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CUPERTINO LIBRARY
MONTHLY REPORT – AUGUST 2018
Our Cupertino Library monthly report highlights the diverse collections, programs, and
outreach our staff provide to our Cupertino community. For more information, please
contact me at 408.446.1677 or at cvaresio@sccl.org. – Clare Varesio, Community Librarian
DID YOU KNOW?
Our ESL Conversation Clubs are designed for adults over 18 years of age
who speak and understand basic English. We focus on developing
English speaking and listening skills in a comfortable, casual setting. These
drop in programs are free, and no registration is required. Our Cupertino
Library ESL Conversation Club meets Fridays, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, in
Cupertino Community Hall, and regularly draws upwards of 60-70 attendees. Help spread the
word about this important program!
JULY 2018 CIRCULATION STATISTICS
2018 2017
NEW PATRONS 743 747
VISITORS 81,419 78,411
PASSPORT APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED 149 - - -
ADULT & TEEN CIRCULATION 97,068 93,400
CHILDREN'S CIRCULATION 132,253 126,965
OVERDRIVE EBOOK CIRCULATION 7,784 4,837
TOTAL CIRCULATION 229,321 220,365
LIBRARY NEWS
Our Go Go Biblio is finally here, and ready to roll! Many thanks to the Friends of the
Cupertino Library for funding this new outreach vehicle. Look for it on the road in
Cupertino soon!
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We are excited that 7,426 patrons registered for Summer Reading at Cupertino
Library, the highest total for any Santa Clara County Library District library this year!
Thank you to everyone who read this summer, helping us meet our district-wide
goal of over 100,000 books read.
AUGUST 2018 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
2018 2017
ADULT PROGRAMS 14 19
TEEN PROGRAMS 2 5
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS 7 10
SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS 4 11
TOTAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS 27 45
ADULT PROGRAM ATTENDANCE 523 723
TEEN PROGRAM ATTENDANCE 22 259
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE 992 1,286
SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM ATTENDANCE 469 432
TOTAL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE 2,006 2,750
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
Cupertino Library’s Early Learning Literacy Concerts
brought music and delight to over 600 children and
adults throughout the month. The series started with
the classic tunes of MaryLee Sunseri as she taught
parents how to bring music, movement and play
together. Golden Acorn Music led the crowd in full
body movement songs in English and Mandarin and
kept the momentum going with shaky eggs and a
soothing reading of "Over In the Meadow." Asheba
capped off the series with a blend of calypso
classics and children’s favorites, including the high-
energy “No More Monkeys.” We had a great time
singing and dancing with the families, and thank the
Friends of the Cupertino Library for supporting these programs!
ADULT & TEEN PROGRAMS
August had a wide range of programs for both teens and adults. Programs included Gaby
Moroder, guitarist, in our Courtyard Concerts series, a NASA lecture on fruit fly experiments from
the International Space Station, and a new program, "Should I Start a Small Business?".
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Our Teen Social Justice App Contest concluded in August. During this two month program series
and contest, supported by the Friends of the Cupertino Library, local teenagers learned about
the importance of social justice movements and library resources. Teens collaborated and
worked in teams to develop applications focused on helping alleviate human suffering and
forwarding social justice causes. As part of this enrichment programs series, the teens attended
instructional coding workshops, led by the Math & Coding organization, and the Bystander
Intervention Workshop to learn about the importance of activism and how to effectively (and
safely) respond to a hate crime. All of the teams built impressive applications that were reviewed
and scored by our panel of judges. 43 teens participated in the contest.
1st Place = Team Hapi with the Hapi App
This project addresses the area of social justice centering on mental health
issues such as depression, anxiety, suicide prevention and bullying.
https://youtu.be/cDajvueR5Wk
2nd Place = Team Teresa with the Teresa App
This app addresses the issue of food insecurity for the poor, and people in need,
along with making a deep impact towards ending food waste by restaurants.
The Teresa App will connect soup kitchens and food centers for people in need
to big restaurants and put an end to food insecurity for the poor.
https://youtu.be/YXgXwdNySGo
3rd Place = Team LLT with the Salutem App
The Salutem App addresses the developing worldwide refugee crisis. It allows
citizens to temporarily provide sanctuary to refugees who have nowhere to go
to. Refugee users can look for available houses and shelter that others can
provide them.
https://youtu.be/FHbuFj9rlL4
AUGUST 2018 LIBRARY OUTREACH
2018 2017
OUTREACH EVENTS 7 9
OUTREACH ATTENDANCE 291 535
TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS 964 943
Library outreach this month included visits to two local events – the Kids
‘N Fun Festival and the CEEF 5K Run for Great Schools. We also visited
Chateau Cupertino and Cupertino Senior Center to host book
discussions, and also demonstrated Flipster at the Senior Center.
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UPCOMING SEPTEMBER 2018 PROGRAMS
We thank the Friends of the Cupertino Library and the Cupertino Library Foundation for their
generous support of our library programs! To view all upcoming events, visit
https://www.sccl.org/Locations/Cupertino.
MONDAY, September 3 – Library Closed for Labor Day
TUESDAYS, September 4, 11, 18, 25, 5:00 pm, Senior Center – Saddle Up and Move ‘Em Out: The
Best of the Western Film Series
WEDNESDAY, September 5, 7:00 pm, Community Hall – Master Gardeners: Choosing the Best
Indoor Plants
SATURDAY, September 8, 12:00 pm, Library Courtyard – Courtyard Concerts: Harpist Adele Stinson
THURSDAY, September 13, 7:00 pm, Library Story Room – Children’s Literature for Adults Book Club
Reads Holes
THURSDAY, September 13, 7:00 pm, Community Hall – Community Poetry Night with Cupertino
Poet Laureate Kaecey McCormick
MONDAY, September 17, 10:15 am, Community Hall – Children’s Concert with Jose Luis Orozco
WEDNESDAYS, September 19 and 26, 7:00 pm, Library Story Room – Teen Poetry Writing Workshop*
THURSDAY, September 20, 10:00 am, Community Hall – Chinese Book Discussion Group Reads
Little Fires by Celeste Ng
THURSDAY, September 20, 7:00 pm, Library Story Room – Adult Book Discussion Group Reads The
Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
* Registration required.
Coming Soon! Friends of the Cupertino Library Used Book Sale, Saturday, 10/13 and Sunday, 10/14
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September 2018
Commission Report
Nancy Howe, County Librarian
Summer Success Stories
With a lofty goal of registering over 25,000
readers and reading 100,000 books as a
community, SCCLD far exceeded
expectations. There were 32,132 children,
teens and adults who participated in
Reading Takes you Everywhere. Not only
did we achieve more than a 30% increase
over 2017 in the number of participants, we
also saw a huge jump in those completing
the reading challenge from 8% to 30%.
Our focus on preventing “Summer Slide”
has achieved real results.
What was equally exciting, as a community
we read almost 179,000 books! In
June/July, children’s circulation of books
increased by 7% and adult and teens by
5% year over year! We also saw an
increase of 47% in adult/teen audiobooks
and a 71% increase in children’s
audiobooks.
It was a system-wide success with
increased registration and engaging programs for all ages. We are so proud of our staff for
driving the program and our community for accepting our challenge, reading over 179,000
books this summer!
SCCLD was busy not only feeding our community’s mind, but also feeding hungry children
through Lunch at the Library. Only 1 in 6 children who receive a free or subsidized lunch
during the school year has access to this meal during the summer months. Lunch at the
Library provides a healthy meal along with fun, educational activities for children and their
caregivers. Our program was a big success with committed staff, volunteers and very happy
families who benefitted. In our second year, we were able to serve hot lunches at Morgan Hill,
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feed 250% more children
through the Bookmobile
working with Gwinn
Elementary School in San
Martin, and Gilroy’s Lunch
at the Library was top
notch with teen volunteers
providing assistance,
energy and a positive role
model for the younger
kids. A very special thank
you to the Santa Clara
County Library District
Foundation for funding the
teen volunteers. In
addition, through our
partnerships with the YMCA and Second Harvest, we were also able to not only feed the kids,
but provide much needed food to their accompanying parents and guardians. Finally, through
our new summer reading partnership with the SF 49ers, those kids who enjoyed Lunch at the
Library were treated to a special visit by Sourdough Sam from the 49ers.
We served 5,388 meals this summer as opposed to 4,039 last year. This is just another
example of how SCCLD is changing lives and helping to build a stronger community.
Everbright Lights Up Milpitas
Library
SCCLD has installed an Everbright wall
display at the Milpitas Library. The high tech,
interactive light wall is both educational and
entertaining, inviting families to create
images by adjusting each dial to whatever
color they choose. With 476 dials on the 4
foot by 7.83-foot panel, the number of
designs that can be created is unlimited.
This new community interactive wall allows our patrons to create designs in every color of
the rainbow- plus every hue in-between. Everbright promotes fun, learning and imagination,
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allowing our patrons to discover their creative side. It is also an excellent educational tool for
young children taking their first steps, involving touching and manipulating objects with
hands, seeing changes of color, and beginning to form patterns. The connection between the
hand, eyes and the brain is critical to early literacy.
Everbright creates its bright light displays with multiple RGB LED pixels that can rotate
endlessly in either direction, changing color and hue as the dials rotate. It is easy to use by
all ages. SCCLD’s Everbright will be on display for 6-8 weeks at Milpitas Library before
rotating to another one of our libraries.
The Everbright was designed by Dr. Alan Rorie of Oakland-based Hero Designs. Previously,
Dr. Rorie was a neuroscience researcher at Stanford University and a postdoctoral fellow at
The Exploratorium Teacher Institute. He used these experiences to design the Everbright to
be engaging and educational incorporating STEAM attributes.
Bringing Consumer Health to the Library
SCCLD is encouraging the local community to sign up and meet with a public health registered
dietitian nutritionist this September.
Living in the Silicon Valley can be tough, rewarding,
interesting, challenging but above all—busy. We live
busy lives and with so many fad diets and conflicting
reports on various types of food, SCCLD is taking
some of the mystery away by offering one on one
appointments with a registered dietician nutritionist.
Each of our community libraries are offering six
personalized 20-minute appointments with the
dietician to help our patrons identify a healthy,
individualized meal plan. The nutritionist will offer
advice and knowledge about eating habits, nutrition,
meal plans, and will be open to all other questions
brought forward.
Family Concert Series—Jose-Luis Orozco
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Kick off Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) with a bilingual celebration of
music! Join us as educator and longtime children’s author Jose-Luis Orozco brings his love of
Latin American culture to our libraries through his music and stories. Come sing, dance, and
maybe learn a few new words in a second language. The concerts are for all ages.
Gilroy Library- Saturday, September 15, 11am-11:45am, Community Room
Los Altos Library- Saturday, September 15, 3pm-4pm, Community Room
Cupertino Library- Monday, September 17, 10:15am-11am, Community Room
Milpitas Library- Monday, September 17, 7pm-8pm, Auditorium
Saratoga Library- Tuesday, September 18, 10:30am-11am, Community Room
Campbell Library- Wednesday, September 19, 10:30am-11am, Community Room
Morgan Hill Library- Wednesday, September 19, 3:30pm-4:15pm, Program Room
Campbell City Council Approves Bond Measure for November Ballot
Measure O was placed on the November
ballot by the Campbell City Council. If the
measure is approved by 2/3 vote, the City
would be authorized to issue up to $50M
in general obligation bonds to be spent on
improvements to the police and library
facilities, including:
A new, accessible police operations
building that would remain operational
during a disaster, would utilize up-to-date
crime fighting technology, and be able to
adapt to future needs;
An energy-efficient library that meets
earthquake and fire codes, with space for
collaboration, senior reading, after-school homework programs, children’s story times and
children’s collection, summer reading programs, and public access computer and computer
lab, ensuring ADA accessibility throughout the library for senior and disabled residents.
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Library Trends:
This month, in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Welcoming Week and celebrating what
makes Silicon Valley so rich in culture and diversity, we are providing an important local
resource with the latest snapshot of the Silicon Valley. The Silicon Valley Indicators website is
a project of the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies, housed within Joint Venture Silicon
Valley providing valuable local statistical information.
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-Oct 15) and Welcoming Week (Sep 14-23) are
important events occurring in September. Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the
contributions made and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the
United States as we celebrate their heritage and culture. SCCLD has planned a host of
various programs for all ages ranging from family concerts, documentaries, crafts and more.
Welcoming Week is an annual series of events for communities to bring together immigrants,
refugees, and native-born residents in an effort to raise awareness of the benefits of
welcoming everyone. SCCLD will be hosting free and confidential appointments for patrons to
meet with accredited lawyers and professionals to provide guidance around various
immigration issues.
SILICON VALLEY INDICATORS
Presented by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies
SKIP TO CONTENT
Snapshot of the Region
Silicon Valley Population Clock
3,106,443
As of Fri Aug 31 2018 11:32:11 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Components of Population Change
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One birth every 17 minutes
One death every 35 minutes
Gain one international immigrant every 24 minutes
Lose one domestic migrant every 24 hours
Net gain of one person every 26 minutes (or 56 people per day)
Based on California Department of Finance January 2017 population data for Fremont, Newark, Union City, and Scotts Valley, and
July 2017 population data for Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Estimated using the most recent growth rates available.
Estimates for births, deaths, and migration are based on July data for San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties only.
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*Oceania includes American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam,
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New
Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands,
Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.
Note: Area, Population, Jobs, and Average Annual Earnings figures are based on the city-
defined Silicon Valley region; whereas Net Foreign Immigration and Domestic Migration, Adult
Educational Attainment, Age Distribution, Ethnic Composition, and Foreign Born figures are
based on Santa Clara and San Mateo County data only. Percentages may not add up to 100%
due to rounding.