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Columbia Heights Public Library
3939 Central Avenue NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421-3932 ▪ Ph: 763-706-3690
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
TO: Columbia Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
FROM: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
SUBJECT: March 2017 Operational Report
DATE: March 30, 2017
I. BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT
A. Peoples Electric has replaced drivers in all malfunctioning LED ceiling light fixtures.
B. Door hardware and electronic closers continue to prevent consistent locking/unlocking of
the building. Multiple vendors are addressing the issues on equipment still under
warranty.
C. NSI/Horwitz (HVAC maintenance contractor) has conducted the first planned
maintenance in new building. All VAV boxes were located and marked and filters were
changed.
D. Facility maintenance supervisor is working with SetPoint to fine tune sensors and
automated control of the HVAC system.
II. TECHNOLOGY
A. Information Services completed installation of thin clients, dual monitors, and external
disc drives at all staff workstations.
B. IS staff continues to troubleshoot periodic failure of the thin clients to recognize the RFID
antennas at the service and bookdrop desks.
C. IS staff continues to address glitches on public PC with auxiliary ports for headphones and
portable drives on the public computers.
D. Power supply of the main library server failed on March 30. Service for all software was
maintained at a slower than usual speed with a backup unit.
E. IS staff were unable to recover the loss of statistics on public computer usage for the
January 1-12, 2017.
F. On March 29, Bibliotheca replaced a computer unit in the western self check which had
been malfunctioning throughout the month.
III. COLLECTION
A. Adult print books were selected from the September 15th issue of Library Journal and the
October 1st issues of Booklist and Library Journal. Patron requests and replacement copies
were ordered. Youth selections were made from the September and October 1st issues of
Booklist and the September issue of School Library Journal. Juvenile replacement copies,
patron requests, environmental non-fiction, and Spanish language books were ordered.
Videos were ordered.
B. Weeding in adult fiction continued. Weeding of easy and juvenile nonfiction began.
Weeding of videos, large print books and adult audio books began.
IV. PROGRAMS
A. A Senior Surf class was held on March 1.
B. The Library Board met on March 1.
C. A birthday celebration for Doctor Seuss was held on March 2 as part of Read Across
America.
D. Final counts for participation in the BookWarms winter reading program for children
twenty children and thirteen teens.
E. Seventy book reviews were submitted in Winter Reads, the adult winter reading program,
was 70.
F. Scrabble Club for adults was held on March 7 and 21.
G. The Friends of the Library met on March 8.
H. Lego Club was held on March 8.
I. A Block Party for preschoolers and their families was held on March 13.
J. A Fandom Club for teens was held on March 14.
K. A STEM program for kids, Secret of Mummies, was held on March 15.
L. The adult Fiction Book Club met to discuss The Number One Ladies Detective Agency by
Alexander McCall Smith on March 15.
M. Author Vince Wyckoff presented a program for adults on March 15.
N. A STEM program for kids, Maker Lab: Water, was held on March 16.
O. The Teen Advisory Board met on March 18.
P. An Anishinaable Beadwork class for adults was taught by Julie Kastigar Boada on March
21.
Q. A Tinker Club for teens was held on March 29.
R. Anoka County Extension staff offered 4-H Tech Wizards programs on four Tuesdays
afternoons.
S. Two Toddler Storytimes were held on Monday mornings.
T. Two Family Storytimes were held on Tuesday mornings.
U. Two Baby Read, Baby Grow programs were offered in partnership with ISD 13Early
Childhood and Family Education staff on Thursday mornings.
V. Bulk loans were prepared for Immaculate Conception School classes and Mini Adventure
Club.
W. Six Immaculate Conception School classes visited the library.
X. Volunteer reading “buddies” met with adults learning English throughout the month.
Y. Conversation Circles for adults learning to speak English were offered on Wednesdays
and Thursdays.
Z. Deliveries of library materials were made to “At-Home” patrons.
AA. Adult volunteers donated 74.5 hours to the library this month.
V. STAFF
A. Adult Services Librarian Barb Kondrick announced her retirement, effective April 7,
2017. The open position was posted on March 14 and will remain open until filled. Barb
and I have begun to plan for the transition.
B. Youth Services Librarian Bri Belanger attended a meeting of the YES! (Youth
Engagement for School-Aged) Team of the Anoka County Library on March 17 and
participated in the “Unconference” sponsored by the Children and Young People’s section
of the Minnesota Library Association on March 24. She also staffed an outreach event, the
ECFE Community Baby Shower, on March 23.
C. Clerk Typist 2 Kelly Olson participated in a meeting of the Customer Experience Team of
the Anoka County Library on March 29. The Team will presenting a training session at
Staff Day in May.
VI. FOUNDATION
A. The Foundation met on March 8 to receive an investment report from Paul King of RBC
Wealth Management.
VII. MISC
A. I met with the management team of the Anoka County Library on March 2, 16, and 30.
B. I met with the public services team of the Anoka County Library on March 22.
C. I met with Amy Banker from Blue Cross Blue Shield on March 14 about free public
educational opportunities offered at the new BCBS retail facility in Roseville.
D. I joined city department heads and members of the Lions Club for preliminary planning
for the 2017 Jamboree.
E. A patron filed a police report about harassment by another patron.
F. A fire alarm was pulled by a child on 3/31; Heights Fire Department responded promptly
to this false alarm.
VIII. CIRCULATION
Feburary 2016 February 2017
Physical items 7,765 9,107
E-books 525 573
E-audio 245 141
Total Circulation 8,535 9,821
IX. GATE COUNT AND MEETING ROOM USE
February 2016 February 2017
Gate count 7,835 9,671
Library Programs 44 56
Room Use 25 243
X. COMPUTER/INTERNET USE
February 2016 February 2017
Patron Use (Logins): 1,043 2,464
Computer Use: 1,769 4,102
Minutes Used: 45,171 106,680
Internet Access: 1,978 4,528
Word: 134 336
PowerPoint: 8 13
Excel: 9 30
Calculator: 3 11
USB: 60 N/A
Catalog/Databases: 310 292
Microfilm Reader: N/A 11
XI. UNIQUE MANAGEMENT COLLECTION ACCOUNTS
February 2016 February 2017
Accounts Submitted 539 639
Dollars Submitted $104,747.40 $126,702.14
Dollars Received $6,507.02 $8,748.40
Materials Returned $22,528.88 $28,801.14