Had a great meeting this morning with the steering committee of the Friends of the LaVale Library. Lots of ideas and enthusiasm.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
LaVale Friends
Had a great meeting this morning with the steering committee of the Friends of the LaVale Library. Lots of ideas and enthusiasm.
George's Creek Improvement #2
The town of Lonaconing used their open space money to create a new handicap accessible parking lot for George's Creek Library. The spaces are restricted to those vehicles with handicap stickers and will make the library much easier to enter than the one spot down the hill in the main parking lot.
George's Creek Improvement #1
Take a look at the new playground behind the George's Creek Library. It still needs some mulch and then you can fall down without hurting yourself.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Green Picks for Library Furniture
Want to reduce your library's carbon footprint? Join the Cradle-to-Cradle revolution, where there is no “away,” just a next life designed into smart stuff. Here Helen Milling shares the green products and materials her firm is using. From the Spring 2007 Library by Design supplement to Library Journal.
Small Step to "where can I go from here?'
One of the things we will do in FY08 is begin using a new wage scale. We have stretched out the grades on the wage scale to create an incentive for staff to achieve and maintain the status of “Library Associate” Library Associate is a state wide and certified training program for library staff without the terminal Library degree.
So for example, a circulation assistant was a grade 2, in the new scale a circulation assistant is still a grade 2, but if that circ assistant completes their LATI training, they automatically jump to a grade 3.
The higher grade has a higher median wage, so your earnings potential has increased.
We keep pushing more education for our staff so we can be more helpful, but we wanted a way to recognize and reward staff who take the initiative to get that training.
The new scale will be sent to everyone after the Board has approved it on June 13.
So for example, a circulation assistant was a grade 2, in the new scale a circulation assistant is still a grade 2, but if that circ assistant completes their LATI training, they automatically jump to a grade 3.
The higher grade has a higher median wage, so your earnings potential has increased.
We keep pushing more education for our staff so we can be more helpful, but we wanted a way to recognize and reward staff who take the initiative to get that training.
The new scale will be sent to everyone after the Board has approved it on June 13.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Are we Ready? Are we paying attention?
Are we ready? are we paying attention? is a great video that talks about reaching our patrons where they are.
talk about another great inspiring video on what we can do as educators and the public university.
see link.
talk about another great inspiring video on what we can do as educators and the public university.
see link.
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