Staff Training 6-10-15

2nd floor conference room, 11:15-11:55AM
1. Excel: Formatting a Spreadsheet by Pam

• Identify spreadsheet terms
• Build a Bingo card (format a spreadsheet)

2. Brainfuse by Jasmine (handout)

Staff Training Notes 4-15-15

2nd floor conference room, 11:15-11:45AM

1. Excel (Simple Formulas) by  Pam.  Handout
2. Learning Express Library by Jasmine. Handout

Staff Training Meeting Notes 10/22/14

Kendall Staff Training

Kendall Blog Overview                                                                                            

Presented by Meg

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Overview: Review the pages and function of our staff blog.

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Kendall Staff Blog: belleshermankendall.blogspot.com            

Our blog is an important resource for staff. While the Intranet is also an essential place to find what we need, the blog is our personalized version of the Intranet. We are in the business of information, and the blog is a great place to quickly access the information we need to our jobs well.

The blog for the Kendall Neighborhood Library is divided into nine sections (pages).

·         HOME

o   Most up-to-date information posted on this page (Check it every day!)

o   Link to our Google calendar, important phone contacts, in-charge list

o   Quick access to handy information

·         STAFF LINKS (formerly Quick Links)

o   Information for us to use internally as HPL/City employees

·         CUSTOMER SERVICE

o   Quick links to get straight to information to help our customers

o   WorkFlows tutorials

·         EQUIPMENT

o   Operational status of our main equipment

o   Contact information for equipment help

·         FACILITIES

o   Floor plans and facility contact information

o   What to do if ____ happens in the building…

·         STAFF MEETINGS   

o   Notes from all Staff, Open Discussion, and Training Meetings

o   Schedules for Open Discussion & Training Meetings

·         COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

o   Latest collection updates, gap order schedule, shelf-reading assignment list

·         PROGRAMS

o   Links to important program calendars, forms, and documents

o   Showcase of Kendall programs

·         GALLERY

o   Photos from our staff of the great things we do!

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Assignment (due 11/5/14):

• By exploring the blog, find your assigned piece of information.

• Send me an email (megan.hopkins@houstontx.gov) explaining where you found the information on the blog.

• Extra credit: Mystery link! There is a golden apple hidden on our blog. You can find it by following one of the links on one of the pages. If you find it, send me an email, and you will win a prize!                                                                                             

Repair Shelf Procedures

Presented by Juli

Staff Meeting Notes 6/25/14

11:15 – 11:45 AM, Breakroom

1. Updates:
1. Saturday Vacation Guidelines (Karen)
2. SRP Updates  (Meg & Leona)
2. Training: Novelist (Pam)

Quick Notes

• Sorter: Shut off sorter and bins but leave the sorter computer turned on (changed from last month).
• Remember to leave all computers on at the end of the day so IT can download updates overnight.  You can log off but don’t shut down.
• When you empty bins in the sorting room, check items for RFID tags.  Put untagged items--adult, teen and some juvenile--in the box under the sorting machine and we’ll send them to Mancuso, our floating hub, to be tagged and floated to another library.  Any items we want to keep--beginning readers, children’s fiction, picture books--must be tagged that day and put on a cart to be reshelved.   

Upcoming Staff Events

• Friday, June 27: Payday
• Thursday, July 3: Last day of pay period; timecards approved at close of business.
• Friday, July 4: Library closed for Independence Day holiday
• Wednesday, July 9: Open Discussion Meeting
• Friday, July 11: Payday
• Friday, July 18: Teen Pre-Selection.  Last day of pay period; timecards approved at close of business.
• Wednesday, July 23: Staff Meeting
• Thursday, July 24: NL Managers Meeting
• Friday, July 25: Payday
• Thursday, July 31: Deadline for completing Cyber Security Awareness Training.

Staff Meeting Notes 2-5-14

February 5, 2014, 11:15 – 11:45 AM, Breakroom

1. 1. Event Updates (Karen)
   1. Monthly Stats
   1. Circulation: 27, 629 (#2; Stella Link 30,921)
   2. Computer Use: 2,399 (#10; Carnegie, Park Place, Alief, Walter, Stella Link, Frank, Robinson, SW Express, Vinson)
   3. Self Check: 7,029/ 34.3% (#3; Stella Link 21,836; Alief 7,332)
   4. Holds: 4,657 (#2; Stella Link 5,190)
   2. Training Opportunities:
   1. KEN Monthly Staff Meetings, 11:30-11:45 + assignment:
   1. Feb 5: Consumers Reports (Alice)
   2. Mar 5: Reference USA (Alice)
   3. Apr 2: tba (Pam)
   4. Apr 30: tba (Pam)
   5. May 28: SRP Registration (Leona)
   6. Jun 25: tba (Leona)
   2. Sirsi Symphony: 9AM-1PM, Concourse Computer Lab, 2/28, 3/28, 4/25, 5/23
   3. Staff Training Portal: 10-11 AM, 6th floor training room, 3/19, 5/21, 7/16, 9/17, 11/19
   4. NEO: 9AM-12PM, 2/10-14, 4/7-11, 6/9-13, 8/11-14, 10/13-16, 12/8-12
   5. Online course from TSL: Providing Excellent Customer Service While Dealing With Real People.  For more details and to register, please click on this link:  https://www.tsl.texas.gov/customerservice. Please seek supervisorial approval prior to registering.
   6. HPL Training Calendar: https://sites.google.com/site/hplstafftraining/formaltraining/calendar
   3. Announcements:
   1. New GSD Building Maintenance staff: Patrick Broussard, 7AM-4PM, M-F
   2. Accepting applications for Customer Service Substitutes online (handout)
   3. Overriding CD limits for customers
   2. Consumers Reports Training (Alice)
   1. See handout for information and assignment details.
   2. Email the completed assignment to Karen by Friday, Feb. 14.

   
   

   Upcoming Staff Events

   • Feb 1: AARP Tax Help starts: Wed 12-4, Sat 10-2 (through Sat, Apr 12)  
   • Feb 4: 2014 SRP Programs due
   • Feb 5: Stats and Monthly Report due
   • Feb 10-14: NEO Training @ CEN
   • Feb 12: March programs complete in Evanced, Calendar and Room Reservations
   • Feb 12: Staff Appreciation Pizza Party
   • Feb 15: Last day of pay period
   • Feb 19: Staff Open Discussion Meeting
   • Feb 27: NL Managers Meeting @ CEN
   • Feb 28: Last day of pay period; Sirsi Symphony Training @ CEN

   
   
   

Staff Meeting Notes 1-8-14

Kendall Staff Meeting, 1-8-14, 1:15 – 11:45 AM, Breakroom

1. Event Updates (Karen)
1. Friends of Houston Public Library Winter Book Sale, 1/23-1/25 at Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church in the Heights; see www.friendsofhpl.org for more information.
2. Hoopla streaming media service now available to HPL customers; see handout in mail box for more information.
2. Meeting Room Reservations (Karen)
1. Because our meeting rooms and study rooms are in high demand, we try to make them available to as many interested individuals/groups as possible:
1. One reservation per group at a time; groups can make next reservation when coming in for the current event.
2. Meetings must be open to the public (no birthday parties or private meetings) and no goods or services can be sold.
3. One study  room reservation at a time; individuals can make the next reservation when finished with the current one.
2. Advance reservations may be taken by phone.  
1. For the meeting rooms, the reservation is TENTATIVE until the group contact fills out the meeting room reservation form.  The form can be faxed or emailed to speed the process.
2. Please allow 30 minutes between reservations for group  turnover.
3. For study rooms, the reservation will be held until 15 minutes past the scheduled start time, then released for anyone else who wants to use it.
3. The rooms are equipped with tables and chairs.  The 3rd floor conference room has a dry-erase board. We do not provide audio/visual equipment or services or meeting supplies (like dry-erase markers).  
4. Only light refreshments are allowed.  See HPL Policy 1.2 Library Sponsored Programs and Library Meeting Rooms (April 2005), 18. Serving Refreshments: Food and Drink:  a. Groups using meetings rooms may provide their own light refreshment such as coffee, tea, soft drinks, cookies, mints and nuts. The group using the meeting room must provide their own cups, napkins and plates. The group must remove all evidence of food service at the close of the meeting. b. Food service beyond the light refreshment level and food service requiring any onsite preparation must have approval of the Library Director or designee. c. Alcoholic beverages may not be served or consumed in any Library facility.
5. See the complete Meeting Room Policy on the Intranet> Forms+Documents> Policies and Procedures> Admin.
3. Incident Report Training (Meg)
1. See handout for information and assignment details.
2. Email the completed assignment to Meg or Karen by Friday, Jan. 17.

Upcoming Staff Events

• Jan 8: February Programs due in Evanced
• Jan 17:  Pay Period Close
• Jan 20: Library Closed for MLK Holiday
• Jan 22: Open Discussion Meeting
• Jan 23: NL Managers Meeting
• Jan 31: Pay Period Close    
• Feb 1: AARP Tax Help starts (Wed 12-4, Sat 10-2, through Sat., Apr. 12)