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Reminder: The last day of Access Video on Demand will be today. Please make any customers who might frequently use this database aware of the impending cancellation and direct them to Kanopy

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All About the Friends of the Library 2019 Booksale!

Hello Metro Team - posters, bookmarks and an information sheet (as detailed below, and attached) will be sent to library locations the week of January 2, 2019. As the Friends' annual Booksale has become such a popular regional event, we wanted to share the following information with all staff so that you are in the know and are empowered to answer any questions you receive. Thank you for doing your part to help encourage support of Booksale!

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Shazam! Top 10 New Courses in EduBrite

Seek supervisor's approval prior to taking these in EduBrite.

 

Internal Assessment Survey Results

In mid-November, our internal assessment survey went out to all staff and Library Commissioners.  This survey was intended to help us evaluate how we work as an organization and how we want to work in the future so we can move forward as a team toward a common purpose.  The first results from the survey are posted here and were also shared with the Library Commission at their December meeting.  More results will be shared in

Engagement Recommendations & Project Proposal, Project Teams, and Next Steps

What’s the Latest with Engagement?   

Over the past seven months Engagement Managers, frontline Engagement staff, Engagement and Program Services (EPS), and Planning and Assessment (PLA) have:  

Collection Management - Module 2: Weeding and Promoting Your Collection

First workshop 12/19/18 - Module 2 Weeding and Promoting Your Collection ~ Open seats available for the 12/19/18 workshop!

If you have attended Collection Management - Module 1, you can enroll and subscribe to Module 2.  Tomorrow at SO from 9:30am to 11:30am. Enrollment through EduBrite!

 

 

Best of 2018

It's the time of year when everyone comes out with their Best Books of 2018 and our customers what to hear yours! Did you read an adult, YA, or children's book (published in 2018) that you loved? Maybe more than one? Tell Collection Development about it:

Adult Best of 2018

YA Best of 2018

Childrens Best of 2018

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Required Compliance Course ~ Ethical Issues in Employment (REQ) December 2018

Ethical Issues in Employment (REQ) December 2018

This compliance course is required by all MLS Staff. It is located in EduBrite and takes approximately 35 minutes to complete (video and knowledge check). There is an Introduction page with full course details.

Completion due for all staff ~ January 13, 2019.

MLS Cybersecurity - Identifying Phishing and Social Engineering Scams

Cybersecurity – Identifying Phishing and Social Engineering scams.

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