Farewell Functions
The Library will be hosting two functions next week to farewell staff leaving the Library at the end of the month. The first is the lunch on Tuesday from 12-2 on Level 2 to which all library staff are invited. This will mark the end of the Library pre Project STAR as well as be an opportunity to say goodbye to those of our colleagues who are leaving UC the following week. Libraries will close over the lunch period except for the Education Library.
The second is a drinks occasion on Thursday at 4.30 on Level 2 for the rest of the university community who have had close dealings with those leaving to attend.
The Library is really pleased that those of our colleagues who have left already will return for these functions.

Collections ordering
At the moment there is no news on who might be appointed to the new positions in the Library Support Services area and in case there will still be no news on 1 December, orders for collection items can continue to be sent to the collections@libr.canterbury.ac.nz address. This will be regularly monitored and the orders auctioned accordingly.

Borrower registration issues
With the departure of Helen Doidge the responsibility for the borrower registrations necessary for library access that cannot be achieved through either the Jade SMS or Peoplesoft software has been delegated to Sandra Gover and Jan Scanlyn. Discussions will take place next week with Susanta Banerjee to raise the software problems to find a solution that will not require a library work-around. Solutions were promised two years ago but have not been forthcoming. The need is now urgent given the loss of positions in the Library by 1 December.
Helen has left guidelines on the wiki for staff to follow on various lending matters. These can be consulted as necessary.

Appointments to new positions
Philip has already communicated the good news that the administration staff have all been made and accepted offers of positions in the new structure. Co0ngratulations Maureen, Carole and Liz – that continuity of knowledge about library administration systems will be invaluable.
Further news on appointments to new library positions will be made by Heather as they are confirmed.
My (Gail’s) final day at work will now be 30 November not 30 December.

Library management post 1 December 2010
Heather will be making an announcement about the interim arrangements in the near future.

Gail
18.11.2010