More Task Force News

I'm sure that it's no surprise to you that most of the task forces have now met for the first time. This has meant quite a few hours out of your time and we thank you for giving that to us. I will be scheduling second meetings hopefully before I leave for vacation next week. I will stagger days of the week and mornings/afternoons to give members of each group an opportunity to attend meetings.

I'm going to attempt to give you an overview of what was discussed in each:

Readers' Advisory - We are investigating how to implement "Express Reads". This initiative was passed by the Library Board for a launch in September.

Technology Task Force - This group is looking at the various functions in the library that require technology and beginning to formulate a plan for efficiently moving it from the Mall to the Library.

Study Rooms Task Force - We are investigating how to fairly regulate the time spent in the rooms on the second floor and the furnishing required in them. The group is also looking at the Ingram Activity Room in the Youth Library. We would like it to be available to the public for study, tutoring etc. when not in use for programming and other activities.

Adult Furnishings Task Force - Jennifer McBride from In2Space provided us with samples of furnishings and created a layout of where she thought they might go. We listed the various functions that need to be considered for our customers (i.e. studying in groups, studying alone, socializing, comfortably reading etc. We mapped out where these functions might take place on the plans then sent recommendations to Jennifer.

Customer Service Task Force - We began to think about what we would like the customer experience to be like in the Revitalized Library.

Collections and Move Task Force - This group looked at the collection codes for materials that we already provide, analyzed whether or not some collections could be combined and began to think about placement of collections in the Revitalized Library keeping in mind that we want to achieve a flow from one to another.

Local History and Marketplace Task Forces will be meeting today and tomorrow so I will have an update on them when I next post.

We are adding one more group and I would very much appreciate volunteers to sit on it. It is the "Signage Task Force". Please let me know if you are interested.

I'll be on vacation next week so posts will return when I return.

Until then....