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City of Columbia Heights | Library]
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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Winnie Coyne – Library Clerk
Subject: May Operational Report
Date: May 31st, 2017
I. COLLECTION PROJECTS
A. Magazines: Magazine labels were typed for newly received magazines.
B. Damaged Shelf: Items older than 1 month were cleared from the shelf this month.
C. Paperback order: No paperback orders were sent this month, but at least one large one will
be sent next month.
D. Paperback Display: There was no room for a paperback display this month.
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F. Last copy/withdrawn items: We no longer get a Last Copy list each week but we are still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 Books are withdrawn from the system each week and are
placed in a box to go to Better World Books if they are accepted by the company.
II. MAINTENANCE
A. Fire extinguisher: The fire extinguishers were checked Wednesday, May 31st.
B. Security gates: Security gates were checked twice daily to record the gatecount.
C. Public Works: This month, Eric Hanson from Public Works was here periodically to check in
with maintenance workers from outside companies who were working on the building such as
People’s Electric and Cool Air. Other City workers were here to bring a lift for People’s Electric
to use.
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 Friday, June 2nd
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 again this month. The same assignments
will be kept for next month and the pages will be reminded to spend time on it during 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 as well as special events like Bookawocky.