User Services Weekly Report
Date: 23 Dec 2009
Workgroups(s); Circulation Services – Circulation, Reserves and Stacks
Highlights:
• Skeleton crew and lots to do!
• Circ staff having well-deserved break after a busy Fall semester
• Reserves – WT preparations; fall reserves break-down
• Fall term – re-shelving and clean-up projects
• Big wave of new materials carts processed
• Room reservations galore – January room scheduling; not able to accommodate many requests for meetings in Lib 145 and Lib 105 – especially longer all-day or half day meetings
• User activity – faculty preparing for WT; booming business in check-out of DVD’s; party LCD projectors; guests – password/access; directional activity; last minute rush stuff before we close for the break
• Circ mailbox – requests to hold items longer; follow-up on overdues; library materials and/or borrowers that are off-campus thousands of miles away
• Hold Shelf: clean up; inventory; clearing NExpress, ILL, Midd; follow-up on outstanding hold requests – too long unfilled
• Loaner Equipment: calm; some overdues/off-campus issues
• Student employees: a small but powerful team of students helping to provide front desk coverage, re-shelving and reserve and circ projects
• Armstrong: closed on Friday at 3 for the holiday break
• Main: busy with projects and last-minute stuff end-of FA term and WT prep
• Music: closed on Friday at 3 for the holiday break
• Stacks: lots of re-shelving; help from on-call staff; student staff and LIS staff volunteers – many thanks!
• Web Team: Assessment; content build-out
Challenges
• Room reservation activity
• Fewer staff – still lots to do!