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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 May 2002 Date: 5/30/2002 I. PROGRAMS th A. The Summer Reading Program for 2002 will begin June 7. The theme for this year is Discover a Hoppin’ Place @ your library. This year’s theme represents the first official statewide library program. Children’s Clerk, Kelly Olson and I visited all elementary classes in District 13. We distributed summer brochures to all students. I read the Baby Bee Bee Bird to all classes. Actual numbers of students seen are reflected in the Outreach table below. th B. The LIBRA reading program also begins on June 7. This program is only available within th Anoka County and is limited to students entering 5 grade in the fall. CMS Media Specialist Valija thth,th Rassmusson and North Park Media Specialist Shelly Edwardson along with myself canvassed the 4, 5 6, thth 7, and 8 grade classes encouraging students to participate this summer. C. The Super Tuesday Performers schedule is finally complete. The schedule is as follows: June 11 The Teddy Bear Band June 18 Kenwood puppets June 25 Bruce the Magic 1 July 2 No program July 9 Dazzling Dave and his Yo-Yo’s Extraordinaire July 26 Kit and Kaboodle July 23 Big Fun Family Circus July 30 Storyteller Bob Gasch August 6 Half-Pint and Oscar D. Volunteers have been recruited for the summer. We have 18 young people volunteering this year. I am looking forward to having plenty of help, just a little daunted by the challenge of keeping them all busy. E. Program Statistics for May 2002 Children’s Program Counts for May 2002 Program Title Date Children Adults Columbia Heights 5/2/02 36 9 Preschool City Wide Open 5/22/02 100 100 house st 1 grade 5/6/02 13 1 st 1 grade 5/6/02 14 1 nd 2 grade 5/8/02 12 1 th 4 grade 5/8/02 18 1 nd 2 grade 5/10/02 13 1 th 4 grade 5/10/02 15 1 Kindergarten 5/13/02 15 2 Kindergarten 5/13/02 15 2 F. Outreach Statistics for May 2002 Outreach Programs for May 2002 Program Title Date Children Adults Classroom visits Highland Elementary 5/28 437 22 Classroom visits Valley View Elementary 5/29 463 29 Class room visits North Park Elementary 5/31 515 32 II. COLLECTION A. We spent a good portion of the month checking computer lists supplied by ACL. The lists contained titles with high circ figures that should be considered for discard. At one time in the past we were adding the circulation totals to replacement books. These items continue to show up on the high circ lists. If there were a way to mark these records it would save time in the near future. Until then, we will continue to pull the books and do a visual check of their condition. B. The new YA paperback shelving has been labeled and the EJ paperback shelving relabeled with the help of the new aide Cristy Tombarge. C. I placed a couple of large orders for YA paperbacks, audio cassettes, and J and YA hardcover fiction this month. I think we are in good shape for the summer season. III. PROJECTS A. The inventory and reorganization of storytime materials and the children’s supply materials has been completed. We have implemented a system, which will keep track of the supplies on hand and includes a directory as to the location of materials. With the implementation of this program I expect that we shall know what is in stock at any given time and where it is housed. th B. The annual book sale was held on May 16. Phyllis Charbonneau, a member of the Friends of the Columbia Heights Public Library, spent some time working with me on pricing retired first editions. We checked Internet sources for Bookseller prices for these titles and reduced them 40% for the book sale. It was something of a time consuming project but appeared to be worthwhile. IV. MEETINGS A. I attended the ICS Community Luncheon on May 23. It gave me an opportunity to see the changes within the school and to talk with other community representatives about the Library. ICS principal Katherine Lange was very complimentary of the Library and it’s role within the community her comments were greatly appreciated. Kathy Kaiser, Valley View principal, was also in attendance and later mentioned to her staff the role the library was playing in support of ICS. All in all it was a very positive luncheon. B. Kathy Kaiser, principal of Valley View elementary, responded to a letter I sent area principals with an invitation to address her staff at the final staff meeting for 2002. I accepted and spoke with th about 25 teachers on May 28 regarding the importance of summer reading. As a result of that meeting, Valley View will be holding a summer reading celebration in the fall of 2002 to recognize those students who have participated in this year’s summer reading program. I am hopeful that this kind of reinforcement will catch on throughout the district and help to emphasize the importance of leisure reading to families within the community. Joyce Bliss, Media Specialist for Valley View Elementary, will also see to it that an article emphasizing the importance of summer reading appears in the final newsletter sent home at the end of this year. C. I also held a meeting with the teens volunteering for the summer. That meeting was held on rd May 23. We established a schedule for the season and discussed the activities they will be participating in. A number of the volunteers signed up to walk with staff in the Jamboree Parade. I will be forwarding those names to the director along with the final schedule by the first week in June. IV. STAFF A. The staff of the Children’s Department has been very busy this month with preparations for all the upcoming programs. Pages have prepared bulletin board pieces for use in the reading clubs, folded brochures, cut apart flyers, counted and labeled reading records, labeled new shelving, processed incoming book orders, shelved materials, and repaired books. B. Library Aide Cristy Tombarge, aided in the reorganization of the storage areas, printed a number of flyers related to upcoming programs, helped assemble crafts for Funtime and Crafts, and aided in receiving new books. C. Children’s Clerk, Kelly Olson prepared this month’s Sampler for printing, sent and received several book orders, prepared two program posters for use in advertising in-house, and prepared flyers for printing. Kelly also visited Kindergarten classes at two elementary schools.