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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOperational Report for Renee Dougherty City of Columbia Heights | [z,©©ä th 820 40 Ave NE Ph: 763-706-3690 -706-3691 www.columbiaheightsmn.gov CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS TO: Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees FROM: Renee Dougherty, Library Director SUBJECT: April 2016 Operational Report DATE: May 2, 2016 I. BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT A. Vandals removed hardware from the exterior bench and picnic table on 4/26. Public Works staff promptly repaired it. II. TECHNOLOGY A. The payphone was removed from the building on 4/20. WiMac Tel was instructed to discontinue service by 5/27 and remove equipment by 6/3. B. RFID tagging of the library collection continued. By the end of the month approximately 41,809 items had been tagged. Tagging of adult media, fiction and much of nonfiction (000-921) was completed. Juvenile media, juvenile and young adult fiction and non- fiction materials were also completed. III. COLLECTION st Print books were ordered weekly. Adult selections were made from the January 1 A. issues of Booklist, Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews. Adult books with April publication dates and replacement copies of worn titles were also ordered. of Booklist, Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal. Replacements of worn titles, a small language collection, and titles anticipated to be popular for summer reading were ordered. B.Weeding of adult fic SHA-Z was completed. Adult nonfiction was completed in sections 580-942. Weeding was completed in juvenile non-fiction 900s, young adult nonfiction, juvenile fiction, juvenile and young adult graphics, and juvenile music. IV. PROGRAMS A. Family Art Day was offered on 4/1. B. The Teen Advisory Board met on 4/4. C. A Senior Surf class for older adults was offered 4/6. D. The Library Board met on 4/6. E. National Library Week was celebrated. F. R.E.A.D. Dogs was offered on 4/11. G. Genealogy 101, a course for adults was offered on 4/12. H. The Friends of the Library met on 4/13 for their spring luncheon meeting. The Friends were the beneficiaries of the proceeds from the Lighthouse pancake breakfast on 4/15. I. LEGO Club was offered on 4/14. J. The adult Non Fiction Book Club met on 4/15. K. Members of the Friends hosted a Scrabble Club for adults on 4/19. L. The Adult Non- M. Early Childhood Family and Education classes visited the library on 4/20 and 4/21. N. A Block Party for toddlers and their caregivers was held on 4/22. [Letter to] [Date] Page 2 O. Four sessions of Toddler Storytime were offered on Monday mornings. P. Four sessions of Preschool Storytime were offered on Tuesday mornings. Q. Four sessions of Make and Take crafting were offered on Tuesday afternoons. R. Four sessions of Baby Read/Baby Grow were offered in partnership with ISD 13 Early Childhood and Family Education staff. S. Anoka County Child and Teen Check Up staff presented health information to parents at all storytimes during the final week of April. T. Ten classes from Immaculate Conception School visited. U. Bulk loans were prepared for Immaculate Conception School and Mini-Adventure Club. V. Conversation Circles, facilitated by a native English speaker, were offered for language learners throughout the month. W. Buddy Up and Read mentoring sessions for adults learning to read were offered. X. Materials were selected and delivered to At-Home patrons. Y. Adult volunteers donated 74 hours of service this month. V. STAFF A. I met with Clerk Winnie Coyne for her first annual performance evaluation on 4/26. B. Clerk Typist II Renee Rewitzer announced her resignation effective 6/10. The open position was advertised beginning 4/19. C. Adult Services Librarian Barb Kondrick presented information about library services at D. parents how E. Bri attended a meeting of the Anoka County Library Youth Engagement - School Age team (formerly the Summer Reading Program team) on 3/15 and the ACL Early Literacy team on 3/20. F. Bri presented library information at the Valley View Elementary carnival on 4/22. G. Library staff worked extremely hard to add RFID tags to collection materials this month. VI. FOUNDATION A. The Foundation did not meet in April but continued to receive gifts for the new library. VII. GRANTS VIII. MISC A. I proctored an exam for an online student at the University of Minnesota-Crookston on 4/8. B. I attended the bi-weekly construction meeting on 4/13. C. I met with Interim Director Maggie Soule and Systems Specialist Judy Soule on 4/19 to plan for library service to Columbia Heights cardholders during the closed period in May and June. th D. CORE Commercial began actively marketing the 40 Ave building and had at least one showing this month. E. I met representatives from All Furniture and Copeland Trucking to request quotes for moving the library collection and office materials. F. Twenty-two boxes of library discards and unusable donations were shipped to Better World Books this month. G. I met with the Anoka County Library Management Team on 4/21. [Letter to] [Date] Page 3 IX. CIRCULATION March 2015March 2016 Physical items 8,769 8,776 E-books 601 64* E-audio 182 38* 9,552 8,878 Total Circulation X. GATE COUNT AND MEETING ROOM USE March 2015March 2016 Gate count 8,7369,382 Library Programs 64 63 Room Use 15 23 XI. COMPUTER/INTERNET USE March 2015March 2016 Patron Use: 1,148 1,117 Computer Use: 1,981 1,862 Minutes Used: 52,061 47,475 Internet Access: 2,407 2,183 Word: 111 144 PowerPoint: 11 6 Excel: 14 4 Calculator: 7 9 USB: 21 38 Catalog/Databases: N/A 297 XII. UNIQUE MANAGEMENT COLLECTION ACCOUNTS March 2015March 2016 Accounts Submitted 478 542 Dollars Submitted $92,340.53 $105,451.99 Dollars Received $5,643.58 $6,579.02 Materials Returned $17,758.75 $22,807.92 *Anoka County Library was unable to provide accurate counts for e-book and e-audio circulation for March 2016 by the time this report was prepared.