HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 2, 1995COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
PUBLIC LIBRARY
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CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
TO:
FROM:
Patrick Hentges, City Manager
M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
SUBJECT: February operational report
DATE: March 2, 1995
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Significant Accomplishments
The Friends met on 2/6 with ten members present.
The Board met on 2/7 with four members present.
Senior Citizen Time on 2/8 drew 34 people to view a slide presentation.
Ten sessions of pre-school storytime were held in February with a total of
170 children and 44 adults attending.
Adult reading club, "So Many Books, So Little Time," started 2/21 and 46
readers had registered as of 2/24. '
Children's reading club, "Pagemaster," started 2/21 and 199 children had
registered as of 3/2. '
Departmental Goals
A. Jeanine attended Municipals on 2/2/95.
B. The camcorder circulated six times in February.
C. The new index table and children's table and chair sets were received on 2/8.
The four accompanying lounge chairs for the children's department were received
on 2/23.
Jeanine participated in a cable shoot on 2/22.
Planning continued for Celebrate Heights Pride and the open house to be held 5/20/95.
The new pages, Catherine Brown and Krista Stumo, completed training and will start
a regular schedule the week of March 6.
Issues and Problems
A. The elevator "nudging" alarm was set off 2/8 and 2/9.
Schindler adjusted it on 2/10.
January
Circulation 1994 1995 LIBGIS 1994 1995
Adult 6658 g135 Reference 2224 2176
Juvenile 4926 4408 Dir. A 286 372
11584 10543 Dir. B 79 80
Work days 24 24 Work days 24 24
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On February 2, 1995, I attended the Munici-Pals winter workshop held at the Eade Brown
Center. The morning session was conducted by Catherine Schendel and was entitled:
"Influencing Skills for Individual Impact." Ms. Schendel had a handout which outlined her
presentation. She gave specific skills to use in a variety of situations. She also talked
about male vs. female communication skills. Her upbeat and personal examples were
excellent. She provided some skills I will be able to use in all facets of my work and
personal contacts. It al~o made me aware of how even your good intentions can be
misinterpreted by another individual especially if that person is of the opposite gender.
The afternoon session was lead by Jacqueline K. Miller and was entitled: "From Ha Ha
to Ahh Hah"-utilizing humor to bring out creativity. This session had a very different focus
from the morning one. Ms. Miller required active participation by the group. We did this
by randomly being selected to be another person's partner and then went through a
series of game playing together. Although the first part of the program was met with
mixed feelings the second half made you realize what Ms. Miller was trying to accomplish.
I felt this workshop was helpful and will enable me to be more productive.
.Jeanine M. Schmidt