CCS News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2007
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Emailing reports from Workflows – As you have noticed we are still having problems emailing reports from Workflows. Fortunately, this does not affect our notices. The trouble was at the root cause of the pick list slowing. For the technically inclined our troubles are with DNS and Sendmail – and for the non-technical we can tell you that DNS (Data Network Services) can be considered one of the most complex aspect of many systems environments. We have contacted our consultant to see if we can get the problem resolved. In the meantime we will mail any reports that you are unable to get from Workflows and will also manually send files to Unique.
Fixing the notices – the patron barcode has been moved in all printed notices so that it does not appear in the window of the envelope. With apologies our other problems with the pick list delayed full implementation of this last week. It is however all complete now.
Bandwidth Workshop, September 19. – Our workshop is just around the corner. If you have not yet designated someone from your library to attend it is not too late. Contact Bonnie.
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that there’s a document called “CCS Core Competencies Outline” available on the CCS web page? It’s a greatly expanded and updated version of an earlier Core Competencies document developed by a committee of CCS librarians in June 2001. It’s been posted under the Documented Procedures heading in the Sirsi Resources section of our web page for awhile, but several people have asked for copies recently, so I thought it would be a good idea to remind everyone that it’s readily available online.
The purpose of the Core Competencies document is to help library supervisors evaluate the current knowledge, personal attributes, and technical skills of newly hired employees, and/or verify that a specific level of competency has been achieved through training. It can also be used as a checklist of topics covered when training newly hired staff. It’s intended to be a comprehensive inventory of potential skills an employee may need to do a specific job, but few, if any, library employees will have all skills covered in the document. Supervisors should review it and identify only those skills relevant to a particular library position when determining the competencies of an individual staff member. It’s written in survey format and possible skills evaluated include a range of: computer hardware skills; knowledge of printers, fax machines, photo copiers, and local phone systems; Windows OS basics; graphical interface basics; files, folders, and removable storage devices; web browsers; local email applications; word processing; and WorkFlows and iBistro skills.
Ken Victorson
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Tues., 9/18, 9:30, ALGONQUIN:
Maintenance Coodinators
Wed., 9/19, 9:30, NSLS: Bandwidth Crunch
Workshop (you must be registered!)
Wed., 9/19, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Thur., 9/20, 9:30, NSLS: PAS
Fri., 9/21, 9:30, NSLS: Circulation
