Administration / Commission – Donna discussed her recent visit to Washington, D.C. to advocate for libraries and her visit with four local Representatives at the event.
Donna informed the Ad Team that she will attend the ground breaking ceremony for John W. Rex Elementary Charter School on Friday, May 24th and ask them to join her if interested.
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Library Operations (Headquarters) – Candace announced the Maps 3 – Street Car proposal meetings will take place May 9th and June 13th on the fourth floor at the Downtown Library for those who are interested in attending.
Candace was excited to announce two Devon Energy groups have chosen the Downtown Library to have their meetings on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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Outreach – Dana displayed the 2013 Summer Reading – Early Childhood, Children and Teen poster boards which were all original artwork from the MLS Marketing Department. This year’s Early Childhood and Children’s theme is ‘Dig Into Reading’. The Teen theme is ‘Beneath the Surface’. Summer Reading will begin June 1st through July 31st. Brochures were sent out to libraries and area schools this week.
Dana also stated the ‘Day at the Zoo’ event sponsored by OETA and Read Across Oklahoma went very well.
Library Operations & Planning – Kay announced the monthly summary for MyMetroMinute. Staff created 261 original written content and added 33 comments for the month of March on MyMetrolibrary. There is a new job opening for a Virtual Librarian.
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Kim announced the MLS Marketing Department received a total of six Addy Awards at the Addy Awards Banquet on February 23rd at the Coca Cola Events Center. The Addys are presented by the Oklahoma City Advertising Club and is the most prestigious recognition for excellence in local marketing.
Karen recently visited the Choctaw Library staff to work on their collection in preparation for a new manager.
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Human Resources – Lori stated 89 people are participating in the ‘Lighten Up Challenge’. MLS staff has lost a total of 228 pounds thus far.
Monday, April 1st begins the new ‘Move-It Challenge’ and HR has begun taking orders for new Actipeds to until Friday, March 1st.
Lori also reported the Human Resources Department is in the process of filling eight open positions.
MAC – The Marketing Department is finishing up work from previous weeks.
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Human Resources – Lori reported the Human Resources Department is continuing work from previous weeks focusing on ACA (Affordable Care Act).
MAC – Kim announced she received over 40 project requests in a two week period. All projects were processed through Base Camp.
The 2013 Summer Reading drafts / bids were sent out on Tuesday, February 5th. It will be awarded in two weeks; therefore they will begin printing in two weeks.
Kim received giveaways; Frisbees, water bottles, pens, and business card magnets, for the Almonte Reception scheduled for Tuesday, February 19th.
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Human Resources – Lori reported the Human Resources Department is focusing on ACA (Affordable Care Act) at this time previously known as Healthcare Reform.
MAC – Marketing is working on a video for Jones Library to showcase their fundraising efforts. The video will be in a scripted format about 3-5 minutes long and will include interviews from Jones Library visitors.
The Marketing Department won 6 Addy Awards. The eMedia commercial was amongst the winning selections. The 47th Annual Addy Awards Ceremony will take place Saturday, February 23rd at the Coca-Cola Events Center.
Kim discussed the stats from the MLS eBook commercial advertisement.
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Information Technology – The IT department has prepared and printed W2s and given them to the Business Office.
IT is also working on configuration of routers and switches that will replace equipment that is no longer supported by Cisco.
Jimmy has been working on software that will assist with the layout of shelving at the Almonte Library.
Self Pick-up of reserves begins at Warr Acres and Capitol Hill on January 7th and Choctaw on January 14th.
The RFI for a new ILS system was sent to vendors on January 3rd. The vendors have until January 18th to ask any questions and they are due to be returned to MLS by February 8th. The RFI will then allow IT to prepare and issue RFPs.
