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Appleton hires Adult Services librarian; summer programs, school outreach ramp up
Summary
The board welcomed Kenneth Mack to Adult Services. Staff previewed summer library programming, outreach to 19 schools and Friends-funded events and purchases.
The Appleton Public Library introduced Kenneth "Kenny" Mack as its new Adult Services and Engagement Librarian at the board meeting on May 20. Mack said he recently completed his graduate program at the University of Iowa and most recently worked in outreach services at the Iowa City Public Library.
"I came here from Iowa City Public Library doing outreach services, so I felt like a good fit coming to Appleton," Mack said during his brief introduction.
Staff also provided an early summary of the library's summer programming and community partnerships. Children's staff said they have reached 19 schools so far this year with summer-program promotion, and staff plan outreach to 14 child-care providers during the summer. Field-trip activity has increased: staff reported 27 field trips to the library since it reopened in the new building, matching the total for the previous full year at the older site, which the staff described as notable given the shorter timeframe.
The library's teen and adult summer programs will use a paper reading-log model. Teens (ages 13—through—7) will receive a book at registration, earn stamps for every two hours read, and receive drawing slips for prize drawings. Adult programming will include workshops such as a painting workshop by the library's artist in residence and a Badger Talk presentation on statistical approaches to baseball from a UW—adger expert. The library also partnered with the Appleton chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on a hands-on gravestone-cleaning demonstration at Riverside Cemetery and has two author programs scheduled in June.
Staff provided a quarterly summary of programs and Friends of the Library-funded purchases and events, noting Friends funding supported opening-day performers, genealogy programming and social-media tools used for promotion. The board heard anecdotal reports that many patrons visiting the new building did not previously have library cards and that staff have been issuing new cards since reopening.
