PARKING- signs have come in and will be put up shortly. Because there are not enough parking places at the dorms students may be assigned other areas to park. Community patrons can not be issued warnings or tickets if they are not parked in the correct areas since we do not have our own police force. They would have to be issued a ticket from town police. They can not be towed either. SNOW DAY –the designated parking lot on a snow day will now be by OMS up on the hill –not the library parking lot which is now Powell Hall parking for students.
We will be opening the library doors at 7:45. Asita will open all doors except on Monday which is her evening to work. On Monday it will be Sofia, Deb, or Brenda. We will not be advertising we are opening earlier and the signs will not be changed. Sofia will now be working on Tuesday evenings and Katie will be on Wednesday evenings.
Sofia will still be off in the afternoon when she works evenings unless needed. On Monday & Tuesday evenings there will be classes in Powell Hall. The work study will need to lock the classroom door when closing at 11. Need to remind work study student of this. Ray Phinney is looking into having an alarmed door placed between the Old Powell hall and the New Powell Hall for secure protection of dorm residents both upstairs and downstairs. Until people are used to this the alarm may go off frequently. If RA is not around maybe library staff will need to turn off alarm. Leslie will ask Andy for a contact list of facilities during the day and after hours. Leslie will also follow up with who will be locking the doors upstairs and Powell entrance from back side.
Coffee Cards-Deb will print up coffee cards to sell worth $5 or $10 . They will be kept in the cash register and sold by library staff during the day and by work study students after 9. Need to number cards and come up with a stamp or something so we can recognize if cards are being photocopied. Ideas of ways to advertise are welcomed. Should have a disclaimer saying we are not keeping track of cards sold if patrons should loose them. Extra sugar and coffee items are now in the back serials room.
John Martin has signed papers to release his collection to UMFK. The big room upstairs is where they will be housed.
Smaller room upstairs has been emptied out and is ready for furniture to be placed. In the past the smaller room had a key that was signed out by patrons. Staff agreed it would be better utilized if left unlocked and carrels were placed in such a way that it could not be used as a group study area but instead individual study space. We will not advertise this space to be used for Hessy tests. This room should not be used for tutoring. Further discussion will take place on the placement of tables outside the small room.
After September 7 Asita and Deb can work on emptying the books in the reference shelving area. Needs to be done by the 30th. Shelves will be dismantled and tables and chairs will be placed in this area. Sofia will empty out the middle shelf near the Audio books to display the new books. Leslie wants Deb to revisit putting 2 short ranges in the juvenile section.
Tuesday September 4 is the first day of classes. Library staff will bring in Baked goods to welcome patrons.
WORK STUDY STUDENTS-Deb has 3 returning work studies and 9 new. She will try to do orientation session with them on her first evening to work if they may all attend.
DONATIONS: All donations will be brought to this back office and placed on a cart with the donation form filled out. There are donation forms at the circ desk, Sofia, Katie & Asita’s desks. Asita will sort through the books and advise each person having donations for their area.
EXHIBIT RENOVATION UPDATE: Sofia has not scheduled any exhibits during the months of Jan/Feb/Mar to allow facilities to renovate the exhibit area. The ceiling tiles will be replaced, carpet will be put on the walls from ceiling to floor(the window in the special collections room will be removed). The grant is based on Experiential Learning. No funding to replace lighting at this time. Sofia would like the April-UMFK Student Art Exhibit to be the “grand opening”.
SCANNER: The library scanner is no longer working. Leslie is looking into purchasing another one. Need to purchase program Acrobat Professional to use with this.
REFERENCE CHAT: Sofia has e-mailed instructions to everyone. If you have any questions ask her.
LESLIE-LIBRARY DIRECTORS MEETING: