Adult Services Staff Meeting
March 2, 2005
The meeting opened with the slicing of the coffee cake that Betty brought.
The Youth Services Summer Reading Program theme this year will be Library Luau. We didn’t think it would be a popular choice for the adults, and we will continue thinking of ideas. Beach books was one suggestion. A more popular suggestion was Summer Sleuths. The Youth Services program starts June 13.
The Magazines and Young Adult positions are being advertised. Two positions in Youth Services have been filled. Rick suggested that greater attempts should be made by the upstairs and downstairs staff to get to know each other. A bulletin board with staff photos is one idea, but more ideas are welcome.
A new copier has been ordered for the Adult Services area, a Minolta with easy-to-understand controls. The specific arrival date is unknown, but Anne thinks it will be soon.
The Big Read slide talk by Jane Clarke on March 19 has filled up. We have inquired as to whether another can be scheduled since there are many on the waiting list, and there is still unspent money from the LSTA grant. Julie suggested moving it to a larger venue, but we weren’t sure where that would be, and it would mean telephoning all the registrants as well as people on the waiting list. Although Rick and Kris are scheduled to work on March 19, Rick felt there needed to be an additional person to check off the registrants’ names at the door. Due to the unavailability of other Adult Services staff members, it was suggested that a Circulation person could be asked to do this.
The ALA meeting will be held in Chicago June 23-29. Early bird registration ends March 4, and Rick asked that all who are interested let him know right away.
Betty announced the upcoming ILA “Reaching Forward” conference April 15. Susan Fry and Susan Murawski will be attending.
Nancy reported that she has entered around 30 properties in the digitization project. She will try to find out whether the information should be uploaded now so that it is stored in more than one place. She will also try creating a printout of the information entered so far.
Aaron reported that he wasn’t able to resolve the issues with the Standard & Poor CD-ROM. After working on it with their tech support, he spoke with a salesperson and found out that for only a few hundred dollars more, we can get the online version that would be accessible from home by our patrons, besides offering some other bonuses. He hopes to make the switch soon.
Julie reported that the new One Book One Chicago selection has been announced, The Oxbow Incident. She also said that the Big Read publicity materials have been delivered by her daughter to the local Books-A-Million, and that sales of the Larson book are up.
People commented that there are more pictures on the library web site. Regarding the Staff Exchange, there was also a question on recipes, and comment on links that have been in the Staff Exchange. Aaron said that old recipes are still available. He has been finding tags from del.icio.us that he posts on the Staff Exchange, and suggested that we visit the site. He may give a demonstration at our next meeting.
Betty reported that some of the magazines that are more subject to theft have been put into lock-on covers that make it more difficult for people to conceal them. There was brief discussion on security measures taken at other libraries.