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City of Columbia Heights | Library
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January
To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Winnie Coyne – Library Clerk
Subject: January Operational Report
Date: February 1st, 2017
I. COLLECTION PROJECTS
A. Magazines: Magazine labels were typed for newly received magazines.
B. Damaged Shelf: Items older than 1 month (instead of 3 months) were cleared from the shelf
this month as per policy change.
C. Paperback order: No paperback orders were sent in this month.
D. Paperback Display: There was no display this month. Because of the large volume of new
books and other displays there was no space to put any more books out.
E. Weeding Projects: Renee is going through fiction and giving me books to withdraw
semiregularly and Bri is giving me about a basket a week of children’s books to withdraw.
F. Last copy/withdrawn items: We no longer get a Last Copy list each week but we are still
weeding and withdrawing items. Books were withdrawn from the system each week and were
placed in a box to go to Better World Books if they were accepted by the company.
II. MAINTENANCE
A. Fire extinguisher: The fire extinguishers were checked Wednesday, February 1st.
B. Security gates: Security gates were checked twice daily to record the gatecount.
C. Public Works: This month, Public Works was here to paint a wall in the teen area.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
A. ILL Drawer: The ILL drawers were maintained and a weekly count of filled requests has
been kept.
B. Month End Statistics: The statistics for the previous month will be totaled and sent out to
staff by Wednesday, February 1st.
C. Bulletin Board: Old notices are removed once they have expired or been up for thirty days
and new notices are put up as we receive them.
D. Shelf Reading: Shelf reading was not completed this month. The same assignments will be
kept for this month and the pages will be reminded to spend time on it each shift.
E. Website and Facebook: Periodic updates of both Facebook and the Webpage were
completed. The front page of the website shows ongoing events such as Maker Club and
Conversation Circles and special events.