I thought about developing my own blog or wiki for this project but decided that I don't have time to do that this week.

For a little about Lincoln County Library District (LCLD) I have a wiki at http://lcldinfo.wikispaces.com/ but it isn't terribly exciting.  I use it for providing open access to our documents and meeting information.

Day 1 of Round 6 of the Library Day in the Life Project

The day actually may have officially started Sunday evening between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. when I put together and sent out a press release about the next LCLD Board meeting and a second press release about the two openings on the Board.

8:30 a.m. – checked email on my phone at home to see if anything important was happening.

10:10 a.m. – drove out to the Siletz Public Library, about a 17 mile drive.  I was at the library to process items on hold for the courier to pick up and to get the hold items the courier delivered ready for Wednesday, when the library next opens.  I was also there to see what had been going on in the last few weeks since I had been unable to visit, update programs on the staff computers, add a virus program on the newest computer and see what supplies they need.  For some reason, I forgot the alarm code for the library this morning.  I am the person who assigned the codes and I have been using the codes for over 4 years.  I actually had to call the alarm company to ask them not to send the police and then go out to my car to look up the code.  Not the way to start a day.

2:05 p.m. I made it back to Newport to start my real work for the day.  I first picked up the mail at the post office and went out to the Oregon Coast Community College to have the librarian there sign checks for the Coastal Resource Sharing Network, our computer consortium.

2:20 p.m. Connected up with our temporary courier driver and our cataloger.  The courier driver had not done the run for over 3 years so I needed to make sure there weren’t any questions and to make sure that we have all of the employee documents updated.  I also had to see what the cataloger was doing since she had to do the ILL’s.  Unfortunately, our long time courier driver and library assistant is out getting radiation treatments for cancer.  We are all trying to fill her shoes but none of us are as good at her job as she is.  We work with the public libraries and community college but we are not a library.  We have an office and a garage. 

3:00 p.m. (approximately) I settled down to try to make it through some of the piles of work to be done.  I read email and responded where needed as well as sending a note about spam phone calls to PUBLIB and local libraries as well as our staff.  I took a very quick glance at Facebook but haven’t gotten back to it yet.

3:30 p.m. I opened up the boxes with the Userful computers that I will be setting up at the Siletz Library.  Everything was in good shape so I sent a message to Userful about arranging working on the next steps after I set up the computers.

4:00 p.m. began all of the bookkeeping tasks of the day.   We are small and, until now, have not had funds to hire a bookkeeper until now.  Of course, now I am using the bookkeeper funds to pay for the temporary courier I just hired.  I processed payroll for deposit in staff checking accounts on Friday, paid the state and federal taxes, and worked on several other bills.  I also am the treasurer for CRSN so I had to pay several of those bills as well today.

4:23 p.m. I realized that I probably should eat my lunch while working.

6:30 p.m.  I filled out the forms from the County Clerk’s office about the upcoming Board election (May 17).  Because one position has been empty for a while and one Board member died around the first week of December all 5 of our Board positions will be up for election.

7:33 p.m. left the office after putting some items for the community college in the courier van but the day didn’t end.  I went home for a few minutes and then went back to  the office because I realized there was something not quite right in the courier van.  I found 2 boxes of books that should have been delivered today to the Newport Public Library.  I also found that the ILL’s that had been processed had not been loaded into the van.  So, I straightened up the boxes in the van, distributed the ILL’s and put the boxes for the library in my car and delivered them on the way home.

This evening I am writing this and may get the chance to fill out the ALA form for individuals running for ALA positions.    Tomorrow won’t have as much detail but might be a more interesting day.

Day 2 of Round 6 of the Library Day in the Life Project

6:40 a.m. checked email and facebook then got ready to hit the road.  I had a 2 hour drive to Salem, OR today for the Special Districts Association of Oregon (SDAO) Legislation Committee meeting.  The Oregon Legislative Session has just gotten underway so there are lots of bills to discuss.

10:00 SDAO meeting begins.  It is always an interesting meeting and helps me keep up with legislation that affects public employers, employees, special districts, and libraries.  I share information useful to libraries with the Oregon Library Association (OLA) Legislation Committee.  This is today's agenda:

SDAO Legislative Committee Meeting

January 25, 2011 | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

SDAO Main Office Conference Room | Salem

Agenda

1. Introductions – Todd Heidgerken

2. House/Senate Leadership – Hasina Squires

3. House Rules – Hasina Squires

4. House/Senate Committees – Hasina Squires

5. Session Timelines – Hasina Squires

6. Governor’s Staff – Hasina Squires

7. SDAO Legislative Priorities – Hasina Squires/Mark Landauer

1. Contract Signing – HB 2709

2. Debt Distribution – HB 2707

3. Annual Audits of Pools – LC 1585

4. Multi Purpose Service District – HB 2808

8. Franchise Fees/Roseburg Case – Mark Landauer

9. Public Records/Kroger – Mark Landauer

10. SDCs – Mark Landauer

11. HB 2075 – Prepaid Wireless – Hasina Squires

12. SB 213 – EMT Patient Referral/Transport – Hasina /Genoa

13. PERS Legislation – Hasina Squires

14. Ethics – Genoa Ingram

15. BM 76 Implementation – SB 342 – Amanda Rich

16. Revenue Forecast – Mark Landauer

17. Other

18. Next Meeting/Adjournment

We are choosing what bills to support, oppose or monitor and watch for changes.  The public records legislation could affect our library exemptions but we don't know yet.  The PERS deals with changes in public employee retirement for those public employers using PERS.  The LCLD Board chose not to invest in PERS so it is not personally of interest but it is of interest to may library employees.

I actually get so much more about management issues, public meeting laws and employment issues from SDAO than I do from library associations and training.  I am a big support of library associations but recognize that each type of groups has strengths and weaknesses.

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. took some personal time to go to a movie and check out smart phones.  I hope to update my phone in February but haven't decided which one to get yet.

5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Drove from Salem to Newport

8:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.  Put together an estimate of how much it could cost to send the CRSN Systems Administrator to the Pacific NW COSUGI meeting, updated the CRSN agenda and wiki with this information and the cataloger's report in preparation for tomorrow's CRSN Board meeting at the Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City.

That's it for the day.