New Initiatives
Roberta Winjum is proud to announce that Technical Services has initiated a new customer service program with corporate sponsors. The sponsors have kicked in with cash prizes (taxable income) and gifts. SPC has agreed to select a TS staff member each week to receive the award, to announce it in the staff newsfeed, and to take the honoree out to lunch. If the program is successful in TS, it may be implemented across the library system. Roberta gives TechForce credit for coming up with the idea during a recent retreat. The group developed the eligibility criteria based on dog show judging:
Scoring is finalized by judges and is determined by the:
1.
Difficulty
2.
Smoothness
3.
Speed
4.
Concentration
5.
Successful Completion of the Trick
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Play Dead By Command |
Fetch and Return (Stick, Bone etc.) |
Catch a Frisbee (From Owner) |
Catch a Ball (From Owner) |
Roll Over By Command |
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Dance (On Hind Legs) |
Chase Tail By Command |
Acting (Wounded, Lame, Etc.) |
Jump Hoops (Held By Owner) |
Jump Rope (Held By Owners) |
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Beg By Command |
Shake Hands With Owner |
Pushing Balls Into a Goal Set By Owner |
Play Toy Instruments (Drums, Piano Etc.) |
Mimic Owner |
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Skateboarding (Alone OR Pulled By Owner) |
Distinguish The Colored Balls (Worth Many Points – Dogs Are
Color-Blind) |
Distinguish Between Banana, |
Guess The Closed Hand With The Treat |
Recycling Bottles Into A Recycling Bin (For Extra Points |
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Walk + Stop By Command |
Howling (Not Barking) By Command |
Jumping Over A Line By Command |
Limbo |
Walking (Backwards) By Command |
Statistics
Staff were extraordinarily productive this past month, but were too busy to record the actual numbers. Order Services emptied out its mail room, including all the gift collections. Cataloging emptied the backlog inventory from the Annex and cleaned off all their shelves. And, Preservation removed the last trace of backlogs in repair, binding, and marking. Please don't look in the GLB sub-basement.
E-Resources
The SFX KnowledgeBase was 1000% up to date and correct thanks to the hard work of Julie, Ann, and several other TS staff. Please report any problems to the mailbox called YEAHWEKNOWITSBUSTED@vanderbiltliberry.edu
Zora, Mary Ellen, and Roberta have
ordered batches of bibliographic records to be loaded for several new e-book
collections. These collections are Barbara
Cartland Novels Online, Cooking Your Way Around the World, and Space Travel Diaries.
New online databases recently ordered by the Library include
Sports for Couch Potatoes, Banking Regulations for FatCat Investors, and Healthy Lifestyles for Aging
Meetings
Staff attended gazillions of meetings, too numerous to mention. But, rest assured that each and every meeting was vital.