A Monday and no meetings so a chance to catch up on tasks
1. Social media - quick check of twitter feed and Facebook page. I do have alerts for them set up so shouldn't miss anything but I don't post to them over weekends. Added some quick posts and checked for anything interesting. Scheduled some posts about the power hour sessions that are coming up this week (Information Services training sessions).
2. Sent emails to various people in my team to suggest some training opportunities that are available and signed up for a couple of sessions myself
3. Checked up on the IT Helpdesk temp that we have working for us at the moment - had a chat with him to make sure he is ok with everything and knows who to ask if he needs support. Chased up a few outstanding requests. Sorted forms.
4. Authorised holidays and checked the HR system for sickness and absence records
5. Emails...
6. Wrote up the notes from the Service Improvement Group meeting that I chaired last week. Had a think about how we are going to tackle the next stage of the changes that need to be implemented. Circulated notes, actions and suggested next steps. Need to put a date through for a meeting.
7. Talked to the Information Assistants about the tasks and activities they are up to and the tasks that I would like them to do. Asked them about shelving and how we are keeping a record of work flow.
8. Confirmed details of a visit to Uni of Edinburgh library for some of the Library Assistants
9. Wrote up some PDRs from last week with review statements and confirmed objectives for forward job plans
10. Liaised with Subject Librarian and Resource Manager about a user enquiry that was taking up lots of resource and time
11. Helped on the Library IT Helpdesk as there was a queue as I was passing - mainly password issues and also staff wanting to change email set-up on mobile devices due to change to O365
12. Emails...
13. Talked to evening staff as they began their evening shift as Evening librarian not here and updated them on things that have happened during the day
The good thing about days when I don't have meetings is that I can make a bit of time to talk to staff and just generally be about the place to see what's happening. It works well for me on a Monday as it gives me a chance to sort problems out at the beginning of the week and set tasks and get feedback.
