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
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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