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OLUMBIA EIGHTS UBLIC IBRARY
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VE OLUMBIA EIGHTS
Board of Trustees
(763)706-3690;TDD(763)706-3692
Patricia Sowada
Chair
Nancy Hoium
Vice-Chair
Catherine Vesley
Secretary
Steve Smith
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Barbara L. Tantanella
TO:
Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
Member at Large
Gary Peterson
FROM:
Renee Dougherty, Library Director
Council Liaison
SUBJECT:
February Operational Report
Renee Dougherty
Library Director
DATE:
March 3, 2015
I. BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT
A. Orkin staff inspected the library and applied preventative treatment for rodent and insect pests on 2/5.
B. Fidelity Building Services buffed the Activity Room and Break Room floors on 2/20.
II. TECHNOLOGY
III. COLLECTION
A.Books were ordered weekly. Adult selections were made from the November and December 2014
issues of Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal. Adult paperbacks and hardcover fiction
with March publication dates were also ordered. Children’s selections were made from the
October 2014 issues of School Library Journal, Booklist and Kirkus Reviews. Adult DVDs and
adult audiobooks were ordered.
B.Reports of items with multiple holds were reviewed weekly and additional copies purchased as
needed.
C.Weeding of non-circulating adult fiction C-K was completed. Weekly reports of Columbia
Heights “orphan” copies were reviewed and items were weeded based on condition and estimated
future use. Weeding of adult and children’s DVDs continued.
IV. PROGRAMS
A. The Teen Advisory Board met on 2/1.
B. A Senior Surf computer class was offered on 2/4.
C. The Library Board met on 2/4 with all members in attendance.
D. The Friends of the Library met on 2/4.
E. Family storytime featuring the stories of Mo Willems was held on the evening of 2/10.
F. A program on America in World War I featuring local author John Cox was held on 2/11.
G. A LEGO Club for kids was held on 2/12.
H. An Anti-Valentine’s Day Party for teens was held on 2/13.
I. The Adult Non-Fiction Book Club met on 2/20.
J. The Adult Book Club met on 2/25 for discussion of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
K. Honoring Choices, a program on end-of-life planning for adults, was held on 2/25.
L. Book Warms, the winter reading program for children ended on 2/27; 169 children participated.
M. Winter Jackets, a reading program for adults, ended on 2/28; 174 entries were received.
N. Conversation Circles for English language learners were offered.
O. One-on-one mentoring for adults learning to read in the Buddy Up and Read program was offered.
P. Four sessions of the drop-in Make & Take Craft program were offered.
Q. Three sessions of toddler storytime were offered.
R. Four sessions of preschool storytime were offered.
S. Four sessions of “Baby Read, Baby Grow” were offered in partnership with Early Childhood Family
Education staff from ISD 13.
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T. Bulk loans were prepared for Immaculate Conception School and Adventure Club.
U. Twelve classes from Immaculate Conception School visited.
V. Federal and state tax forms and instructions were displayed. Customers continue to be frustrated with the
IRS decision to discontinue printing of the tax instruction booklets, and requiring use of the IRS website
for instructions and tax tables. .
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 speak
English, pulling materials for weeding review, and assisting people using computers at the library.
V.STAFF
A. Clerk Typist II Renee Rewitzer was trained to archive documents in Laserfiche on 2/5.
B. Children’s Librarian Bethany Grabow helped to plan a conference for the Children and Young People’s
division of the Minnesota Library Association on 2/12.
C. Bethany participated in the Early Literacy Team of the Anoka County Library on 2/17.
D. Adult Services Librarian Barb Kondrick provided chat reference through AskMN, the 24/7 online
information and reference service, on 2/19.
VI. FOUNDATION
A. The Library Foundation did not meet this month.
VII. MISC
A. The first MELSA Survey week for 2015 occurred from February 1-7. Library staff answered 237 reference
questions. 212 of the patrons assisted were from Anoka county, 19 from Hennepin county, and 6 from
Ramsey county.
B. I interviewed eight candidates for the Library Page position. Four conditional offers of employment were
extended to the highest scoring applicants. Three candidates accepted the offers and will begin training on
March 2.
C. I met with Project Designers Paul Neuhaus and Jane Dedering from HGA on 2/4; Paul and Jane met with
library staff on 2/25 to refine staff needs and to continue interior space planning for the new library.
D. I attended meetings with HGA and city staff on 2/4; 2/18, and 2/25.
E. I met with the management team of the Anoka County Library on 2/5 and 2/19.
F. I attended the kick-off meeting of the Library Design Task Force on 2/18.
G. I submitted the 2014 Library Annual Report to the City.
VIII. CIRCULATION
January 2014January 2015
Physical items 8,561 8,001
E-books 425 469
E-audio 101 231
Outreach 25 74
9,112 8,775
Total Circulation
IX. GATE COUNT AND MEETING ROOM USE
January 2014January 2015
6,949 6,553
Gate count
Library Programs 26 40
Room Use 18 15
X. COMPUTER/INTERNET USE
January 2014January 2015
Patron Use: 1,146 1,259
Computer Use: 1,603 1,665
Minutes Used: 54,705 49,051
Internet Access: 1,670 2,065
Word: 93 218
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PowerPoint: 13 10
Excel: 10 19
Calculator: 3 9
USB: 49 53
XI. UNIQUE MANAGEMENT COLLECTION ACCOUNTS
January 2014January 2015
Accounts Submitted 374 470
Dollars Submitted $71,468.07 $90,488.69
Dollars Received $4,157.61 $5,430.15
Materials Returned $12,701.60 $16,593.94
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