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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOperational Report for Marsha TO: M. Rebecca Loader, Library Director FROM: Marsha Tubbs, Children’s Librarian SUBJECT: November operational report DATE: November 22, 2010 I. PROGRAMS A. Publicity of the programs offered at the library is picking up. We discovered this week that several of our programs were listed on a national WEB page “ Macaroni Kid” http://coonrapids.macaronikid.com . Macaroni Kid has been publishing on the WEB since 2008 and provides parents with tips on parenting as well as listing fun family activities available locally. Thanks to Stacey Hendren and Cristy Tombarge for their efforts in “getting the word out”. It seems to be working! B. Summary of program activity in 2010 through October:  141 programs offered through October 2010  Attended by 3900 citizens  Average number of programs per month was 14 (that’s more than 3 each week). No wonder we have been busy. Please note that an increase in circulation figures could be due at least in part to an increase in programming. C. Staff completed an inventory of Storytime materials and created a catalog for easy access. D. Final Read Dogs sessions were held on 11/15 READ dog program is funded in part by a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education st using Federal funding, CFDA 84.287c, 21 Century Community Learning Centers. E. Three Storytime sessions were held, average attendance 45. F. I provided a tour of the library and special storytime session for 4 separate groups of Headstart classes II. COLLECTION A. The final book orders of 2010 were submitted. All available funds expended. B. Weeding of the Easy collection W is complete, Weeding of J Nonfiction through J399 is complete. We have the Quarto weeding through to QJ 399 to finish at this time. III. PROJECTS A The following projects are in the planning stages at this time:  Development of booklists & recommendations for kindergarten, st 1 grade, bedtime stories and Marsha’s favorites.  Updating the Fountas and Pinnell booklists (many titles have been discarded)  Purging paper files for year end 2010  Update GroupWise address book.  Book Display “Best Books of 2010”  Weeding of discarded titles & sale cart items  Preparation for Summer 2011 IV. GRANTS, MEETING, COMMUNITY stnd A. 21 Century Grant is in its 2 year. At this time I have not received a budget for year two but am functioning using the annual budget figure given at the beginning of the grant. The final budget for year 1 will be st part of the next 21 Century committee meeting scheduled for December B. I am participating as a committee member in the “ Strategic Change” process for the Columbia Heights Public School District. The first meeting was held on November 18 C. I have been investigating grant options for the library and have several possibilities on file. Most would be submitted in the first quarter of 2011. V. STAFF A. Kelly Olson updated her procedure manual, aided in the weeding process, completed month end statistics, sent and received several book orders. B. Cristy Tombarge aided in the weeding project, aided in the preparation of book orders, prepared holiday book displays, aided in the completion of the Stroytime inventory and catalog. C. Pages labeled storytime materials for storage, aided in the preparation of book orders, and prepared new flannel boards. A special thanks to Rachel Meyers for lending her creative talents to the Flannel Board project. Pages have also done an outstanding job of setting up for programs in the Activity room.