March 2013 Staff Meeting

Thank you, Susan, for providing notes from this meeting.

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There may be a separation from Midwest in the next couple months.  Should this occur, it may affect/increase our ILL numbers.  (Denise is training with Cheryl on the ILL process.)  We will remain with Lakeshores (Racine and Walworth Counties) so we keep Jim and Steve (computers), Vicki (ILL), Ann (cataloging), and the van service. Other counties may join Lakeshores  based on geographical closeness or similar philosophies. We will soon begin a watch on what is delivered by van to see how the loss of Midwest would affect our patrons. (Could be by the use of some sort of a checklist…)                                    

Processing problems

Problems identified include wrong position of barcodes, incorrect use of tape, incorrect placement of inside tape. Please see Sandi in the next three weeks before processing anything else. See email from Amber

Changes in the youth library

Non-fiction DVDs will now be housed separately (no longer in the shelf collection) under the biographies.

Playaways and audiobooks are on the shelves by the door. The youth VHS collection has been weeded down to a minimal number (approx. 10). Those 10 were kept because they are not yet available in DVD format. The reference and Spanish collections have been repositioned–on the shelves by the door-as well.  See the email from Katherine.

  

National Library Week-April 14-20^th

There will be surveys for the patrons during National Library week. These will be about programming ideas - what do they want and what times.  Encouragement will be offered to get them to fill out the surveys. Possible perks for patrons that week ($1.00 off fines, free disk cleaning, $1.00 off printing) will be drawn from a fishbowl when they check out.

Comment Cards

The library board wants to institute a system of comment cards. Cards and a box will be placed at each service desk.

Computer Problem Forms

Please date computer problem forms when you turn them in.Amber will get a container to put these forms in so they will get quick attention.

Discard policy

Staff must now pay for discarded books. (We used to be able to take them home to read them and then bring them back.)  Make sure another staff member takes the money for your purchase and puts it in the cash register. Suggestion:  tape the receipt to that purchase (or any Friends purchase) until you get home.

Cleaning week

Please sign up to spend some of your off-desk time cleaning.  Katherine will make a to-do- list so we know what she wants done. Both Katherine and Amber will be around if we have questions about what things can be thrown away. Heavy-duty shelving and bins may be purchased as the need is determined.

On-line sign up for the summer library program is being investigated.  

Computer Order

Along with the replacement computers we will receive this year, there will be 20 licenses for Windows 2010 (not CIRC not OPAC) and 1 license for Windows 2013.

May 2-WAPL conference at Grand Geneva Resort

Conference schedules are on the counter - please pick one up. (Thanks Sandi!)  If you have a conflicting appointment or another job, please see Amber.

NO discussion on SLP committees or cash register changes.