US Leader Weekly Report –
Date: 24 September 2008
Name: Dan Frostman for Elin Waagen – Workgroups: Circulation, Stacks, Reserves
Highlights: (Progress towards Goals, accomplishments)
MAIN
• Added a section about “booking equipment” to the “Borrowing Equipment” web page
• Adjusting to new procedures for on-call Reference staff support
• Continued Reserve support
• Circ students completed 2 projects for Doreen and Brenda while serving patrons at the desk
• Plans are beginning for the fall semester circ student training
• Library hours – setting hours for Dec/Jan break
• SWOT assessment
• Planning Banned Books display
• Lots of renewals and late returns from Spring and Summer 08
ARMSTRONG
• New printer/scanner/fax machine in 208 – surprise! A few problems with start up, but now fine.
• Very busy with ILL, Nexpress, Rapid, Web requests.
• New video and laptop viewing equipment at Armstrong Library.
• Mike Roy came over on Monday for an Armstrong tour, and visit with staff.
• Book case removal will be taking place very soon, after some books and journals are moved – which should create a more inviting open space on level 2.
• Training new students is finished, and schedules are set for the term.
• New project this week – move journals and old indexes back to ref index area to allow for removal of shelves by facilities (within two weeks).
• Re-writing Ariel instructions
MUSIC
• Plans underway for space changes
• Settling into the “classes in session” routine
Challenges:
• Need to discuss the current status of preparing screening items for the day. It has been taking a minimum of 1.75 hrs for the past 10 days, in the morning, to process the items. More often than not, the process has not been completed when the 8 am student leaves their shift at 10.
• Discovered all the copy cards in wall dispenser at main were not initialized and therefore were duds. Lots of refunds issued. Cards have been replaced.
• Media on reserve for multiple classes