Circ Meeting Notes 5/26
Present: Kate, Morgan, Nancy, Rachel, Kellam, Steve, Dan, Todd, Kim, Elin (notes)
Cupcakes, strawberries and citrus spritzers to celebrate!
Happy Birthday to Dan!
Welcome to Kim!
Thanks, farewell and best wishes to Steve!
Kellam presented a fun tutorial on grammar, spelling and punctuation – good reminders for us all. Stay tuned for an update on the departmental wiki with some helpful email writing tips.
Staff schedule updates
Steve has moved to Lib 206; working on Circ end-of-term projects; transitioning to new Ref responsibilities; available to help cover Circ gaps as needed; will help train new Circ staff.
Shawn will start at Circ on June 7
June 7 is also Kim’s first day at Circ – she will work M-F the 1st week, then transitioning to her regular T-Sat schedule the 2nd week
Elin out parts of next week; will be checking email and coming in when possible
All out on Memorial Day – enjoy the Holiday!
Todd will be shifting his schedule to mostly Davis front desk and also supporting re-shelving; training with Rich
Lots of changes – stay in touch with each other and keep communication open and honest
Space and office shifts – musical chairs – stay tuned!
Student staff numbers will increase mid-June as regular summer schedules begin
End of term projects – focus on re-shelving; Rich reports great effort to date – may get caught up by end of next week; next up – start clearing Spring reserves to make room for BL and LS reserves
Reserves – look for BIG folder soon of BL and LS lists – books that need to be picked up
Retrieval is ON for the summer – to accommodate off campus locations – BL and Mills; start adding to routine again
Library hours – open 9 – 5 July 4th (thanks Mary!)
BL – schedules – lots of Ref and Circ staff interested; BL will assign 20 hours; planning for delivery of materials on 21st; still scheduling set-up day
LS – Rachel planned Mills conference call – requesting, etc; Dan will sit in; need to test functionality to avoid repeat of lost requests last year
LIS student T-shirts – thanks, Mary!
There are enough to hand out to summer students; and to give to returning and new fall students. For students only, not for staff
ILL – default due date for BL only (Aug 6th); no auto renewals; need to review daily procedures and intersects Circ/ILL
Next month’s tutorial – Dan will present “Demystifying Mill Loan Rules”
Please feel free to add/edit anything I missed by commenting on this post.
Thanks! 🙂