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Youth services librarian reports rising attendance, volunteers and hybrid programs
Summary
Ellie Angel, youth services librarian, told the board that volunteers contributed hundreds of hours and that story‑time and youth events drew thousands of visits; she highlighted interns, hybrid book clubs and expanded teen programming.
Ellie Angel, the library’s youth services librarian, told trustees the department continues to expand in‑person and hybrid services and relies heavily on volunteer support. "They volunteered for over 700 hours this year," Angel said, and noted story‑time attendance has grown: "For story times, it was, I think, about 2,200 people come to those."
Angel summarized children’s offerings (teddy‑bear sleepovers, crafting, coding and robots) and said staff ran about 20 special events that drew nearly 600 attendees. She described hybrid book clubs that allow out‑of‑state participation and said interns from the University of Denver and San José State contributed class‑credit hours on projects ranging from programming to data analysis. "My current intern Corinne is... doing circulation‑per‑collection calculations," Angel said, and the results will feed into a future technical‑services report to the board.
