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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 10, 1971Columbia Heights Public Library Report - March 10, 1971 In an errors ta comprehend the reasons for the decided increas~ ~u circulation we made th~ following chart: Feb, 1970 ~b, 1971 More Adult Yon-fiction 2541 2934 439 Adult Fiction 1841 2279 438 Easy Readers 2652 3524 872 Junior Fiction 1351 1599 248 Junior Non-fiction 1192 1258 66 Children's Magazines 71 78 7 Records 23 60 37 TOTAL ~ !1,~3~- 20~' It is apparent that there are a great many more easy books being used than last year. This may be due to the increase in easy-to-read books available, but there are also a great many more adult books being used. Maybe the col- lection is better and maybe the weather is ideal for reading and maybe people can't afford other amusements and maybe people are just better acquainted with libraries and probably TV is just terrible. Mrs. Dedering attended the Governor's Conference on Libraries and will be ~eporting.on it. The city has not as yet posted any o£ the expenditures for February or March, so our accounting is very incomplete. We'll hope to catch up next month. The city has purchased the house and part of the lot behind the library for welcome additional parking area. The Anoka County Library is preparing to pay the quarterly amount from MELSA and it will amount to ~899, this month. This may help us to serve the additional patrons we are having. The eighth graders are doing their annual country reports. Some of the titles of their projects are quite phenomenal; for instance--six sources on the musical instruments of Panama. We have hired a Junior High wrestling coach to ~ake charge of the children's side of the library in the evenings. We corral these folks and the books and try and keep them under control in one room. This seems to be working better than anything we've tried any other year. Yhere are not so many ha~ers-on here for fun and games and the people seem to be actually trying to accomplish something. Well, Senior Citizens on Wednesday, etc., etc. ITEM SALARIES - REGULAR SALARIES - TEMi~ORARY CO~,~MUNICATIONS UTILITIES TRAYEL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR BUDGET 16~00.OO 15,OO0.00 5OO.OO 3,500.00 50.00 1,200.00 CLEANSING & WASTE REMOVAL 4,200.00 BOOKS & MAGAZINES GENERAL SUPPLIES DUES & MEMBERSHIP HOSPITAL PR~iIUMS FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT MPLS LIBRARY CONTRACT Columbia Heights Public Library Accounting - March 10, 1971 SPENT SPENT ~ JAN FEB-MARlO TOTAL SPENT 15,000.OO 1,788,24 777.27 2,565.51 2,OOO.O0 515.86 294.13 809.99 30.O0 450.00 540.00 225.00 52.50 277.50 3,000.00 20.O2 12.O0 32.02 26.00 26.00 52.00