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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 1, 1992COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY TO: FROM: CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS Stuart W. Anderson, City Manager M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director~ SUBJECT: September, 1992, operational r~port DATE: October 1, 1992 Significant Accomplishments A. The Board met on 9/1 with all members present. B. The Friends met on 9/14 with seven members present. The Friends shipped three boxes of books and games to southern Florida to be used in the shelters to entertain children of various ages. This project will be featured in the statewide Friends newsletter later on in the year. Thirty-five senior citizens watched a special slide presentation on India put on by Mary Anne Curtain on 9/9. Refreshments were served by the Friends. The Library Board and City Council met jointly on 9/29 to discuss the proposed 1993 budget. The classes from Immaculate Conception School resumed using the library during the week of September 21. II. Departmental Goals A. The library participated in the Youth Expo at Murzyn Hall on 9/7. Shari Briley worked the table and display for the library. B. Fall hours started on Saturday, 9/12. C. Mary Kloss attended the 9/22 session of "The Citizen as Customer," and Jeanine attended the 9/29 session. This workshop is being offered as an in-service by the City. The library has a display on Poland available for viewing during the month of October. Fran Jensen and Bernie Szymczyk provided the materials. Mary Kloss attended the Minnesota Association of Library Friends conference on 9/18. Please find her report attached. Mary Kloss celebrated her fourteenth anniversary with the library on 9/5. III. Issues and Problems A. The library's boiler passed a state inspection on 9/22. August Circulation LIBGIS 1991 1992 1991 1992 Adult 6,446 6,467 Reference 1,332 1,592 Juvenile 6,635 5,585 Dir. A 192 281 13,102 12,031 Dir. B 29 61 Working days 26 26 Working Days 26 26 September Adult 6,020 6,042 Reference 2,173 Juvenile 5,989 5,022 Directional A 225 12,009 11,064 Directional B 21 Working days24 24 Working Days 24 IPR~NTEO WIT#! L 1,593 275 recycl~;d p, lpor Mary Kloss On Friday, September 18, 1992, I attended the Minnesota Association of Friends Conference at the Best Western Northwest Inn in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The conference was attended by about 125 people from all over the state. The conference included workshops, a luncheon with guest speaker, Jack Weatherford, and displays set up by Friends groups from around the state. The workshops I attended were: Lobbying for Libraries and Books Change Lives. I found the displays very worthwhile because it gave me the opportunity to talk with other Friends members about their successful fund raisers and projects. I appreciate the opportunity to attend this conference and believe I have returned with several ideas that can be used by the Friends of the Columbia Heights Public Library.