[Publib] Combining departments

[Elizabeth Thorson]

Hi Mary, you may be thinking of my post, though we combined reference
and technical services (not circ and tech). 
 
They have been combined for about two years. I would say it has been a
success overall. My title is Manager, Reference and Technical Services
and I have an assistant manager for each department (ref and tech). I
can't imagine how it would work without the two assistant managers, who
are great employees and do a lot of the day-to-day stuff. A lot of my
time is spent coordinating projects and working with the management team
on initiatives for the whole library.
 
Here's how we're structured:
Full-time employees (for us, this is 38 hours/week; the manager/asst
managers are exempt)
- 1 manager (degreed)
- 2 assistant managers (degreed)
- 1 ref librarian (degreed)
- 6 ref specialists 
- 1 serials/acquisitions specialist
Part-time employees (ranging from 15-23 hours/week)
- 3 tech specialists, ie catalogers
- 2 tech assistants, ie adding/processing
- 2 tech clerks, ie processing
 
Please let me know if you have any questions or want more information.
Elizabeth
 
Elizabeth Cuckow Thorson
Manager, Reference & Technical Services
Laramie County Library
2200 Pioneer Ave., Cheyenne WY 82001
307-773-7230

>>> "Mary Soucie" <mjsoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org> 12/3/2008 10:50 AM
>>>
Hello everyone,
We have two managers retiring within the next 6-9 months. One is
Circulation Services and one is Tech Services. Awhile back, someone
posted to PUBLIB about combining these two manager positions into one.
This seems like an ideal time to explore this idea. If you've done this
please let me know if it worked or not and if you would do it all over
again given the chance.

Thanks so much!
Mary
 
Mary J. Soucie, MLIS
Library Director
Wilmington Public Library District
Visit the world @ your library™
201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481
815-476-2834 Phone
815-476-7805 Fax
mailto:mjsoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org
 
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