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CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
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M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director / 1 '~>~
January operational report
January 28, 1997
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BUILDING MAINTENANCE
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The east part of the roof and the main floor lobby roof leaked 1/23.
On 1/24 Public Works removed snow from the roof, replaced missing street
numbers from the back and front of the building and reattached a loose cable to
the facia.
Heights Electic installed a safety lock on the switch for the heat tape and a new
mast for the electrical service coming into the building from the southeast.
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Becky attended the County public service meeting on 1/9.
Jeanine participated in a cable shoot 1/13.
Samantha Pace, Nicole Sobcinski, and Sarah Weber completed 6-months of
employment.
Kelly and Marsha were invited to attend a play on Martin Luther King Jr.
presented at Immaculate Conception School 1/17.
Jeanine attended an Information Management Meeting 1/22.
Marsha completed three years of service as the Children's Librarian.
Marsha attended a Values First presentation 1/23.
Page review classes were conducted.
Kelly and Jeanine attended the Municipals Winter Workshop 1/28.
Interviews for the page position started.
COLLECTION
A. 1997 editions of Fodor's were purchased from Bookmen.
B. Staff started a new book order procedure.
EQUIPMENT
A. The elevator malfunctioned and was repaired 1/2.
B. Honeywell responded to an "odor" in the basement 1/2. Nothing was found.
C. Honeywell responded 1/7 to repair the hot water heater.
D. Honeywell responded 1/17 to check out noise in east side roof-top unit.
E. The drum on the Mita copier was replaced 1/25.
PROGRAMS
A. The Friends met 1/6 with 8 members and 1 guest present.
B. The Board met 1/7 with 5 members present.
C. The Polish Language and Culture class met twice with a total attendance of 26
people.
AUTOMATED CIRCULATION SYSTEM
STAFF
MISC.
A. Tax forms were put out for distribution 1/6.
CIRCULATION AND LIBGI$
DECEMBER
A. Circulation 1995 1996 Lib.qis 1995 1996
Adult 4453 4820 Reference 1645 1160
Juvenile 2963 3779 Dir. A. 132 110
7416 8599 Dir. B 38 25
Work Days 23 24 Work Days 23 24
IX. NARRATIVE SUMMARY
Starting in January staff is using a new operational report format patterned after the
annual report.