HomeMy WebLinkAboutSeptember 27, 1996COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
PUBLIC LIBRARY
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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN 55421-2996
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TO:
FROM:
Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director iI%~
SUBJECT: September Operational Report
DATE:
September 27, 1996
Significant Accomplishments
A. The Board met on 9/3 with all members present. A recognition ceremony was held before
the meeting to honor the Volunteens.
B. The Friends met on 9/9 with 7 members present. Becky was the guest speaker on the
topic of libraries and technology.
C. Immaculate Conception School started classroom visits during the week of 9/15.
Departmental Goals
A. Mike Robideau started as the new choreperson on 9/16.
B. The carpeting was cleaned on both floors 9/15 and 9/22.
C. Becky met with Jerry Young on 9/5 to discuss Maintenance of Effort and contract-
related issues.
D. Jeanine participated in a cable shoot on 9/6.
E. Winter hours started on Saturday 9/7 (10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.).
F. Becky attended the public service meeting at the County on 9/12.
G. Mary Kloss completed 18 years of service at the library during the month.
Issues and Problems
A. The exterior sprinkler pipe on the south side of the building was vandalized on 9/13.
Public Works put on a temporary cap for the week-end, and Midwest Fire completed the
repair on 9/16.
B. The parking lot light was reported out on 9/10. NSP completed the repair.
AUGUST
Circulation 1995 ''1996 ''LIBGIS ''1995 1996
Adult 6197 6560 Reference 2074 2290
Juvenile 6197 '5578 Dir. A 117 219
1239'4' 1213----~ Dir. B 31 98
work days 27 27 Work days 27 27
recycled paper
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
Marsha Tubbs, Children's Librarian
September 27, 1996
Operational Report September 1996
ICS CLASSES: The classes began their weekly visits on September 16. We will be seeing all ICS classes grades K~7
with the exception of one third grade class. The schedule is demanding and there are times when I question the "service"
but I do feel that this program has potential as a "testing" site for some new and innovative library and school cooperative
projects. I have some ideas that we could use for discussion purposes. My goal, ultimately, would be to provide some
type Of public library service to all schools in the community while reducing or at least maintain, the level of on-site visits.
Meanwhile, our current schedule of storytime, class visits, and meetings consume a great portion of the day in the
Children's Department.
STORYTIME: Storytime will begin on October 1. We have 38 registered for our 2 or More, 47 registered for Tiny Tots
(two sessions), and 15 registered for Lil' Tykes (two sessions). I believe ECFE has taken some of our Lil' Tykes (ages
4-5) activity. A number of people mentioned that they would bring a sibling to Tiny Tots while the brother or sister attended
ECFE.
VOLUNTEERS: The volunteer recognition ceremony on September 3, was a big hit. Many volunteers expressed an
interest in .repeating the program next summer or throughout the school year. Parent comments were very favorable and
pizza, thanks to Pizza Man Jim Bagaason was greatly appreciated.
SUPERVISION: One of our volunteers will be working some additional hours to complete a community service
requirement. She will be relabeling our biographies both upstairs and down.
This week was the first month of the Fall schedule and the new pages have settled in well. I am pleased to report that
the nightly duty lists are be~ir~completed each evening, with time to spare. The pages, as a group, take direction well
and corrections are taken to heart, with the appropriate results. There are some areas we need to work on (shelving and
shelf reading) but I am optimistic that time will fix these problems.
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT: We have completed inventory and weeding of half of the EJ Fiction. The remaining EJ
Fiction should be completed by the end of October. I am going to have the pages begin transactions on the pocket of the
book. This should make weeding this collection easier.
Collection development plan for 1997 was submitted to the Library Director this month. I targeted the easy collection for
inventory and weeding along with the 921 and a portion of the 700's. This could be an expensive section to develop as
there are many "standard" titles and authors either missing or in need of replacement here at COH. I have begun
discarding the damaged items. The next step will be to inventory those remaining titles.
COMING IN OCTOBER:
Filmstrip catalog
Storytime
Inventory
Book orders
Budget expenditures
Seasonal goals
Classes