Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Autumn cleaning is the air!

Caitlin, Rachel, Cortesse, Hanlie, Louise and Ruth have made an amazing start to the great Spring Autumn clean of 2016... The desk and workroom @ Unley, and the signage/community information at both branches are well on the way to a happy new post-RFID decluttered existence.

Love your hard work gals - it's made an amazing difference already. Hopefully it has also got everyone noticing what is around us throughout the libraries, and what we can all do to get rid of obsolete materials and make our working spaces so much more efficient and aesthetically pleasing (I know there's a much more impressive and hilarious term for this that I can't remember right now - c'mon Caitlin, what was it? Aesthetically beautified? Beatification and wonderment?)

So if you can all put your thinking caps on and continue the fantastic work that these wonderful volunteers have started for us, it will help us out so much not only with our RFID transition, but the level of customer experience that we offer. Go team!

Also don't forget about the intranet! If there content that can be linked from there rather than having hard copies scattered about, this makes life so much easier for all. If there's anything you would like to add or think would be beneficial on there, or needs to be removed as it is out of date, then please let the lovely Louise know.

Just to have all the deets in one place too, make sure you check out the info from Rachel's awesome email below :)

In preparation for the Desk relocation and RFID,
the tidy up is well underway,  J

A few things have been moved, please note:

Mismatch AV – now stored in the big tall cupboard behind front desk
Empty AV cases – a few stored in the big tall cupboard behind front desk, as well surplus stock in the compactus in the workroom
Tissues - now stored in the big tall cupboard behind front desk and also some in the downstairs workroom, underneath the pigeon holes.
LogicAir folder, Contractor induction, Bears folder, Books returned from other libraries folder – now stored in downstairs workroom under the pigeon holes.
LBBC Packs in tall cupboard behind front desk
 Receipt rolls for slip printers – now computer room cupboard.

 PLEASE NOTE:   The emergency / fire evacuation warden helmets and vests have moved.  (the ones that were stored in the cupboard behind the front desk)
They are now being stored in the bottom drawer of the Cash drawer  (behind the front desk).
  
It’s a work in progress.  Caitlin, Cortesse and myself did a busy bee blitz this morning around the front desk, clearing out cupboards and stuff around the front desk.
We will be continuing this in a fortnights time, so more changes will be coming.
Basically, just have a look in the tall cupboard behind the front desk, and some of the cupboards behind you at the  front desk  and the shelves under the pigeon holes in the workroom… just so you are familiar with some of the changes.

With the desk modification coming, some of the items that are currently stored in and around the existing front desk may be moved either into the downstairs workroom, the tall cupboard or the computer room.
Depending on whether the item is a high-use item or something that we occasionally use will determine where its new home will be.

Will keep you all posted as changes keep rolling.

Cheers
Rachel

2 comments:

  1. Library beautification! Aesthetic wonderment!
    On the latest season of the American Bachelor (go on, judge me) there was a girl who's job title was 'Aesthetician'. It's a fancy word for beauty therapist but I would like to think that under all of our job titles also comes the title of Library Aesthetician :)

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    1. Aesthetic wonderment and library beautification - hilarious! Should totally be in our job descriptions!

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