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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: Brianna Belanger, Youth Services Librarian
Subject: June Operational Report
Date: June 24, 2020
I. PROGRAMS
a. June live programs were cancelled due to COVID-19.
b. Virtual Storytimes continue to be offered Mondays at 10:30 on Facebook Premiere.
c. Story Strolls began this month with Grumpy Bird at Huset Park and I Got the Rhythm at Sullivan Park.
Families are encouraged to discover city parks while reading book pages set out along park trails.
d. This month’s virtual LEGO Challenge was to create a summertime cruiser.
e. We began serving summer lunches on Monday, June 15th. Families are able to pick up a full week’s
lunches and snacks for each youth in the household. We are also including activities like coloring pages
and crayons or sidewalk chalk.
II. COLLECTION
a. Book orders placed this month include: SLJ Winter 2019, Growing Minds 1/20 and 2/20, Mixed Media
and Adds and Replacements.
b. Weeding of E fiction was completed. Weeding of E Nonfiction has begun.
III. PROJECTS
a. Recorded and edited virtual storytimes
b. Developed and planned for Story Strolls
c. Planned for activity kits
d. Began fall program planning
e. Finalized summer contracts
f. Monitored and managed summer registration
g. Worked on marketing summer programming
h. Managed summer lunch program
i. Put up Maude Hart Lovelace book display
j. Ordered program supplies
k. Pulled bulk loans for ICS summer program
l. Set up and took down Story Strolls
IV. GRANTS, MEETINGS, COMMUNITY
6/2: State Summer Learning check-in
6/29: 21CCLC Work Plan and Budget meeting
V. STAFF
a. Kelly Olson worked on book orders. She completed her usual tasks including month end reports,
magazines, receiving books, and purchase requests. Additionally, she helped with curbside pickup and
she is deep cleaning and organizing youth materials.
b. Farrah Briest has been working on selection tools and processing. She is also brainstorming and creating
summer content such as LEGO Challenge videos and photo scavenger hunts. She is coordinating with
pages to complete DIY decorations for the youth area as well and she assists me with the summer lunch
program.