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Agenda Items

1. New Ad Team Approach and Format (Rogers)

   • Tim discussed a new purpose statement for the Ad Team, reading, “To discuss and make decisions on issues having system wide impact or effecting multiple departments.” Team members reviewed the statement and agreed that it mirrored their expectations of the group.

Library Operations (Headquarters) – Candace announced she is working on the chemical inventory for MSDS. The complete inventory will be available on MyMetroLibrary.

The MLS Safety Manual is almost complete.

Mark your calendars for the annual MLS Staff Recognition taking place Saturday, November 8th at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Candace announced the Hemingway Café (Downtown Library) will open next week. The operation hours are 7:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday.

Winter ReadFest – Anita Roesler, OUT

Anita expressed her appreciation to managers for encouraging their staff to promote the Winter ReadFest program and for their outstanding achievements during the program. SO increased 672% in participants over last year and had the higher number of participants again this year. VI increased 627%, CT increased 328% and DC increased 147%. JN had the higher participation of the extensions with a 94% increase. Anita distributed certificates of thanks to the libraries for their participation.

Anita stated that OUT is working on next year’s sign up gift bag and has submitted a grant request to Friends of the Library. Anita shared that during the Adult Services Librarians meeting, the programmers expressed interest in more training related to the Winter ReadFest program. Anita stated that she would be happy to facilitate training at each location.