Gen PL Excerpt from:

All Staff Meeting Agenda

May 29, 2009

•Gen PL Update – Luis Herrera •Gen PL Showcase & Reception – Latino Hispanic

Meeting Room @ 10:30 

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WE’VE COME A LONG WAY!First cohort of 36 Gen PL Fellows chosen (November 2008)Our leadership program tailored to SFPLFour sessions focused on leadership values

Leadership in librariesCoaching and teambuilding Interpersonal relations and trust

Additional sessions complemented programManaging meetingsPresentation skillsFacilitation

GEN PL ELEMENTS

Informal coffee hours, journals, self-assessmentTraining workshopsMentors/Fellows relationshipsJoint session with managersGEN PL Projects

GEN PL PROJECTS 2009Social Lights Web 2.0 Tools for StaffProject Leader: Skye PatrickM-Team Liaison: Brian BannonFellows: Joan Lefkowitz and Skye Patrick

Self Service Practices in Branch Libraries Survey and PresentationProject Leader: Steve CadyM-Team Liaison: Brian BannonFellows: Ileana Neves, Katrin Reimuller and Betty Williams

Conduct a Survey of Site-Specific Processing Done on New Materials at the Branch LibraryProject Leaders: Steve Cady and Martha Arroyo-Neves M-Team Liaison: Pat FahrentholdFellows: Terry Carlson and Carlos Navarro

Service to Persons with Special NeedsProject Leader: Marti GoddardM-Team Liaison: Kathy LawhunFellows: Brian Castagne, Nicole Cuadra and Roberto Romo

Reorganize the Distribution Area of Technical ServicesProject Leader: Diane GoodmanM-Team Liaison: Pat FahrentholdFellows: Eddie Harris, Jr. and Chieko Wealand

Public Training TutorialsProject Leader: Daniel HensleyM-Team Liaison: Brian BannonFellows: Daniel Hensley, Richard Le and Ofelia Moran

Green Task Force ProgrammingProject Leaders: Michelle Jeffers and Lisa VestalM-Team Liaison: Jill BourneFellows: Helen Dowty, Marciel Gamino and Abdiwahab Hashi

Create Higher Visibility and Wider Public Accessto San Francisco History Center (SFHC) Archival Collections for Local and International ResearchersProject Leaders: Wendy Kramer and Susan GoldsteinM-Team Liaison: Marcia SchneiderFellows: Wendy Kramer and Orkideh Sassouni

50+ Taskforce RecommendationsProject Leaders: Kathy Lawhun and Michelle JeffersSubcommittee Leader and Proposer: Michelle JeffersM-Team Liaison: Kathy LawhunFellows: Wing Chan, Gloria Cowart and Lia Hillman

Electronic Collections CommitteeProject Leaders: Laura Lent and Christine Harris**Second Subcommittee Proposer: Dominic ScappaticciM-Team Liaison: Kathy LawhunFellows: Octavio Ruiz and Dominic Scappaticci

Reference StudyProject Leaders: Karen StraussM-Team Liaison: Kathy LawhunFellows: Lorena Arroyo, Cathy Cormier and Juan Oseguera Evaluate the Implementation of Shelf-Ready Non-fiction from Baker and TaylorProject Leader: Laura Lent M-Team Liaison: Pat FahrentholdFellows: Alex Alexander and Christine Harris

Thin Client/VirtualizationProject Leader: Steven LewM-Team Liaison: Vivian PisanoFellows: Terry Gwiazdowski and Chris Siu

Evaluate Affinity Center Collection UsageProject Leader: Alvaro Sanabria**Additional Proposer of Subgroup: Mitchell YangsonM-Team Liaison: Kathy LawhunFellows: Misha Pashkov, Stewart Shaw and Mitchell Yangson

WHAT’S NEXT FOR GEN PL?

First pilot is the start of a multi-year commitment Second cohort will focus on middle managers (Fall 2009)Offer program elements to all staffGen PL is succeeding beyond our initial expectations Check out the Poster Sessions and engage with

participants!