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CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
TO:
Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
FROM:
M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
SUBJECT:
August operational report
DATE:
August 31, 2005
I. BUILDING MAINTENANCE
A. Public Works completed a list of minor maintenance chores at the Library 8/1.
B. All the floor mats were picked up and professionally cleaned the week of 8/2.
C. Comcast replaced parts of the cable equipment 8/2 and 8/3 to improve the quality of the
picture.
D. Honeywell checked the hot water heater 8/8.
E. Schindler Elevator performed routine maintenance on the elevator 8/25.
F. The windows were cleaned 8/26.
II. COLLECTION
A. A huge DVD order was placed. Due to the difficulty in obtaining materials on
videocassettes, money budgeted for videos has been transferred into the DVD account.
B. Marsha placed an order for graphic novels (replacements, filling out series, and duplicates of
high-demand titles).
C. Two paperback and two “catch-up” hardcover orders were placed.
III. PROGRAMS
A. The Library Board met 8/2 with all members present.
B. The “Tell Me More” Shareformance 8/3 was attended by over 50 people and showcased the
writings and talents of the young people who participated in the program. It was amazing to
see how the group had become a team.
C. The American Girl Tea Party, “Nellie’s Birthday Surprise,” held on 8/11 was filled to
capacity with girls and dolls.
D. The summer volunteers were recognized at a special reception in their honor 8/18. They
received certificates and small gifts presented by Library Board President Barbara Miller
and City Council Member Bruce Nawrocki.
E. The new teachers at Independent School District #13 toured the Library 8/23 and listened to
a presentation by Marsha and Becky on available services.
F. Marsha met with the Immaculate Conception School teachers 8/31 to discuss available
services.
G. Summer Reading Club ended 8/31.
IV. TECHNOLOGY
A. A patch was installed on the server 8/2 and the clients at COH were upgraded 8/4.
Acquisitions will now share the same client as WorkFlows.
B. The CPU from COHPC 6 (OPAC station on main floor) was stolen 8/3. A police report has
been filed, but there is little chance of recovering it. A replacement was ordered and
installed by Al Rautio 8/23. Locks have been installed on all six of the OPAC stations.
C. The Intranet was upgraded 8/9.
D. Heather customized the receipts that print at Columbia Heights on 8/10 to include phone
numbers and Website information.
E. Becky attended a presentation on Wi-Fi 8/25 at the County.
F. Becky met with Marlene Moulton-Janssen, Heather Hessel, and Donna Welsh 8/25 to
discuss cataloguing charges and to open discussion about the ILS contract.
V. STAFF
A. Page training started 8/9. Sarah Doepel, Gretchen Edholm, and Keri Erickson completed
training 8/19 and worked two weeks for “real” experience before joining the regular
schedule in the fall. Joanne commented that SIRSI is easier to teach than DRA because
people are so comfortable with the Windows environment.
B. Becky attended the ILS meeting 8/11 and the OPAC meeting 8/25.
C. Jenna Stromquist returned to college 8/19. Jenna worked over the summer to fill vacant
Page hours on the schedule and helped with two data clean-up projects.
D. Becky met with Bill Elrite, Finance Director, 8/22 about the 2006 budget PowerPoint
presentation. Cristy will be working with Becky on this project.
E. Dana Weigman, Library Supervisor, celebrated her 18-month anniversary during the month.
F. Becky met with the Pages 8/23 to negotiate fall schedule.
G. Jeanine participated in a cable shoot 8/30.
VI. FOUNDATION
A. The Foundation Board did not meet in August.
B. The Foundation Board and Library Board will hold a retreat 9/10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
VII. MISC
A. Major projects
a. Implementation of the ILS
b. Page training
c. Proposed 2006 Library budget revisions and preparations for budget hearings
d. Part-time schedules for Fall
VIII CIRCULATION AND LIBGIS
JULY
Circulation 2004 2005 Libgis 2004 2005
Adult Effective 2/1/2005 Daily
Statistics for July not
Juvenile Libgis statistics were
available at the present time.
discontinued. MELSA crossover
Work Days statistics will be used to project
annual totals.
Circulation Building
JULY 2004 JULY 2005
Statistics for July not available at the present time.
IX GATE COUNT AND MEETING ROOM USE
JULY
Gatecount Meeting Room Use
9,330 9
X INTERNET BROWSER USE
JULY 2004 JULY 2005
605 588
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