HomeMy WebLinkAboutJune 5, 1979COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
REPORT
June 5, 1979
The month of May presented many opportunities for the library staff
to attend professional workshops in the area. Jo and Becky participated
in the MEMO (Minnesota Educational Media Organization) Upper Mississippi
Kaleidoscope conference held at the downtown Radisson. Becky saw the new
video-discs demonstrated and got to play with an APPLE microcomputer while
Jo gathered some new ideas on puppetry and acting for use with her programs.
A new puppet, Mr. Twitter, was recruited to join the library staff, and in
spite of being British and rather a masher, he settled in quickly. Mary
attended a Gestetner equipment show held at Howard Wong's in Bloomington to
get ideas on advances in duplicating technology and techniques in producing
graphics. She also attended a booking workshop sponsored by the Minnesota
State Arts Board at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and she got ideas on
possible adult programming and how to obtain the necessary funding. Alberta
participated in a CETA workshop directed by Bob Fierstad on "Effective
Listening" and communications in a work situation.
The library acquired a new Savin 755 plain-paper copier on May 29,
and unlimited self-service copying will now be available to people. The
library and the residents of the community are grateful to the City Council
for allowing this copier to be purchased for use in the library.
Jo conducted tours of the library for visiting groups of elementary
students from the local public schools during the first two weeks of the
month. Response was not as much as the staff had hoped because of a shortage
of buses for transportation. Alberta and Jo went to all the elementary
schools in Columbia Heights and visited each classroom of K-4 grades to tell
the children about the "Superman-Superkid" reading club and other sumner
activities at the library. Jo and Alberta also put on a series of puppet
shows ("The Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree," "The Three Pigs," "Ernie
Cleans his Toy Shelf," "The Monster at the End of This Book," and "The Boy
and the Girl and the Jelly Beans.") for a group of fifty attentive children
and ten adults, and Alberta had her first experience as a talking cookie tree.
The library showed the films "Ruth Stout's Garden" and "Bahamas 700"
to the senior citizens in May. They were also treated to a crackers, cheese,
and hot apple cider snack as a change from the usual dessert snack, and their
response was tremendous.
Mr. Gary Kobs donated a one-year subscription to Personal Computing
magazine to the library and it will be available to patrons'of the library
beginning in June.
After serving as chore boy for nearly three years, Matt Field ended
his career with the library on June first, and the staff wishes him well in
his future endeavors. The staff also welcomes Todd Soderholm as the new
chore boy.
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June 5, 1979
OFFICE SUPPLIES:
Gestetner Corp.
Nelson's
#1300
70823
300730
2 boxes stencils
10 reams coverstock
staple gun, labels, glue
GENERAL SUPPLIES: #1360
Gaylord
General Book Covers
Book & Stationery
Shoppers Charge
Voss Electric Co.
175043-0
5148
358629
2038030
2735966
01393
life-size Superman
5000 size l~ book covers
1000 size 3 book covers
drawing pencils, erasers,
newsprint, construction
paper
fish food, chlorine tabs
tag board
48 flood light bulbs
1.18
1.17
BOOKS: #1365
A. M. Best Co.
Better Homes & Gardens
Brodart
Children's Press
Doubleday
Intl. City Management Assoc.
Josten's
:.2)K, Inc.
McGraw-Hill
National A-V Assoc.
National Geographic
Quality Books
Sterling Pub. Co.
University of Oklahoma Press
E & L Bindery
169101-3
Life/Health Service
Cooking for ~our freezer.
SOu'ps & stews.
Best pies.
042700735
051401734
051401735
052300794
0523OO795
052300796
credit 5629
49335
49329
J85696
551352
551428
552062
604 H740
39805
106896
228452
230052
12.77
245.78
304.73
51.38
25.93
677.02
1.50
91.70
162.61
1979 Municipal Year Book.
16.30
81.06
18.52
Repair of model trains.
'79 YearbOok of science/
technology.
1979-80 A-V equipment director~.
America's majestic canyO'nsJ
Wild Bill.
Buffalo Bill.
12 books rebound
7.81
8,71
PERIODICALS: #1366
St. Marie's Gopher News
6630
100 comics.
105.85'
15.07
18.32
450.00
25.88
2.35
42.60
120.OD
ll.lO
1,316.11
254.31
23.88
28.50
115.B8
13.~0
24.79
18. o
11. o
336.97
99.85
16.52
52.6.5
,444. O~
32. O0
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Accounting - June, 197g
ITEM CODE BUDGET ENCUMB.
YR.---T-O-~ATE
SALARIES (REG.) 10~0 $4~,~50 $16,763.18
§ALARIEg (PART TIME) 1020 22,725 7,365.56
INTERDEP'T HELP 1060 500 51g.70
PERA lOgl 3,235 1,165.65
FICA 1092 2,175 391.g6
HOSPITALIZATION 1093 2,480 662.65
NORKMEN'S COMP. 1095 200 130.00
UNEMPLOYMENT 1096 200 - 0 -
RENTS AND LEASES llO0 1,O00 264.34
ADV., PRINTING, PUB. 1110 - 0 - 65.00
MAINTENANCE & REPAIR ll20 1,575 321.90
GARAGE 1124 100 - 0 -
EXPERT & PROF. SERVICE ll30 300 ll5.00
OTHER CHARGES ll90 60 46.00
COMMUNICATIONS 1200 1,550 81g.02
TRAVEL, CONF., SCHOOL 1210 850 423.75
MEMBERSHIP 1220 320 35.00
UTILITIES 1230 7,500 2,731.85
CLEANING CONT. SERVICE 12go 4,800 1,751.10
OFFICE SUPPLIES 1300 750 57g.83
GENERAL SUPPLIES 1360 3,800 1,067.58
BOOKS 1365 25,000 8,044.02
PERIODICALS 1366 1,500 267.72
AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL 1367 3,450 1,599.51
STRUCTURE 1520 2,000 - 0 -
EQUIPMENT 1540 3,245 794.85
$133,175
EXPENDED
JUNE
120.92
539.15
2,444.06
32.00
3,875.00
BALANC~
27,096.82
15,359.44
(
2,069.35
1,783.04
1,817.35
70.00
200,00
735.~6
{ -65.00)
1,253.10
lO0.O0
185,00
14.CO
730.98
426.25
285. O0
4,768.15
3,048.90
4g.25
2,193.27
14,511.92
1,200.28
1,850.4g
2,000.0O
$80,238.70