Weekly report 2-29-2012

User Services Weekly Report
Date: 2-29-2012
Name: Dan Frostman
Circulation Services – Circ, Reserves, and Stacks

Statistics:
• Days since the last Leap Day:1,460
• Items on reserve: 1,500
• Carrels available: 0
Highlights: (Progress towards Goals, accomplishments)
Armstrong:
• Busy ILL NExpress
• Faculty author display up at Armstrong
• Will meet with Rebecca tomorrow to discuss procedures surrounding display
• Catching up after being out last week
Davis Family:
• Staff picks seems to be liked
• Evenings not hectic, not slow
• Hired two more student to fill gap Tuesday mornings – training underway
• Desk still busy during the day
• Writing evaluations, starting to meet
• DVD collection is very popular – lots of reshelving at the desk
• Winter carnival quite busy despite reduced hours
• Management training continues
• Monthly circ meeting: Google calendar and Create Lists lessons
• Helping Ilsley adjust their notices and bills for DVDs
• Met to decide where to put the cell phone booths
Stacks:
• Students shelf-reading the DVDs
• Sweeping the carrels for non-bookmarked items
• 50 carrels checked out last week
Reserves:
• 625 items added to ERes in the last five weeks
• BLSE requests starting (it never ends!)
• Met with Collection Mgmt. re. SGA reserve book resolution
• Liaisons meeting
• Meeting in March to discuss the VHS archive project

Web team: Silverback test sessions
Space Team: n/a
CT Team: planning work sessions over spring break

Challenges:
• Non-poster printing still going to the plotter
• Compact shelving malfunctioning – work done – waiting on a part
• Still waiting on 20 recalled items for reserve
• Sticky substance spilled on an LCD projector – diagnosing
• Issuing credits for billed items returned this week…grrrrr…Dan…ANGRY.

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