Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Department Heads Meeting, Sept. 22, 2007

Here are the highlights from the DH meeting:

  • Please tell patrons that rosetta Stone is changing. They will have less languages (5). ALso we might be getting a newer and better product. Stay tuned!
  • ECommerce is coming to Central and Hoover libraries. This will alllow patrons to pay fines and make donations using their credit card online.
  • Take a look at alabamamosaic.org- it has a collection of digital resources concerning Alabama.
  • The new administration assistant's name is Stephanie George.
  • Sandi will be the new "Adult Services Coordinator". She will help coordinate adult programing. If you are interested, contact Sandi.
  • If you attend Tec Tuesdays, that counts as training.
  • The Southern History Inventory is finished. Yeahhhh!!! There will be a party sometime in October.
  • When doing deposits (for copier, printouts, and other items), please send a copy to Sandi of the deposit slip.
  • Little Alla (Alabama Library Association) membership forms are due mid October- there is an early discount.
  • If you want to attend a JCPLA conference- then you need to join JCPLA
  • Overdrive Training- if you signed up for Overdrive Training, there will be held in a special place for these times:
  • Oct 3 @10am- in the boardroom
  • Oct 11 @2pm in the boardroom
  • Oct 17 @ 2pm in the boardroom
  • Oct 25 @?? will be in the Social science conference room

If you have a session not at these times you will go to the computer center- and will need headphones.

  • Sandi asks that we do an informal survey of our afterschool kids again.

Thats All Folks!!