CITY OF SAC CITY, lOWA

DEPARTMENT HEAD MONTHLY REPORT

Department: Library
Supervisor Name: Brandie Ledford
Date: May 6, 2014

Work for Month & Year: April 2014

Accomplishments:
1) Monthly Statistics:
Small Room: 36 with 48 attending Teen Room: 32 with 68 attending
Large Room: 6 with 60 attending Adult Programs: 6 with 82 attending
ICNs: 0 with 0 attending Childrens Programs: 9 with 85 attending
Desktop Computer Use: 365 Laptop Checkouts: 83
Tablet Checkouts: 8 Headphone Checkouts: 60
2) Programming Snapshot:
a) Youth Programs Cathie visited Head Start and Kids World for story hour on
April 24
th
and reached 39 children and teachers. She also continued the Wee Reads
story hour each Friday in April with very low or no turnout each week. Library staff
continues to discuss other options for childrens programming. On Monday, April
21st, a Kid Flix movie event was planned showing Frozen with 7 children attending.
The After-School Science Explorers program ended April 14
th
with 12 kids attending
each week. For National Library Week, Chasing 4 Life presented Surviving the
Zombie Apocalypse on April 23
rd
for middle school kids.
b) Adult Programs Brown Bag Book Club met on April 16
th
with dessert provided by
Joyce OTool. Chamber coffee was held at the library on April 17
th
for National
Library Week. Chasing 4 Life presented a program to residents of Oak Terrace on
April 21
st
and presented a family program on April 22
nd
at the Sac City Library on
preparing for severe weather.
3) Projects/Grants:
a) One Stop Summer Registration Night The first annual summer one-stop
registration night was held on April 29
th
to provide one place for kids and parents to
register for summer programs. Approximately 40-50 kids and adults came to the
event to register for library summer reading, Summer Rec golf and tennis, Swim
Team, Extension Robotics and Babysitter Clinic, St. Paul Vacation Bible School,
Kids World summer program, and Sac Conservation summer camps.
b) Technology Improvements Library staff have been working hard this month to get
the new public computers running smoothly for patrons. Activities included
improving printing and viewing capabilities by downloading Adobe Reader, Firefox
and Chrome browsers, and Microsoft Office to the new PACs; having the two
remaining Vista PACs uploaded with a new version of Deep Freeze to improve their
ability to be updated; installing a new APC battery backup to the server; and updating
all anti-virus software on staff computers. Staff also consulted with CDW-G about
improving security and privacy by purchasing an SSL certificate and Firewall
protection. Quotes will be available for the board at their next meeting. The library
will also consider purchasing off-site backup of the library catalog at their next
meeting.
c) WILBOR Update The WILBOR consortium voted to begin purchasing eBooks
from Harper Collins again after a two year boycott of all HC titles because of their
rigid policies regarding circulation regulations and high prices. Most of the big six
publishers have adopted similar policies so it was agreed that it was foolish to
continue the boycott.
4) Advocacy:
a) Friends of the Library Fundraisers During city-wide garage sale week, the
Friends held a book sale with modest profits. The Friends are also planning to sell
handmade cards and bridge tallies at the library circulation desk. They are planning a
summer membership drive and also the Fall Quilt Silent Auction. Their next meeting
is scheduled for June 10
th
at 9:30 a.m.
b) Money Smart Week A Money Smart Kids READ event was held on April 10
th

during Money Smart Week with city administrator Adam Ledford dressed up as Ben
Franklin. The costume was borrowed from Northwest Bank. Children in grades 2-5
received a book bag filled with free books about investing and saving and a moon jar.
c) Library Community Survey The library community survey will be mailed to all
Sac City residents through the city utility bills in mid-May. The survey is open until
June 16
th
and can be filled out in paper or online at
www.surveymonkey.com/s/CQYP83G. A plan has also been created to distribute
surveys to apartments and assisted living facilities and to county residents with return
boxes available at the library and grocery store. The library will promote the survey
on the library website, Facebook, Sac Sun, and other advertising channels in the
community. Because of the citys blue space survey, distribution of our survey has
been pushed back a few weeks.
5) Continuing Education:
a) Iowa Small Library Association Spring Meeting City administrator Adam
Ledford presented the program for the ISLA Spring Meeting called Meeting in the
Middle to discuss how libraries can form better relationships with their cities. There
were 45 in attendance and the survey results about the program were very positive.

Upcoming Events: See calendar of events flyer available in the library or online at
www.saccity.lib.ia.us for upcoming programs.