Public Services Council Meeting
September 15, 2000

Present: Paul Burnam, Deb Carter Peoples, Chuck Della Lana, Bernard Derr, Tom Green, Carol Hallenbeck, Joy He, Carol Holliger, Marsha Zavar

I. Announcement and General Information Sharing

The search for Assistant Chief of Circulation is on going. Two more candidates will be coming for interviews next Monday and Tuesday.

Tom reminded everyone that there would be a staff meeting next Wednesday that would last to noon.

In order to make reference service more meaningful and productive, the reference staff decided to change the location and appearance of the reference desk. We decided to move the reference desk closer to the circulation desk, and the Web workstations closer to the CONSORT terminals. We will also move the index tables out of the reference area. Carol Holliger, Marsha and Paul volunteered to look into a new reference desk. They are still in the process of finding a reference desk that will cost no more than $3000. A short-tern solution will be to move the existing reference desk, and this will be done in coordination with B&G and Info Sys.

Bernard voiced his concerns about moving the reference desk. He thinks that it is a good time now for us to make permanent and global changes, to talk about how we want the whole reference area to look like, and how to best arrange things in this area.

Hamilton-Williams reference assistance starts on Oct. 3. Reference assistance is offered between 11:30 and 1:00 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The following workshops will be offered this semester:

How to Search the Web Effectively
Paul and Joy
4:00 p.m., Oct. 3

Advanced Research Techniques
Tom and Paul
7:00 p.m., Oct. 11
4:00 p.m., Oct. 17

Getting the Most out of Full-Text Resources
Tom
7:00 p.m., Oct. 25

How to Cite Electronic Resources Correctly
Marsha and Danielle
4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Nov. 7

II. Summer Projects

Summer projects were reviewed. We got a lot done this summer.

III. Goals and Objectives

The goals and objectives for AY 2000-2001 were reviewed department by department.

IV. Values

The Public Services staff reviewed our values.

V. Area Reports

A. AV: Chuck hired 5 new students, and is in the process of training them. The Media Software Catalog has been updated and will be out soon.

B. Circulation: Bernard has hired 20 new students, and he is in the process of training them.

C. Government Documents: All four of Joy's students have returned to work.

D. ILL/PS: Marsha has hired 3 students, but is not sure if the 3rd one will work out.

E. Music: Carol Ha. has hired only 9 student workers, and still has some gaps in coverage. She is also looking for a new vendor for recording purchases.

F. Biology: There is no room for journals. Need to move another year's worth of journals to Beeghly.

G. Science: Deb is very busy. She needs to hire more students.

H. CRC: Kim is doing very well. Judy continues to catalog CRC materials.

V. Tech Services:

Carol Ho thanked people for their help with the Dewey project. She informed everyone that the Periodicals Desk would be fully staffed until midnight, except Fridays and Saturdays. She is still in the process of updating the Periodicals Union List, and she won't be able to finish it until early October.

VI. Other Concerns:

The next PS meeting will be held on Oct. 13, 2000 at 9:00 a.m.

 Submitted by Joy He