[Circulation] Hi Suzanne,Re: Working at the Library this Fall

[Samuel Elliott Arnold]

On 2020-08-21 10:00, Suzanne Karanikis wrote:
> 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
> 
> --
> 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:
> ------
> [1] 
> https://intranet.hampshire.edu/news-events/fall-2020-library-services-update
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