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CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
TO:
Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
FROM:
M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
SUBJECT:
May operational report
DATE:
May 30, 2002
I. BUILDING MAINTENANCE
A. Two electrical sockets were replaced in lighting fixtures in the adult reading room 5/2.
B. The shrubs and perennials were pruned 5/3.
C. Honeywell changed the filters on the HVAC 5/3.
D. The windows were cleaned 5/13.
E. The elevator received minor repairs twice.
F. The north entryway door was shattered by a rock thrown from the lawn mower 5/17.
II. COLLECTION
A. The county-wide Large Print Rotation was sent out 5/29.
B. The adult reference collection is in the process of being weeded and updated. New editions
have been ordered when necessary.
C. Video and compact disc orders were placed.
D. The periodical subscription list is up for renewal and review. Kelly is obtaining a quote
from Ebsco after being informed that Divine’s 10% discount is being discontinued.
III. EQUIPMENT
A. One staff PC has to be replaced as soon as possible because the hard drive is failing. This
replacement is a budgeted item.
IV. PROGRAMS
A. The classes from Immaculate Conception School visited the Library the week of 5/6 for the
last time in school year 2001-2002.
B. The Friends met 5/6 with 12 members present.
C. The Board med 5/7 with 5 members present.
D. The annual Book sale was held 5/16, with Preview Night on 5/15. The Friends made a
record amount of money.
E. Delivery changed from Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday to Monday, Wednesday, Friday 5/20.
F. Staff participated in the City-wide open house 5/22. Using the theme “Read and Bloom @
Your Library,” the booth featured booklists and prizes for answering a library-related trivia
question.
G. The final bulk loan was picked up from the schools 5/23.
H. Marsha and Kelly visited the schools to promote Summer Reading Clubs the week of May
28.
I. Marsha was guest speaker at the Valley View Faculty meeting 5/28 to promote Summer
Reading Clubs.
V. AUTOMATED CIRCULATION SYSTEM
A. The Anoka County Library has started to replace the circulation dumb terminals with pc’s
that emulate DRA’s Circle program. Columbia Heights will be following this precedent in
preparation for a new client-server based ACS and will be installing pc’s at the circulation
desks in the fall.
VI. STAFF
A. Interviews were held for the CHASE-funded summer program aide. Alexandra Kondrick
has been hired from a field of seven qualified candidates. She will work for ten weeks over
the summer months.
B. Mary conducted a walk-through inspection with Fidelity Cleaners 5/2.
C. Three pages (Regina Jesse, Dan Kleinfehn, and Ben Pressler) had performance evaluations
in May.
D. Becky attended the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast 5/15.
E. Becky and Marsha met with the pages 5/21, to negotiate summer schedule. This will be the
first time in three years that staffing will be at a complete level for the summer schedule.
F. Marsha attended the Community Appreciation Luncheon at Immaculate Conception School
5/23.
G. Becky attended a Jamboree meeting 5/23.
H. Marsha, Kelly, and Becky met with the volunteens 5/23 to set up their schedules for the
summer.
I. Jeanine participated in a cable shoot 5/29.
J. The new summer schedule for the part-time supervisors was distributed.
VII. MISC
A. No MELSA crossover surveys were taken on Library open days in May.
VIII CIRCULATION AND LIBGIS
APRIL
Circulation 2001 2002 Libgis 2001 2002
Adult 5,500 5,956 Reference 1,423 1,228
Juvenile 4,363 5,257 Dir. A. 476 334
9,863 11,214 Dir. B. 97 69
Work Days 24 26 Work Days 24 26
Circulation Building
APRIL 2001 APRIL 2002
9,382 10,475
IX GATE COUNT AND MEETING ROOM USE
APRIL
Gatecount Meeting Room Use
8,307 7
X INTERNET BROWSER USE
APRIL 2001 APRIL 2002
307 350
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