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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOperational Report for Marsha To: M. Rebecca Loader, Library director From: Marsha Tubbs, Children’s Librarian Subject August 2008 Operational report Date: August 26, 2008 I. PROGRAMS A. Summer Reading Program ended 8/29. The themes for 2008 were “What’s Cooking @ Your Library” and “Plug In @ Your Library.” B. We continued our summer program schedule through August with four Celebrity Storytimes. Average attendance per session was 65 (including adults and children). C. The 2008 American Girl party was held on August 13. Thirty-six girls participated and completed crafts related to American History from the 1970’s. Each girl took home a soho bag, tissue paper flower and a Friendship bracelet. Good Times for all. D. The summer Read Dogs sessions concluded on August 28. We will start again in October. This program has been especially popular with parents and children. II. COLLECTION A. Staff completed changes to the Easy Non fiction readers labels and shifted the E Non-Fiction , J Non-Fiction, and EJ Fiction to make room for the E Non- Fiction Readers. B. Staff produced new shelf labels for all Non Fiction Sections and the J Fiction sections. C. Weeding of the following collections was completed-J640-659, Audio Books JNF 640-659, JFIC C; JCD 781.64 E-781.64 M. D. YA paperbacks were weeded for low circulation and condition. E. Booklist copy was prepared on the following subjects: Short Stories, Fathers in Picture books, Babysitters; New Baby in the Family; Nonsense verses; Robots Children’s; Outer Space ; Moving to a new neighborhood; Heroes /children’s fiction; and the Circus. Lists are awaiting final layout and printing. F. A Music CD order was placed G. A small book order was placed to B&T H. I have made some changes to the display areas in the children’s department based on information I received while attending PLA. We are currently pulling books produced by popular authors out of the easy collection and placing them in bins atop the shelving. We started doing this in July as a trial to see if the displays would help us circulate more easy materials. I have been amazed at the number of times the bins have emptied out and we have been required to search for another author’s titles to fill the bin. Displaying materials face out really does get it moving off the shelf. III. VOLUNTEERS A. Summer Volunteens received recognition from the Library Board on August 20. Six Volunteens were treated to a small reception including cake and punch following a short award ceremony. IV. PROJECTS & MEETINGS A. I attended an in-service meeting at Immaculate Conception School on August 27. Teachers made arrangements for monthly classroom visits to the library. Other library services were presented including our Bulk Loan option and the changes in that program. B. All staff day was held on August 22 and I was asked to present a portion of the program. Tag teaming with Nancy Brooks from READ dogs we provided staff with a overview of the Reading Education Assistance Dogs program currently in place here in Columbia Heights. I have not seen the comments but believe that the program was very well received. I thoroughly enjoyed the day including the games provided by the Staff Day Committee. Staff member, Dana Weigman served on the committee, which did an outstanding job. Thank you everyone. Twenty-one new teachers from ISD 13 toured the library on August 20. Each Teacher received C. an packet containing information on Library policies and services available specifically to teachers. I am thankful to the district that they set aside this time for the teachers to become familiar with what we have to offer. Jill Yngve of Simon and Schuster has volunteered to tag team with me on our very first Tween D. (ages 9-13) book club. The program titles will be Columbia Heights Public Library Book Club Café. The first meeting is scheduled for September 23. Titles have been selected and publicity items are being prepared. E. I attended local school open houses on Thursday evening August 28. Information on Library services, programs and Library card applications were made available. V. STAFF A. The Director ,I and Adult Services Specialist, Dana Weigman met with the Pages on August 19 to establish the Fall work schedule. The Director and I met with three pages for their annual performance evaluation. B. Alison Marzolf, Aaron Mattson, and Patience Waldemar, have successfully completed their first year as a part of the staff. Congratulations to them all. C. Library Aide, Cristy Tombarge completed the final statistical analysis required by the Minnesota Community Learning Activities grant. This has been a mammoth job requiring a lot of time and data entry. I will be meeting with Linda Ernst from district 13 in the near future to evaluate the process and determine how we can streamline it. Cristy prepared a power point on the READ Dog program for use at All Staff day. Great Job Cristy! And thanks. D. Children’s Department Clerk, Kelly Olson sent and received book orders, received magazines, updated money reports and book order expenditure sheets. Kelly also attended All Staff Day and the Volunteen Recognition Reception. She prepared certificates and invitations for this event as well.