I have placed a maroon box on the counter by the sink and have labelled it “Dirty Tea Towels”, so the dirty ones will need to go into that.

I have also put by the sink a packet of new dishcloths.

Carole

I have a friend, Tracey, looking for any opportunities to housesit and care for pets over the summer.

If you have a need or know of anyone looking for a reliable, mature, honest person please contact me on 021 159 7634. She is also looking for a boarding situation if anyone is interested. She works at the hospital so has asked that I take calls for her.

Thanks
Sharon King

I just wanted to say thank you to all the Library staff for the wonderful support I have received for my thesis study. I have accepted a job in Palmerston North and should start my new career with Hearing Care in April 2011. I am very excited to be making this change but sad to be leaving Christchurch. I will still keep my home in Burnside and rent that while I am away. Life brings lots of changes so I think I will just keep my home and that option of coming back to Christchurch open.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday time with family and friends.

Cheers
Sharon King

As of today, Monday 6th December, the Central Library mail will be available on Level 7 rather than on Level 3. As you enter Level 7, the Reception desk is on the left and the mail and pigeon holes are located at the far end of the reception desk.

Also, please be aware that Carole and Maureen will be moving up to Level 7 on Tuesday 7th December, so we may not be able to take phone calls or process emails during this time.

Thanks

Carole

Some of the Central Library staff thought that it would be a good idea to have a final afternoon tea tomorrow (Tuesday 30th November) for our colleages that are being disestablished as it is their last day with the Library.

This will take place at 3:10pm in the Central Library staff room, should you wish to come along. Also, if you are able, please can you bring along a tasty treat.

Thanks

Carole

The University gardeners are providing us with some flowers to put on the table for the staff lunch (however, donations from people’s gardens would also be very welcome).

To this end, does anybody have any flower vases that they could lend me for this occasion. If so, please can you bring them over to Library Administration. You might want to put a sticker on the bottom with your name on so that I can return them after the event.

Many thanks

Carole

Organisational charts showing the new team structures as envisaged by the decisions made as part of the Project STAR process can be found at:

Library Support Services Group
Research and Information Services Group

The boxes each represent a current member of staff, their position title and the FTE size of the position. The names of the encumbents have been removed in the interests of privacy. It is a good visual representation of the new “teams” in a macro view.

The details of how those teams will be actually be managed and will work is currently under discussion between the Transition Team and those managers in the new structure that we currently have in place, namely Heather and Joan currently. However, in relation to the Support Services Teams and the new Information Resources Assistants in that area, the position descriptions reflect that the Information Resource Assistants will be required to work across the Resource Discovery and Resource Acquisition Teams in response to fluctuations in workload and as a consequence the PD includes key result areas for both teams. Although the individual staff members undertaking these roles will report to either the Resource Discovery or Resource Acquisitions Team Leader, the intention is for these staff to work across both teams (including supporting Interloans) to facilitate the transfer of skills and knowledge and ensure a multi-skilled group.

Two members of the Transition Team have had a wide-ranging discussion with Heather over the way her area of responsibility will look and while there are no confirmed decisions to report yet, Heather had plans to discuss it with Sue McKnight once Sue was well enough and also to discuss it with the new Academic Liaison Managers once appointed. Sue’s continuing illness will change this plan so further details will be provided once they are known. The Transition Team will continue to follow up on this.

Key questions for staff are:
to whom will they report and where will they be located?

Key areas for Heather to consider are:
the Liaison team, the Central Library Team, and the Branches/Hubs Team.

Liaison Team:
distribution of staff between the managers will need to be determined
distribution of staff across all libraries will need to be looked at closely.
Teaching programme for 2011 is still a high priority and will need to be sustained
No new managers begun before 30/11/10
Branch Managers leaving before 30/11/10

Central Library:
How can Joan manage 24 staff on her own?
Deputy for Joan?
How can the Band 3 roles assist Joan?
What are the roles of the Band 3 in the new structure – same or different?

Branches/Hubs:
redistribution of staff around the branches?
Reporting to one manager instead of several individual managers?
Role of new band 5 supervisor position and of existing band

Other issues for Heather:
Lending leadership
High Demand leadership

To be continued …

The Transition Team is meeting weekly to identify issues involved in the transition from the existing to the new structure.

The Bindery move to Digital Media Group has been started and discussions between John Froud, Foreman Binder, and Simon White, Print/Copy Production Team Leader, have begun. Similarly, Anne Scott is working with Susanta Banerjee, Applications and Systems Support Manager, in regard to the transferral of Margaret Adam from the Library.

Please let us know your thoughts and concerns so we can add them to the list of issues to be sorted.

Gail Pattie, Cynthia Bishell, Caroline Sydall 13.10.10

Unfortunately the Central Library Level 5 staff room has not had it’s ceiling tiles checked yet, and it is also being used as a storage area for the ceiling tiles for the rest of Level 5. This will mean that the Staff party that was due to be held on Wednesday 13th October will need to be postponed to another date.

I will post another item on Counterculture when the new date has been finalised.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Carole

A party will be held on Wednesday 13th October at 4:00pm in the Central Library staff room to thank staff for their hard work and for being so flexible in their working arrangements over the last few weeks since the earthquake on 4th September.

Drinks and nibbles will be provided.

Please can you RSVP to Carole Rickman if you would like to attend this event.