610
Quincy St.
Ÿ Rapid City , SD 57701
605-394-4171 Ÿ www.rapidcitylibrary.org
DIRECTOR’S REPORT: JULY 2005
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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Community, Governmental and Interlibrary Relations: Union negotiations
are continuing through the month of July. SDLA Legislative Platform Meetings
were held in |
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The
Friends of the Library held an executive committee meeting on June 16th
to discuss their reorganization. They
are looking towards holding quarterly meetings in the evenings, rather than
monthly at lunchtime; they’re also interested in providing a program or event
at their meetings that would be a draw for new members. The Friends executive committee will meet
again on July 14th. |
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Building & Grounds: Phase
two Network office remodel is in the final stages of completion. Construction
for a new membrane roof is approved; bids are being advertised. Funding to
upgrade the old HVAC controls was approved. Three bearings were replaced in
the two older air handlers. The main electronic driver for the main air
handler also replaced. This was due to normal wear and tear and age of
equipment & parts. |
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Coffee Shop: The RFP was advertised on June 22 and 29. A committee of Board members and staff will
be assembled to review applications on August 1 at noon. Clarification was made by the City Attorney
that we are not charging a lease fee; instead, a concessionaire will pay a concession
fee to the library. In addition, the
attorney clarified that because the coffee shop is an accessory use of the
library, it will not require any zoning changes. However, when a concessionaire is selected,
that person should check with Building Inspection to determine if any permits
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Public Information and Programming: |
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Signage for Summer Reading Program, Lunch
and Learn programs, Adult summer reading, and computer classes |
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Publications –newsletter,
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PSAs – BRAC information web page on
library website; PSAs for all June SRP events |
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Web pages – Lunch and Learn page; pages for youth
services events |
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Training: G. Chapman attended the Digital
Libraries Conference. A tornado drill was held as a
follow-up to the staff review of tornado alert and power outage procedures.
Six staff members received training via teleconference on editing the Dear
Reader electronic newsletter for patrons. |
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PUBLIC
SERVICES/YOUTH
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Programs: Summer
Reading Kick-off celebrated with a Medieval Fair. Fun was had by children of all ages as they
explored juggling, stained glass making, sword play, and a seeing a real live
python! |
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Services: Youth
Services has formed viable partnerships with |
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Youth who present their library card to the Rapid Ride
driver can ride to the library free of charge. Seventy participants have taken advantage
of this service during the month of June.
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Collections: Youth Services has
updated the Youth, Teen, and the Story Bag collections with new bags and
shelving. |
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PUBLIC
SERVICES/ADULT SERVICES-REFERENCE
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Programs: The first “Lunch and
Learn” program of the series was presented in June; 16 people attended to
learn about readers’ advisory and the Adult Summer reading program. |
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Services: Word, Excel, and other MS Office tutorials
were added to the word processing machines to help the public use the
programs more efficiently. Roaming continues to be a priority for Reference
and Youth services staff. Chat sessions have held steady with 46 chats. Staff are contacting local businesses to
let them know about “Ask a Librarian,” and to ask them to place the
information either on the employee bulletin board or in their employee
newsletter. |
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SUPPORT
SERVICES/CIRCULATION
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OUTREACH: |
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SUPPORT
SERVICES/NETWORK SERVICES
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Services: |
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SUPPORT
SERVICES/TECHNICAL SERVICES
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Services: |
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