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Columbia Heights Public Library
3939 Central Avenue NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421-3932 ▪ Ph: 763-706-3690
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TO: Renee Dougherty, Library Director
FROM: Cortni O’Brien, Adult Services Librarian
SUBJECT: Adult Services – March Operational Report
DATE: March 29, 2021
I. Adult Programs and Displays
a. Two adult winners in the library’s Winter Reads program were drawn at random
from 80 entries. The winners were Roxanne Nawara and Nancy Nies. Winners each
received a Barnes and Noble gift card.
b. The March take and make craft kit for adults was a Polymer Clay Pinch Pot kit.
Thirty kits were distributed.
c. In partnership with HeightsNEXT, 27 pet bed take and make kits were distributed.
The deadline for completion of the beds is April 1. Pet beds will be donated to
Midwest Animal Resuce (MARS) on April 6.
d. The library displayed “March into Spring” poems at LaBelle Park as part of our
“Poems in the Park” series on March 8. Twenty-seven people reported attendance.
e. The adult book club met via Zoom on March 17. Five adults discussed “Odd Child
Out” by Gilly MacMillan.
f. “Birdscaping Basics” was presented by local bird expert Amber Burnette via Zoom
on March 18. Fifteen adults attended.
g. “Learn to Bullet Journal” was presented by Tiffany Carlson, a librarian from the
University of Minnesota, on March 29. Sixteen adults attended the workshop.
h. Adult displays included “Women’s History Month,” “How to Make a Pet Bed,”
“Bird Identification,” and new books.
i. The Centennial Celebration glass display case this month highlighted the 1980s and
was created by the Friends of the Library. Among many items on display are a
Wheaties box from the Twins’ 1987 World Series, Rainbow Brite and Mr. T. dolls,
a “Sampler” Columbia Heights library newsletter from 1982, and a “Salad
Shooter.”
j. The virtual ESL conversation circle continues, Monday evenings at 6 pm. The
program is offered in partnership with the Adult Basic Education Center.
II. Meetings/Outreach
a. City Centennial Committee, 3/3/21
b. Amber Burnette program planning mtg, 3/15/21
c. Amada Marquez Simula (community ed) and Delynn Mulligan (recreation), senior
services consortium, 3/16/21
d. Kelli Bourgeois, Amada Marquez Simula, Renee Dougherty, Mayors Monarch
pledge supporting programs, 3/24
e. Amada Marquez Simula (mayor), book discussion group for the Mayors Monarch
Pledge, 3/26
III. Projects
a. Adult Graphic Novel collection development
b. Summer program planning
c. Mayors Monarch Pledge program planning
d. Take and make craft supplies ordered
e. Office and ILS supplies ordered
f. LinkedIn Learning course
IV. Other
a. Four At-Home-Deliveries were made, following safe, curbside procedures.