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To: M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
From: Marsha Tubbs, Children’s Librarian
Subject: April 2002 Operational Report
Date: April 29, 2002
I. PROGRAMS
Children’s
Program Counts
for
April 2002
Program Title Date Children Adults
KINDERGARTEN 4/8/02 15 1
ST
1 GRADE 4/8/02 13 1
ST
1 GRADE 4/8/02 14 1
KINDERGARTEN 4/8/02 15 1
TH
8 GRADE 4/9/02 20 1
TH
6 GRADE 4/9/02 20 1
ND
2 GRADE 4/10/02 12 1
TH
4 GRADE 4/10/02 18 1
TH
5 GRADE 4/11/02 18 1
ND
2GRADE 4/12/02 13 1
TH
4 GRADE 4/12/02 15 1
ECFE FIELD 4/17/02 15 8
TRIP
II. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
A. QJ weeding has been completed. I will begin collection development in this area in May and expect
it to continue through June.
B. We have installed the new paperback shelving in the YA area of the department and shifted shelving
units to the J paperback and EJ paperback sections.
C. I placed an order for additional titles of EJ and J paperbacks (those high demand copies) to upgrade
the areas before the summer. I have another small order to do before this project is complete.
D. The status of the weeding schedule thus far this year is:
January: J630-J635 completed 2001
J650-659 completed 2001
J710-J719 incomplete
J 745-J749 incomplete
February Easies E-G incomplete
Readers complete 2001 (requires upgrading to replace old titles)
March J000-099 incomplete
J400-499 incomplete
J pbs complete 2002
April J 310-399 completed 2001
Yapbs completed 2002
May J Fic
EJ fic completed 2002
YA fic
I plan on continuing the weeding of these areas with the help of the new library aide Cristy Tombarge. I expect
to be caught up to the schedule by the end of June.
III. PROJECTS
A. Reorganization of the storage areas on the lower level continues. We have completed the storytime
collection and Cristy Tombarge has entered all materials into Excel documents for easy access and organization.
She has also developed new labels for the storage units. She and the pages will be re-labeling the storage
containers over the next couple of weeks. Christy and I will begin developing Excel documents for the supply
storage areas during May.
B. Fundraising continued this month with the annual Heights Theater/National Library Week Program.
Heights native and Hollywood screenwriter Pat Proft hosted this year’s program. The turn out was not as large
as I had expected, possibly due in part to the weather and also due to several major celebrations being
conducted within the city on the same date. On the up side however the Library received some very good press
from the local paper the FOCUS which carried a front page story on the program and also from the Sunday Star
Tribune which had a small article in the Variety section and a follow up interview with Pat Proft in the Monday
edition.
C. The Children’s Department received several donations of funds this month. ICS donated $2,500 to
the Children’s Department from their gaming account, and an anonymous donor gave $800.00 toward
Children’s Services in honor of his mother.
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D. I have been checking library 1 edition titles against Internet bookseller listings to determine pricing
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for the upcoming book sale. This year, for the first time we will be offering 1 editions at a 40% reduction in
recommended pricing. We currently have 8 bins of first editions that have been priced in this manner.
E. The Director and I met with District 13 Media Specialists early this month. We discussed the
upcoming summer programs, the potential for increased cooperation between the schools and the library in the
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promotion of reading, and the possibility of a cooperative program for the 75 anniversary of the Library. As a
result of this meeting I sent a letter to the principals requesting a meeting to discuss potential programs in
support of reading as a leisure activity. I am scheduled to meet with the Valley View staff the end of May but
have not heard from the remaining principals. Class visits to area elementary schools are scheduled for May 28,
29, and 31.
IV. STAFF
A. The director and I interviewed several potential candidates for the summer aide position.
B. Pages produced bulletin boards for National Library Week; relabeled the paperback shelving,
relabeled the storytime storage units, completed transactions on the QJ non-fiction, and began work on the
Summer Reading Club materials.
C. Children’s Department Clerk, Kelly Olson, produced 3 new booklists with the help of evening
supervisors, produced the April edition of the Sampler, supplied promotional letters to those children attending
field trips, prepared text for upcoming summer brochure, sent and received 3 book orders, aided in preparations
for National Library Week, and attended the National Library Week Fundraiser.