Policies and Procedures Meeting Notes 12/13

Attending: Barb Gibney, Elizabeth Hulett, Janlee Viands, Jeff Ridgeway, Ian Seibert, Jackie Price, Lisa Key, Charlotte Seibert, Kathleen OConnell

Discussion centered around what we currently have in the policy and procedure manual, issues that need to be addressed and the format of the revised manual. It was suggested that we change the format of the manual to something that is more user friendly, e.g. divided into two parts Customer Service and Internal Operations.

Suggestions for new policies:
File Retention
Social Media
Internet
E-Readers
Laptops
Study Rooms
Loudness Policy
Disruptive Children
Permission for children to checkout anything and for people to agree that their circulation records will be kept.
Budget
Banning Policy
Internal Communication
Emergency Handbook
Collection Development
Security Staff and Training
Keeping the library clean
Rules of Patron

Assignment were given out for teams to work on each of these policies and the overall format. The following committees were formed:

Format of Policy and Procedure Manual: Lisa, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Kathleen

Policies:

File retention Admin.

Departmental Budgets Admin.

Social media, internet, ereaders, laptops, Ian, Elizabeth, Amanda, Jeff, Janlee

Study Rooms Elizabeth, Janlee, Kathleen

Loudness and disruptive children, Jeff, Lisa, Jackie

Permission forms Jackie, Lisa

Security Staff and Training Jim, Kathleen

Collection Development Barb, Jeff, Kathleen

Banning Policy Elizabeth, Janlee, Lisa, Jeff, Kathleen

Internal Communication Lisa, Barb, Jeff, Elizabeth, Janlee, Kathleen

Cleaning of the Building Not sure this should be included here

Rules of Patron Behavior Entire Committee

Next meeting in early to mid January.