Friday, September 23, 2011
Page Meeting
There will be a page meeting Monday after the workshop. Meet in the 1st floor workroom when the workshop is over. Thanks!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Stuff Galore!
I put up the new shelf reading assignments and I see some of you are already doing your sections. Good job! While I'm on the subject of assigned areas, please remember that you are all here to do the same job. You are all responsible for shelving, straightening, shelf-reading, and other tasks. With this being said, don't go off on someone for touching your section. You all know that sometimes you are tired of looking at your own section so you want a little break and go to another one to straighten, or you want to go hang out and talk to a friend while they do their section and you help them so you look like you're working and don't get in trouble, or even you walk by and randomly see lots of messy books so your ocd says FIX THE BOOKS NOW!
Anyway please be nice to each other. I know there is some tension between some of you. That's just the way things are, there will be clashes but you have to be the adults I know you are and get over it. There will always be issues with people you work with, now is as good a time as any to learn that you just have to deal with it and play nice until you leave for the day. There are also jobs that seem to be useless that someone else might think are important. Some of these monotonous unimportant jobs might even be assigned by us at some point. If you see someone doing something you think is unimportant, instead of suggesting they go 'work' perhaps you should ask a librarian first to see if maybe they are actually working on something they asked them to. Better yet, instead of assuming they are goofing off ask them why they are doing what they are doing, I'll bet they'll be happy to fill you in on the important job they are working on.
While I'm fussing, I also want to remind everyone that before they work on the fun jobs like writing, signs, or displays, everything else should be done. Circulation should be mostly empty, the sorting room should be empty, dvd's should be done, or at least shelved.
On to the next topic.... harassment in the workplace. There will be two training sessions that we are all required to go to, including you. These are Monday, September 26, from 2:00 - 4:30 and Wednesday, September 28, from 9:00 - 11:30. If you are here during that time you should go to one of them and I will schedule you to. If you don't make it there should be make-up sessions. If you don't normally work on Mondays and Wednesdays and can't change your schedule let me know. If you can change your schedule to come in for one of those sessions please do so and let me know what you are doing and where your hours will be taken from.
Speaking of Harassment, I want to remind you that you don't have to put up with patrons being nasty or suggestive to you. If you have a problem with someone let us know as soon as possible.
Ok /rant off. You're all awesome and I'm lucky to have such great pages. I'm always open to discussion if any of you want to talk about this stuff.
Anyway please be nice to each other. I know there is some tension between some of you. That's just the way things are, there will be clashes but you have to be the adults I know you are and get over it. There will always be issues with people you work with, now is as good a time as any to learn that you just have to deal with it and play nice until you leave for the day. There are also jobs that seem to be useless that someone else might think are important. Some of these monotonous unimportant jobs might even be assigned by us at some point. If you see someone doing something you think is unimportant, instead of suggesting they go 'work' perhaps you should ask a librarian first to see if maybe they are actually working on something they asked them to. Better yet, instead of assuming they are goofing off ask them why they are doing what they are doing, I'll bet they'll be happy to fill you in on the important job they are working on.
While I'm fussing, I also want to remind everyone that before they work on the fun jobs like writing, signs, or displays, everything else should be done. Circulation should be mostly empty, the sorting room should be empty, dvd's should be done, or at least shelved.
On to the next topic.... harassment in the workplace. There will be two training sessions that we are all required to go to, including you. These are Monday, September 26, from 2:00 - 4:30 and Wednesday, September 28, from 9:00 - 11:30. If you are here during that time you should go to one of them and I will schedule you to. If you don't make it there should be make-up sessions. If you don't normally work on Mondays and Wednesdays and can't change your schedule let me know. If you can change your schedule to come in for one of those sessions please do so and let me know what you are doing and where your hours will be taken from.
Speaking of Harassment, I want to remind you that you don't have to put up with patrons being nasty or suggestive to you. If you have a problem with someone let us know as soon as possible.
Ok /rant off. You're all awesome and I'm lucky to have such great pages. I'm always open to discussion if any of you want to talk about this stuff.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Recovery Laps
Hi guys I just wanted to remind you about doing the recovery laps at the beginning or end of your shifts, especially if you are assigned to do them. I know it's hard to fit it in sometimes but please if you're assigned to do a lap then do it. I'm also going to start working on the sections for shelf-reading. The shelves are starting to get in bad shape in places, especially fiction. If you have a preference of the section you want please let me know. Some of them I have a pretty good idea about but others I'm clueless. Thanks for all your hard work!
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