June 2011 Staff Meeting

Staffing changes – Mary is leaving to take the library director position at Clinton.  June 27 will be her last day.  At her request, her farewell party will be combined with Ginny Andersen’s on August 30.

Schedules – Will be maintained on Google Docs.  Each staff member can make corrections and changes, but they must first be approved by Amber or, in her absence, Kelly.

Internet problems due to storm – Everyone will be taught to power cycle the modem and router, which is the first thing to try when there is an Internet outage.

Flash drives ordered for summer prizes are still missing.  Staff are reminded not to open amazon.com boxes at the circ desks.  Shipments should all go to the tech room. 

Amber reminded everyone not to give out patron information on the phone without first getting the library card number.  In the case of a renewal, it is OK to “renew item” (as opposed to “renew user,” which brings up the patron’s whole record) if the patron can identify the item.

Amber will be compiling a list of tasks everyone must know how to do.  Written instructions will be provided for each task, which will be initialed by staff and filed in the policy binder at the desk.  Each of us should make her own notes.

Amber talked about the new recording video security system we will have installed.

Kelly asked about interfiling juvenile nonfiction DVDs with the books.  We decided this was a good idea.

Amber announced that we will have a community service worker for 70 hours who may be able to help with moving the DVDs.  Community service workers may store their personal belongings in the circ workroom. They will not be allowed to be alone in the staff or tech rooms.

Amber discussed a change in the State standards for 2012 that will require us to have additional staffing.  She will be attending a meeting in August to discuss what should be included in the standards.

There was a question about how reading the Bible should be reported for the adult summer reading program.  We decided that individual books may not be counted separately since the length and complexity varies greatly from book to book.  (I think the whole New Testament can count as one book; I’ll come up with something for the Old T. also and let you know. – Sue)

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