Meeting Notes from LOO/MNT Team Meetings held Monday 3/30/2015 and Tuesday, 3/31/2015

 

Updates from Manager’s Meeting:

            Staff Development Day

                        When:  May 1st

                        Where:  GRB

                        Time:  8:00am-5:00pm

                        Attendance is Mandatory

                        Carpooling is suggested

                        More information to follow

            LMS Update

                        Esther Reyes is now Manager of Circulation Administration

                        Sara Karow is responsible for collection selection and balance

                        Materials will be fully processed. Beginning of fiscal year

            SPACES Update

                        Library Rules - Branches will receive a copy soon

                        Electronic cigarettes – City doesn’t have a ban, so HPL cannot yet ban them

                        List of repairs:

                                    MNT - Re-carpet meeting room floor

                                                New teen and juvenile furniture

                                                Re-upholster all furniture

LOO -  Re-upholster all furniture

                        AV equipment: those who know how train the others. If no-one knows howcall IT

            Weeding Pilot

Involves coordinating: FIDS; Friends; Systematic; Enforce Procedures; Schedule Rotation; Improve communication

                        Usually alternates 1 week for Central; then two weeks for NL

                        Approval from LMS for weeding (other than condition)

                        Box count – update every Friday  

                        Box – like items should be together; don’t over-fill

                        Sara Karow will be resending guidelines

                        Never weed a ‘Stacks’ item without approval (STX or S)

            Announcements:

                        Job openings

                                    More coming

                                    Let Melissa, Leonore or Laurie know

                                    Be sure to update info on application, such as dates, etc.

                        Training

                                    Training Request / Approval Form (handout) for classes that cost

                                    TMS – must be approved or staff will be dropped.

                                    Training Portal has videos on serials, etc.

                        MYLINK stories

                                    Collect stories

                                    How HPL has made a difference

                        Service Animals

                                    Only two questions we may ask:

                                                “Is this animal required because of a disability?”

                                                “What work or task has this animal been trained to perform?”

CIGNA INCENTIVE POINTS 

            By end of this month

OPEN ENROLLMENT

            By April 15th

            Must select, or you will be put in the highest paying one.

PROGRAMMING AT LOO/MNT

            Knitting and Crochet – added to Looscan on Mondays, Cynthia and Melissa

           Computer Classes – Luis will do Looscan’s in the interim: Renee will do Montrose’s     classes and Melissa will be the backup.

            Any ideas for programs are welcome!