Minutes
Adult Services Meeting, March 12, 2011
Attendance: P. Chislett (Chair), L. Kasum, Y. Mury, D. Walker, J. Xie (Secretary),
Start of meeting: 11:10 am
1. Old Business
a) Missing items have been taken care of Sharon and Heather.
b) AV budget- 34 000 CAD & Casino funds.
c) Keyboards - let Dustin know if they need to be replaced.
d) Luba, Laurie and three board members will go to the Jasper Conference.
e) The college library tour was very successful. Pam will call to arrange a tour for Jackie and
Hayley D.
Two more tours: Monday March 28, law library tour.
April , archives tour .
f) No update on the language learning software.
g) The long-term DAISY books have arrived and have been sent for rush cataloguing.
h) Two OverDrive sessions in March.
i) Other language brochures have been put out.
j) Interlibrary loan
Action item: Pam will work with Kerri to deal with telephony in May and June. A survey
about the interlibrary loan will be given out in May and June hopefully.
2. New Business
a) Round Robin:
 Yvonne –
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2 more armchair travels in March
The movie Fresh probably will be shown again.
World Movie Night gets popular, knitting program gets super popular.
We will have a program on funerals- a program for the seniors.
The display is being ordered.
Will try out the video conferencing equipment in a program setting
Jackie –
Survey on French adult books is going on.
Database issues are being fixed.
French book club is in consideration.
Dustin –
Video conferencing equipment works.
Action item: Get Steve of Rise to figure out how to use it, but not sure when this can
be done. Try the meeting first. The primary use will be for programs. Label cables
and keys.
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Pam –
considering use Windows 7 and upgrading the server.
Action item: Dustin will look into this.
Dustin will also look into getting an iPad.
Charlene’s business cards will be put at the reference for the purpose of
room booking. Reference staff direct patrons to Charlene by giving out her
cards.
If you need reference coverage, request it as early as possible. Using
your own way to request reference coverage: broadcasting or asking particular
individuals for help. If you don’t get responses within a day from that person, go
to Pam then. Cover the reference desk as much as possible. If no one is able to
cover Sharon’s shift (Monday, 4-6 pm) when she is away, we can leave the desk
empty.
Action item: Pam will be the primary back up if she is here and we need
reference coverage (yeah).
 Luba–
Conversational English lessons in April and May.
Suggested providing training at the reference desk in order to help
reach our strategic goal.
Will attend a meeting through our video conferencing equipment.
Will use Camtasia to record content such as how to use the library
catalogue, how to access the databases, etc.
Two OverDrive sessions in March: 1st and 22nd
3. Next Meeting - Wednesday, April 6th @ 1 pm in the Boardroom.
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