Update: 10 to 20 October

This post contains information about the following:

- One Book One Library (Deon Meyer visit)
- Extended Library Hours (Saturdays)
- LST & Mancom meeting
- Gerda's progress

One Book One Library (Deon Meyer's visit)

Deon Meyer visited our library on 18 October. According to feedback I received, staff and students enjoyed the interaction with Mr. Meyer. I want to thank the following staff for the arrangements and marketing of the event:

Vivian: for all the detailed arrangements regarding the venue;

Linda, Reneka and Yvonne for assisting Vivian;

April for sending out the text messages;

Adri for doing the announcements;

Sheliving staff for getting the venue ready.

A few photos of the event:

Extended Library Hours (Saturdays)

Please note that our library hours will be extended from 8am to 7pm for the following Saturdays:

-          29 October

-          5 November

-          12 November

-          19 November

The extended hours will only be applicable for the APK and DFC libraries, as there was no request for the other libraries. I sincerely want to thank the staff who agreed to work the additional hours. Note that Protection Services and Bytes have been informed accordingly.

I would also like to share with you the e-mail received from Mrs Sander regarding this issue:

Dear Colleagues

I sincerely appreciate your commitment to service for our students

Regards

Hannie Sander

LST and Mancom meeting

This meeting took place on 13 October and team coaching, the library structure and the year-end function was discussed.

Team Coaching – UJ started with a program on team coaching for the ELG earlier this year and this program will now be extended to include more staff members. A group of 8 to 10 library middle managers have been identified as the next group to receive coaching. Coaching will be done on leadership and the first of 9 sessions will probably start this year.

Library structure – For this discussion, Mrs Heleen Kruger of HR joined the meeting. Mrs Sander stated that ALL staff members will receive placement letters before the end of the year. This letter will clearly state where you fit in the new structure. Interviews for vacancies in SWC (due to the new structure) have been completed. Other vacancies of new positions will be advertised in due course. Mrs Sander also explained why not all positions were regarded. According to her, due to benchmarking, certain positions had to be regarded, as well as positions of which the job descriptions have changed. The ideal would have been to re-grade all positions, but due to the time constrains and the scope, it was not possible.

Year-end function – This function will be organized by the social committee under the leadership of April. Plans are in progress and more details are to follow soon.

Gerda's progress
As mentioned in my e-mail of 5 October, Gerda (from ILL) had knee-replacement surgery. I am glad to inform you that she is back at home. I spoke to her today and she is still experiencing some pain, but hopes to make a full recovery. Gerda, this is to you from all of us: