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CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
TO:
Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
FROM:
Renee Dougherty, Library Director
SUBJECT:
January 2015 Operational Report
DATE:
January 30, 2015
I. BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT
II. TECHNOLOGY
III. COLLECTION
A. Books were ordered weekly. Adult selections were made from the October and November
2014 issues of Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal. Children’s selections were
made from the August and September issues of School Library Journal and the September
issues of Booklist and Kirkus Reviews. Adult fiction to be published in January and
February was also added as were adult and children’s DVDs.
B. Reports of items with multiple holds were reviewed weekly and additional copies
purchased as needed.
C. Weeding of non-circulating mysteries and adult fiction A-B was completed. Weekly
reports of COH “orphan” copies were reviewed and weeded based on condition and
estimated future use.
IV. PROGRAMS
A. A Drop Everything and Read event for families was held on 1/2.
B. Youth Read Down, a program allowing children to reduce library fines by reading in the
library, was held this month.
C. Winter Jackets, a reading program for adults, was launched on 1/2.
D. The Friends of the Library met on 1/5.
E. The Teen Advisory Board met on 1/5.
F. A Senior Surf computer class was offered on 1/7.
G. The Library Board met on 1/7 with all members in attendance. The Board welcomed
Mayor Peterson who has been appointed as the new Council Liaison to the Board.
H. A LEGO Club for kids was held on 1/8.
I. Volunteers facilitated Conversation Circles for English language learners and provided
one-on-one mentoring for adults learning to read in the Buddy Up and Read program.
J. Family storytime was held on the evening of 1/13.
K. The Adult Non-Fiction Book Club met on 1/16.
L. The Adult Book Club met on 1/28 for discussion of Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the
Western Front.
M. On 1/28 Author Colin Mustful presented a program on his narrative non-fiction about the
Spirit Lake Massacre of 1857 and U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
N. Book Warms, the winter reading program for children, which began on 12/29 had
registered 136 children by month end.
O. Four sessions of the drop-in Make & Take Craft program were offered.
P. Two sessions of toddler storytime were offered.
Q. Three sessions of preschool storytime were offered.
R. A Books and Bites book club for kids was held on 1/22.
S. A Superhero Academy was held on 1/23.
T. Bulk loans were prepared for Immaculate Conception School and Adventure Club.
U. Five classes from Immaculate Conception School visited.
V. Federal and state tax forms and instructions were displayed as received.
W. Materials were selected and delivered to At Home Service patrons.
X. Adult volunteers donated service to the Library this month by assisting adults learning to
read and learning English, pulling materials for weeding review, and assisting people
using computers at the library.
V. STAFF
A. Barb Kondrick completed evaluations of the architectural firms who submitted proposals
to design the new library.
B. Bethany Grabow attended the Anoka County Library Early Literacy Team meeting on
1/21.
C. Clerk Winnie Coyne began on 1/26.
VI. FOUNDATION
A. The Library Foundation did not meet this month.
VII. MISC
A. A posting for Library Pages was advertised between January 2and 23. Sixteen
applications were received and ranked. Interviews of finalists will be held in early
February.
B. I met with the management team of the Anoka County Library on 1/8 and 1/22.
C. I met with city Information Services staff on 1/21 to begin planning appropriate
technology for the new library.
D. I evaluated proposals of architectural firms interested in designing the new library and
participated in the interviews of the firms on 1/23.
E. I attended a 1/29 presentation of the new city branding options designed by Replace.
F. An article on the library’s Senior Surf computer training for older adults was published in
the Star Tribune on 1/20.
VIII. CIRCULATION
December 2013December 2014
Physical items 7,393 7,483
E-books 535 446
E-audio 209
Outreach 29 77
7,957 8,215
Total Circulation
IX. GATE COUNT AND MEETING ROOM USE
December 2013December 2014
Gate count 6,814 7,262
Library Programs 26 29
Room Use 23 14
X. COMPUTER/INTERNET USE
December 2013December 2014
Patron Use: 1,037 1,190
Computer Use: 1,686 1,956
Minutes Used: 52,238 51,034
Internet Access: 1,734 2,145
Word: 69 107
PowerPoint: 6 13
Excel: 7 10
Calculator: 1 7
USB: 37 62
XI. UNIQUE MANAGEMENT COLLECTION ACCOUNTS
December 2013December 2014
Accounts Submitted 368 461
Dollars Submitted $69,923.96 $89,024.66
Dollars Received $3,853.49 $5,401.15
Materials Returned $11,598.53 $16,309.25