Agenda and notes from today’s staff meeting

TS/IT

• ILL for JPL Patrons
  • Please see Dreama’s presentation reviewing what happens–from the patron and staff perspective–after an ILL request is placed: 
    • https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HpkCCNbEQJHwZCzFggvVF8f1_mKiTxuvDw19yGJzDMw/edit?usp=sharing

• Youth Services

  • Summer Reading comes to an end

  • Fall Programming

    • Check out the September/October calendar for more info on upcoming programs
    • Check out the Story Hours page to review changes to regular story hours

  • Summer YS Intern

    • Beth S.’s last day will be 8/6. A card will be circulated.

  • Teen Reward Party

    • Attendees MUST have a ticket. See here for details and registration

  • Harry and the Potters – August 5th

    • This will be EPIC. The concert will take place while the library is open. More details >>

• Molly/Circulation

  • Volunteer updates

    • Molly shared recent information about her volunteer coordination. Please refer volunteers to Molly and/or to the website’s volunteer page

  • In-House for Adult and YA sections

    • Circulation staff will be handling emptying the black carts for patron rejects

  • Partnership Pop-up Library information

    • Molly and her staff felt very good about their Saturday trips to the Partnerships this summer. They handed out a lot of free books and information about the library.

• Eric

  • Purchase Requests for JPL Patrons

    • Eric reviewed what happens–from the patron and staff perspective–after a purchase request is placed:
      • https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15KA30sYptqN-jRdlmE2IQ6RsAfUTdw3AzQ9o9HHBK0w/edit?usp=sharing

  • FY18 stats

    • Eric has been compiling stats for various reports and for reporting to the board and city council. FY18 was another busy year. Checkout some of the stats

  • Recent policy changes

    • Meeting Room Policy
      • Room Reservations are now taken 3 months in advance–not 6 months in advance
    • Fax Policy
      • No charge for outgoing faxes
      • Deleted language prohibiting receiving faxes–we’ll receive faxes on a case-by-case basis
    • Dress Policy
      • Like Friday-Sunday, all days throughout the Library’s Summer Reading Program are now designated as a “Casual Days”.

• Public Services

• • ESL class
    • ESL class is going well. 
  • Progress with the first Our Stories event and our collaboration with Genesis
    • The library’s first Our Stories event is this Saturday
  • Adult Summer Reading
    • we won’t have stats compiled yet, but program attendance thus far in June and July has been 598.
  • August events: Library Loud Damani Phillips  and Culinary History of Iowa.
  • Fall event schedule that covers September, October and November will be out towards the end of August.