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City of Columbia Heights | Library]
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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Winnie Coyne – Library Clerk
Subject: January Operational Report
Date: February 6th, 2018
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. We stopped ordering for
2017 in November and will begin to order paperbacks again in February.
D. Paperback Display: There was no room for a paperback display this month.
E. Weeding Projects: Renee is going through fiction and mysteries 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F. Last copy/withdrawn items: We no longer get a Last Copy list each week but we are still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 Books are withdrawn from the system each week and are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. Any books in
good condition that are not sent to Better World Books are prepared to go on our sale-cart. We
may stop sending books to Better World Books after the next shipment.
II. MAINTENANCE
A. Fire extinguisher: The fire extinguishers were checked Tuesday, February 6th.
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 to check in with workers
from Cool Air to service our sidewalk snowmelt system. He has been here counting the number
of ceiling lights in the public area of the library that have gone out and working with People’s
Electric to replace them.
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 to staff
by Wednesday, February 7th.
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 shelf reading assignment
will stay the same for February and pages will be reminded to spend time shelf reading during
every shift.
E. Website and Facebook: Periodic updates of both Facebook and the web page were
completed. Both pages feature recurring and one-time events. Our Block Party for toddlers and
our Family Night for school-aged children were among the featured events this month.