Adult Services Department

Service Statistics

Electronic periodical statistical data was not available at the time this report was due.

Our 154 LibGuides were accessed a total of 4,345 times. This is the highest view count of this fiscal year!

Offered Programs

Interesting Additions

• During the first week of April we received two verbal patron compliments about having free menstrual products in our public bathrooms. One woman even said that she didn’t the library could be more awesome than it already is, and we exceeded her expectations with addition of period products.
• On Thursday, April 2 and Friday, April 3, Katie moderated morning sessions for the virtual PLA (Public Library Association) Conference. Moderating consists of attending a prep session with PLA, welcoming attendees into the virtual room, placing resources and speaker links in the chat, and reading questions to the speakers. She also got to help coordinate a live poll, and in between sessions, she got to chat with librarians and archivists via e-mail and/or the Zoom Room, offering a chance to network and idea-swap with librarians from across the country.
• Three new Danielle Steel books have been purchased with a memorial donation made by the family of Elizabeth “Bette” Mullan. All three books received bookplates in her honor, and all three titles are now circulating. An acknowledgement letter was sent on April 23. We thank Elizabeth’s family for this generous donation and offer our deepest sympathies.
• On April 12, Katie and 2 expert librarians from the Youth Services department tabled for the library at the Autism Expo and Fair at the Saratoga City Center. Katie talked to several adults and families about the adult programming that we offer.
• On April 19, Katie went to Manhattan and attended the second day of BookCon at the Jacob Javits Center. She attended two panels with the first being about audiobook adaptations for Audible Originals and the second being about page-to-screen adaptations of popular books, including Project Hail Mary. Her big takeaway from this event is the long lines that she saw for physical advanced reader copies of upcoming books. “Any publisher that was offering physical advanced readers had a huge line, and it didn’t matter what time of day it was. I even heard one parent’s excitement over the fact that she got a whole bunch of advanced reader copies for her kids to enjoy. “They’ll have something new to read!” she said. Despite the rise in digital materials, it is clear that people still want physical items.”
• Denise Parmon, has resigned from her greeting position for the time being. We want to thank her for all of her hard work. She has shown so much kindness to our patrons during her time with us, and she has helped answer so many questions. We will miss her positive attitude and hope to see her in the library again in the near future.
• We have given out between 2500-3000 seed packets in the first 2 months of the relaunched seed library!

What We’re Reading

• Caitlin:
  • This Princess Kills Monsters
    This quirky fairy tale world retelling/mashup is told by a semi-sarcastic main character with a chip on her shoulder. It features a cast of casually magical and often nonsensical characters, most of whom are not what they seem, and a plot full of fairy tale tropes in unexpected places.
• Jamie
  • My Husband’s Wife
    A seemingly perfect marriage unravels when secrets, obsession, and a dangerously blurred line between love and control collide. As past and present twist together, one woman’s pursuit of the truth reveals just how far someone will go to rewrite their own story.
• Katie
  • Keep it in the Family
    A very twisty thriller about deadly deeds that shape a family legacy in ways that you never see coming. Jaw-dropping until the last page.
• Kali
  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics
    A hanging. A drowning. A coming-of age story about a young darkly humorous girl who has spent most of life roaming the country with her academic widower father. Finally settled in a boarding school, Blue van Meer is determined to use her expansive knowledge of all things literary and scientific to solve the mysterious deaths that occurred in her new place of residence.
• Rebecca
  • We Burned So Bright
    This book is about a couple on an RV trip across the country while the world is ending (going to be swallowed by a black hole). I found this story super depressing… are you okay TJ Klune??

Respectfully submitted by Jamie Chabot, Head of Adult Services