HomeMy WebLinkAboutAugust 28, 1997TO:
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M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
Marsha Tubbs, Children's Librarian
August 28, 1997
August 1997 Operational Report
Programs
A. Summer Reading Club ended August 22 with a final count of 745 children registered. This year's total was
an increase of 31 over 1996.
B. We held our final Super Tuesday Special on August 5. Miss Jennie Powell entertained with tales from 1820
school times in Anoka County. Attendance was 68 children/12 adults.
O. FlegJ3tratJon begins September 2 for Fall storytimes. Our fall series will consist of 8 sessions. The brochures
were prepared and printed this month, they have been available for distribution for two weeks now.
D. I met with ICS principal, Mr. Stanley Brown, to discuss ICS class visits for the 1997-1998 school year. As per
the director's request, I consolidated the class visits into two days per week-Tuesday and Friday with
kindergarten coming once a month. This results in a fewer number of class visits, but enables us to
accommodate all classes K-5. It also frees two afternoons of my time for other professional tasks. Mr. Brown
understood the necessity for the schedule change and expressed his appreciation for the service we have
and are giving (see additional attached report and packet).
II.
Collection
A. Inventory of the easy collection continues with the letters B, K, L, and M. This project will be complete by the
end of September.
B. I have begun a visual weeding of the non-fiction section. This project follows the weeding I completed from
the ACL computer run. I am hopeful that our J non-fiction circulation will continue to increase as the older
less attractive titles are removed.
C. 1997 marks the end of a 3-year rejuvenation plan for the children's collection. Since we have only two book
orders remaining for this year, I felt it necessary to investigate the effectiveness of this 3-year plan. The
weeding, inventory, purchasing, and collection changes have required a large amount of staff time. I am
happy to report that the time and money was well spent. My report on the 3-year plan will follow shortly.
D. Sedes meeting: I attended a meeting of children's librarians at Northtown on August 26. We met to discuss
the status of paperback series titles and purchasing. My report on this meeting is attached, as well as my
recommendations for Columbia Heights Public Library Children's Department.
III.
Projects
A. Volunteers completed a number of projects this summer under my supervision. They were a gigantic help.
1. Placed labels on J Fiction titles (completed).
2. Created a listing of easy readers and EJ Fiction to be utilized in upcoming booklists.
3. Label 50% of Caldecott and Newbery titles with identifying medal labels.
4. Aided pages in the adult mending project which is now nearly complete.
5. Relabeled easy collection with consistent spine labels of E and a three letter cutter.
We could not have gotten these projects done without the volunteers.
IV.
Staff
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I joined the director for Karl Kyle's six month performance evaluation on August 20 and submitted my
evaluation of Karl for the record.
Conducted the fall scheduling portion of the page meeting on August 18. -Established schedule for 1997-1998
school year.
Supervised and directed work assignments for all pages regarding adult mending project-during the month
of August (continuing into September).
Prepared/set-up for the Friends meeting on August 4.
VIAT/kjo
TO: M. Rebecca Loader
FROM: Mary M. Kloss
SUBJECT: Operational Report, August, 1997
DATE: August 28, 1997
Programs
A. The Friends of the Library had their second evening meeting for the year on Monday, August 4,
at 7:00 p.m. at the library with eight members present. On the agenda were a letter about the
CHASE program, information on the Southern Anoka County Neighborhood Center, Campbell's
labels, and the library attendance survey on September 29. The Friends are interested in
participating in our conversion to a new security system.
B. Bernie Szymczak and Fran Jensen have already made arrangements' for the library to participate
in Polish American Heritage month in October. They will set up a display and r~equested a book
display of books in our collection on Poland and a booklist.
C. I delivered a bulk loan of 15 books to Parkview Villa on August 6.
D. I selected books and arranged delivery to three homebound patrons this past month. Two of these
patrons were new to the homebound program.
II.
Collection
A. The books-on-tape I ordered early this summer were added to the collection this month and also ·
the 1997-98 Sun Community directories and 1997-98 Minnesota US West Dex directories.
III.
Projects
A. After all the supplies were received from the annual supply order, I took another inventory and
revised and updated the inventory control sheets. The revised sheets were given to Kelly to update
on the computer files and to run a new set for me.
B. The fall Minnesota Explorer was ordered.
C. I plan to enter two items in the MLA's Public Relations Award Program. The items to be entered
are the materials from last year's adult reading club, "All Aboard the Reading Railroad" and the
brochure I designed, "Annual Report, 1996 from A - Z". The deadline for entering is September
2.
IV.
Goals
A.
I C~)ntinued weeding and updating the vertical file. I drafted a form letter to be used when
requesting materials from the Educators Index of Free Materials and have sent out about 20
requests for brochures.
Miscellaneous
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F.
Filed and withdrew shelf list cards
Added books to the COH-NEW displays
Prepared articles for the September newsletter
Created door signs for the library closing on Sept. 1, Labor Day
Supervised staff and conducted a staff meeting while Becky was on vacation, August 21 and 22
I was on vacation August 7 and 8 and August 11-15.
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