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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Winnie Coyne – Library Clerk
Subject: April Operational Report
Date: April 26th, 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F. Withdrawn items: Books are withdrawn from the system each week and are placed in a box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 Wednesday, April 25th.
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 on the lights to
make sure that they were all working. Public works was also here several times to take care of
snow.
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, May 2nd.
C. Bulletin Board: Old notices are removed once they have expired or have been up for thirty
days and new notices are put up as we receive them.
D. Shelf Reading: There are new shelf reading assignments for April. There are only a few
sections that have been completed so the same assignment will continue through May.
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 Rick
Shefchik’s Author Talk and our National Poetry Month display were featured.