Showing posts with label committees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label committees. Show all posts

Monday, March 29, 2010

Booktruck dance teams, Avoiding

Never agree to be on a library committee without first reading its charge.  Sometimes an innocuous sounding group, like the "Collection Assessment Revisioning Team," turns out to be the code name for your library's secret book cart dance troupe. And, yes, costumes are mandatory.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Headphones, Lending

If your library lends headphones to patrons, it is important to properly sanitize such equipment between uses. In fact, a new group (The "Equipment for Audible Recordings: Cleaning Resources of User Dander" Committee) should be formed posthaste to develop the appropriate procedures and workflows.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Committees, Naming

How to name a library committee:
  1. Pick a corny acronym.
  2. Find words that loosely fit letters in acronym.
  3. Form a subcommittee to look into changing the name of the committee to a fit a new corny acronym.
Ask the readers: What is your library's best committee acronym?