Collier Regional Library

Staff meeting Notes  11/30/ 2017

In attendence: John Hong, Angela Barratt, Russ Wagner, Eric Marques, Cyrano Machey, Nicole Lewis, Kameshia Smith, Edith Partida, Richard Ford, Alisa Baker.

Christmas Party Discussion: We will have a potluck Christmas brunch on Wednesday, December 20^th, from 9:15-9:50am. Send your meal choices to Nicole.

Schedule Update:  Starting next week of December 4^th, Collier’s hours change on Mondays, now 12-8pm, and for Thursdays, now 10am-8pm. These changes will affect all  regional libraries: Collier, Alief, Parkplace, and also Heights Branch.

This will also affect Collier’s staff working hours. Monday nights will be a little short staffed, so  John Hong is asking for any staff members to fill in the late shifts for Mondays, 12-8pm. If any are willing, please see John. Ray has already agree to this, any others. 

Melinda’s weekend staff will work Monday nights, 11:15-8:15pm, and John’s weekend staff will work Monday morning shifts, 9:15-6:15pm.

For the Thursdays, Melinda’s  weekend staff will work the morning shifts, 9:15-6:15pm, and John’s weekend staff will work the night shifts from 11:15-8:15pm.

Staff Development Day: HPL locations are all closed on December 8^th for Staff development dat.

Collier Staff will meet at Fifth War Multi service Center at 8am on Friday, December 8^th, until 12pm. Collier staff will then go to a pre-selected location for lunch, then report back to Collier at 2pm for planned activities coordinated by John. The last hour, from 4:15 to 5:15, will be a catch up hour for staff to finish any training webinars.

The lunch location will be voted on from among three locations. Submit votes to John.

Open Discussion:  

Stats should be entered on Daily stats sheets as regularly as possible. Failing that, please report your stats and any program numbers to Russ for entry. This includes library programs, outside meetings, outreaches, and any notary services done.

Express Checkout/ Customer Service Desk-

John is open to possibility of either raising the XC  Computer workstation up several inches.

Discussion continued for HPL card signups at either CSD, XC, or the Catalog computer, but discussion ran to 11:55am and was left incomplete.