January 2011 Staff Meeting

Placing In-Transit Items in Bins:  Be sure to sort in-transit items into the proper bins in the Circ Room.  The blue/red bins are for Mid-Wisconsin items.  Lakeshores items are sorted into two gray bins (follow the shelf labels). There is also one gray bin for items going to other library systems, and one gray bin for Racine.

Coffee Mugs:  Suburban Elevator gave us some commuter mugs advertising their business.  They will be kept in the staff room and may be used by anybody.

Patron Behavior/Incident Reports:  Amber talked about a recent theft of DVDs, saying she will recommend to the Library Board that we invest in a camera system with recording capability.  She asked us to document any suspicious or unusual behavior, even minor incidents or things we may not think are important.  Incident Report forms are located at each service desk.

Shelf Reading/Shifting:  When we run into a shelving situation where there is no room to insert a book where it belongs, Amber asked that we shift the books to make room rather than lay books on top of each other.  She will prepare a schedule assigning each of us a designated area for shelf reading, shifting, and making weeding recommendations.

Value Line:  Kate explained how to file the Value Line inserts.  (The upper right-hand corner of each item contains filing instructions.) In the big binder, "Part 1, Summary & Index" gets filed in the front, replacing the old one.  The "Issue" pages replace the previous issue of the same number. "Part 2, Selection and Opinion" gets filed at the front of the small binder and remove the one at the back.  We keep 6 months + the current month of Part 2.

SHARE Notes:  To send a problem item to the owning library, place a hold on that library's problem card, make hold first in queue, trap hold.  When cataloging material that consists of more than one item, the number of items should be put in the Circ Note field.  Lakeshores is looking into digitizing library card application forms.

Program Committees:  The following committees were formed to help with program planning and execution.  When additional help is needed with a program, a sign-up sheet will be provided.
Children's  - Mary, Janice, Myrna (Sue)
Teen - Lindsey, Cheryl, Amber (Mary, Sue)
Adult - Kate, Cheryl, Amber, Sue (Mary)

Inservice:  Amber will arrange for a speaker from the Sheriff's Dept. to do safety training and for a speaker on the Family and Medical Leave Act.

SRP:   Kelly will be receiving postcards for her summer library program teen display.  As they arrive, please give to Kelly.

Kindle vs. Nook:  There was a question about whether the Kindle can be used to download Overdrive audiobooks.  At this time Kindle is not among Overdrive's supported devices.  Nook, however, is compatible with Overdrive.  We discussed using Kindle for newspapers and magazines and getting a Nook to circulate for use with Overdrive.