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CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
TO:
Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
FROM:
M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
SUBJECT:
March operational report
DATE:
March 31, 2005
I. BUILDING MAINTENANCE
A. The coin-op copier required a service call 3/4.
B. Honeywell changed the filters on the HV AC 3/14. They also performed routine maintenance
3/17 and discovered a problem with the West rooftop unit. They returned 3/18 to repair the
faulty control board.
II. COLLECTION
A. 3 book orders were placed.
B. 2 paperback orders were placed.
C. Many items were taken from donations this month to be added to the collection. Excellent
paperback donations were received from two separate people.
III. PROGRAMS
A. The Library Board met 3/1 with five members present.
B. The Dr. Seuss Celebration was held 3/2 in the Children's Department.
C. The Adult Reading Program, "Hot reads for Cold Nights", ended 3/5. 160 readers
participated.
D. The Friends met 3/7 with 9 members in attendance.
E. ECFE brought a group of Spanish-speaking parents and children to the Library 3/11 for a
bilingual storytime.
F. The Mad Hatter's Tea Party 3/12 was a rollicking success. Thanks to storyteller Dana
Weigman and the Columbia Heights Seniors for all their assistance.
G. Garfield Reading Club ended 3/24.
H. The spring session of storytime started the week of 3/29.
I. The bulk loan was delivered to the schools 3/31.
IV. TECHNOLOGY
A. The ILS project is proceeding on schedule. The Implementation Team met twice during the
month to discuss policy issues and to choose a public relations theme. Work on the data
conversion and hardware upgrade and replacement are also on schedule.
B. From 3/8-3/18 SIRSI, the automation vendor, taught two weeks of classes to the first group
of staff to be trained on the new ILS. Trainers for the rest of the staff participated in these
sessions, which were held at the Northtown meeting room. Ten pc's have been set up there
as a training lab.
C. On 3/10 Aleksandr and Paul installed a firewall on the City's LAN at the Library so that the
staffpc's can access the ACL WAN. They loaded the workflows client on three staff
machines and everything ran correctly.
D. The City network was upgraded 3/25.
V. STAFF
A. Becky attended numerous meetings concerning the ILS during the month.
B. Becky, Jeanine, and Kelly attended SIRSI training 3/8-3/18.
VI. FOUNDA TION
A. The Foundation Board met 3/16 with five members present. Tom reported on the MRAC
grant. Applications are now available to be picked up at the Library for the summer
program. Members discussed the potential for a Christmas fundraiser at the Heights Theatre
and will pursue a sponsor for the event. The project with the Columbia Heights Historical
Society concerning sorting donated letters and photos was also discussed.
VII.
MISC
A.
Major projects:
a. Submission of the annual report to the State.
b. Wish List presentation to Friends.
c. Discontinuing daily reference statistics
d. City goals assignments (3)
The Library received a donation from the Twin Cities Bookfair. Sponsored by the Midwest
Bookhunters, the Bookfair is held annually at the State Fairgrounds and gives donations to
five libraries each year from their proceeds.
B.
VIII CIRCULA TION AND LIBGIS
Circulation
Adult
Juvenile
2004
5,443
4,507
9,950
23
Work Days
Circulation Building
FEBRUARY 2004
8,800
FEBRUARY
2005
5,758
4,190
9,948
23
Libgis 2004 2005
Effective 2/1/2005 Daily
Libgis statistics were
discontinued. MELSA crossover
statistics will be used to project
annual totals.
FEBRUARY 2005
8,671
IX GA TE COUNT AND MEETING ROOM USE
FEBRUARY
Gatecount
7,787
X
INTERNET BROWSER USE
FEBRUARY 2004
373
MRL/jms
Meeting Room Use
13
FEBRUARY 2005
468