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DIRECTOR’S REPORT:  MARCH 2008

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

Community, Governmental and Interlibrary Relations:  The YMCA has moved its after-school program to another location. Several discussions were held between the YMCA and RCPL to determine if there was a way to adapt the two missions between recreation and literary or online activities.  As a result of the discussions, the decision was that the YMCA would retain their recreation-based focus, and move the program to another site. Directly related to this change is incident reports have dropped by 50%. The YMCA and the library will continue to keep channels open for possible future partnership opportunities. In the meantime, RCPL staff will provide programming for the after-school youth, and/or set up the wireless lab to provide additional internet computers.

 

The Chamber of Commerce Mixer will be hosted at the library on Tuesday, April 8. The library hosted this event in 2002 with approx. 2,000 people in attendance. The Big Read event will be featured along with stations set up for other services and the space use reconfiguration.

 

G. Chapman participated in the bi-monthly Department Head Personnel Committee meeting, meet with school personnel to discuss grant funding opportunities for social networking training between public and school librarians, participated in planning sessions for the Rapid City Public Library North and SDLA Spring Forum at RCPL, Wed. Mar. 12, drafted budget presentation information for the Library Board and Mayor/Department Head reviews.

 

Building & Grounds:  As part of the space use reconfiguration:

  • Temporary office walls in Technical Services area will be replaced to create two new offices. This will allow for the planned May demolition of the corner lobby office, which will then become a public lounge/waiting area.

 

Public Information and Programming: Publications work this month focused on preparation of materials and signs for the General Beadle Grand Opening on March 8.  Those materials included banners and directional signs for the exterior of General Beadle; invitations, door hangers, and posters for the grand opening event; and finalizing interior signage within the RCPL North facility.

 

 

PUBLIC SERVICES

·         The Discovery Days programs in February were an enormous success with 119 people in attendance. Lori Harrington offered two drawing animal programs, and we had our first Discovery Days at RCPL North. Hip-hop artist K.O.D. Journal video http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/pages/slideshows/21/

gave a workshop about hip-hop music including how to write, record, and market it. Parents and students from first grade through teenagers were involved, and K.O.D picked four winners from over a dozen students to read their work. The winners were given prizes provided by K.O.D.

·         Mount Rushmore Superintendent Gerard Baker was February’s Lunch and Learn speaker, with 39 people attending to hear him speak about the history and future of the Mt. Rushmore memorial.

·         We gave tours to 67 adults and youth throughout February.

·         Our first book club gathering, Sunday Selections, drew a crowd of 23 people who participated in a book discussion led by School of Mines Professor, Kathy Antonen.

·         Family Story Times at both RCPL North and Downtown hosted a total of 33 people. The family story times will be held monthly at both locations

·         Library staff participated in two outreach events, making over 600 contacts at the Business to Business Expo and 40 at the General Beadle Elementary School Book Exchange.

 

CIRCULATION-TECHNICAL SERVICES

·         CTS staff developed a plan for how to rearrange the Technical Services workroom for more efficient work flow.

·         Developed updated procedures to complete patron requests and ordering for both the RCPL North and Downtown locations.

·         Updated our processing procedures to accommodate the Library @ Your Doorstep program that ships library materials straight to card holders’ doors.

 

 

NETWORK SERVICES

·         Installation of CybrariaN at RCPL North; this allows for the patrons to log onto the public computers.  Will also install CybrariaN at RCPL Downtown; this will replace the current log-on software, and will be consistent for both locations.

·         Implemented Sharepoint service, which allows for online sharing and editing of documents through any web access.

·         An entry counter was installed at RCPL North; this will act in a similar manner to the entry counter at RCPL Downtown, to track the numbers of library users.