January 2012 Meeting Minutes
January 10, 2012 (Sofia)
- fines/bills: Waiting to see about placing campus holds on student accounts as well as getting back access to place system holds. This includes our students who own on books from other libraries. Will review onsearch, missing, and lost items in mid june to determine if we need to replace. Will make sure to check stacks one more time before replacing. Staff will search the lost list, on search and missing halfway through the year.
- In transit items: add to the process for in transit items is to email the melibs group to check for items
- Donation Form: The donation form was updated to add additional information. Donation form will be used with anything donated, no matter if we know the person. Items should come to Sofia first. She will dissiminate to appropriate people.
- Items left on desks: we discussed the need to make sure an put notes on items left on other people's desks. They need to know why they are there, who they came from, and anything else that might be pertinent. We cannot leave things on other people's desks when they are not there without some note.
- special collections donations: if anyone wants to donate items specifically for special collections, they must personally meet with Katie with their items. Do not let them drop them off.
- deepfreeze: the password has changed. we discussed where to find it if necessary.
- AR lists: reminded staff to get bulleted lists for annual report to Sofia
- Bike racks: we discussed asking facilities to move the bike rack in the spring from the main entrance to the BT entrance. May see how it goes.
- facilities: discussed heat in serials room, remind facilities that heat must be on on the weekends, ask about broken toilet seat and when viewing room door will be completed.
- students and textbooks: discussed recommending to students various sites to purchase textbooks.
- coffee: we will serve coffee at 4:30 from now on rather than 5pm since the bookstore closes at 4:30.
- facilities breakout sheet: discussed getting a breakdown of who to call when. (Leslie says there are other issues involved).
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