Review of the goals of Konan Library in FY2019

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Konan Ward System, as an initiative to further strengthen cooperation with Konan Ward, we will hold lectures for children and children's songs about four times a year based on our goals for promoting reading activities.

In August, we collaborated with the Konan Ward Office to create cards for elementary school students. The number of applicants exceeded the number of applicants, and it was seen that the satisfaction of the participants was high. In addition, they read picture books and introduced related books. .
In addition, from February to March, two consecutive children's song courses were held for children aged 1 to 2 and their parents, and this was also full. Even after the children's song course, they saw borrowing a lot of picture books prepared in advance, which led to the publicity of the library.
In the next fiscal year, we will continue to carry out planning projects based on the Konan Ward Reading Activity Promotion Target revised in March 2020.

We dispatch librarians to nursery schools in the city and hold childcare courses about four times a year. In addition, for parents and children who do not attend daycare centers, etc., we will exhibit at special events as appropriate and support reading activities.

The childcare course scheduled for May was canceled due to bad weather, but in June we sent a librarian to the childcare course at Noba Daini Nursery School. In addition, at the nursery school, a librarian's business trip talks were held three times for 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds, and each time a program that also serves as a library introduction was distributed to parents to promote library activities. Was.
In addition, a booth was exhibited at the “Hachi Festival”, a part of the inhabitant of a ward festival, and about 60 picture books were exhibited and a talk party were held. .

We will actively respond to requests for book lending for elementary and junior high school teachers. In addition, we will also accept junior high school students' work experience.

Lending to teachers and staff was 102 and 2,009 books at elementary schools and 27 and 475 books at junior high schools.
In addition, we accepted six vocational experiences of junior high school students. The same number as last year, but the schedule overlapped, and there was one case accepted in Chuo-toshokan. We will continue to accept and cooperate with school education.

We hold regular "talking party" by story-telling volunteers and librarians at the library. In addition, we will hold exchange meetings for multiple volunteer groups.

In addition to regular talks by four story-telling volunteer groups, this year we started a monthly regular talks by librarians, and held a total of 113 times.
In addition, we held an exchange meeting for story-telling volunteer groups operating in the city in February, and exchanged lectures on learning the basics of story-telling picture books and information on each group. . Approximately 100 picture books exhibited at the exchange venue were also popular with participants. There were eight participants, but the challenge for the future is to increase the number of participants.

We plan improvement of materials that are useful for health promotion of inhabitants of a ward including living, working style, medical information that are of high interest such as elderly people, and carry out replacement of standard book which is read for a long time.

We purchased 89 materials useful for the lives and work of each generation, 124 materials related to health and medical care, replenishment and replacement of complete classics and literature, and 121 new sets, and supported citizens' problem solving and reading activities.

Based on the 50th anniversary of the constituency system, we will continue to collect local information such as photographs owned by residents of the city. In addition, we will continue our efforts to support the regular repair work of damaged books by volunteers.

In cooperation with the ward office as a 50th anniversary project of the constituency system, we promoted the collection of local photographs and local information owned by the inhabitants of the ward, and were able to introduce and provide information to citizens at the local panel exhibition. . We will continue to collect and store local information in the future.
In addition, repair volunteers repaired books 21 times, and repaired 370 books. We created a contact note and devised it to respond to contacts and requests with volunteers in detail.

We will participate and cooperate with events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the constituency system, such as holding photo panel exhibitions using local materials such as photographs of the Konan area owned by the library. .

In cooperation with the ward office as a project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the constituency system, we held a local photo panel exhibition introducing old and present photos of Konan Ward. (held at the Konan Ward Office from November 11 to 22 and at Konan Library from November 30 to December 9)
In addition, as a cooperation project to the dementia panel exhibition hosted by the ward office and a dementia awareness lecture (October), we purchased dementia-related materials requested by the ward office, exhibited themes, created and distributed book lists. , Introduced materials and provided information. The book list will be used even after the end of the project, and will continue in cooperation with the ward office next year.　

The theme exhibition will be held according to the season and time. In addition, we carry out support of history lecture by local history group, lecture on theme of high interest of inhabitants of a ward and plan promotion of use of library.

By March, we held more than 30 exhibitions on the theme of the history of Heisei and measures against global warming. In June, September, November, and February, history lectures were held by local history groups, and the library also provided venues and supported the recruitment procedure for participants. . In particular, the history courses held in February were almost full and were well received by participants. In the next fiscal year, we plan to continue supporting history courses for children.
Furthermore, in October, an inheritance and will course was held jointly with the Kanagawa Prefectural Administrative Scrivener Association. There were many participants, and the questionnaire also showed a high level of satisfaction. In the next fiscal year, we will continue to provide courses on themes (medical care, disaster prevention, etc.) of high interest to residents, not only inheritance and wills.

Promote the participation of librarians in external training, etc., and strive to improve librarians' expertise, such as reference skills.

In order to improve the skills of young staff, we recommended voluntary participation in the desired training. Because it is difficult to participate in training in small workplaces, it is an issue to secure a work environment that makes it easy to participate in training by devising part-time and part-time staff.

We hold round-table conferences by user groups, volunteers, school officials, etc. In addition, we will grasp the voices of users through "Letters to Konan Library" and work to improve services.

　The library round-table conference was held in December, and volunteers from the Konandai District Center also participated in the event, giving meaningful opinions on strengthening cooperation, etc.
　In addition, we received 35 opinions and requests from letters from users. In response to your request, we started trial operation of one power supply for the brought-in PC.

In response to the occurrence of disasters such as earthquakes and fires, we will implement practical disaster drill and steadily carry out safety checks through periodic inspections of equipment and daily patrols.

In June, we conducted fire extinguishing equipment, stockpiles of water and food, and confirmed the evacuation route. Tours inside and outside the museum are also conducted as appropriate (at least 5 times a day).

As a book-reading activity promotion project in the area, holding in cooperation with ward offices such as "making cards" for children, "Children's Song Association for Parents and Children", lending for teachers and staff, school support such as accepting work experiences, and talks We steadily promoted cooperation and support with volunteer activity groups such as.
In collecting materials, we worked to enhance general books that are useful for living and health promotion, and to replace children's books that have been read for a long time. In addition, as an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the constituency system, we also actively used photographs collected at the library, such as holding panel exhibitions.
To prevent the spread of the COVID-19 infection, we stopped limiting library use and holding events during March.

In order to promote reading activities in the area, we will continue to work on school support and regional cooperation with volunteer groups, strengthen cooperation with facilities in the ward, such as district centers, and enhance local materials.
In addition, issues are to devise ways to increase the number of participants in the talks and to secure a work environment where staff can easily participate in training.