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Chambers County Library System – October, 2019 In October we welcomed two new staff members to the team. April Knight joins Anahuac as the new Children’s Librarian. Kari Hernandez also joined Anahuac as the after-school Page. We are happy to have these ladies on board with us. The Juanita Hargraves Memorial Branch in Winnie is still on the mend from Imelda. Contractors finally made their way in the doors, and have completed the floors, painting, carpet and now the books are making their way back. The library officially opened to the public on November 12. There are still a few minor details to work out, but things are moving along. Anahuac and Mont Belvieu held outdoor movies this month. Thanks to our Friends of the Library who purchased the inflatable movie screen, the branches can show evening movies outdoors when the weather is nice. On the 19 th , committee members and staff of Nerd Con were able to promote Nerd Con 2 at the city park movie at a showing of Hocus Pocus. We appreciate the City of Mont Belvieu allowing us to have a presence at their movie night. The 4 th annual Genealogy After Dark program was held on October 17 th from 10am-8:30pm. Live stream sessions were offered throughout the day and evening on several topics such as basic genealogy, dating photos, military records, probate, and more. This is the Waco McLennan County Library’s 19 th year to organize the event, and other libraries across the state have the chance to participate in the program. Several people stayed the entire day, while others popped in and out depending on the topic being discussed. October 20-26 was National Friends of the Library Week. This week allowed us to raise awareness and promote membership for our Friends at only $5/year. Our Friends members volunteer, and advocate for libraries and library services. We appreciate their ongoing support for the Chambers County Library System. Mont Belvieu teens and adults were treated to another Escape the Library program coordinated by Teen Librarian Shelby Fielding. This year the topic was “Escape the Asylum” where participants were confined to a room and had to figure out several challenging puzzles before they could escape. Several teams registered and all were successful in their escape efforts. At Anahuac, a coffee tasting program was held featuring the talents of Kimberly Judge with Soul Child, a local coffee roaster based out of Liberty, Texas. Kimberly brought samples of coffees for the group and shared her techniques and talked about her journey to become a coffee roaster. Everyone loved her samples! Halloween programs were in full swing for the little ones this month. Anahuac and Mont Belvieu held programs with ghostly games, haunting crafts, ghoulish snacks, music, and fun! Keeping in line with the spooky time of year, Anahuac and Mont Belvieu hosted Roger Johnson with LIGHT (Liberty Independent Ghost Hunters of Texas), and Chambers County Historical Commission Chair Sheryl Shaw. Shaw gave a haunted history talk about Chambers County and the local lore surrounding the death of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers. Johnson spoke about investigations his team has done, and also demonstrated some of the equipment they use. Before the program at Anahuac, LIGHT team members did a brief investigation of the Schilling office and Chambers
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Chambers County Library System – October, 2019
In October we welcomed two new staff members to the team. April Knight joins Anahuac as the new Children’s
Librarian. Kari Hernandez also joined Anahuac as the after-school Page. We are happy to have these ladies on board
with us.
The Juanita Hargraves Memorial Branch in Winnie is still on the mend from Imelda. Contractors finally made their way
in the doors, and have completed the floors, painting, carpet and now the books are making their way back. The library
officially opened to the public on November 12. There are still a few minor details to work out, but things are moving
along.
Anahuac and Mont Belvieu held outdoor movies this month. Thanks to our Friends of the Library who purchased the
inflatable movie screen, the branches can show evening movies outdoors when the weather is nice. On the 19th,
committee members and staff of Nerd Con were able to promote Nerd Con 2 at the city park movie at a showing of
Hocus Pocus. We appreciate the City of Mont Belvieu allowing us to have a presence at their movie night.
The 4th annual Genealogy After Dark program was held on October 17th from 10am-8:30pm. Live stream sessions were
offered throughout the day and evening on several topics such as basic genealogy, dating photos, military records,
probate, and more. This is the Waco McLennan County Library’s 19th year to organize the event, and other libraries
across the state have the chance to participate in the program. Several people stayed the entire day, while others
popped in and out depending on the topic being discussed.
October 20-26 was National Friends of the Library Week. This week allowed us to raise awareness and promote
membership for our Friends at only $5/year. Our Friends members volunteer, and advocate for libraries and library
services. We appreciate their ongoing support for the Chambers County Library System.
Mont Belvieu teens and adults were treated to another Escape the Library program coordinated by Teen Librarian
Shelby Fielding. This year the topic was “Escape the Asylum” where participants were confined to a room and had to
figure out several challenging puzzles before they could escape. Several teams registered and all were successful in their
escape efforts.
At Anahuac, a coffee tasting program was held featuring the talents of Kimberly Judge with Soul Child, a local coffee
roaster based out of Liberty, Texas. Kimberly brought samples of coffees for the group and shared her techniques and
talked about her journey to become a coffee roaster. Everyone loved her samples!
Halloween programs were in full swing for the little ones this month. Anahuac and Mont Belvieu held programs with
ghostly games, haunting crafts, ghoulish snacks, music, and fun!
Keeping in line with the spooky time of year, Anahuac and Mont Belvieu hosted Roger Johnson with LIGHT (Liberty
Independent Ghost Hunters of Texas), and Chambers County Historical Commission Chair Sheryl Shaw. Shaw gave a
haunted history talk about Chambers County and the local lore surrounding the death of General Thomas Jefferson
Chambers. Johnson spoke about investigations his team has done, and also demonstrated some of the equipment they
use. Before the program at Anahuac, LIGHT team members did a brief investigation of the Schilling office and Chambers
home. There was unexplained activity present at both places and a follow up investigation is planned for late November
of the 2 buildings as well as the Chambers County Library in Anahuac.
And finally, we were thrilled to receive our department vehicle that we had budgeted for 2019. We call it our “READ-
Mobile”, and we use for daily mail runs, weekly branch visits, outreach services, transferring books/AV, reserves,
equipment, and supplies as needed to the libraries.
Until next month!
April Knight reads to the kids during storytime at Anahuac Baby & Me at Anahuac
Halloween fun with the staff
DIY wand making at Mont Belvieu Teens and the Escape Room
Sheryl Shaw with the Historical Commission LIGHT paranormal investigation team
Annie in the READ Mobile! Staff member Lori Knapp helping with Tasty Pages
Homeschool book club
Craft club at Anahuac
Year 2019 June July August September October
Books 20238 12958 9304 6048 6194
Magazines 188 107 218 100 114
Newspapers 49 28 66 0 15
Permits 0 0 0 0 0
Total Print Circulation 20475 13093 9588 6148 6323
AudioCassettes 10 14 1 1 2
AudioCDs 430 569 575 206 177
CDs 1 4 6 2 2
CD-ROMs 4 3 4 1 3
DVDs 1696 1612 1351 1110 931
Kits 9 7 8 8 15
Microforms 0 0 0 0 0
Optical Disks 8 22 12 2 1
Total A-V Circulation 2158 2231 1957 1330 1131
E-books 0 0 0 0 0
Equipment 122 99 98 16 35
Puzzles 0 1 1 0 0
Rooms, Meeting 107 49 328 19 74
Public Computer Logons 1305 1492 1456 804 822
Wireless logons 390 446 435 240 246
Database Logons 3296 3765 3340 3285 3318
Total Other Circulation 5220 5852 5658 4364 4495
Total Juv Circulation Total Circulation 27853 21176 17203 11842 11949
Remote Logons 4569 4235 10049 4462 4608
Number of Juv Programs 25 14 3 26 29
Children at Juv Programs 1953 992 39 229 379
Adults at Juv Programs 1154 413 12 188 304
Total at Juv Programs 3107 1405 51 417 683
Number of Adult Programs 10 6 6 7 10
Total at Adult Programs 68 25 58 64 139
Computer/device assistance use 66 35 94 35 36
Total at adult computer classes 0 0 1 2 1
Number of YA Programs 9 8 2 2 5
Teens at YA programs 102 76 8 0 43
Adults at YA programs 23 20 3 0 17
Total at YA Programs 125 96 11 0 60
Number of Outreach programs (K) 1 0 0 2 6
Children at outreach programs 15 0 0 120 401 Adults at outreach programs 50 0 0 150 235
Total at outreach programs 65 0 0 270 636
Number of Outreach programs (A) 0 1 1 0 1 Adults at outreach programs 0 0 25 0 220
Children at outreach programs 0 29 0 0 200
Total at outreach programs 0 29 25 0 420
Patron Visits to Library 15731 12574 8722 5628 8376
Site visits: Anahuac 3792 3735 1844 1469 4153
Site visits: Winnie 3329 2898 2326 892 0
Site visits: Mont Belvieu 8610 5941 4552 3267 4223
Interlibrary loans returned 118 137 153 138 181
Interlibrary loans sent 16 11 9 5 8 Intralibrary loans to Anahuac 39 61 45 28 9
Intralibrary loans to Winnie 24 30 24 6 2 Intralibrary loans to Mt Belv. 231 141 82 67 68
Year 2019 June July August September October
Volunteer Service Hours 145.5 158.5 26 66 69
Hours Open for Patrons 632 674 690 465 464
Family Card Totals Patron cards: Anahuac 2565 2576 2598 2603 2619
Patron cards: Winnie 3000 3019 3031 3028 3026
Patron cards: Mt Belvieu 6724 6829 6899 6917 6958
Patron cards: Blocked 2086 2088 2089 2110 2112
Collection development: Book titles added 265 254 313 0 523
Book titles withdrawn 0 0 0 171 0
Previous total 91481 91746 92000 92313 92142
New book title total 91746 92000 92313 92142 92665
Magazine titles added 0 0 0 17 61
Magazine titles withdrawn 54 250 73 0 0
Previous total 1541 1487 1237 1164 1181
New magazine title total 1487 1237 1164 1181 1242
Audio-visual titles added 66 82 72 6 87
Audio titles withdrawn 0 0 0 0 0
Previous total 6894 6960 7042 7114 7120 New audio-visual title total 6960 7042 7114 7120 7207
Other item titles added 3 0 5 2 9
Other item titles withdrawn 0 1 0 0 0
Previous total 1630 1633 1632 1637 1630
Other item title total 1633 1632 1637 1639 1639
TexShare Cards Issued: 0 0 0 0 0
Reference question 485 389 728 258 356
