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Outcome Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

Submitted by morgan.jones on Tue, 09/25/2018 - 11:40

The Outcome Steering Committee met for the second time on September 19. Minutes have been posted on the Project Page. 

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Outcomes

FREE Health Screenings and Flu Shots from Wellness Works!

Submitted by kdewbre.burrows on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 16:23

Health Screenings and Flu Shots are available to ALL employees, both full- and part-time, at absolutely no cost to you.  

The Library System provides these services as a benefit of the Wellness Works Program.

Have a screening at one of the library locations OR ask us about an offsite screening that fits better with your schedule!

Health Screenings are now worth 150 Wellness Points for the 2018-2019 Wellness Year!  If you've never participated in the Wellness Points program before, this is a great way to get started!

Can't make it to one of the scheduled locations?  We offer Offsite Health Screenings and Flu Shot Vouchers so you can have access to those services -- still completely FREE -- on your own schedule!  Fill out the registration form(s) of your choice and look for those options.

Spaces are limited, so register today!

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Wellness Works, Wellness, Flu Shot, Health, Screening

Staff Day Registration CLOSES on 09/19/18@ 11:59

Submitted by milissa.copeland on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 15:29

We’re excited to provide a day of education, enrichment, team building, and recognition for all Metro Library Staff. Please take a minute to complete your Staff Day registration, including lunch selection and breakout session preferences. Please have your registration completed by Wednesday, September 19 at 11:59pm. Visit the Staff Day pages to get all the details. 

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Staff Day

Philosophy and Appreciating Customer Comments ~ WHAT?

Submitted by milissa.copeland on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 09:52

The Collection Management Workshop 1 ~ Collection Philosophy and Inviting and Appreciating Library Customer Comments (prerequisite) now has open enrollment (for ALL staff)! Module 1 has events from October 3 to December 6th in EduBrite! This course is a prerequisite for Module 2: Weeding and Promoting Your Collection (Which is another amazing professional development opportunity of fine tune your skills).

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Collections, Training, Collection Management, Learning and Development

Bonus Scavenger Hunt - US History in Context

Submitted by sadie.bruce on Mon, 09/17/2018 - 09:35

Looking for a challenge? Try to find all the answers to US History in Context’s Spanish Heritage Month scavenger hunt.

The hunt is attached. There’s no need to turn this one in – it’s just for fun. I’ll post the answer key in a couple weeks. Good luck!

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US History in Context Spanish Heritage scavenger hunt
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Databases

EduMinutes ~ Series 5 on Accountability now available in EduBrite ~ My Items

Submitted by milissa.copeland on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 14:01

This is the last series on Accountability (Core Competency in our Performance Development Plan). It is optional (as you will now see OPT in the course title). This series is only 16(m) 5(s). Once completed it will appear in your EduBrite transcript and is considered a professional development opportunity. Be sure not to miss this one, and go back to view the previous four in your EduBrite account on your Dashboard under "My Items".

 

REMINDER: Submit your Nominations for the 2018 Value Awards

Submitted by victoria.stephens on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 14:07

Do you know a stellar Metro Library staff member deserving of recognition?

The deadline was extended an extra day - submit your nominations by the end of the day Sept. 6. Criteria for each award is included in the nomination form. Please limit your nominations to one person per category. Value Award winners will be announced at Staff Day on Monday, October 8th. 

Complete the form HERE.

New Donated Books Receipting Process

Submitted by heather.zeoli on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 13:01

The Friends of the Library (FOL) will be changing how donors of books and materials receive their tax receipts.

Currently, at the time of donation, donors receive an Online Gift Receipt Information slip instructing them to go to supportmls.org and fill out an online form to receive an emailed tax receipt letter. This online form will be going away as of January 1st, 2019.

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book donations, Friends, Donations

Lynda Power User of the Month

Submitted by asoliven on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 07:32

Congratulations to Katherine Hickey, Children's Librarian at BI, for being the Lynda Power User of the Month! Katherine completed 10 Lynda courses in August.

 

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Learning and Development, Lynda.com, EduBrite

Database Scavenger Hunt #2 - We're going to the Movies

Submitted by sadie.bruce on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 09:13

This month we're going to the movies! Use library eservices or databases to answer four questions. You'll have until the end of the month to complete the questions and either email or interoffice mail the answers to Collection Development, ATTN: Sadie. Every hunt turned in on time wins some swag!

The only rule is you have to use our resources to answer the questions. You absolutely can team up with coworkers. There's more than one way to get to an answer. I'll post a key at the start of next month with the databases I used to build the hunt.

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September 2018 Database Scavenger Hunt
August Scavenger Hunt key
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Databases

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