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CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
TO:
Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
FROM:
M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director
SUBJECT:
July operational report
DATE:
July 31, 2006
I. BUILDING MAINTENANCE
A. The mats and carpeting were cleaned 7/22.
B. The floors in the Activity Room were buffed 7/14.
C. Public Works maintained the new plantings and landscaping.
II. COLLECTION
A. Four book orders, one paperback order, and one boardbook order were placed.
B. Two dvd orders were placed.
C. 2007 periodical subscriptions were reviewed for changes.
III. PROGRAMS
A. Two Homebound deliveries were made during the month.
B. Three sessions of drop-in storytime were held.
C. Three Wacky Wednesday programs (“Airplane Annie “ 7/12, “Wendy’s Wiggle Jiggle &
Jam” 7/19, and “Magical Mia” 7/26) were presented.
D. Neighborhood Bridges continued. Their special “Shareformance” was held 7/20.
E. The Library Board met 7/11 with five members in attendance.
F. Adult volunteer hours for July: 16.
IV. TECHNOLOGY
A. The discharge terminal gave up the ghost 7/19. Al took it in to see if he could revive it.
B. Staff has experienced many frustrations with CybraryN this month. Al will upgrade the
CybraryN machines 7/24, and some of the problems should go away.
V. STAFF
A. Marsha and I met with Loren Brueggemann, potential developer of the Mady’s site, on 7/19.
B. I attended the ILS meeting 7/20.
C. Marsha and Dana received NIMS IS700 training 7/27. Marsha, Dana, and I received IC100
training 7/27.
D. I attended a meeting at Public Works 7/28 with a HVAC maintenance vendor.
VI. FOUNDATION
A. The Board met 7/12 with four members present. Discussion centered around the fall
fundraiser and filling the vacant board position.
VII. MISC
A. The final proposed 2007 Library budget was submitted to Finance. I met with the City
Manager and the Finance Director 7/17 for the initial review. The Library Board will meet
with the City Council in October for the final review.
B. Ryan Ashmore volunteered 12 hours to work on a filing and microfilm project.
C. Contract negotiations for the ILS and Services Contract with ACL opened 6/28 and are
proceeding on schedule.
D. Major projects:
a. Preparation of the proposed 2007 budget
b. Staff scheduling
c. Preparation of proposed list for One Book program
VIII CIRCULATION
Circulation Building
JUNE 2005 JUNE 2006
12,553 11,191
IX GATE COUNT AND MEETING ROOM USE
Gatecount Meeting Room Use
JUNE 2005 JUNE 2006 JUNE 2005 JUNE 2006
10,872 12,126 13 6
X INTERNET BROWSER USE
JUNE 2005 JUNE 2006
562 1,879
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