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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary OP (WC) City of Columbia Heights | Library] 3939 Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421 ▪ Ph: 763-706-3690 ▪ www.columbiaheightsmn.gov 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 F. Last copy/withdrawn items: We no longer get a Last Copy list each week but we are still weeding and withdrawing items. Books are withdrawn from the system each week and are placed in a box to go to Better World Books if they are accepted by the company.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.