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M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
Marsha Tubbs, Children's Librarian
December 30, 1996
December Operational Report
STORYTIMES: We held four Holiday Storytime sessions during the month of December and had 30 children attend each
week with 20 adults. Each week featured a craft. The children made puzzle wreaths and Santa puppet book marks.
ICS CLASSES: With holiday programs and vacations at ICS this month, the class schedule of visits was reduced. We
saw only 21 classes this month; still a ful___~l month, but not the 29+ of last month. Programs for the classes included a story-
telling of The Christmas ,quest, and Peef, the Christmas bear.
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT/SELECTION: Final book orders for 1996 were placed this month. We began the inventory
of easy books (the first ever) and have completed S-Z. This inventory is slow and somewhat cumbersome as we are
checking each entry for accuracy in the database as well as correcting our own shelf list. We have begun linking J
Paperbacks to the database entries. Children/teens tend to read series titles and I feel that not having these entries within
the catalog is miSleading as they have no indication that we own these titles. I am hopeful that linking them to the catalog
will help promote circulation.
MEETINGS: I attended a storytime/sharing meeting at NTN on December 5 at 2:00. All county Children's Librarians were
present and brought stories/props/ideas to share with the group for future use in storytimes. A listing of materials followed
the meeting. The Director and I met for a quarterly organizational meeting for the upcoming year, year-end procedures,
and my upcoming performance evaluation.
ORGANIZATIONAL DUTIES: I completed the 1996 Budget Expenditures and submitted fund transfers. I believe the
children's budget is balanced in all areas except program supplies which may have a slight negative balance.
I have prepared a chart indicating the new labels we have put to use in the Children's Department. I hope to get this
posted along with a few remaining shelf Iocators/signage before mid-January.
SUPERVISION: Kelly Olson, Clerk-Typist II, has been busy with year-end projects and will continue compiling 1996
statistics into January. She has aided me in the easy inventory and closed the Children's budget accounts. Kelly has
these on-going projects at this time: retyping shelf list cards for J Fiction, making changes in the easy shelf list or books
as we progress through the inventory, developing a YA booklist, and 1996 year-end statistics.
The pages downstairs have been processing paperbacks, making parts for the Holiday crafts, mending, shelf-reading and
transactions on non-fiction We are still having some shelving problems, more recently some confusion in the 921's
regarding shelving by label vs. biography/author.
UPCOMING IN JANUARY:
Preparation for Winter Storytime
Preparation for Reading Club
Book Summer Performers
Send Contracts to Summer Performers
Keeping in Touch Newsletter
Trip to Bookmen
Book order
December 30, 1996
Interims -Expenditures
2170:
2171:
2180:
4395:
PROGRAM SUPPLIES
Kidstamps
Marsha Tubbs
GENERAL SUPPLIES
Demco
BOOKS
Brodart
Corporate Report
Information Reference Group
SALES TAX
2170: Kidstamps
2170: Marsha Tubbs
26008 prizes
Media Play prizes
Frank's prizes
694274 pockets
U948232
1997 Fact Book
7018998
26008
Media Play
Frank's
599RS
598RD
597RD
44.25
24.72
2.88
1.61
84.76
68.97
153.73
19.69
19.69
58.12
110.93
444.92
613.97
1.20
4.49
5.69