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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDecember 29, 1995COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY II. III. CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS TO' FROM: Patrick Hentges, City Manager M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director~' SUBJECT: December operational report DATE: December 29, 1995 Significant Accomplishments A. The Friends met on 12/4 with seven members present. B. Senior Citizen Time on 12/13 drew 20 people for a special slide presentation. C. Two sessions of holiday crafts were held in the month: 12/5 (43 people) and 12/12 (38 people). The sessions also included stories. D. The Library Board met on 12/5 at Jang Won restaurant. Following the business meeting, the annual dinner was enjoyed by all. Departmental Goals A. The camcorder circulated 7 times in December. B. Kelly and Jeanine attended Customer Service training on 12/6 and 12/13. C. Mary attended the senior citizen holiday party on 12/7 and provided the program by reading A cup of Christmas tea. D. On 12/7 Jeffrey Gegner and the St. Anthony Library staff toured the library. E. Jeanine attended an Information Management meeting on 12/14. F. The library collected 131 books for Project Bookshelf, two boxes of toys for Toys for Joy, and 76 pounds of food for SACA during the month of December. G. On 12/19 Valerie Weaver brought her alternative education class to the library for a tour. H. Crystal Mielke has been hired as a library page. Issues ~nd Problems none November Circulation 1994 1995 LIBGIS 1994 1995 Adult 6014 5358 Reference 1860 2504 Juvenile 5747 4764 Dir. A 241 149 11761 10122 Dir. B 89 27 Work days 23 22 Work days 23 22 recyclea oaDer TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director Marsha Tubbs, Children's Librarian December 29, 1995 December Operational Report HOLIDAY STORYTIME AND CRAFTS: Attendance was great, public response was wonderful! We told and read stories on Hanukkah and Christmas (including angels and Santa). The children made Thumbody pictures for gifts, and used articles to decorate an outside tree for the birds. A great time was had by everyone (except possibly the one young lady who became sick to her stomach). We had 32 children and 11 adult the first session, and 28 children and 10 adult the second. ICS CLASSES: December has been an "iffy" month regarding class visits. In many cases, teachers have cancelled at the last minute, or just not arrived at all. I expect this to reflect negatively in the month's circulation. The schedule as been very undependable. I would like very much to make these visits valuable to the class and the library, but both Kelly and I have noted that teachers are limiting children's choices and number of books. In some cases, classes arrive for filmstrips or stories, and check out no materials at all! I believe the fines are a deterrent in that they cause conflict between parents and teachers. I believe teachers have determined that the conflict is to be avoided so they are limiting selections to one or two books and checking week to week on the status of "certain students". There is a fine line here with regards to the student's privacy/library record. There must be a way to alleviate this problem. I have some thoughts on the subject, but have not "formalized" them as of yet. Perhaps Fall of 1996 will call for a new program? I would like to see us branch out into the elementary/middle schools throughout the community in some way. The collection is large enough and by mid- 1996 should be completely weeded and updated. We are on the edge of branching out. BOOKLISTS: Kelly and I managed to produce two new booklists during December - Scary Stories and a new Caldecott/Newbery brochure. IPC printed the Children's Services brochure and a bookmark at a "special rate" for which we are very grateful to Bruce Magnuson and his staff. MEETINGS: I attended the December 21, CHILDLIB meeting at Northtown. This meeting is held twice yearly to give the Children's Librarians an opportunity to share those books, tools, ideas, and props that have worked well for storytime. I appreciate being given the opportunity to attend, it is time well spent as it reduces the amount of upfr0nt planning that can jo into developing a storytime session. Happy New Year to all! COMING IN JANUARY: Keeping in Touch - 1st edition Sneakin' a Peek - YA newsletter Easy mending J Fiction weeding/ordering ECFE workshop (later in month) Plans for Winter Reading Club 1996 program calendar Booking MELSA performers Order Summer Reading Club supplies Storytime preparation Expenditures December 26, 1995 INTERIMS 883-45500-2183: Audio Editions 188332 audio cassettes 54.00 54.00 2170: PROGRAM SUPPLIES Demco S&S 427663 mouse puppets 1511170 craft supplies 27.31 54.12 81.43 2180: BOOKS American Bindery Brodart US West Direct 161533 U354468 2115385FD 168.45 41.06 32.05 241.56 2183: AUDIO CASSETTES Listening Library Natural Wonders 254756 #171 audio cassettes audio cassettes 115.89 193.34 309.23 2185: COIVIPACT DISCS Baker & Taylor Entertainment Z22359400 compact discs 7.15 7.15 Expenditures December 29, 1995 SPECIAL 1995 CHECQUE RUN 2010: MINOR OFFICE EQUIPMENT Global Computer Supplies 35290304 monitor stand 57.54 57.54 2030: PRINTING AND PRINTED FORMS IPC 16480 700 brochures 120.00 120.00 2180: BOOKS Baker & Taylor Brodart Information/Reference Group 2000187327 2000187900 U359903 6509215 6512671 ARRLhandbook 103.35 12.31 126.62 126.62 115.66 49.36 253.24 418.26 2183: AUDIO CASSETTES Baker & Taylor credit 37320 -10.02 -10.02 4395: SALES TAX 2030: IPC 16480 7.80 7.80