Significant Events of 2001

 

• Adopted the “Prototypical Branch Library Building Program Document”
• Agreed to open a library store which would be operated by the Friends of the Library
• Approved changes and improvements to the Sixth Street facility housing the Grand Traverse Heritage Center
• Began airing “What’s Cookin’ at the Library”
• Began the process of reviewing all library policies
• Continued the highly popular “Stories and Songs in the Park” Series
• Continued the highly successful “Live @ the Library” Author Series which included National Book Award winner Gloria Whelan and Horn Book Award winner Franny Billingsley
• Created an automated trouble ticket system to make it easier for employees to get help resolving computer related problems
• Dedicated the “Donor Wall”
• Designed and installed a program to scan all incoming emails for potential viruses and worms
• Developed a “Could Do/Should Do” list of library activities as well as a list of what the library is already doing
• Enjoyed 8,336 children participating in various Youth Services Department programs
• Friends provide $600 to each library for children’s programming
• Friends receive $20,000 grant from Fifth Third Foundation to support activities during 2002, the Friends’ twentieth anniversary
• Held the fifth annual “Poets Night Out” with over 100 poets from 18 communities submitting poems
• Hired an additional technology department employee to reduce the time waiting for repairs or help
• Improved computer response time on the Internet and circulation system by upgrading connections between the headquarters and outlying libraries
• Installed an intranet for employee access to news items, policies, etc.
• Installed the wooden “Reading Train” donated by Sam’s Club Associates
• Issued an RFQ for architectural services in designing a prototypical branch library building
• Northwest Michigan Council of Governments agrees to take over Northwest Michigan Information and Referral System (NWMirs) database
• Opened the Children’s Learning Garden
• Participated in the Junior Cherry Royale parade
• Revised the “Library Facility, Branch and Site Location Guidelines”
• Revised the “Unattended Children Policy”
• Teen Advisory Board raises $200 from a car wash, this money used to help pay for a trip to visit the Detroit Public Library

 

2001 Director’s Report, 2002 March 14, page 2

 

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