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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Winnie Coyne – Library Clerk
Subject: March Operational Report
Date: March 29th, 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: One paperback order was sent this month.
D. Paperback Display: There was no room for a paperback display this month.
E. Weeding Projects: Renee and Bri are both giving me 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F. Last copy/withdrawn items: We no longer get a Last Copy list each week but we are still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 Books are withdrawn from the system each week and are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 Monday, March 12th.
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 change our clocks for
Daylight Saving Time.
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
on Tuesday, April 3rd.
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 is almost completed. The pages will get new shelf reading
assignments for April.
E. Website and Facebook: Periodic updates of both Facebook and the web page were
completed. Both pages feature recurring and one-time events. Special programs like Forecast
Calls for Art and Escape the Library for youth, and Birdscaping Basics for adults were featured
this month.