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Reference supervisor reports rising demand, secures $3,000 matching support for adult high-school program
Summary
Reference supervisor Paula Del Angel told the board the department saw increased meeting-space demand and program attendance, and that staff secured $3,000 in matching funds via the Mexican Consulate for an adult high-school program.
Paula Del Angel, reference supervisor at the Pharr Memorial Library, reported reference-department activity and partnerships at the July 16 meeting. "For these two months, 2,739 people used those spaces," she said when describing meeting-space usage and program attendance.
Del Angel provided operational metrics: interlibrary loans (76 received, 70 sent), an increase in teen and adult program registrations (44 teens and 37 adults registered at the time of the report), and multiple collaborative events with the public-health department and local schools. She also said staff helped secure $3,000 in matching funds for an adult high-school program through a partnership with the Mexican Consulate.
Why it matters: the numbers reflect growing demand for reference services and space; the matching funds directly support adult education programming. Del Angel invited the board to attend the end-of-summer celebration and top-reader awards, scheduled the day after the meeting.
No formal decisions or funding votes were taken during the meeting. All figures and the matching-fund award were presented as staff updates.
