Tween Book Club CH 4 Fablehaven
2/2/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 11 3 tutors
2/3/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 12 Kissing Hand
2/3/2015 Reading Buddies MT 3
2/4/2015 Family Storytime MT 18 Opposities
2/5/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 12 3 tutors
2/5/2015 Special Family Storytime MT 13 Cal Young Readers Medal
2/6/2015 Class Visit MT 27 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
2/6/2015 Class Visit MT 29 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
2/7/2015 Read to a dog MT S 2 dogs
2/7/2015 Teen Volunteer Training MT 2
2/9/2015 Movie Monday(adults) JR 4 When Harry Met Sally
2/9/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 14 4 tutors
2/10/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 18
2/10/2015 Reading Buddies MT 4
2/10/2015 Teen Makerspace CH 3 Valentine fortune tellers
2/11/2015 Family Storytime MT 25 Valentine Theme
2/11/2015 Teen Wii CH 3
2/12/2015 Kids Valentine Crafts MT 12
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Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes
2/12/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 6 3 tutors
2/12/2015 PJ Storytime MT 4
2/17/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 6
2/17/2015 Reading Buddies MT 0
2/18/2015 Family Storytime MT 29 animals theme
2/19/2015 Baby Book Bunnies MT 4 Songs&rhymes
2/19/2015 Teen Movie CH 1 Sixteen Candles
2/19/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 13 4 tutors
2/19/2015 PJ Storytime MT 6
2/20/2015 Class Visit MT 30 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
2/20/2015 Class Visit MT 33 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
2/20/2015 Lego Time MT 25 2 sizes Duplos&Regular
2/23/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 14 4 tutors
2/23/2015 Teen Volunteer Training CH 1
2/24/2015 Reading Buddies MT 5
2/25/2015 PS Learning Time MT 35 Boat theme
2/25/2015 Teen Wii CH 0
2/26/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 11 2 tutors
2/26/2015 PJ Storytime MT 11
2/27/2015 Game Time MT 8 Board&Card Games
2/27/2015 Class Visit MT 26 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
FEBRUARY TOTALS Attendees: 500 Programs/Events: 41
3/1/2015 Book Club for Adults JR 17 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
3/2/2015 Tween Book Club CH 3 Sorcery&Cecelia...
3/2/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 11 5 tutors
3/3/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 24 Ugly Duckling
3/3/2015 Reading Buddies MT 6
3/4/2015 Family Storytime MT 38 Jungle animals
3/4/2015 Class Visit MT 26 Walnut Canyon K
3/4/2015 Teen Wii CH 1
3/5/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 10 4 tutors
3/5/2015 Mtn. Meadows Reading Nigh MT 230 Mayor, R. Perez readers
3/7/2015 Read to a dog MT 7 2 dogs
3/9/2015 Creative Coding(Part 1) CH 17
3/9/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 12 4 tutors
3/10/2015 Movie Monday(adults) JR 10 Theory of Everything
3/10/2015 Creative Coding(Part 2) CH 17
3/10/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 21 Colors Theme
3/10/2015 Reading Buddies MT 4
3/11/2015 Family Storytime MT 28 Trains&Shapes
3/11/2015 Creative Coding(Part 3) CH 16
3/12/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 10 3 tutors
3/12/2015 PJ Storytime MT 6 Animal Theme
3/13/2015 Class Visit MT 27 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
3/13/2015 Class Visit MT 32 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
3/13/2015 Girl Scout Troop Tour MT 9
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Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
f f
Date 'Program Staff Attendees Notes #
3/13/2015 Gametime MT 2 Board&Card Games
3/14/2015 Teen Volunteer Training MT 3
3/16/2015 Teen Movie CH 0 Maleficent(no school today)
3/16/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 3 2 tutors(no school today)
3/17/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 18 Brown Bear Brown Bear
3/17/2015 Reading Buddies MT 4
3/18/2015 Family Storytime MT 25 Animal Theme
3/18/2015 Teen Wii CH 6
3/19/2015 Baby Book Bunnies MT 8 Story, songs&rhymes
3/19/2015 PJ Storytime MT 8
3/19/2015 Insurgent Movie Release Part CH 12
3/19/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 7
3/20/2015 Kids Crafts MT 9 Springtime Theme
3/23/2015 Teen Volunteer Training CH 2
3/23/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 9 3 tutors
3/24/2015 Reading Buddies MT 5
3/24/2015 Teen Makerspace CH 10 Mini-garden
3/25/2015 PS Learning Time MT 25 Bunnies
3/25/2015 Outreach Class Visit MT 25 Walnut Canyon K
3/26/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 7
3/26/2015 PJ Storytime MT 4
3/27/2015 Class Visit MT 28 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
3/27/2015 Lego Time MT 30
3/29/2015 Book Club for Adults JR 13 Orphan Train
3/30/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 0
3/31/2015 Reading Buddies MT 0
4/1/2015 Family Storytime MT 22 Spring Theme
4/1/2015 Teen Wii CH 5
4/2/2015 Children's Movie MT 11 Big Hero 6
4/2/2015 PJ Storytime MT 8 2 Princesses-Laura &Shannon
4/4/2015 Read to a dog MT 6 Roxanna&Myca
4/6/2015 Tween Book Club CH 3 Uglies
4/6/2015 Movie Monday(adults) JR 3 Double Indemnity
4/7/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 25 Splat the Cat
4/7/2015 Reading Buddies MT 5
4/8/2015 Family Storytime MT 28 Ducks
4/8/2015 Tea Talk&Tasting JR 23
4/9/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 6
4/9/2015 Tea PJ Storytime MT 12 Author Event Tea
4/10/2015 Class Visit MT 29 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
4/10/2015 Class Visit Mt 32 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
4/11/2015 Teen Volunteer Training MT 2
4/13/2015 Teen Movie CH 0 Mockingjay Part 1
4/13/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 10
4/14/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 28 Spring Theme
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Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes
4/14/2015 Reading Buddies MT 4
4/15/2015 Family Storytime MT 27
4/15/2015 Class Visit MT 26 Outreach-Walnut Canon K
4/15/2015 Teen Wii CH 6
4/16/2015 Baby Book Bunnies MT 6
4/16/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 7
4/16/2015 PJ Storytime MT 6
4/17/2015 Class Visit MT 31 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
4/17/2015 Gametime MT 17 Wii, Uno, Board& puzzles
4/18/2015 Moorpark Arts Festival JR/MT/CH 150
4/20/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 9
4/20/2015 Teen Volunteer Training CH 1
4/21/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 16 Animal Theme
4/21/2015 Reading Buddies MT 5
4/21/2015 Teen Makerspace CH 0 Lego challenge
4/22/2015 Family Storytime MT 24 Earth Day
4/23/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 7
4/23/2015 PJ Storytime MT 10
4/24/2015 Tour&Class Visit MT 33 Walnut Canyon K
4/24/2015 Class Visit MT 34 Walnut Canyon 5th Grade
4/24/2015 Lego Time MT 14
4/27/2015 Author Event JR 8 Marie Bean talk on getting fit
4/27/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 10
4/28/2015 Class Visit MT 27 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
4/28/2015 Reading Buddies MT 3
4/29/2015 Preschool Learning Time MT 30 New games
4/29/2015 Teen Wii CH 5
4/30/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 3
4/30/2015 Dia De Los Ninos MT 110 Arla Crane Puppets
APRIL TOTALS Attendees: 887 Programs/Events: 48
5/2/2015 Big Truck Big Read M I 180 Princess, Fire& Police
5/2/2015 Read to a dog MT 3 Karen &Daniel
5/3/2015 Book Club for Adults JR 15 Alchemist by P. Coelho
5/4/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 8
5/4/2015 Tween Book Club CH 3
5/5/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 14 Brown Bear Brown Bear
5/5/2015 Reading Buddies MT 5
5/6/2015 Family Storytime MT 35 Mother's Day
5/6/2015 Class Visit MT 27 Walnut Canyon K
5/7/2015 PJ Storytime MT 8 Mother's Day
5/7/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 6
5/8/2015 Class Visit MT 29 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
5/9/2015 Teen Volunteer Training MT 2
5/11/2015 Movie Monday(adults) CH 1 High Society
5/11/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 6
5/12/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 11 Mouse Count
40
Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes #
5/12/2015 Reading Buddies MT 4
5/13/2015 Family Storytime MT 25 Friends Theme
5/13/2015 Teen Wii CH 6
5/14/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 7
5/14/2015 PJ Storytime MT 4
5/15/2015 Gametime MT 12 Wii,Chess&Board games
5/18/2015 Teen Movie CH 1 Hobbit: Battle of 5 Armies
5/18/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 5
5/19/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 11 Little Mouse _
5/19/2015 Reading Buddies MT 2
5/20/2015 Family Storytime MT 30
5/21/2015 Baby Book Bunnies MT 20
5/21/2015 Teen Volunteer Training CH 2
5/21/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 5
5/21/2015 PJ Storytime MT 5 Princess Laura
5/22/2015 Class Visit MT 27 Walnut Canyon 4th Grade
5/26/2015 Reading Buddies MT 3
5/26/2015 Teen Makerspace CH 9 Eye Candy
5/27/2015 Preschool Learning Time MT 32 Bus Theme
5/27/2015 Teen Wii CH 8
5/28/2015 Outreach CH 40 Mesa Verde Middle School
5/28/2015 PJ Storytime MT 10 Animal Theme
5/28/2015 Golden Grades Tutoring CH 9 Last day
5/29/2015 Lego Time MT 15
5/29/2015 Class Visit MT 29 Walnut Canyon 3rd Grade
MAY TOTALS Attendees: 674 Programs/Events: 41
6/1/2015 Tween Book Club CH 3
6/2/2015 Outreach CH 65 Chapparel Middle School
6/2/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 19 Cupcake book
6/3/2015 Outreach CH 100 Campus Canyon
6/3/2015 Family Storytime MT 27 Baby Animals
6/3/2015 Class Visit MT 28 Campus Canyon K
6/4/2015 Pi Storytime MT 9
6/5/2015 Outreach MT 70 Arroyo West Elementary
6/6/2015 Read to a dog MT 9 2 dogs
6/7/2015 Book Club for Adults JR 14 Tess of the Durbervilles
6/8/2015 Movie Monday(adults) JR 0
6/9/2015 Little Bilingual Readers MT 17 Father's Day
6/10/2015 Family Storytime MT 33 Monkeys
6/10/2015 Wii Wednesday CH 7
6/11/2015 Tour&Class Visit MT 31 Walnut Canyon 2nd Grade
6/11/2015 PJ Storytime MT 2
6/12/2015 Gametime MT 7 puzzles&games
6/13/2015 Teen Volunteer Training MT 7
6/15/2015 Teen Volunteer Training CH 0
6/16/2015 Petting Zoo MT 440
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Program statistics by month FY 2014-2015
Date Program Staff Attendees Notes #
6/17/2015 Family Storytime MT 32 R. Perez guest reader
6/17/2015 Wii Wednesday MT 4 Super Mario
6/18/2015 Baby Book Bunnies MT 8 Songs&rhymes
6/18/2015 PJ Storytime MT 11
6/22/2015 Children's SRC Kick-off MT 155 One World Rhythm
6/23/2015 Teen SRC Kick-off CH 19 Taiko drumming
6/23/2015 Lego Time MT 45 Great Brain Play
6/24/2015 Preschool Learning Time MT 40
6/24/2015 Teen Volunteer Training MT 15
6/24/2015 Wii Wednesday CH 4
6/25/2015 Read to a Dog MT 13 Molly&Kathleen
6/25/2015 PJ Storytime MT 31 songs,stories&bubbling
6/26/2015 Fab Fridays MT 40 Bingo&Tambourines...
6/26/2015 Outreach at First 5 MT 150 Family Health &Safety
6/27/2015 SongPop Saturdays CH 4
6/28/2015 Teen Volunteer Training CH 7
6/29/2015 SRC Puppet Show MT 115 Swazzle
6/29/2015 SRC Teen Movie CH 5 Guardians of the Galaxy
6/30/2015 SRC Teen Tuesday CH 15 Yoga
6/30/2015 SRC Lego Time MT 30 Cool Creations!
JUNE TOTALS Attendees: 1631 Programs/Events: 40
GRAND TOTALS: 9801 517
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ITEM 8.B.
CITY OF MOORPARK
MOORPARK LIBRARY BOARD
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Moorpark Library Board
FROM: Blanca Garza, Deputy City Clerk
DATE: August 17, 2015 (Regular Meeting of 9/08/15)
SUBJECT: Consider Cancellation of October 13, 2015 Regular Library Board
Meeting
DISCUSSION
Staff is recommending cancellation of the October 13, 2015 regular Library Board
meeting. Staff does not foresee any pressing agenda items to take before the Library
Board in October.
If the Library Board concurs to cancel the regular October meeting, the next regularly
scheduled Library Board meeting shall be on November 10, 2015. If it is necessary for
the Library Board to meet before this time, a special meeting shall be called.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Direct staff to post a notice of meeting cancellation for the October 13, 2015, regular
Library Board meeting.
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ITEM 9.A.
MINUTES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD REGULAR MEETING
Moorpark, California July 14, 2015
A Regular Meeting of the Library Board of the City of Moorpark was held on July 14,
2015, in the Community Center of said City located at 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark,
California.
1. CALL TO ORDER AND OATH OF OFFICE:
President Pro Tern Landry called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.
Ms. Garza administered the Oath of Office to newly appointed Library Board
Member Linda Goble.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Board Member Rios led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. ROLL CALL:
Present: Board Members Dickson, Rios, Sunseri, and President Pro Tem
Landry.
Absent: President McGregor.
Staff Present: Jennifer Mellon, Administrative Services Manager; Jo Rolfe, City
Librarian Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI); and Blanca
Garza, Deputy City Clerk II.
4. SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
A. Consider Annual Nomination and Selection of Library Board President,
and President Pro Tern. Staff Recommendation: 1) Select Library Board
President to hold the position for one (1) year; and 2) Select Library Board
President Pro Tem to hold the position for one (1) year.
MOTION: President Pro Tem Landry nominated and Board Member Sunseri
seconded the nomination of Heather McGregor to serve as President to hold the
position for one (1) year. The motion carried by voice vote 4:0, President
McGregor absent.
MOTION: Board Member Sunseri nominated and Board Member Rios
seconded the nomination of David Landry to serve as President Pro Tem to hold
the position for one (1) year. The motion carried by voice vote 4:0, President
McGregor absent.
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Minutes of the Library Board
July 14, 2015, Regular Meeting
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B. Consider Annual Meeting Schedule. Staff Recommendation: Continue to
have the regular meeting of the Library Board on the second Tuesday of
each month at 6:00 p.m.
Ms. Mellon gave the staff report.
There were no speakers.
MOTION: Board Member Goble moved and Board Member Rios seconded a
motion to approve the staff recommendation. The motion carried by voice vote
4:0, President McGregor absent.
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
6. REORDERING OF, AND ADDITIONS TO, THE AGENDA:
None.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS ON
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED BY BOARD MEMBERS:
Board Member Rios commended the Moorpark Library staff.
Board Member Sunseri and President Pro Tem Landry concurred and also
commended the events and activities taking place at the Library as well as the
outreach to the community.
President Pro Tern Landry announced the Library will be closed for building
maintenance and re-carpeting on Thursday and Friday, August 20 and 21. The
Library is scheduled to reopen on Saturday, August 22.
8. PRESENTATIONS/ACTION/DISCUSSION:
A. Consider Library Collections Allocation. Staff Recommendation: Receive
and File the Moorpark City Library Collections Allocation Report.
Ms. Mellon gave the staff report.
There was a discussion among the Board and staff which focused on:
clarifying the Spanish material encompasses adults, teens and children
collections not including e-books or periodicals; circulation of the Spanish
material; reallocation and turn-over of e-books collection; and LSSI
contract and collection fees for procurement of material.
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There were no speakers.
MOTION: Board Member Rios moved and Board Member Sunseri seconded
a motion to approve the staff recommendation. The motion carried by voice vote
4:0, President McGregor absent.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR:
MOTION: Board Member Sunseri moved and Board Member Rios seconded
a motion to approve the Consent Calendar. The motion carried by voice vote
3:0, Board Member Goble abstaining and President McGregor absent.
A. Approval of Minutes from Library Board's Regular Meeting of May 12, 2015.
Staff Recommendation: Approve the minutes.
B. Friends of the Library Report. Staff Recommendation: Receive and file the
report.
10. ADJOURNMENT:
MOTION: Board Member Goble moved and Board Member Rios seconded a motion to
adjourn. The motion carried by voice vote 4:0, President McGregor absent. The time
was 6:26 p.m.
APPROVED:
Heather McGregor, President
ATTEST:
Blanca Garza, Deputy City Clerk II
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ITEM 9.B.
CITY OF MOORPARK
MOORPARK LIBRARY BOARD
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Moorpark Library Board
FROM: Jennifer Mellon, Administrative Services Manager
DATE: August 26, 2015 (Meeting of 9/8/15)
SUBJECT: Friends of the Library Report
DISCUSSION
Attached is the Friends of the Library President's Report for July and August 2015.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the report.
Attachment: Friends of the Library Report
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Moorpark Friends of the Library
President's Report for July and August, 2015
Moorpark Friends of the Library board update:
o We have a new president: Rosalie Barili, our newsletter director, has agreed to assume the
positon via appointment at our September meeting. She will do a fantastic job.
o Barbara Penney,our new secretary, had to resign because of workload issues. Now looking for
replacement
o Dona Pugh,our vice president and treasurer is doing the minutes until we find a new secretary
o Sandi Thompson,our new social media coordinator doing an excellent job expanding our social
media presence
o Newsletter going great with Rosalie in charge; may need replacement
o Francine doing a fantastic job with membership development. Currently 80 members; premier
memberships continue to increase
➢ Finances in excellent shape with over$50,000 in checking and savings. $15,000 put into Vanguard
balanced fund for long-term growth. Further investments up to an additional $15,000 will be made
depending on market conditions.
➢ Book store and book sales are going well with Francine and Linda and a strong core of volunteers
o Country Days sale planned for October 3
o Summer book sale did poorly, generating about$300 due to a variety of factors, including the
date in August(everyone on vacation)and lack of publicity in the Star and Acorn(submitted too
late)
o Spring book sale went very well,earning about$536, slightly more than last year's sale.
➢ New initiatives under development/consideration:
o Rotary program to support Moorpark Friends of the Library membership growth and library card
campaign for grammar school students
o Potential Girl Scout reading program
o Comedy event at the HSAC on Sunday October 18
o Amazon Smile donation program
o New teacher discount for children's books in the bookstore: $5/bag
➢ Book store staff met and reviewed procedures and policies to improve book store performance and
appearance, as well as our book sales.
o New volunteer category created: book store straightener,to visit during the week to just
straighten the shelves on the book sorter off days.
o New policy confirmed for Searchlight program: found books must be picked up within one week
of notification or the reservation will be terminated.
o The parking lot portion of our quarterly book sales will finish at 1 PM instead of 2 PM
➢ Major Friends priorities for 2015:
o Complete transition of board staff,e.g., new president, secretary, social media director,etc.
o Build endowment and provide continuing level of donations for the library
o Continue to strengthen volunteer base
o Improve book store sales, book sales,on-line sales, membership revenues, donations
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