9:15-9:45 AM, Walter Meeting Room
STAFF MEETING
AGENDA
1. Counting In-House
Use--great March stats: 11% and 12% in-house use!
2. Staff Borrower
Cards
a.
Handout: Library Materials Services: policies relating to: 6.2
Registration (page 4-5) “. . . Houston Public Library staff are expected
to comply with the same lending policies applied to other customer
accounts. Abuse of the staff borrowing privilege by a staff member may
result in disciplinary action. . .”
3. Weekly Update Emails
a. 4-9-18: Shifting in
Adult Non-Fiction and Periodicals/Newspapers; Digital Strategies has spent
paper and toner budget for rest of FY18; do not use bypass code on Coin Copier
machine for staff copying.
b. 4/2/18: Discharging:
Keep your eyes on the screen, we should be 100% accurate; Volunteers: must wear
a badge, prepare ready-to-shelve carts for them; National Library Workers Day,
4/10: Horray for us!
c. Check your email
regularly!
4. New Public Service Hours
proposed for FY19 (beginning Aug. 1) - confidential
5. Staff Appreciation:
Pick Your Own Snacks. Fill up a bag from our selection of delicious treats!
IMPORTANT DATES
- Wednesday, April 18: Regional Youth Services Meeting, 9-11:30 AM (Ivy)
- Friday, April 20: Last day of pay period, timecards approved after 5:30 PM
- Saturday, April 21: Branch Staff Training, 8:30-9:30 AM: Scratch Coding (Pam)
- Tuesday, April 24, and Wednesday, April 25: Managers Boot Camp @ CEN (Karen & Christy)
- Friday, April 27: Payday
- Saturday, April 28: International Children’s Talent Show at SWMSC, 1-3 PM
- Friday, May 4: One Houston, One Library staff meeting @ WAL, 8:30-9:30 AM
- Saturday, May 12, and Saturday, May 19: Branch Staff Training 8:30-9:30, tba
- Monday, May 21: May Staff Meeting, 9:15-9:45 AM
REVIEW: ENVISIONWARE
RESERVATION & PRINTING SYSTEM
- Guest numbers good for 1 day only--discard at the end of the day
- Computer Use cards (554…) seem to be working--check this
- TIme automatically extends 15 minutes at a time, no limit
- Staff can blanket reserve a group of public computers for class or demo
- Black & White printing/copies $0.15/page, color printing/copies $0.50/page
- Printing takes cash or credit cards only
- Maximum. cash $3
- Minimum credit card charge $1 (authorizes $10, after printing adjusts charge to actual cost, min. $1)
- Courtesy printing for customers from desk computer, if Coin Copier at fault (equipment or paper malfunction), using bypass code.
- No free staff printing with bypass code at Coin Copier machine--use the copier/printer in Workroom
- Send old payment cards with more than $1 to Coin Copier for refund using self-addressed envelopes in desk drawer; Collect and give to CC tech when in building.