610
Quincy St.
Ÿ Rapid City , SD 57701
605-394-4171 Ÿ www.rapidcitylibrary.org
DIRECTOR’S REPORT: AUGUST 2006
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ADMINISTRATION
Community, Governmental and Interlibrary Relations: G. Chapman
attended the SDLA Board Meeting in Chamberlain July 14 and then traveled to USD
for research of the SDLA Archives on July 15. A training session was held by HR
to update the management team of changes to the Union Contract. G. Chapman
attended the annual RCPL publicity and programming planning, IFAS (the new
financial and accounting software program) training, met with the Friend’s
President and Vice President to confirm understanding of the M.O.U. and
forthcoming meetings, facilitated the SDLA 2006 Conference Planning Committee
meeting, participated in a planning session for the newly combined Youth and
Reference Services Department employees to discuss the Space Use Phase I and
other service changes.
Training:
·
Jared,
Travis and Karen presented a new selection worksheet to staff selectors and
reviewed the selection process for 2006 to date.
·
The
staff informational meetings this month focused on the business collection
which includes investment, business plans and company information. The meetings
also covered the
·
A review
of the programming process was presented to staff on July 20.
PUBLIC
SERVICES/YOUTH
Programs: The 60 day celebration
of the Summer Reading Program featuring magician Cody
Landstrom was a rousing success with over 200 patrons attending the magic
show and workshop.
Creature
Features, part of the Summer Reading Program for Young Adults hosted
Joel Tigner, a local bat researcher.
Seventeen teens also watched the movie Batman.
The partnership with
Services: Staff
conducted 9 tours that included 127 children.
PUBLIC
SERVICES/ADULT SERVICES-REFERENCE
Services: RCPL is now a
member of the
Reference staff proctored 21 exams during the month of
July.
The Service Point concept is in a test mode in both the
reference and youth areas, during the first phase of the Space Use Plan. We are using this test period to identify
efficiencies in service to the public.
SUPPORT
SERVICES/CIRCULATION
- Circulation has started the
campaign to promote self-service services to our patrons.
- The second prizes for adult
summer reading – passes to Old MacDonald’s Farm – were awarded at the end
of the month.
OUTREACH: 34
volunteers contributed 324 hours in July. This is an increase over last month
but a decrease from 2005 (517 hours). 59 deliveries were made to homebound
patrons, and 4 institutions received delivery of materials this month.
SUPPORT
SERVICES/NETWORK SERVICES
Services:
- Planning
for computer moves for space use layout – moving computers from current
locations to proposed locations in accordance to space use plan
- Researched
digital signage, for possible future electronic signs for the library
SUPPORT
SERVICES/TECHNICAL SERVICES
Services:
- Ed,
Jennifer, and Jason are looking for possible efficiencies in the
operations of combined Circulation and Technical Services department.
- The list
of new magazine subscriptions for next year is ready to be sent in to our
magazine vendor.
- Supervisors
are making progress on the hiring of new Librarian 1s. There is, at the
moment, an abundance of recent graduates from library science schools and
some of these candidates have experience working in libraries. The
following table shows the anticipated hiring timeframes:
|
Position |
Posting status |
Interview status |
Hire target date |
|
Technical Services L1 |
Posted / Closed |
August 15 |
4 Sept. 06 |
|
Collection Management L1 |
Posted / Closed |
Complete |
28 Aug. 06 |
|
Training and Service
(Reference) L1 |
Posted / Open |
August 28-31 |
23 Oct. 06 |
|
Publicity L1 |
Posted / Closes Aug. 2 |
August 7-11 |
23 Oct. 06 |
|
Programming (Youth) L1 |
After 20 August |
October 9-13 |
6 November 06 |
EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER