April Staff Meeting

April 12. 2006

Riverton Branch Library Staff Meeting

Present: Gloria Brodle, Katy Jost, Sara Marcus, William Porter, Delina Schiefer, Sandi Hussa, Syd Lupton, and Terry Dunn

Children’s Department / Katie Jost

Wyoming Reads is scheduled for April 26th; training session will be Thursday night at 6PM on the 26th (the children will break-up into three groups.)

The children’s department will be moving their shelves around this fall, we will be moving our easy books under the lower ceiling area where the juvenile books are now located.

Board Updates / Gloria

Lander expansion project, if county commissioners don’t allow us to bring bond to the ballot we will table it for now.

FCLS, foundation is close to $500,000 goal, the interest to be used to fund projects. We will get public input on what projects they would like to see the library do.
Amoretti Property has not sold and the next step is to salvage the house out.

Budget approved for 06-07, will now be presented to the County Commissioners.

How to delegate collection development, each staff member will elect a Dewey area to develop.

Teen area coming soon! Money has been approved for the new teen area on the mezzanine.

Floating Holiday runs January to December, Gloria asked for plenty of notice on this holiday. Fill out a personal leave form & add Floating Holiday.

Lighting project / Gloria

Project scheduled to begin on April 20th, Hoffman Electric will work in small areas to try to avoid closures, and the clerestory will be the first area to be updated. There will be possible late openings, or closures. Hoffman Electric will give daily updates so that we will know what to expect on that day. As we book rooms we should advise them of possible noise and possible closures.
Shipments-don’t sign for any lighting shipments coming in. We will call Doug Maulik. His number is posted in the staff room and on the bulletin board near the back door.

Teen Department / Gloria

It was discussed that the dance dance game on the P2 is too noisy to have on the main floor and would be moved to the children’s theater during the hours of 3:30 to 5:30.

Adult programming / Terry

Family Open Mic Night went well with all who participated and we will do it again. The Spelling Bee is April 20th.

Chris Enss, How the West was Worn, May 9th; (I will provide information on her and the program so that you can tell the public what it is about; Tickets and money will be kept in a separate envelope.)

Cheryl Wright will do a presentation on High County Gardening June 8th.

Paradise Kauai Style

We are here in Kauai and we are having a great time. It is beautiful here. We are surrounded by jungle. All the trees have blossoms and they are full of many different varieties of birds. We have wild roosters that roam the hillsides. They wake us with their crowing and continue all day long. They join us in the Happy Talk Lounge for drinks and snacks. We shared Easter Mass with the locals and other visitors, an there was standing room only. The weather changes from cloudy to sunny in a matter of minutes. It rains with the sun shining and rainbows are abundant. This is a picture of Bali hai to the far right. Yes this is where they filmed the movie South Pacific.
Monday we spent the morning snorkling. We were swimming with turtles and schools of colorful fish. We ate lunch in the town of Hanalei at Tropical taco. It is a pretty popular place on the island. The owner started his business in an old green van which he used to travel around the island and sell his fish tacos. In the evening we attended a luau at the Princeville resort. There were tables of food and the entertainment was wonderful. That is all for now. Hope all is well with you all. See you soon God Bless Sandi

Open Mic Night

Open Mic Night was a first for the Library and also for some of our performers. Members of the audience were treated to stories and a remarkable rendition of our "ABC's." Thanks to all who participated. We hope to have another Open Mic Night soon.

look at us!

Thanks William and Sara for dragging our old, tired bodies into the 21st century! What a great forum for sharing ideas....and to just have fun!

I was asked to create a flyer to pass around
the neighborhood to show the neighbors the damage being done to the outdoor stage. As I opened these photos I was so sad to see the latest things painted on the walls. I know graffiti has been around for a long time, but it sure is an eye sore to look at. I wanted to share a couple of the photos with all of you.

Hello Library world! Me name is Shari, Information Diva, Teen Librarian. But you holla at me by my hiphop tag: Nev'a-ee-nuf.

Peace
Later days and easy nights
Neva

Family "Reads" Night

Tonight is family "reads" night in the children's department from 7-8 PM. Bring your family and join us for stories and snacks.


See you there!

Meeting Notes

For example: We could post our meeting bullets HERE and refer to them as needed.

Most customers are astonished and disappointed when we have to tell them we don't have a recipe for rabbit stew!