Thursday, October 12, 2017


Staff Meeting 10/5/2017

In attendance: John Hong, Melinda Campbell, Angela Barratt, Leona Hoegsburg, Russ Wagner, Cyrano Machey, Eric Marques, Nicole Lewis, Richard Ford, Ray Williams, Antoinette Lee.

Not Present- Kameshia Smith, Teresa Eshelman

-          Halloween- Optional dress up costumes

Staff Emergency- How staff would like to be contacted, by phone or text.

Vacation Schedule- Confusion about staff vacations during their normal Saturdays during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. Suggestion to swap weekends. Careful about taking too much time at one holiday for another.

Melinda’s Saturday staff will work two weekends, and John’s will work two others at a time. January 13th and 21st.

Incident Report- Homeless person became aggressive, Eric Walters. If he comes back, staff should call the police. John also requested a trespass sign to put out front.

Cigna Reminder: Health assessments extended to February 2nd. Tell Melinda if you want to take Wellness time to go downtown at Central for travel time.

Monthly Reports- September reports due October 12th. Please submit to John and Melinda before this date. John can provide report template for new staff if needed.

Desk on Time- John wants everyone to report to the front desk on time when scheduled to do so. Any changes to the schedules will be announced by John, but remember to refresh schedule.

Cell Phone Usage- Limit cell phone usage to not on the public floor. 1st impressions are important, cell phone usage detracts from customer service on public floor. Usage is okay in back staff area.

Tagging Holds- John reminds everyone to check books for tagging and program them on any books that staff come across through the day.

Temporaray Barcodes- These should be printed for customers with proper ID, also for learning link accounts. The barcode generator is bookmarked on the browser.

Security Door/Staff Entrance- Entrance to library is an issue: top latch needs to be checked at night. Staff entrance needs to be closed and secured, not propped open. Customers are not to enter back staff area.
Safety- John wants to make sure all staff can drive their cars at night, and have no mechanical problems.

Collier Kudos- Ray commended for straightening shelves and correcting endcaps, Russ for jumpstarting Nicole’s car and changing John’s flat tire.

National Night Out-  very successful outreach, 500 people or more.

Kids’ Corner- Angela- flipkits need to be sent back, Spanish board books to be in the left most cubby are for Spanish board books. Teen room only for kids after 3:00, Kids area ONLY for kids and parents with kids. Treasure Chest- Angela suggests bribing kids with toys from treasure box to help clean up Kids’ room in the evenings.

Open Discussion-

Antoinette attended CMC meeting, will be having Fall Festival, and needs Collier staff to contribute some kind of food. Central 100% contribution from all HPL employees. Also will take staff photos. CMC donations located on ESS portal, make contributions there. Due by October 31st. Consult Agency List booklet to find organization to contribute to.

Cyrano- Djuina will be here on Friday with the Creepy Coin Collector.
                Holds at Collier, holds labels should be placed one inch from the bottom.
                Resume MBK. Held outreaches with community programs, like Scarborough High School.

Kameshia will be out from work for a while. Her volunteers will need direction for shelving and other tasks.





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