[Circulation] Working at the Library this Fall

[Suzanne Karanikis]

Hello All, 

I hope most of you saw my intranet announcement [1] describing how the
library will operate this fall.  Olivia, Sam, Rachel, and I will all be
working two days a week, so that the building is staffed Monday -
Friday, 9am-5pm.  We will be scheduling students to work with us during
that time. Most times we will have one student per shift, but we may
schedule more than one and have you doing different jobs. 

There will be 3 shifts per day: 9am - noon
                                            noon - 2:30
                                            2:30-5 

Please send me your availability during these days and times, and your
preferred shifts, and I will build a schedule.  Most students are
eligible to work 8 hours a week.  Based on your availability and our
hours I may not be able to give all students 8 hours, but I will try. 
If you don't want all 8 hours please do tell me that as well.   

As stated in my announcement, the library is only open by appointment. 
Patrons have to request books through the catalog.  We pull them, check
them in, and pack them in brown paper bags with the pull slips stapled
to the outside.  Patrons call us when they arrive (pickup hours are from
10-4), and then we check the books out using the pull slips, and we put
them on a cart outside the library entrance door.   

So what will you be doing this fall?  Morning students will be pulling
and books that have been requested by our patrons and 5C patrons.  The
books received in 5C delivery will also have to be processed.  We will
need you to cover the InfoBar during our pickup hours if one of us has
to close ourselves in our office for a zoom call.  We will all have to
maintain a Google sheet where we will log appointments so we know who we
have to let in for appointments that day.  And then we will be doing
more of the usual functions: reshelving, shelf-reading, inventory.  We
will also have to be wiping down frequently touched surfaces.   

I hope this has answered most of your questions so far.  The last thing
I need is for you all to let me know when you will be on campus and what
day you can start working.  If anyone is available to work on Monday
that would be very helpful to me.   

In case you were curious, these are the days staff will be working on
campus:
                                                Monday: me
                                                Tuesday: Olivia and
Rachel
                                                Wednesday: Rachel and
Sam
                                                Thursday: Olivia and me
                                                Friday: Sam

Please contact me if you have any questions at all.  Email is fine, but
if you want to have a conversation please do call my cell at
413-478-1619. 

Thank you all for wanting to return to work.  We are all very happy to
have you back again!   

Suzanne                                

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Suzanne Karanikis
Access Services Supervisor
Harold F. Johnson Library
Hampshire College
893 West Street 
Amherst, MA 01002
phone: 413-559-5762
fax: 413-559-5419 

Links:
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[1]
https://intranet.hampshire.edu/news-events/fall-2020-library-services-update
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