610
Quincy St.
ź Rapid City , SD 57701
605-394-4171 ź www.rapidcitylibrary.org
DIRECTOR’S REPORT: MAY 2006
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ADMINISTRATION
Community, Governmental and Interlibrary Relations: G.
Chapman attended the Public Safety Ribbon Cutting for the new building,
participated in the annual Foundation Fundraiser Dinner debriefing, facilitated
the monthly SDLA Annual Conference Planning meeting as Co-Chair with T. Davis,
team member of the
Building & Grounds: Snow and ice falling from the rounded roof
down to the statue area is being addressed with a new “bar” system to replace
the previous “cone” system of roof ice breaks; cost estimates are being obtained
for safety improvements. Mike Coonce, the new part-time custodial maintenance
person, has been on board since April 17, and is doing well in all aspects of
the job.
Public Information and Programming:
Training: Reports from G. Chapman and T.
Davis are attached from their attendance at the Public Library
Association Conference in
All staff members
attended a required city-wide session on “Sexual Harassment,
Discrimination and Workplace Violence.” The sessions were held in March and April.
Jim Soehle, RCPL Network Services, presented a basic computer troubleshooting session
to staff members on April 11 and again on April 13. April’s staff information
session was on registering new patrons and was presented by
PUBLIC
SERVICES/YOUTH
Programs: Teen Open Mic
continues to be successful with 45 singing, poetry producing young adults
sharing their artistic talents. After-School
Discovery Days is also a popular event; this month we hosted a two day video
game tournament.
Services: We conducted four tours with a total of 80
patrons.
PUBLIC
SERVICES/ADULT SERVICES-REFERENCE
Programs: Oral history
conducted an interview with a 104 year old woman, who is a long-time resident
of the area. There has been a renewed focus after a meeting with Linn
Productions that gave direction on equipment and lighting challenges.
Services: Volksmarch
celebrated their partnership with the Library by holding a walking tour on
April 29 which included 66 participants that started and ended at the
Library. They also had their Annual
Meeting here. There were 72 participants
in all for the month of April.
SUPPORT
SERVICES/CIRCULATION
- Circulation
completed their discussion on teamwork and our revised service guidelines
at this month’s department meeting.
- New
procedures were developed to provide better ILL service to other libraries
and better utilize our volunteers.
- Our
daily scheduling tool was updated to help manage work routines and daily
tasks.
- Three
Circulation staff as well as staff from Reference visited coffee shops on
April 18, in order to make a recommendation for a coffee concessionaire.
- Selection
and collection development information and procedures were updated.
OUTREACH:
- The volunteer recognition breakfast was held on
April 25, and was attended by volunteers, staff, and Board members.
SUPPORT
SERVICES/NETWORK SERVICES
- Implementation
of the staff wireless network – This is a secure wireless network for
staff to have wireless access to the servers
- Re-organization
of web site folders – NS is reorganizing the folder structure that resides
on the servers for better folder organization.
- Reviewing
3com and HP managed switches for use within the library
- Implementation
of secondary network box on the main library floor. This installation will
help facilitate the staff wireless as well as the pending space use plan.
SUPPORT
SERVICES/TECHNICAL SERVICES
Services:
- TS
and Business Office staff addressed many of the clerical and last-minute
tasks for hosting the SDLA Spring Forum. Because of their efforts, the
event proceeded smoothly
- We
developed a small backlog of uncataloged material this month. We
implemented our backlog plan, and have begun to reduce the backlog and
move the materials to the public.
- We
did some additional cross-training in ordering and magazine check-in
within the department to achieve a broader base for back-up when someone
is gone
- In
the process of assessing Librarian 1 tasks, we noted that a few of them
are clerical in nature. We reassigned these clerical tasks, such as
statistics gathering and statistics reporting for department and projects,
to the Library Associate position
EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER