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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 4, 1980COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT March 4, 1980 February has passed quickly, but good news has been received. Circulation figures for January are as follows: 1979 1980 Children 3,949 Children 5,042 Adult 5,589 Adult 5,679 Total 9,538 Total 10,721 This represents a 12.5% increase from 1979 and can probably be credited to three items: 1) the pre-school "Read-to-me" reading club, 2) the gas shortage, and 3) inflation. It seems as if more people are coming in to look for information on things to do at home (games, craft projects, remodeling ideas, etc.) And for books which they usually would have purchased. A free service has a lot of appeal at a time when people are cutting back on car use and spending. The children's department enjoyed a busy month. The "Read-to-me" reading club had 98 children and parents signed up to participate and 74 have met the requirements for receiving an invitation to a party the first week in March. A puppet show on the fifteenth has entertained over 150 children with productions of "The Fearful dragon", "The witch and the sorcerer", Winnie the Pooh plants a garden" and "The Cookie Monster's Disguise". A workshop held on the eleventh provided 75 children with the opportunity to create valentines of their own design. Thanks go to Florence Bennek, Marg Roback, Pauline Rusinyak, and Judy Vircks for the Country Fair Coffee cake they bakes for the February senior citizen program. The library participated in the Columbia Heights Community Services Fair on February 7th and Nancy Rathbun and Aileen Sturdevant from the Friends helped Becky and Mary staff the booth for the evening. The information available at all the booths was quite good, but as in previous years, the attendance was not very high. The presence of many local political leaders, school officials, and board/commission members was very supportive and greatly appreciated by the groups represented in the booths. The homebound service which has been discussed at various times in the past is getting past the planning stages and is ready to start in March. Anyone with names of interested potential patrons, should call the library at 788-3924 On February 23r°, Discount Records offered their library customers 40% off any item in their store. Greed got the best of her, and Becky moved the March record buying date into February to take advantage of the large discount. The 110 new records and 10 new cassettes are in the process of getting ready to circulate. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY EXPENDITURES March 4, 1980 MAINTENANCE & REPAIR: #1120 Copy Duplicating Products 68730 COMMUNICATIONS: # 1200 Postmaster CLEANING, CONT. SERVICE: American Linen Twin City Filter Service OFFICE SUPPLIES: #1300 Nelson's Office Supply GENERAL SUPPLIES: #1360 American Library Assoc. Shoppers Charge Upstart BOOKS: #1365 Baker & Taylor Better Homes & Gardens BroDart Doubleday Office of State Register Quality Books Writers Digest Books service contract #1290 2 rolls $. 15 stamps M18010221 13475 303479 303560 rub-down letters 30.60 3 ring binder, stencil Correction fluid, notebooks 9.08 Bookmarks for National Library Week 2277220 Read-to-Me party Hippo kit for National Library Week B01197719M 133.81 B06207780M 46.97 B12218031M 12.74 B13219539M 868.72 B13220513M 89.19 B18228632M 134.02 B20236050M 148.25 three cookbooks 11.98 Light style 12.58 020400182 16.93 020700318 8.24 021800200 3.74 J18050 28.71 J81287 14.97 Audio-visualc~alog 1980 MN guidebookto state agency services 51820 22.01 52647 14.67 53464 7.33 040857 34.48 34.48 30.00 30.00 10.75 10.15 20.90 39.68 39.68 6.50 30.47 12.30 49.27 1,433.70 24.56 28.91 43.68 10.75 44.01 14.95 1,600.56 EXPENDITURES March 4, 1980 -2- PERIODICALS: #1366 Minneapolis Star & Tribune R.R. Bowker AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL: Bell & Howell Discount records Random House #1367 93038 80-4884 80-4885 80-4887 80-4886 80-4883 80-4890 80-4882 80-4889 1003259 1-yr subscription Tribune 1-yr subscription Library Journal 1-yr subscription School Library Journal microfilm, 1-yr subscription Mpls. Tribune Bear Scouts cassette 27.00 17.00 76.64 76.64 86.24 86.24 73.04 21.56 77.84 103.04 44.20 44.00 88.20 485.00 601.24 9.80 1,096.40 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCOUNTING - March, 1980 ITEM CODE SALARIES (REG) 1010 SALARIES (PART TIME) 1020 1NTERDEP'T HELP 1050 PERA 1091 FICA 1092 HOSPITALIZATION 1093 WORKMEN'S COMP 1095 RENTS & LEASES 1100 ADV. PRINTING, PUB 1110 MAINTENANCE & REPAIR 1120 GARAGE 1124 EXPERT & PROF. SERVICE 1130 OTHER CHARGES 1190 COMMUNICATIONS 1200 TRAVEL, CONF., SCHOOL 1210 MEMBERSHIP 1220 UTILITIES 1230 CLEANING, CONF SERVICE 1290 OFFICE SUPPLIES 1300 GENERAL SUPPLIES 1360 BOOKS 1365 PERIODICALS 1366 AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL 1367 STRUCTURE 1520 EQUIPMENT 1540 BUDGET ENCUM. YR TO DATE $47,020 $8,252.38 23,515 3,192.55 600 -0- 3,8000 689.67 2,540 596.95 3,840 294.70 230 -0- 1,200 -0- 50 -0- 1,060 227.50 100 -0- 350 257.00 75 -0- 2,500 362.30 900 2.50 285 9.00 8,100 1,659.93 5,615 1,166.75 1,500 658.08 3,665 209.07 30,000 1,678.62 1,650 187.75 3,500 210.98 5,800 -0- 2,870 -0- 150,765 EXPENDED MARCH 54.28 34.48 30.00 20.90 39.68 49.27 1,600.56 88.20 1,096.04 BALANCE $38,767.62 20,322.45 545.72 3,110.33 1,943.05 3,545.30 230.00 1,200.00 50.00 798.02 100.00 93.00 75.00 2,107.70 897.50 276.00 6,440.07 4,427.35 802.24 3,406.66 26,720.82 1,374.05 2,192.98 5,800.00 2,870.00 128,095.86