Dell Rapids Carnegie Library Director Brittany Moeller spoke to the Dell Rapids City Council during their regular meeting on Tuesday, February 21st. She provided an update to the council on the happenings of the library and painted a picture of continued success since the renovations were completed in March of 2015.
Moeller reported that the library just completed their winter story time sessions that lasted a total of eight weeks in the months of December and January. Around 150 children participated in the story time sessions. Moeller and the library staff are getting ready for their spring time story sessions which will begin on March 6th. Moeller also mentioned that over 80 children took part in their Valentine’s Day craft, which is the most they’ve had since doing the event.
The library has also seen many daycare providers bring children through. Busy Blessing daycare has been bringing around 20 children through the library once week over the past couple of months. The library has also seen children from Next Generation Childcare and Learning Circle pre-school.
Moeller then reported that the library will be partnering with the senior citizen center to provide technology classes. They are looking to offer a couple of different courses including a beginners computer class, a more advance computer class, and sessions on smart phones and tablets/e-readers. They hope to be starting those sessions soon and more details will be provided in the near future. The library is also getting ready for their summer reading program, which will officially start in June, but they are planning for some kick-off events that will take place in May.
The library also continues to see new memberships. Moeller said that they have had about 10 new members join since the beginning of 2017, but she anticipates they will get a big jump in new memberships when school is out for the summer. She told the council that is typically when they get most of their new memberships since they send flyers and information home with children from both Dell Rapids public and Dell Rapids St Mary.