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To: M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
From: Marsha Tubbs, Children’s Librarian
Subject: January 2002 Operational Report
Date: 1/30/2002
I. PROGRAMS
Class visits from Immaculate Conception School continued this month.
Program Title Date Children Adults
KINDERGARTEN 1/7/02 15 1
st
1 GRADE 1/7/02 13 1
ST
1 GRADE 1/7/02 14 1
TH
6 GRADE 1/7/02 23 1
KINDERGARTEN 1/7/02 15 1
TH
8 GRADE 1/8/02 28 1
TH
6 GRADE 1/8/02 21 1
ND
2 GRADE 1/9/02 12 1
TH
4 GRADE 1/9/02 18 1
TH
7 GRADE 1/10/02 20 1
TH
5 GRADE 1/10/02 24 1
ND
2 GRADE 1/11/02 13 1
TH
4 GRADE 1/11/02 15 1
Bulk Loan continued to Immaculate School. Eight classes are receiving a monthly shipment of books for use in
their classrooms.
II. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
A. Phase one of the audiocassette inventory has been completed. We are now awaiting the return of
those items in circulation to verify the status of the tapes. By the current count we have lost about 100
tapes (most are charged/assumed lost). The collection size currently totals 470 books on tape. This
collection circulated 5061 items in 2001. I am reluctant to add to this collection, however as I feel the
tape medium is becoming outdated and would prefer to add books on CD to the collection. The cost at
this time is prohibitive and the CD’s remain a high theft item. Therefore, I plan to add to the tape
collection (possibly duplicating the high circ titles) for at least the next two years.
B. We have begun weeding of the paperback collections in preparation for the summer rush and Friends
book sale. The paperback collection has been growing in size and popularity over the last two years
with circulation from these areas totaling 10,722 items in 2001. I am reluctant to weed too deeply
within this portion of the collection, as we will be able to use these items over the summer months when
our usage increases. I am considering storing some of the titles until the summer or if possible moving
3-4 of the series title to other shelving but shelving is in short supply.
C. The EJ fiction Collection was updated via a B&T order placed this month.
The EJ paperback collection is on the top of the list for February to update and replace paperback titles
that are worn out.
D. The staff of the Children’s Department aided the Library Director in the clean up and reorganization
of the magazine storage area including the weeding of the magazine collection. Preparations are
underway to house the historical collection of Focus newspapers.
III. PROJECTS
A. Storytime begins February 5. Our winter schedule was advertised as once a week (Tuesday
mornings) @10:00a.m. We have expanded to include Wednesday mornings and possibly Thursday. At
this time we have a total of 29 confirmed registrations and are waiting confirmation on an additional 15.
B. Winter Reading Club began this month. We have 53 registrations for this program to date. In my
analysis of circulation, I concluded that this program does not appear to be influencing the circulation of
materials. I am considering making some changes in the program next year.
C. Summer performers have been booked:
June 11 Teddy Bear Band
June 18 Kenwood Puppet Company
June 25 Bruce the Magic 1
July 2 no performance
July 9 Dazzling Dave YO YO Extraordinaire
July 16 Kit and Kaboodle
July 23 Dave Walbridge
July 30 Bob Gasch
August 6 Half Pint and Oscar
Children’s Clerk Kelly Olson is in the process of sending out contracts etc.
D. Planning for the 2002 LIBRA program began this month. I met twice with ACL representatives to
plan the program. The theme for 2002 will be Let’s all go to the… The program will focus on those
activities that teens find important in their lives (movies, snacks, malls, video arcade and ball games).
Trivia questions will come from these 5 areas. The committee meets again in February.
IV. STAFF
A. Children’s library aide Michelle Smith resigned on January 25, 2002 citing health problems.
B. Library Clerk, Kelly Olson, placed and received four book orders during January. She typed and
produced the layout for the library newsletter the Sampler; aided in the clean up of the magazine storage
area, discarded back issues of magazines and is in the process of updating the union lists of magazine
holdings. Kelly also produced the winter reading club promotional materials, and aided the director in
the production of the city’s annual report.
C. Again we have kept the pages busy this month. Pages aided in the production of the bulletin board,
removed the discarded magazines, shifted the J non-fiction collection, relabeled the easy picture book
shelving and folded numerous promotional items.