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City of Columbia Heights | Library]
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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Winnie Coyne – Library Clerk
Subject: August Operational Report
Date: September 6th, 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: Two paperback orders were sent this month.
D. Paperback Display: There was no room for a paperback display this month because of our
New Books, Road Trip, and Beach Read displays.
E. Weeding Projects: Renee is going through Large Print fiction and giving me books to
withdraw semiregularly Bri is also giving me children’s books to withdraw semiregularly.
F. Last copy/withdrawn items: We no longer get a Last Copy list each week but we are still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 Books are withdrawn from the system each week and are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. We are
starting a sale cart again this month, so books in good condition not accepted by Better World
Books are going on the sale cart.
II. MAINTENANCE
A. Fire extinguisher: The fire extinguishers were checked Thursday, August 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 on
the SW entrance door because it had not been unlocking properly in the morning. It works
consistently now.
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 were totaled and sent to staff
on Friday, September 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 again this month, but significant progress
was made. The same assignments will be kept for next month, and it should be completed by
the end of Septermber.
E. Website and Facebook: Periodic updates of both Facebook and the Webpage were
completed. There is a photo album of some of our Summer Reading Programs on Facebook.
The front page of the website shows ongoing events such as Conversation Circles and storytime
as well as special events like the Spaghetti Dinner being hosted by the Library Foundation.