Note taker: Angela
1. Congratulations to DeNeshia on getting a full-time job! We
will miss you.
2. Time Card: a reminder to be on top of your punches. Just a
clarification: “on time” means you are ready to start working at :15 after.
Lunch should be an even hour- please punch in as close as possible to the time
you punched out for lunch. Write it down if you need to.
3. Roving.
a. The roving hour is intended to serve our
customers and our library.
b. The expectation is that everyone will use their
roving hour out on the floor, assisting customers and enforcing rules.
Especially the no food and no drink rule
c. Roving is not for using facebook or your cell
phone. Roving is not for doing work in the back. If you wander around and find
that no one needs your help, straighten around the stacks. Pick up items that
need to be picked up. But stay accessible.
d. Closing simply means Roving with some extra
duties. It does not mean wait in the back until it is time to make
announcements
e. Please ask Chris to show you how to pull up the
print list at the print station to make free prints
4.
End of Day
a. It is important to wait to clock out until :08
b. Everyone needs to work together to ensure that
we are ready to leave in a timely manner. This means making sure the building
is clear, helping count the money, straightening and picking up trash, etc.
5. Breaks.
a. Please take your 15 minute breaks on hours that
are not customer-focused. If you are scheduled to be at the desk, self-check,
or roving, we need you there the full hour. Breaks can be taken on
“collection,” “duties,” “delivery,” hours, etc. If you find that your schedule
is not allowing you time for a break, let Angela and Chris know.
b. As has been said before: please take your break
in the break room or outside. This is good for you for three reasons: gives you
a breather from your work space, lets others know that you are currently
unavailable, and makes it clear to management and coworkers that you are not
using work time for personal business.
6. Monthly Narrative
a. Starting with this month, everyone will
be responsible for writing up a monthly report of what you did. This is to keep
track of your successes and to positively impact your HEAR evaluations. Please
type it up and email it to Chris in the first week of May.
b. In the same vein, if you see someone else doing
something awesome, write it up and send it to Chris.
7. Harris County OneLink
a. Please accept Harris
County Library cards and see if the customer has an account in our system. If
someone wants to link their HCPL card to their HPL account, they are free to do
so. They’ll need to fill out an application as per usual, and you will use
their HCPL barcode number instead of a new card. If you have any questions
about this, please ask Sara Ortiz.
8.
Jungman
a.
Construction will end in late summer, but the branch
will probably re-open in January
b.
When Alief closes, we will probably take over
passports
9. Smart Money
a. Envelopes:
i.
Fines/deposit envelope:
fine payments and anything with an HPL logo (red bags, computer cards)
ii.
Booksale envelope: stuff
we sell with no logo (earphones, flashdrive, booksale items)
iii.
There is a cheat sheet
taped into the tan colored money box
b. Field trip to the desk.
c. We will now be using an excel document called
“Daily Cash Register” on the Desk computer to reconcile our drawer and
envelopes every day.
d. We will still do the official drawer count at
the end of the night; please recount if it does not come out evenly.
e. In the morning, here is the Smart Money order of
operations:
i.
Booksale envelope, Booksale tab
ii.
Fines/Deposit envelope, Fines tab
iii.
Count the till, Till tab
