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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - 2025-05-14REVISED AGENDA LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD Wednesday, May 14, 2025 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Library 706 Fourth Street, Lake Oswego, OR 97034 The Library closes at 7pm, please arrive prior to 7pm Staff Contact: Donna Harlan, 503-697-6583, dharlan@lakeoswego.city 503-697-6583 706 4TH STREET PO BOX 369 LAKE OSWEGO, OR 97034 WWW.LAKEOSWEGO.CITY Virtual Access This meeting will be held in person. To participate remotely, please email the staff contact at least 24 hours before the meeting. ADA Accommodation Requests lakeoswego.city/accommodation 503-635-0282; Relay 711 Please allow four business days to process your request. Translation Services Traducción o interpretación 翻译或传译 통역혹은번역 503-534-5738 Patrick Walsh, Chair ∙ Lilisa Hall, Vice Chair ∙ Mark Pontarelli ∙ Patricia Walls ∙ Joy Fabos ∙ Seth Pauley ∙ Liberty Planck Melissa Kelly, Staff Liaison ∙ Anisha Oruganty, Youth Liaison ∙ Enid Rittman, Youth Liaison ∙ Rachel Verdick, Council Liaison 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 9, 2025 3. CITY COUNCIL UPDATE Councilor Rachel Verdick 4. PUBLIC COMMENT The purpose of Public Comment is to allow community members to present information or raise an issue regarding items not on the agenda or regarding agenda items that do not include a public hearing. A time limit of three minutes per individual shall apply. Public Comment will not exceed thirty minutes in total. If you are unable to attend the meeting and prefer to provide public comment in writing, please email the comment to the staff contact listed above at least 24 hours before the meeting. 5. LIBRARY MANAGERS’ PRESENTATION (with Allison Arnold, Adult Services Manager, and Andrea Milano, Youth Services Manager and Joshua Macias, Adult Services Librarian) 5.1 Library Collection Development 6. STUDENT SURVEY PRESENTATION 7. DIRECTOR’S REPORT 7.1 Budget update 7.2 Donation agreement 7.3 Bookmobile update Page 2 503-697-6583 706 4TH STREET PO BOX 369 LAKE OSWEGO, OR 97034 WWW.LAKEOSWEGO.CITY 7.4 Lake Oswego Reads wrap up 7.5 LAB special meeting June 5 7.6 Boards and Commissions recruitment update 8. OLD BUSINESS 8.1 Work group assignments and scheduling 8.2 Library research fieldtrip 9. NEW BUSINESS 9.1 Update from Kent Watson 10. CHAIR REMARKS 11. YOUTH LIAISON REMARKS 12. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT 13. ADJOURNMENT Next Meeting: June 11, 2025 CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO April 9, 2025 Library Advisory Board Library 1 503.697.6583 706 Fourth Street PO BOX 369 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 www.ci.oswego.or.us Present: Patrick Walsh, Lilisa Hall, Pat Walls, Mark Pontarelli, Joy Fabos, Seth Pauley, Councilor Verdick, Enid Rittman, Anisha Oruganty Staff Present: Donna Harlan Absent: Kent Watson, Liberty Planck, Melissa Kelly 1. Call to Order The Library Advisory Board (LAB) meeting was called to order at the Lake Oswego Public Library (LOPL) on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 7:02 pm. 2. Minutes Motion to approve was made by Pontarelli and seconded by Hall. The March 12, 2025 minutes were unanimously approved by LAB. 3. City Council Update – Rachel Verdick  Councilor Verdick had a great trip to Washington DC meeting with our National Delegation, Senators and Congress people who continue their good works.  City Council held a study session regarding “right of way” and how to deal with instances related to this.  A study session was held related to local home businesses and what the criteria is for a home-based business.  Boards & Commissions recruitment has begun. The 50+ Advisory committee has been renamed to encompass a broader scope involving emergency preparedness and wellness, both physical and mental.  A public meeting was held related to lake access. 4. Public Comment - None 5. Old Business Lake Oswego Reads  Harlan asked LAB members donating baskets for the Passport drawing to bring them to the library prior to the May 1 event.  Harlan passed out tickets to the Author Event to LAB members who requested them. 6. New Business Work group discussions  6 working group ideas were presented and discussed. LAB members who suggested ideas, presented their ideas for discussion. o Social Media Working Group idea with a goal to increase resident support for a Library bond and improved facilities.  Currently there is misinformation circulating.  This could provide a credible information source.  Consider it a way to make an impact to move the library forward and make an impact. CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO April 9, 2025 Library Advisory Board Library 2 503.697.6583 706 Fourth Street PO BOX 369 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 www.ci.oswego.or.us  LAB briefly discussed ways in which a workgroup such as this could be engaging and provide a creative medium providing facts along with the library’s story.  Challenge would be how to use social media to convert those who are not on board for a new library building to seeing the need for one for the community.  Brief brainstorm of ideas and possibilities. o Outdoor/Natural Spaces Working Group idea with a goal to increase the amount of available natural space and lighting in the current library.  How to make the most of the existing outdoor spaces in the current building. Would this be too costly?  These spaces would be important to translate into a new building.  Focus would be on finding ways to have people to stay at the library if we have spaces like these.  LAB discussed ways in which a workgroup could explore this concept to include in a new library.  Youth survey responses included wanting natural lighting, flowers, plants and reading areas at the library, both indoors and outdoors.  LAB members mentioned suggestions of chairs out front and a community garden, education area to go along with the seed library.  Part of this workgroup strategy might include ways to take the library out of the building and have pop up libraries in parks, for example.  Brief discussion occurred related to the idea of if we are trying to develop this kind of space in the current library and continuing to elevate library services, does this help or hurt the library because we aren’t displaying the faults as to why we need a new library.  How is LAB able to be involved while staying within their expectations and scope? o Fundraising Strategy Working Group idea with a goal to design and test strategies for collaborating with FOLOPL to raise funds for large projects.  Is there a way for LAB and FOLOPL to collaborate and can LAB support their efforts?  Focus would be to help give more direction, possibly through data collection, fundraising strategy, marketing and provide additional structure and ideas.  Design test strategies. o Build the future Library Vision (continuation from the visioning committee work & student feedback) Working Group idea with a goal to building a future-forward library grounded in community vision and user feedback.  Would include taking charge of the information and making it our own to move us forward.  Group agreed that this is a great idea that encompasses all we are trying to do and would keep the vision of a new library alive and would reframe the information we received from the 2023 visioning process to streamline CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO April 9, 2025 Library Advisory Board Library 3 503.697.6583 706 Fourth Street PO BOX 369 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 www.ci.oswego.or.us the ideas of community needs/wants and build what is needed/wanted in a new library.  LAB could provide the City Council with updates in an effort to reach folks who don’t approve of a new library to change their minds.  This could help refine the vision of a new library and make it easier for people to understand why we need a new library. o Sensory-Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Working Group idea with a goal to make the library more inclusive/accessible for neurodivergent community members or others with access needs.  This includes finding ideas that could work for the current and future library. It was suggested that we will have more thoughts and suggestion related to this idea when LAB goes on their library tours.  Brief discussion included results from the youth survey. Students are wanting soft lighting and less stimulation. LAB agreed natural light is ideal.  Use social media more to bring awareness to the public of the need and ideas for these spaces and tools that support community needs. o Mental Health and Community Wellness Working Group idea with a goal to normalize conversations about mental health and help community members develop their support group.  Discussion suggested the library hosting a mental health week highlighting a different book each day, or a display for the week.  Providing information to make sure people have access to health lines and resources.  A workgroup encompassing this idea could provide opportunities for partnerships with other boards. Suggested partnership could be with the board that is being renamed from the 50+ Advisory Board once they get more established.  Currently during high stress weeks of school (finals for example) the school has activities. Possibly the library could participate as well. Suggestions included extended study hours at LOPL and possibly snacks for students.  LAB agreed that 2 workgroups would be a good start. Workgroups would consist of no more than 3 LAB members and would meet 3 times at the library in the hour prior to the monthly LAB meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, and could then report to the full group for further discussion. o Walsh sees this as a roadmap, where all can participate, where the groups would run separately, not parallel:  3 meetings on current library; 3 meetings on future visioning  Taking ideas from the information we have and making it our own, to gain support for a new library.  What can we do for the current library  Communications/storytelling followed by fundraising  Walsh talked with Kelly prior to the meeting about touring libraries as a group. CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO April 9, 2025 Library Advisory Board Library 4 503.697.6583 706 Fourth Street PO BOX 369 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 www.ci.oswego.or.us o Harlan will send out a poll to LAB related to workgroup topic interest and participation as well as available calendar dates for a library research tour. Once we have a potential tour date, Kelly will work on the logistics of making it happen. 7. Chair Remarks – Patrick Walsh Walsh thanked everyone who could make it to the meeting and for their dedication to the library. 8. Youth Liaison Remarks – Enid Rittman; Anisha Oruganty Oruganty:  Students are aware of the recent budget cut talks. The Academic Support Center at LOHS wants more students to help, as staff is being reduced. Oruganty thought that LOPL might be able to work with LOSD regarding peer tutoring, and additional educational resources and support for the next year. LAB was not sure if the ACC would have spaces available in the afternoons, as Harlan shared the 2 nd floor area is full of tutoring most afternoons, though mostly for younger students, not high school.  Oruganty was interested in resources that the library may have or could add.  Pontarelli was interested if the library could add to the digital side of the library collections. Examples included online test prep for the SAT, ACT or college applications.  Survey update: 300 responses have been received today and she is currently working on a report to present at our next meeting. Mary Kay Larson, Executive Director of Communications for LOSD will share the survey in the middle and high school newsletters, as well as the district newsletter encouraging students to participate. Rittman:  Rittman commented on budget cuts related to the library and pointed out there are people wanting to keep the libraries and protect them. 9. Adjournment Motion to adjourn was made by Pontarelli, seconded by Walls. The meeting was adjourned at 8:28 pm. The next LAB meeting will be held May 14, 2025. Respectfully submitted, Donna Harlan Lake Oswego Fiscal Year to date ending June 2025 General Information Number of new borrowers/patrons added 225 2,921 Number of registered borrowers 25,221 25,221 Books and other print items Number of physical units owned 123,725 123,725 Number of physical units added 930 9,584 Audio Materials Number of physical units owned 16,317 16,317 Number of physical units added 64 666 Video Materials Number of physical units owned 18,961 18,961 Number of physical units added 67 851 Other library materials Number of physical units owned 1,027 1,027 Number of physical units added 4 64 Total items owned 160,030 160,030 Total items added 1,065 11,165 Magazine Issues Number of physical units owned 1,878 1,878 Number of physical units added 141 1,300 Holds Placed 12,572 138,517 Holds Filled 10,695 114,690 Holds Expired 52 330 Holds Expired on shelf 1,448 15,444 Circulation of library materials at all facilities for the fiscal year Library2Go & Advantage Circulation Combined 14,187 137,436 E-book Reader Circulation with material type of CHILD 5 54 E-book Reader Circulation with material type of YA 0 11 Adult Checkouts 16,794 181,142 Adult Renewals (via WorkFlows and PAC) 11,206 113,535 No Longer Used - - Adult Renewals (via Shoutbomb) 398 3,070 Adult Renewals (via TeleCirc) 45 875 Adult Renewals (TOTAL) 11,649 117,480 April 2025 Lake Oswego Fiscal Year to date ending June 2025April 2025 YA Checkouts 869 9,820 YA Renewals (via WorkFlows and PAC) 616 7,512 No Longer Used - - YA Renewals (via Shoutbomb) 29 311 YA Renewals (via TeleCirc) 0 4 YA Renewals (TOTAL) 645 7,827 Child 1st-time circ excluding E-book Reader uses 10,191 121,610 YA 1st-time circ excluding E-book Reader uses 869 9,809 Number of Circulation of Electronic Materials 14,192 137,501 Child Checkouts 10,196 121,664 Child Renewals (via WorkFlows and PAC) 6,744 74,951 No Longer Used - - Child Renewals (via Shoutbomb) 457 4,118 Child Renewals (via TeleCirc) 1 54 Child Renewals (TOTAL) 7,202 79,123 Total 1st-time circulation 42,046 390,584 Total renewals 19,496 204,430 Total circ of Adult materials 28,443 298,622 Total circ of YA & Childrens materials 18,912 218,434 Total circ of YA materials 1,514 17,636 Total circ of Childrens materials 17,398 200,787 Total circ 61,547 654,546 Self-Check Circulation Self-check checkouts 23,005 262,439 % of physical item checkouts at self-checks 82.6% 84.0% Check Ins items CHECKED IN via book drop or circ desk return 31,302 334,132 items CHECKED IN from "in transit" status 22,320 233,911 TOTAL items checked in 53,622 568,043 Lake Oswego Fiscal Year to date ending June 2025April 2025 Items loaned to other libraries Items loaned to other libraries within resource-sharing network (LINCC)16,103 162,933 Interlibrary Loans - Items Loaned to All Other Libraries (OCLC)234 2,086 Total loans to other libraries 16,337 165,019 Items borrowed from other libraries Items borrowed from libraries within resource-sharing network (LINCC)13,924 150,409 Interlibrary Loans - Items Borrowed from All Other Libraries (OCLC)101 938 Total loans from other libraries 14,025 151,347 NET ILL using a shared catalog of automation system (LINCC) 2,179 12,524 Adult Services April 2025 Monthly Report April was a flurry of programming and outreach! Adult Services staff were happy to support our Volunteer & Special Events Coordinator with the LO Reads program by participating in the LO Reads selection committee, assisting with promotion, providing tech support, and coordinating and hosting several events in the LO Reads calendar of events. In addition to helping with LO Reads, we celebrated National Poetry Month, engaged in several meaningful outreach opportunities, and continued to provide excellent service to patrons in the building, prepare for the Summer Library Challenge, and host an array of other events. We also received a lovely comment from Sue B., a patron who was happy to learn about “Your Next Good Book,” a service in which patrons can request personalized reading recommendations through a form on our website. She wrote, “I am 86 years old and love to read, and by the way, I think your library is the finest that I have ever been lucky enough to join. Your programs are amazing and I have told all of my friends in different states about the different things you offer and they are blown away. I think this new program of yours helping people to find books is one of the most wonderful innovations that I have heard of. Thank you so much for doing this. It is above and beyond the call of duty, and I appreciate all of your effort that goes into it.” Here’s a look back at April:  The stairwell gallery featured stunning cut paper illustrations of folktales from around the world by local artist Monica Setziol-Phillips.  For Lake Oswego Reads, we hosted a book sculpture display by Melody Bush on the 2nd floor and on the Explore Cube.  Our book displays celebrated LO Reads with a display of books similar to Monica Woods’s How to Read a Book and a display of books about books.  We helped coordinate a successful book donation drive for Portland Books Through Bars, as part of the LO Reads program.  All library staff participated in a training on serving neurodivergent patrons.  For National Poetry Month, we hosted a Call for Poetry and will soon post patrons’ poetry submissions on the library’s website.  We engaged in the following outreach activities: o Together with Circulation staff, we brought Rover to The Springs senior living facility where we found a group of residents enthusiastically waiting for us! One patron was thrilled that we had some German language books. o Along with Circulation and Tech Services staff, we helped staff the library table at Lake Oswego School District’s Asian Cultural Festival, where we interacted with 122 visitors of all ages. Patrons frequently commented that they love the library and that it’s their favorite place. o We also staffed a table at Mary’s Woods’s Earth Day Fair, where we interacted with 74 visitors and checked out 57 seed packets from our seed library. o Together with the Salem Public Library Director, we delivered a presentation on Modern Public Library Services for Seniors at the Oregon Recreation & Park Association’s SOAR (Section for Older Adult Resources) Symposium in Beaverton. o Together with our Youth Services & Technical Services Manager, we led 25 new City staff on a tour of the library.  Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Library, we hosted the following events in the library and/or virtually: o Two librarian-led book discussions of the LO Reads selection for patrons. o Our First Tuesday Music Concert featuring Marimba Mike and some of his marimba students, including our own Technology Librarian, Carissa Barrett! o Kicked off our bi-monthly Ancestry Answers sessions where patrons can get help researching their family trees from Genealogy Interest Group volunteers. o A Creativebug bookmaking class for LO Reads. o A Genealogy Interest Group meeting at the ACC and online. o A Bookish Affair met virtually to discuss Thirsty by Mia Hopkins, a romance title featuring some of the same themes portrayed in How to Read a Book. o A popular and fun Ukrainian Egg Decorating workshop led by local artist Daniela Mahoney. o A Third Tuesday Author Talk featuring Lauren Kessler, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer and the founder and director of a UO graduate program in literary journalism. o Our monthly Poetry Group meeting. o Our monthly Trivia Night program, which featured a category on LO Reads. o Our fourth Senior Scholar program with the ACC on Walls that Speak: Murals and Street Art as Voices of Social Change with Tiffany Conklin, MS, the Director and Founder of the Portland Street Art Alliance, which drew 80 attendees. o A presentation by death row investigator Rene Denfeld entitled Live Man Walking: What do we do with the guilty? This LO Reads event explored the devastating impact of mass incarceration in Oregon. o Building Bridges Book Group met to discuss the LO Reads selection. o A World Cinema showing of the Norwegian documentary The Painter and the Thief about a painter who befriended the criminal who stole two of her paintings. The film explored the art of forgiveness and drew 65 people. Stats Reference & Readers’ Advisory Interactions: 1,508 Programs for Adults: 31 Adult Program Attendance: 893 Programs for All Ages: 3 All Ages Program Attendance: 229 NOTE: The figures above include statistics for all LO Reads events in April for adults (many of which were planned and hosted by Nancy Niland), but they do not include the number of views of our recorded events. Ukrainian Egg Decorating Workshop First Tuesday Music with Marimba Mike and his students (including our own Carissa Barrett!) Youth Services April 2025 Monthly Report This has been a month to celebrate connections, anticipate the future, and share our love of stories. From the StoryWalk, to storytimes, to planning for the summer library challenge and the busy month of May, our team provided excellent service to families both in and out of the library. We gave away pocket poems, encouraged kids to make zines, and hid Waldo every day. We interviewed some very qualified candidates for our soon to be vacant Youth Librarian position. Programming: To Celebrate LO Reads and Arbor month at the same time we hosted a handmade papermaking program. Three volunteers, and 40 attendees had so much fun, and produced beautiful vibrant pages to take home. At the ArtBar, families are using pre-folded zines, and stamps and stickers, to make their own little books full of pictures and words. The March Global Stories Project Read-aloud featured Jazmin, who read in Spanish, and shared the traditions of Ramadan and Eid which she celebrates as a Muslim. Our guests had so many questions and were enthusiastic about learning more about her traditions and the practices surrounding the holy month of Ramadan. Teen Advisory Board The Summer Library Challenge PSA is here, and certainly has potential to be another award-winning success. The Teen Book Group took part in LOReads by reading and discussing How to Read a Book. TAB has been very interested in community service and sustainability this year. The idea of hosting the group Mending Bloc was enthusiastically supported at planning meetings. However, when the actual program took place, we did not have any teens attend. This is an ongoing challenge. We are hopeful the survey being conducted by our young LAB members will shed some light on how we can engage more LO teens. Bulletin Board Japanese inspired Fish Prints look beautiful on the art literacy bulletin board Outreach Hilary spent an evening at Mercy Greenbrae demonstrating the power of outreach. Residents of the community applied for and received six new library cards, they sheepishly (and then comfortably) returned overdue items, they checked out large numbers of new books, were thrilled with the LOPL branded pencils and notebooks, and takeaway crafts. Young and old, from many different walks of life, they were all individuals who benefitted from and enjoyed having the library come to them. We hosted and gave a tour to ten teenagers from Lake Oswego’s sister city, Yoshikawa, Japan. Storywalk (I Am A Story by Dan Yaccarino was installed at West Waluga Park) A few quotes from our guest book: I enjoyed the story and pictures. My teenager wasn’t interested, but my dog loved it. (Jennifer, Age: 50) It was an interesting addition around the park. (James, Age: 75) What a lovely way to interact with the library! Seeing the storywalk always makes my day (anonymous) Stats Reader’s Advisory/reference – 489 (includes 1000BBK and New Parent Gift bags) Program attendance – 34/891 (includes storytime, special programs, outreach and LEGO club) HIGHLIGHTS  The Circulation Department is excited to share the news that our part-time Library Assistant and part- time Librarian at Happy Valley Library, Lisa Brown, has accepted the position of full-time Lead Library Assistant – Outreach Services! Lisa will work with the library’s outreach committee to continue to build relationships in the community and help fulfill the goal of serving community members beyond the library building.  The City of Lake Oswego is now accepting applications to fill our Lead Library Assistant – Materials Movement in the Circulation department. It’s an internal recruitment, so we look forward to providing an opportunity for a colleague’s professional movement within the City.  Many staff attended the Oregon Library Association’s 2025 conference, Oregon Libraries United – Navigating Change, where they shared their library experiences with other library staff, learned about numerous challenges facing libraries right now, viewed cutting edge library technology in action, and returned to LOPL with much to share.  LO Reads was phenomenal this year, and the Circulation department was happy to be a part of ticket giveaways, book giveaways, accepting donations, and support of all the amazing LO Reads events! Featured photo: Librarian April Younglove posing as a Library Assistant at the checkout desk. CIRCULATION SERVICES NOTABLE STATISTICS *Holds carts, which transport items on reserve to the patron holds shelves, stopped being included in the total carts shelved and average daily carts shelved statistics in September 2023. Considering that the number of carts shelved is indicative of our collection size and the level of materials checked in and checked out, this change seemed to more accurately reflect staff time spent shelving materials throughout the library. We count the number of holds separately (holds filled), and many of these holds carts are shelved by staff outside of the Circulation department. Items checked in Items sorted by AMH Items renewed Items borrowed from outside the County Items loaned outside the County Items borrowed from LINCC libraries Items loaned to LINCC libraries Holds filled Held items not checked out Library cards issued to new members eCards issued Home Deliveries Carts shelved Average daily carts shelved Cultural Pass reservations Seed Library Checkouts Indoor Visitors Curbside Visitors Self-checkout 53,622 41,959 19,496 101 234 13,924 16,103 10,695 1,448 227 26 63 803* 27 227 340 15,639 9 82.6% Technical Services Department April 2025 Monthly Report Getting Ready for OBOB Since 2006, the Oregon Association of School Libraries has sponsored an extremely popular statewide competitive reading motivation and comprehension program for students in grades 3 through 12 called Oregon Battle of the Books, or “OBOB”. Each year, students read from a list of books selected for the program, form school-based teams, then compete in “battles” against teams from other schools by answering questions about the selected books. One of the ways the Library supports Lake Oswego’s OBOB participants is by providing a collection of additional copies of the selected titles. At the height of the OBOB season, there can be nearly 300 copies of OBOB titles in the Library collection. All of these additional books are ordered and specially processed by the Technical Services Department, starting as soon as the next years’ title list is announced, which just happened in April for next school year’s contests. Then at the end of each year’s competitions, Tech Services also either re-processes the OBOB books for the regular collection or withdraws them. Even though next year’s program doesn’t start until September, avid young readers are already checking out the new OBOB titles! Volunteer & Special Events Report April 2025 Total volunteers 159 Volunteer Hours 1025 April 1 Librarian-led Book Discussion 5 April 1 First Tuesday Music: Marimba Mike 53 April 2 Portland Books Through Bars at OHC 39 April 3 History of Drunk Driving Laws 24 April 5 LO Reads Celebration of Books 19 April 6 Anatomy of a Book Craft Class 10 April 7 LO Reads Art Show 98 April 8 Inside Out Prison Exchange Program 21 April 9 The Book Business 25 April 12 AAUW: The Oregon Way with Nichole Brown 55 April 13 Create a Resilience Map 8 April 13 Online: Bookish Affair 9 April 15 Third Tuesday Author Lauren Kessler 35 April 16 Housing & Resource Navigation after Release 10 April 17 Lakewood Center: History of LO Reads 60 April 17 LO Reads Trivia Night 33 April 22 The Restorative Justice Formula 20 April 23 Live Man Walking: Rene Denfeld 31 April 24 Librarian-Led Book Discussion 5 April 26 Building Bridges Book Group 5 April 27 Create a Resilience Map 4 April 27 Prison Theater Symposium 25 April 29 World Cinema Series at Lake Theater 65 May 1 Author Event: Monica Wood 580 Youth Events: Story Walk, StoryTime and Picture Book Giveaway, ArtBar, Teen Book Club, Teen Book Tok and LO Reads Papermaking Craft Lakewood Center for the Arts Gallery visits 2,006 for April Traveling Art Show April —Lakewood Center for the Arts May—LOPL June— Lewis and Clark College July—Sandy Library August—Silver Falls Library September—Scio Library October—Salem Public Library November—Wilsonville Library December—Art returns to LO Videos available on YouTube Channel: Lake Oswego Reads 2025 Comments: “I’m writing to inadequately thank you for the best author event of my career. Everything you did, including the heart-filling reception with Maria and the visual artists, made me feel warmly welcomed and so special. Katharine was a charming interlocutor, and fabu- lous Nancy could not have been a lovelier shepherd, and the accommodations were re- ally comfortable. My time in “the other Portland” provided the first real hope I’ve had since the election that it’s possible for Americans to re-connect in meaningful ways, and that enough decent people working together can create truly magical, warm, humane spaces in which that re-connection can happen. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please extend my thanks to the many volunteers and staff who helped in this epic effort, and let them know that they have made one author very happy.” Monica Wood “Nancy and LO Reads always hits it out of the park and this was another awesome event! So glad I got to be there!” Christie Hinrichs