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DIRECTOR’S REPORT:  DECEMBER  2006

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

Community, Governmental and Interlibrary Relations: 

Annual RCPL planning sessions were held for the Marketing and Public Awareness group and the Staff Development Training Calendar. Summary reports will be forthcoming to the Board. Department Heads are meeting with City Human Resources Staff to develop a city-wide operational manual for personnel procedures. G. Chapman hosted and facilitated an SDLA DDN (Digital Dakota Network) Summit Meeting for the Public Library Trustees Section, Support Services Section and Accreditation and Certification Committee to review association support and organizational structure. The annual Mayor and Department Head Planning Session was held on 11.30 and 12.1. A city wide goal setting process is outlined for proposal to the Council and a number of working subcommittees of Department Heads were organized for the following issues: Technology Planning, Fleet Management, Facilities Management and Human Resource Department Head Recommendation. I am a member of Technology Planning, Facilities and Fleet Management. 

 

Building & Grounds: New flooring has been installed in Staff break room, Admin hallway, and YS elevator-restroom area. The Admin hallway, foyer, and elevator area were re-painted. A storage shed is now in place on east side of building; this will free up room in the main sprinkler valve area for code compliance. The transformer was moved from facilities office to maintenance room and the noise level has been reduced.

 

Publicity & Publications:  November publications included the December newsletter and calendar.  Also an informative display was created for RCPL’s community partnership with the Black Hills symphony and their concert series.  Marjorie created a database for getting reports on programming. This will allow us to identify which types of programs are working and what audiences are attending.

 

 

Training: Staff members have identified areas where they feel they need some additional training.  We have planned the training for the first quarter of 2007 to address these needs and others.  Moodle, a tool for tracking and storing training quizzes and presentations, is in development.  Staff attended Winter Safety and Closing Procedures training sessions. A summary report will be forthcoming to the Board.

 

 

PUBLIC SERVICES/YOUTH

 

Programs: Children’s Book Week was a great success; fifty excited children met Max the Mouse and heard the story Give a Mouse a Cookie.  The School of Mines and Technology provided volunteers for this Sunday Program.

           

Outreach:   Fifty-five students in three Child Development classes learned about early literacy at Central High School.  Staff provided information about library resources and used the Every Child Ready to Read materials to present information about developing infant and toddler literacy skills

 

 

PUBLIC SERVICES/ADULT SERVICES-REFERENCE

 

Programs:

The Friends sponsored two programs this month:

·        Forty three patrons attended Lunch and Learn and watched the Rapid City Garden Club showcase their expertise in making Christmas wreaths. 

·        Author Mary Ellen Goulet discussed living “off the grid” in her book A Not So Simple Life, Returning To Our Rustic Roots with twenty five interested attendees at the monthly Author Author Program.

 

We partnered with the High Plains Writers to provide the venue for the annual Poets Coffee House. Thirty-seven people shared their writings and poetry.      

  

 

SUPPORT SERVICES/NETWORK SERVICES

 

Services: 

  • Relocation of public services staff machines
  • Loading the classroom program Moodle onto the library server
    • Moodle is similar to WebCT
  • Maximizing the space of the network office

 

CIRCULATION / TECHNICAL SERVICES

 

Services: 

  • Held an Annual Planning meeting for department outcomes:
    • Small teams created to rotate through tasks during the day and week
    • Identified staff training needs
  • Three staff are identifying service point and circulation work room needs under the Space Use plan
  • Materials budget priorities were established for 2007
  • Grace and Marjorie set up a budget tracking mechanism for 2007

 

 

 

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