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City of Columbia Heights | Library]
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To: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
From: Winnie Coyne – Library Clerk
Subject: September Operational Report
Date: October 2nd, 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. Book Display: This month the display is still centered around the new PBS show ‘The Great
American Read’. It features books from the PBS list of 100 and invites library patrons to check
out a book from the list. There are a number of entries in our favorite book ballot.
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F. Withdrawn items: Books are withdrawn from the system each week and are placed in a box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.
II. MAINTENANCE
A. Fire extinguisher: The fire extinguishers were checked Tuesday, October 2nd.
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 fix one of our wall
clocks. Public works was also here to sealcoat the permeable pavers in the staff are of the
parking lot.
D. ILL Drawer: The ILL drawers were maintained and a weekly count of filled requests has
been kept.
E. Month End Statistics: The statistics for the previous month will be totaled and sent to staff
by Wednesday, October 3rd.
F. 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.
G. Shelf Reading: New shelf reading assignments will be ready by the end of this week. Pages
will be reminded to shelf read during each shift.
H. Website and Facebook: Periodic updates of both Facebook and the web page were
completed. Both pages feature recurring and one-time events. Special events like STEAM
Saturday and our Birding in the Heights program were featured.