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Accomplishments FY 2006/2007
High-profile signage was created to assist library users in locating books in the adult collection. The new signs provide descriptions of subject areas on each shelf and supplement the Dewey Decimal signage already in place. Working with the Friends of the Library, a new Media Management software component was installed onto our Millennium system to provide access to our historical photos and archive materials over the Internet. Two hundred historical photographs of the El Segundo area were selected for inclusion in the library’s digital archives. The photographs were cataloged using available information and were scanned into the online library catalog. The photographs can be viewed at www.eslib.org. Working in conjunction with the Public Services staff, 8,000 older and damaged items were withdrawn from the library catalog. Areas specifically evaluated for weeding included arts, technology, social sciences, audio cassettes, and VHS tapes. The discarded items were withdrawn from both the library catalog and from the OCLC database, with an approximate cost savings of $2,100. The Support Services staff handled 406,500 circulation transactions involving checking materials in and out, renewing materials, and placing holds. A total of 10,400 overdue notices were processed and delivered to patrons. Bus pass sales were expanded to include the MTA EZPass. With the recent loss of the MTA 439 route, EZPasses supplement the regular MTA bus pass and give El Segundo residents additional transportation options. The library sells approximately 300 bus passes per year to El Segundo senior, disabled, and student residents. On average the library mails 600 overdue, fines, and hold notices per month. To help reduce the cost of postage charges and to provide faster notification to patrons, the library purchased an email notification system to work in conjunction with its online circulation system. During the last fiscal year approximately 700 email addresses were added to patron accounts. Cataloging records for 447 juvenile books-on-tape and juvenile books-on-CD were modified to include subject headings for greater ease of searching. Cataloging records for older items lacked subject headings, making searching difficult unless using the author or title. 370 Spanish language book titles were given new call numbers, modified cataloging, and a new shelf location, allowing for future growth of the Spanish collection, as well as allowing for growth of the other language books where the Spanish titles had been.
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