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Agenda and notes from today’s staff meeting

   May 24, 2018

 

Agenda – All Staff Meeting 5/24/2018

 

  • TS/IT

    • New Launchpads

      • Several new launchpads have been added. These new devices come in a slightly different case–a clam-shell rather than a lunchbox–but are otherwise the same as our current launchpads.

    • Video games

      • Video games and their cases are now kept behind the circulation desk. Vinyl sleeves with game information–similar to our learning tools tags–will be on display in the videogame bin and can be swapped for the actual game at checkout.

  • Public Services

    • Summer Reading

      • Summer reading begins June 2nd. The theme this year is “Libraries Rock”.

      • Log

    • Beginning ESL

      • A new ESL class will begin in July. It will be held each Thursday, 6pm-8pm. Registration is not required. Students can start attending the class at any point. In other words, the class will not be setup with a particular start or end date.

    • Our Story Programs/Genesis

  • Youth Services

    • Summer Reading

      • Summer reading begins June 2nd. The theme this year is “Libraries Rock”.

      • Logs

    • Beth Schaefer is our new YS Intern. She recently graduated from the University of Illinois with a Masters degree in Library & Information Science. She’ll be with us until sometime in August.

    • Teen Summer Reading Video

      • Jessica’s Teen Advisory Board wrote, performed, and edited a summer reading video that won the 2018 Teen Video Challenge.

  • Molly/Circulation

    • Hot Picks

      • A new collection of popular books and DVDs called “Hot Picks” will be available soon. Materials in the collection, which take the place of “The Moment” display near the new adult books, will not be holdable or reservable and will have shorter circulation periods–2 weeks for books, 3 days for DVDs. Patrons will be able to checkout 2 books and 2 DVDs (i.e. 4 items total) at a time from Hot Picks.

    • Adult Literacy & ESL shelves

      • A new section of adult readers–similar to easy readers but with age-appropriate content–and ESL books and audiobooks will be available soon.

  • Eric