August 18, 2016In-Service Staff Day

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WelcomeWashoe County Library Staff!

Agenda

Lazy 5 Regional Park Meeting Room, then move to Spanish Springs Library

Breakfast provided instead of lunch (to ensure everyone has time to return to branches)

8:30am Director's Update (Lazy 5 Large Conference Room)

Summer Reading Debrief

9:30am RFID Training (Jonnica)10am Readers Advisory (Debi Gunderman)

10:30am Breakout Program Sessions RA Training for Children and

Teens NC Labs Coding Koha Training

Wrap up 11:15pm

Service TeamsFeedback from all reports demonstrate biggest need as Training and TechnologyCombination of Reference, Training, and Technology Teams into Reference Team

Collection DevelopmentBuild a Collection That Reflects Our

CommunityUse purchase suggestions and ILL requests as

a way to help us find the gaps in our collection and fill them with the materials our patrons want.

Use Collection HQ to advise selectors on popular items in our collections

Increase expenditures in popular areas

Reduce Wait TimesRun weekly reports to ensure we’re

identifying items with holds queues so that we can order additional copies.

Keep print holds at a 5:1 ratio and OverDrive holds at 7:1.

Collection DevelopmentIncrease Children’s Collection

Increase spending on children’s materials by nearly 50%

Need to purchase more copies of new titlesNeed to go back and increase the number of

copies of popular series

Downtown Reno Library will become the Main LibraryRN has space for us to house those books

which should still be a part of our system but may go out less frequently.

In the coming months we’ll produce new guideline to help branches determine what should stay on their shelves and what should be sent to RN.

Branches have limited shelf space and should house materials with a high turnover rate.

Sierra View and PartnershipsSierra View currently responsible for all partnershipsLooking to move some of the responsibilities to other branches

HVAC RepairedCounty working on restoring

bathrooms within library

Early Literacy InitiativeProgramming Retreat discussion of StorytimePartnerships with WCSD

Library Cards for all studentsContinuation of Striving Readers

Partnership with RenownIncrease in children’s materials expendituresCommunity Partnerships/Outreach1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

MakerspaceNC Labs (Coding Camps)UNR partnerships

Coding CampsChromebook LabsFourth Floor Downtown RenoIdeaboxes continuationStartup School

RenovationsDowntown Reno

Private TrustGrantsFundraising

North ValleysGift FundsFundraising

New North Valleys LibraryHeavy Growth in North Valleys (at

least 4,000 homes in the next ten years)

ProgramsSystem-wide/SRP Great Basin Herpetological: June 11-August 6:

FWCL funded 8 programs, 427 in attendance

NV Bugs and Butterflies: June 21-August 23: FWCL funded One more in August, but to date, most

successful by far with 701 folks attending 9 of the 10 programs!

Family Yoga Story Time: July 7-July 30: FREE, Cooperative 5 programs, 47 total attendance

Hubble Skateboards Presents Boards and Books: July 9-31: FREE, Cooperative 9 programs, 107

Summer Reading Program

Looking ForwardCIPA ComplianceKohaFacilitiesEarly LiteracyMakerspacesStaff TrainingRFIDMT-1NLA/ALA Memberships

Expansion Fund and Other Funding

Washoe County Library SystemJeff ScottDirector

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Thank YouWashoe County Library Staff!