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Hiring, Training, and Supervising Library Shelvers [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tunstall, Patricia.
- Series:
- ALA guides for the busy librarian Hiring, training, and supervising library shelvers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libraries Staff manuals.
- Library pages.
- Library personnel management.
- Local Subjects:
- Libraries Staff manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (121 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : ALA Editions, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How do you find good library shelvers and keep them for more than a few months? Tunstall gives practical advice to help you do just that with a complete overview on how to hire, test, train, and retain shelvers.
- Contents:
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Looking for Recruits
- 2. Interviewing and Hiring
- Interviewing
- Hours
- Physical Requirements
- Hiring
- Selection
- 3. Training
- Shelving
- Audiovisual materials
- Shelf reading
- Shifting
- Closing procedures
- Miscellaneous tasks
- Shelvers don't do reference!
- Personal safety
- Training logs
- A word about volunteers
- 4. Day-to-Day Supervising
- Allocation of duties
- Scheduling
- Page meetings
- Notice boards
- Page manuals
- Web pages
- 5. Keeping Your Shelvers in Good Order
- Non-appearance for a scheduled shift
- Habitual lateness or poor timekeeping
- Inappropriate dress
- Inappropriate talking and socializing
- Under-performance
- No longer up to the job?
- When it gets personal
- What to do about parents
- Sometimes you have to fire them
- 6. Performance Assessment
- 7. Working with Other Departments
- 8. Looking After the Supervisor
- 9. The Big Moves: Your Chance to Shine
- Why it makes sense to do it yourself
- Where do I start?
- What do I do with this ridiculously large number?
- Is it really necessary to tag the collection?
- How do I fix it?
- What next?
- Are we ready to move yet?
- And away you go
- How do I persuade my colleagues that this is a good idea?some questions you might have
- Appendix: Forms and Tools
- Vacant Position Sign
- Additional Interview Questions
- Alternative Shelving Quiz
- Shelving Quiz
- Dewey Numbers
- Alphabetical Order
- Sample Letter: Thanks but No Thanks
- Sample Letter: No Thanks This Time
- Appointment Letter
- Training Slip
- Page Job Description
- Booktown Public Library Job Description
- Daily Page Work Assignments
- Daily Log
- Shelving Supervisor's Monthly Report November 20XX
- Staff
- Collections
- Shelf Reading
- Meetings
- Conduct Agreement
- Shelver Performance EvaluationPage/Shelver Manual
- Schedule
- Salary
- Conduct
- Library Privileges
- Vacations
- Reviews
- General Guidelines for Shelving Books
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
- Special Collections: Youth Services
- Special Collections: Adult Services
- Audiovisual Collections
- Shelf Reading Procedure
- Clean Up Procedures
- Contents Checking
- Emptying Outside Book Drop
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8389-9732-5
- OCLC:
- 567494581
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