610
Quincy St.
Ÿ Rapid
City , SD 57701
605-394-4171 Ÿ
www.rapidcitylibrary.org
DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
SEPTEMBER 2008
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ADMINISTRATION
Community, Governmental and Interlibrary Relations: The annual library program
planning meeting that included staff input drafted the Sept. to May programming
calendar. G. Chapman met with Foundation Board members and donor Ray Graham for
a tour of the space use plan. Mr. Graham donated $100,000 to the project and was
pleased with the results to date. The final phase is an office remodel that
will become a public lobby reception. G. Chapman is preparing for the final
SDLA Board Officer meeting during the annual conference in the last week of
September as her three year term. Three city budget hearings have been held
with adoption due legally by September 30. Upon adoption the Board Finance
Committee shall have a final report for the next Library Board meeting. No
changes have happened from the August Board report. Foundation Board
recruitment continues with a report update in the Board agenda.
Building &
Grounds: Rod Johnson of the Public Works department is
working with the engineering firm to include in the contract the liability item
noted by legal for the corner office demo; the City Attorney’s office will
review the contract and staff will confirm funding within the Board’s motion of
the designated amount. The acoustics contract is being drafted with the
architect in conjunction with the city attorney’s office.
PUBLIC
SERVICES:
·
The
Guitar Hero Tournament concluded with 92 people attending the three elimination
events. The winners
won Play Station games and were given award certificates, sponsored by the
Friends of the Library. Other gaming activities
involved 54 young people.
·
Story
times at both libraries hosted 486 people.
·
A
special program connected to the HOP exhibit
focused on creating animal homes with play dough and 150 people attended both
events.
·
The
end of the summer reading celebration brought almost 200 people to the library.
Those who turned in a reading log or completed a bug puzzle received a treat donated
by Schwan’s.
·
Staff
had a booth at the Love Inc. gathering at the Civic Center; almost 60 people registered
for library cards.
·
14
people attended the Quick Pic Picnic, sponsored by the Friends of the Library,
to discuss the latest books they have read.
·
Library
staff taught basic Internet skills at the Canyon Lake Senior Center.
Publicity:
·
Rapid
City Chamber of Commerce packets will include the Library Strategic Plan and a
September Library Card Sign up Month announcement.
·
READ posters were created and
printed for 12 businesses who are participating in September Library Card Sign
up Month promotion.
·
The
Coffee News will include library event ads for
six weeks and the first two ads are finished and ready to go.
CIRCULATION-TECHNICAL
SERVICES
·
SDLN
completed a scheduled upgrade on the Aleph Integrated Library System (ILS);
this provided enhanced features for staff’s interactions with the patrons.
However, the upgrade was a week longer that significantly impacted public
services. While this type of upgrade is likely to happen every three to four
years, it is problematic for the length of time to do and impact to public
services.
o
During
the upgrade, impact checkouts and checkins were done in backup mode; and
although the catalog was unavailable, staff did use an alternate source to
locate materials.
·
Homebound
and Volunteer Services
o
Homebound
deliveries were made to 6 institutions and 81 patrons. 2 new patrons were added, and Hospice of the
Hills received their first delivery
o
25
volunteers contributed 266 hours
NETWORK
SERVICES
·
Working
to enhance SharePoint Services as a means of sharing documents and information
among the library staff.
·
The
city’s IT department has hired four new technicians for vacancies within the IT
department, who will be rotated among the library and other city departments.
