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HomeMy WebLinkAbout202303 Library Board UpdateColumbia Heights Public Library Library Board Report – March 2023 BUILDING • One of the two heating boilers failed. Unit two continues to “lock out” for unknown reasons. Facilities maintenance supervisor Eric Hanson is seeking diagnosis and bids for repair or replacement. Both boilers were installed in 2016 and seem too young to fail. • Horowitz performed quarterly maintenance and filter changes on the underfloor variable air volume control units. • The community room walls were repaired and repainted. Public restroom paint was touched up. • The library was not cleaned March 21 – 25 due to a custodial staffing shortage. TECHNOLOGY • Marco repaired the staff copier. • Staff met with vendors about replacing the public multifunction printer/copier this summer when new equipment is purchased for other city departments. COLLECTION • Book displays included Women’s History month, books set in Ireland, and new materials. • The glass display case featured puzzles to promote the puzzle contest sponsored by the Friends of the Library. • Juvenile books on American Sign Language, and series replacements for Dog Man, Captain Underpants, Dork Diaries, and Hilo were ordered. • Vox Books will be added soon. Vox publishes picture books with a built-in audio player and small speaker. Kids can listen using the speaker or headphones. Vox Books will eventually replace the mixed media picture book/CD kits. • Weeding was completed in adult nonfiction 100-200. PROGRAMS, VIRTUAL EVENTS, SELF DIRECTED ACTIVITIES DATE INTENDED AUDIENCE ATTENDANCE English Language Conversation Circle 03/02 Adult 3 Daycare Storytime 03/03 Children (0-5) 22 Doug Ohman’s MN from the Road: Mpls Gems 03/04 Adult 55 Family Storytime 03/06 Children (0-5) 46 English Language Conversation Circle 03/06 Adult 3 Tinker Time: Slime 03/07 Children (6-11) 14 English Language Conversation Circle 03/09 Adult 4 Family Storytime 03/13 Children (0-5) 25 English Language Conversation Circle 03/13 Adult 5 Book Club: Chronicles of a Radical Hag with Lorna Landvik 03/15 Adult 12 English Language Conversation Circle 03/16 Adult 3 Wine and Words Book Club (Murzyn) 03/17 Adult 13 Family Storytime 03/20 Children (0-5) 28 English Language Conversation Circle 03/20 Adult 7 Tinker Time: Let’s Clay Tasty Treats 03/21 Children (6-11) 22 English Language Conversation Circle 03/23 Adult 4 Write Your Life with the Loft 03/24 Adult 17 Friends’ Puzzle Contest 03/25 Adult 31 Family Discovery DIY Birdfeeders 03/25 Children (6-11) 23 Family Storytime 03/27 Children (0-5) 45 English Language Conversation Circle 03/27 Adult 7 Native American Beadwork 03/28 Teen 8 English Language Conversation Circle 03/30 Adult 2 Children’s Area Scavenger Hunt (self-directed) 56 Columbia Heights Public Library Library Board Monthly Update – March 2023 STAFF • Eliza Pope, Youth Services Librarian, o Reports new families at storytime due to the hiatus of CHPS’s ECFE program. o Joined four staff from Elpis Enterprises to assist children of all ages with building birdfeeders from recycled wood at a Family Discovery Saturday program. Elpis supplied precut birdfeeder pieces and wooden jigs to make assembly achievable for kids. Elpis staff taught kids (and adults) how to hold a hammer, to nail together the pieces of the birdfeeder, and to use a power drill to drill the hole to hang it. o Attended multiple 21st Century Community Learning Center (21CCLC) grant meetings with Jodi Gadient and Katie Holznagel to create a summer workplan to ensure hours are distributed between the CHPS locations, Columbia Heights Library and Recreation while meeting grant requirements. • Cortni O’Brien, Adult Services Librarian, o Staffed the Library Board and city division head meetings during the Director’s vacation. o Served as staff liaison to the Friends of the Library at their meeting on March 9. o Delivered materials to eight “At-Home” patrons. • Renee Dougherty, Library Director, o Participated in strategic planning with Anoka County Library branch managers and senior management, and Wilder Research facilitators. o Met with recreation and school district staff to prepare an application for Cohort 9 of 21CCLC funding. o Met with Library Supervisor Georgia Cook and Library Clerk Winnie Coyne for their annual performance evaluations. • Millie Onofre-Giles started training as a Library Page on March 20. A second Page was hired but did not start due to an unplanned relocation for a family health emergency. • Library Aide Farrah Briest presented storytime during the Youth Services Librarian’s vacation. MISCELLANEOUS • Minnesota author Lorna Landvik visited the book club at the invitation of one of the members. • A young man sleeping in the women’s room and lobby, and injecting drugs in the lobby was trespassed from the building on March 14. PUBLIC COMPUTER USE 2023 2022 Users 1,058 962 Sessions 1,586 1,406 Minutes 66,132 51,999 FACILITY USE 2023 2022 Visitors 6,919 6,274 Study & Meeting Room Use 250 217 VOLUNTEERS Total Hours Adult 10 61 Teen 0 0