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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOperational Report from Marsha To: M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director From: Marsha Tubbs, Children’s Librarian Subject: Operational report for July 2001 Date: 7/27/2001 I. PROGRAMS A. Wolfin Down books (MELSA reading club) registration totals are 611 to date B. Trivia Time Warp (teen reading program) registration totals are 136 th C. Summer Funtime and Storytime ended on July 26. This year’s attendance figures totaled 212 children and 119 adults. Average attendance per program was 47 people. PROGRAMS CRAFT DATE CHILDREN ADULT Snakes Snake hats 7/5/01 22 12 Frogs and toads Frog puppet 7/12/01 24 14 Bubbles Bubble maker 7/19/01 28 16 Camping out Bug motel 7/26/01 32 18 D. Super Tuesday Performances PROGRAM DATE CHILDREN ADULTS Doctor Science 7/10/01 130 42 Belles and Whistles 7/17/01 118 42 David Sleeper, Ventriloquist 7/24/01 106 38 Super Duper Duo 7/31/01 55 18 E. We have 40 girls registered for the American Girl party Josefina’s Fiesta. We filled this program in 10 days with in-house registration only. I have submitted this program for funding through CHASE for 2002. At that time I would like to consider adding a session. I believe that with limited advertising we would have no trouble finding 80 girls interested in attending this event. II. PROJECTS A. The city is applying for another round of grant funds for the CHASE program. I was contacted by Cindi Willprecht, Youth Coordinator for Parks and Recreation, and asked to submit a budget for library programs. As a result, I submitted a request for $10,000 to cover the expenses involved in our teen programs. The programs submitted include: Teen Read Week, LIBRA, American Girl, and National Library Week programming. The Library’s request also includes a thirty-hour per week aide in the Children’s Department to help with programming during the summer. III. COLLECTION A. The circulation counts within the Children’s Department dropped dramatically in June. It is possible that the decrease reflects the absence of the staff at District 13 schools for promotional visits last spring or possibly that the current juvenile reading club (Trivia Time Warp) doesn’t have the same impact that Harry Potter had in 2000. In other words we are seeing fewer children this year. Our gate counts don’t support this however. After careful consideration of the circulation statistics for the month of June, I also question whether or not there is a discrepancy in the data we received. I will be checking into all these options and will report later as to the conclusions reached. B. The weeding of the easy collection has resumed. We are also checking lists received from ACL of high circ titles. Some of these books will need to be replaced and I am developing a replacement order. C. I placed two orders for books on tape and CD’s on tape this month. I have one more order to prepare and hope to have that complete in September. IV. MEETING A. Patrick Jones, nationally recognized young adult services specialist, visited the Columbia Heights Public Library on July 25. Patrick was here in part to gather information for an LSTA grant given to MELSA. He was interested in information regarding the young adult programs provided through the library. Patrick spent 4 hours here interviewing the staff, volunteers, and patrons. He collected information on the YA collection, programs and services and then provided advice regarding the implementation of new programs and the space requirements for this age group. He has requested copies of materials related to some of our YA programs for inclusion in his grant report. IV. STAFF A. Pages in the department have been busy keeping up with the book returns and the demands of the summer programs. They have been checking transactions on the J non-fiction in preparation for a major J non-fiction weeding. Mending of the easy collection continues along with preparations for fall programs. B. Library aide Michelle Smith has been aiding in the weeding process, circulation desk duties, filing and copying. Michelle was responsible for all departments printing in the month of July. Alicia Andrews completed the materials preparation for the Trivia Time Warp party and aided in the preparations for Josefina’s Fiesta. Alicia will also be participating in both activities in August. C. Kelly received three book orders, aided in the design and layout of materials for the American Girl program and Trivia Time Warp, updated the ICS fall registration materials, produced updated listing of magazines for ACL, and aided in the production of the library’s newsletter for July.