HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 12, 1980COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
REPORT
November 12, 1980
Circulation for the month of September was up by 18% from 1979.
1979 1980
Adult 4,327 5,197
Juvenile 2,852 3,2.65.
7,179 8,462
A total increase of 1,283 items shows a 20.1 increase in adult and a 14.5% increase
in juvenile items circulated to the public. This large increase was seen in other
libraries in the metropolitan area also, as the Washington County system drew a
22% overall increase. Two things can be identified as possible contributing
factors: the local newspaper strike and the television actors' strike. People
were stranded without a source of information and entertainment in their homes,
so the library attracted some new users.
The Children's Department hosted a variety of programs during the past
month. Honor Miss Piggy Day saw fifty-seven children making piggy banks, listening
to pig stories, and watching Miss Piggy herself act in a new version of that old
classic, "Beauty and the Beast," which included a special guest appearance by
Cookie Monster. Three weeks of story hours aimed at 2½-year-olds brought such a
response that it had to be divided into two smaller groups. Halloween movies were
shown to an appreciative group on the 30th, and no-one is sure yet who that
gorilla in the back row was.
The Noon Movies were run two more Tuesdays in October, and the audience
went up the first week and then down again for the second showing. The gorgeous
fall weather is against us in trying to draw people in during the day.
Thanks go to Harriet Deeble, Pat Jindra, Faye Kluk, and Judy Vircks for
the marshmallow/banana bars they baked for the October senior citizen program.
The library is having an open house on Thursday, November 13, noon to
2 o'clock p.m. to honor Ruth Miller for serving on the Library Board of Trustees
for twenty-five years. Mrs. Miller has been active in the Columbia Heights area
for many years and has given willingly of her time for community service.
November l0 and ll were fine-free days for the library, and any overdue
materials returned on those days were accepted with no questions asked. This
did not apply to damaged items.
Classes sponsored by Recreation/Community Education have continued to
bring in new people to the library. Ti~e s'i~edule for winter quarter is in the
process of being worked out. Doug Johnson left his position as Community
Education Director with the City on Hovember 7th. The staff appreciates the work
he has done in cooperation with the library and wishes him well in his future
endeavors.
The League of Women Voters held an informative program on the proposed
amendments to be voted on in November at the library. Approximately twenty
people were in attendance.
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November 12, 1980
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Jo and Darlene went to the Book Fair at the University of Minnesota on October 28 and
got to preview a selection of children's books. They selected about 50 new titles to be added to
the collection. Mary attended a two-day workshop on public relations for libraries at St.
Catherine's on October 24 and 25. Exercises in design and composition of posters, ads, news
releases and other forms of publicity were conducted and samples of the participants' work were
critiqued. Jo and Becky went to Bookmen, the library's paperback supplier, and to Blumberg's,
which will repair some of the library's ausio-visual equipment, on November 6.
The Friends celebrated their one-year birthday on November 3 with a combined
party/meting at the library. After a successful first year, they have generously purchased a stand
for the copy machine and a walnut newspaper rack as gifts to the library.
RENTS & LEASES: #llO0
Learning Corp. of America
Universal 16
University of MN.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
EXPENDITURES
November 12, 1980
R157135
203353
203354
203355
203356
L02070
"Ransom of Red Chief."
"African animal hunt."
"Yesterday lives again."
"America's natural 'we, riders."
"Irish in me."
"Amos 'n Andy."
TRAVEL, CONF., SCHOOL:
M. Rebecca Loader
#1210
Reimbursement for 2 lunches, parking
on Bookmen trip
C_EANING, CONT. SERVICE:
American Linen
Twin City Filter
#1290
M18201030
08284
G~NERAL SUPPLIES: #1360
Demco
Northeast Audio-Visual
Shoppers Charge
Upstal't
663555
T917
2390103
2504915
0061 l'l
files, record slips, tuff tabs
projector bulbs
fish
Christmas crafts
National Children's ~uok
week materials
BOOKS: ~1365
A.M. Best
AMACOM
gal<er & Taylor
Better Homes & Gardens
B o o k m e n
Bro Dart
Carol Rhoda Books
Dom Communications
Doubl (.day
Frankl in Watts
RF 0273035 Regular property/c:asualt,y.
128905
128905B
128906
KO8592200M
KO9594398M
K14600435M
K21611812
K28624558M
LO5638610M
Credit memo CM58032
Christmas treasur~.
_Light ~s t~y_l_e_.
~__e_i~q. ht watchers' cookbook.
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90220
1 O13001 30
103000190
17035
TC 146-$1
J82077
J85358
009183949
11.00
ti.00
11.00
ll.O0
7.56
26.12
157 70
14 27
219 52
! 45 21
42 76
1,735 47
2.31.43
329.81
250.25
9.97
17.34
12.31
ll .82
(;64.66
6.00
22.46
43.83
6.57
25.68
40.00
44.00
11.75
95.75
11.25
11.25
10.75
10.15
T .90
37.33
57.51
33.68
14.30
142.82
253.46
391.49
2,724.96
41.J7
670.66
66.29
20.85
14.65
32.25
126.68
EXPENDITURES
November 12, 1980
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BOOKS (continued)
Gale Research
It.W. Wilson
Lerner Publications
Marqu~is Who's Who
Minneapol is Public Library
Nancy Renfro Studios
National Fire Protection
Assoc.
National Geo.qraphic Soc.
Polit'ical Research, Inc.
Quality Books
R.R. Bowker
Ready Reference Press
State of MN.--Documents
Division
Time L ife
Writer's Digest Books
PERIODICALS: ~q366
ALA
AUDIO-V~SUAL MATERIAl.:
John Fraser Associates
Random House, Inc.
#1367
Listening Library
00674365
R0034328
95748
2358680
Mpls. Star/Tribune index
80-1007
803100068
100680
102280-0670170
61368
0395224
009356
Laws of MN, 1980.
.~?_c~l~_~]~edia of collectibles.
061602
B40057 1-yr. subscription Booklist.
80128 8 super 8mm films
971111882 filmstrip "Ramona &
father."
971117108 filmstrip "Misty."
008500
008513
her
4~.16
95.32
481.65
1E~.90
58.35
86.00
12.55
60.00
132.00
10.65
9.48
16.95
245.00
6.24
50.63
144.00
40.00
9.58
21.15
5,245.34
32.00
32.00
327.60
497.55
COLUMBIA HEIGHIS PUBLIC
Accounting - November,
~TEM CODE BUDGET
SALARIES (REG.) lOlO $47,020
SALARIES (PART TIME) I020 23,515
INTERDEP'T HELP 1050 600
PERA I091 3,800
FICA 1092 2,540
~OSPITALIZATION 1093 3,840
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION 1095 230
f~ENTS AND [.EASES llOU 1,200
ADV., PRINTING, PUB. ltlO 50
I4AINTENANCE & REPAIR 1120 1,060
CARAGE 1124, I00
EXPERT & PROF. SERVICE 1130 350
O~itER CHARGES 1190 75
COMMUN I CAT IONS 1200 2,500
TRAVEL, CONF., SCHOOL 1210 900
FiEMBERSHIP 1220 285
UTILITIES 1230 8,100
CLEANING, CONT SERVICE 1~.0 5,615
OFFICE SUPPLIES 1SO0 1,500
GENERAL SUPPLIES 1360 3,665
BOOKS 1365 30,000
PERIODICALS 1366 1,650
AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL !367 3,500
SI RUCTURE 1520 5~ ~100
~QUIPHENT 1 540 __ ~,a70
$150,765
LIBRARY
1980
ENCUMB.
YR. TO DATE
$49,769.72
23,956.78
471.98
3,495.55
1,198.58
1,964.75
160.00
704.50
6.00
1,499.30
31.50
~70~00
47.00
1,089.58
812.21
9.00
5,696.16
5,351 61
1,432 65
3,118 09
20,401 03
1,698.87
2,396.29
5~'.70
1,269.16
EXPENDED
OCTOBER
2.80
. ! D
ll .25
20.90
142.82
5,245.34
32.00
920,47
BALANCE
(-441.78/
128.02
304.45
1,341.42
1,875.25
70.00
399.75
44.00
58.50
~-~0,00)
28.00
1,410.42
76.54
276.00
2,403.84
242.49
67.35
404.09
4,353.63
183.24
5,744.30
.
$17,090.46