Nonfiction cart reminders

Hi Pages,
Just a few reminders when bringing a NonFiction cart upstairs:
- make sure the cart has a date and time slip clipped to it
- make sure you place the cart at the very end of the line-up of carts upstairs. It might go back through the stacks of magazines a ways.
- put a locking strip on foreign language DVDs (except Hindi, which has a green dot).
- do not lock any DVDs with a green dot.
- put the green dot DVDs on the cart in the telephone reference room (ask if you don't know).

Patrick Jager will be joining our team this week, too. We will be fully staffed for the first time since I've been here!

Approve your time cards today

Hi Pages!

Welcome to our new pages: Andrew Smith and Michelle Hurley! Please make them feel welcome, and help them out learning all our quirky AV shelving methods.

Welcome back to Rebecca!



Remember to approve your time cards today after you punch out for the day. Let me know if I need to fill in any extra times.



Just a heads-up: Workflows is going to have a new look in a couple of weeks. I will have a test page of it up on your computers in the back, and I will train you on it within the next week or two. Feel free to poke around on the test version of it. It's called "Symphony".

Missing or Damaged Media

Just to clarify what to do when you find a DVD or CD missing from a case or a damaged case:
1. On Workflows, open Checkout.
2. Type in "AVFIX" for UserID.
3. Click OK
4. Scan barcode of item that is damaged or has something missing.
5. Click on Check out to New User 2.
6. Take the printed slip and tuck it into the case.
7. Put the case in Kathie's blue box.

If it is not obvious what is wrong with the item, you can still put a sticky note on it with more detailed information.

Thanks!
Pam

Happy June

Summer Schedules:
I would like you each to leave me note or reply to this post telling me the hours you intend to work this summer. I'll be hiring a couple of new people and I need to know when I'll need them to work. Thanks!

DVDs in Closet:
We have (another) plan with the DVDs - they are back in the closet. We are keeping them separated by genre AND we are shelving them alphabetically within genres. Let me know how this is working for you. You all know where to find the key to the closet?

Kronos:
Remember to approve your time in Kronos after your last shift by Wednesday.

How to Stay Busy!

Dear Pages,
You're doing a great job of staying caught up with the new return system in place. However, nobody likes to be bored at their job. So, please don't linger over a cart, reading DVD blurbs. Here are the things you should be doing:

1) If Fiction is behind, please help them shelve.
2) Shelf-read. Take a section of books on tape or CDs and put it back in order. Shelf-reading will never be done. There is ALWAYS more to do.
3) Stand outside by the AMH and politely show people how to return library materials. It's beautiful outside - spend some of your shift out there!
4) Do the LAS. But prepare before you do it. Turn on the computer (it takes a while to boot up), put a variety of DVDs on a cart, finish the cart all at once. Make sure you are watching the scanning carefully; we have seen errors lately of DVDs not matching location codes.

Thank you!
Pam

Remember to Approve Your Time in Kronos!

Make sure you approve your Kronos time sheet when you are done with your shift today!

DATE/TIME slips on carts

Hi Pages!

We are able to use the last discharge time to be able to find items that were recently returned again for the AMH. What this means for you?

**Please write the date and time (in LARGE letters/numbers) on a slip and clip it to the cart. Try to NOT cover the letters/numbers with the clip on the cart. :)

I hope you're enjoying the gorgeous weather before you come in for your shift.