610
Quincy St.
Ÿ Rapid City , SD 57701
605-394-4171 Ÿ www.rapidcitylibrary.org
DIRECTOR’S REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2005
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ADMINISTRATION
Community, Governmental and Interlibrary Relations: G.
Chapman took a tour of the library renovations completed at SDSMT with Library
Director Patty Anderson, a Staff Appreciation Luncheon was held on the East Loading
Ramp and Library Garage with Management bringing the dessert and Johnson
Controls sponsor the main course, salads and drinks, a number of meetings have
been held with City Finance for a proposal included in the Board Notebook to
transfer Auxiliary Funding to a Board Fund at City Finance, participated in
discussions with YMCA about the after school program partnership at the
library. A new science concept will be introduced in October for the after
school programming, participated in the final conference call for SDLN Fee
Committee and submitted a final Report of recommendations on behalf of the
Subcommittee to the SDLN Executive Board, Admin. staff participated in the
annual Circulation Department Planning Session, G. Chapman helped to facilitate
the transition from paper to electronic timesheets completed internally by
library staff – paper copy will still be required for submission to Human
Resources, G. Chapman and T. Davis met with Consultant Ginny Nelson for
continued work upon Organizational Development. The recent staff reorganization
was one example of these consulting services.
Building & Grounds: Library sustained $6,500 in damage from
broken windows due to vandalism. All the information including surveillance
footage was given to the Criminal Investigations Dept.
Material has arrived for the HVAC
upgrade project; work should begin mid Sept with a completion date of Oct 15th.
The roof replacement project should begin mid to late Oct with a completion
date Nov 30th.
The acoustics engineer reported
that he was delayed in completing our report due to emergency calls; he has
indicated he will have a report to us by September 9th.
Public Information and Programming:
·
One Book One Community – Posters, web pages, PSAs, signs,
and related promotional items
·
County Fair Parade –signs and
decorations for the library van, plus an informational handout
·
Oral Histories Project – trained volunteers and staff in
the use of digital equipment and video editing
·
Publications – Sept.
newsletter,
·
PSAs – BRAC information web page; Dragon
Days program
Training:
Staff
members received the first of a series of information and awareness sessions on
the
PUBLIC
SERVICES/YOUTH
Programs: On August 22nd Youth Services celebrated
90 days of Summer Reading with over 100 children. In keeping with the Dragons, Dreams
and Daring Deeds theme our young
celebrants watched a fencing demonstration, had their picture taken with a
“Dragon” and tested their “medieval skills” by using small catapults to shoot marshmallows at a bulls
eye.
Services: Staff showcased RCPL resources to fifteen teachers
from
PUBLIC
SERVICES/ADULT SERVICES-REFERENCE
Programs: A discussion
on the book The work of Wolves took
place on the 7th; thirteen people attended this discussion of Kent
Meyers’ book, which is the 2005 One Book South Dakota selection. “Lunch and Learn” was a great success this
month, with 30 people attending the noon event. Bill Harlan of the RC Journal spoke about blogging on the
Internet.
Services: Staff
proctored 24 tests in August. 26 people took advantage of the 10 computer classes
offered this month. Roaming has also picked up with 65 patron contacts out on
the floor this month.
SUPPORT
SERVICES/CIRCULATION
·
Adult summer reading ended 17 August
with 66 entries, 10 weekly prize winners, and 12 grand prize winners.
·
Circulation had their annual planning
meeting 24 August to discuss the progress of the department and set goals for
2005-6. Goals include a pilot project to create a personal selector service,
better marketing for library services, and improving information on self-service
for patrons.
·
Liza Bohls, one of our pages, has left
the library because she was given a position in the Black Hills Symphony
Orchestra.
·
The in-demand book policy, allowing new
books to go out 3 weeks, and limiting all requested items to 1 week, was implemented
29 August.
·
We shared our set-up procedure for
receipt printers in Aleph with the University of Notre Dame, and helped them
troubleshoot their printer set-up.
·
OUTREACH:
- We
delivered to 62 of 84 patrons this month. We exceeded our goal of 50%
increase in institutional patrons, with an overall 56% increase. Currently
80% of our patrons live in an institution.
- Library
card and homebound information was included in the Rapid Valley Sanitary
District’s September billing statements.
- Activities
directors at local institutions have reported that some residents are
interested in being interviewed for the Oral History pilot program.
Scheduling of interviews is underway for the end of September through
October.
- 37
volunteers contributed 417 hours in August.
SUPPORT
SERVICES/NETWORK SERVICES
Services:
- Developed
and provided staff training on electronic timesheets
- Researching
and creating the XML pages for RSS feeds (Real Simple Syndication)
- Working
on firewall
- Outlined
a web author re-alignment
- WB2S (Welcome Back
to School) – Created new pages for this school year
SUPPORT
SERVICES/TECHNICAL SERVICES
Services:
- Two
more book reviews published in the Journal
this month
- Order
for magazines submitted; Chris created a magazine renewal decision
calendar
- Proposal
for a more efficient handling of invoices outlined
- Revision
of departmental goals completed
- Artist
Remington Schuyler’s agreed to present a program
- Outlined
steps for setting up a veterans writing workshop
- Ailsa
and Barb will serve on the Display Committee