(Sticky) Notes from Building Meeting, March, 2010

Shifting Parts of Library - Reusing the Space - Department Relocation

• Discharge in back
• Remove a window from workroom for returns - place bin under window and remove that part of the desk 
• Short desk at front or two:  first [one] charging?
• Move Circ desk to DVD/Video in Children's area
• Move holds to public space 
• Cut a hole or trap door into book drop (inside [of piece of furniture]) to access fallen books
• Move Information Station to current drop box location
• Interlibrary loan:  narrower work service below shelving; good step stool; for accessing empty containers stored above
• Shelving for ILL materials
• Keep ILL functions together:  tables, desk, postage meter, etc.
• Move ILL to public services after moving Kathy and Erin to Wyoming Room
• Use Paul's office for Teen office
• Use the public services office as a second meeting room 
• Move public service office to break room
• Move Susan and Paul to basement.  Use Susan's office for discharging materials.
• Keep Pub Services staff offices together 
• Put offices in Wyoming Room 
• Dept staff closer to departments (ex: Children's office near childrens or teen office near teen collections) 
• Use break room for office space and move break room downstairs
• Separate area for Children's programming
• Multi Media area for miscellaneous departments
• Like multimedia area
• Move the browsing area back to where the big windows are, to use the better light, the view, encourage more use of the area 
• Browsing area in front of windows in current (teen) area 
• [more] storage space
• A separate mail room w/ boxes for all staff
• Coffee shop!
• More modern furniture 
• Move stained glass to lobby
• Bring some tables upstairs
• Use space in between columns
• Larger maintenance area 
• As much open space as possible (now too dark and crowded)
• Carpet entire building using same color to eliminate divisions for future moves
• Make library look better 
• Have an efficiency expert look at our office and meeting space to optimize usage

Collection changes 

• Move Children's to adult area 
• Children's area in SW corner with glass wall (soundproofing) 
• Move adult to Teen and existing adult on north side
• Put adult ref into nonfiction collection 
• Move out Wyoming Room to adult nonfiction
• Children's nonfiction around perimeter of Children's area 
• Move Wyoming Room to Heritage Center
• Move materials from Wyoming Room to American Heritage Center
• Find ways to store "to be shelved" other than multiple carts in public view
• Move paperbacks to adult fiction 
• Get rid of folios and instead have an oversize collection 
• Incorporate "odd" items more fluidly into collection, i.e.:  maps, plans, paperbacks
• Magazines and newspapers in browsing area 

Signage, Artwork and Decorations Updated

• Big outdoor sign!
• Create displays at end of shelves to aid in finding stuff and promote more books
• Signage:  look at other institutions to help determine what works well (hospitals)
• Fewer, more effective signs
• Lesser, bigger and more uniform signage
• Uniform signage
• Board above circ desk to display announcements 

• Rearrange artwork according to the area of topic in the library, i.e.:  Wyoming history, quilts, gardening, etc.
• Artwork vs. posters on ends of shelves
• Take down so many posters, artwork, etc.
• More and different posters (celebrity) around!
• Gallery for art displays near lobby
• Can we solicit current artwork on loan to replace (even temporarily) pieces that have been up since the 80s?  

Cleaning, Decluttering, and Organizing / Routine Tasks

• Every staff member should have a shelf reading assignment, to address weekly
• Everyone should have a section to shelfread
• I think we should establish a citizen advisory panel made up of member of the public to solicit ideas
• Storage needs to be sensible and organized:  all office supplies together in space easy to access, custodial supplies, maintenance supplies, things to keep but not needed now, things to be sold
• Weed collections
• Throw more away
• More new items = more weeding
• All staff need to participate in throwing out:  one man's trash is another's treasure; inventory
• Clean staff room
• Clean out basement and AV - consolidate into one space
• Clean up/organize map area
• Not so much clutter - let's organize 
• Find better space or eliminate so many pamphlets, brochures, maps, posters, ads, etc. - Maybe one wall for everything
• Less "flyers" all around the library - put them in one area and all holders of flyers in same type of holder 

Improve Shelving

• Newspaper "tree" - no hanging papers; free up space
• No newspaper racks
• DVDs need better shelving
• Remove spinny racks
• How to use spinney racks?  DVDs??
• No books on top or bottom shelves
• Lower book shelves with backing
• Shorter shelves
• Empty a set of shelving for ILL/holds 
• Folios are too low! Need better position!
• We should get different magazine shelves
• More slanted or special purpose (like paperback) shelving 

Lighting

• Continue to keep light from windows by placing low shelves in front of them – or seating
• Improve lighting
• Better lights for book sale area (Jennie P will pay)
• Better lighting as [you] enter library
• Skylights

Improving Public Access Computers

• More space efficient computer areas
• Purchase laptop computers for public use
• More space for individual laptop outlets
• Public copier and printer both near public computers
• Make computers private but get rid of study carrels
• Computers against a wall
• Grants for public printers?
• Computer lab with a staff person to monitor and/or give individual help
• Computer lab for all computers
• Computer for adults in children's area where wall between Teen and Children currently