[Publib] RE: Saturday scheduling?

[Anne Feiler]

We work a one in four weekend rotation and had the same problem.  The
way the holidays fall, the same team seemed to work every holiday
weekend...  So we have a "bump" weekend.  Memorial Day weekend we hire
subs to cover the desk and everyone shifts forward one week.  So, each
person has one "bad" year in four where s/he ends up working most or all
of the holiday weekends.  It works for us.

Anne

Anne Feiler, MLIS
Reference Librarian
Lafayette Public Library
775 W. Baseline Road
Lafayette, CO  80026
303.665.5200 ext. 3816
annef at cityoflafayette.com
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 07:14:28 -0400
From: "Rebecca Smith" <read2yourbunny at gmail.com>
Subject: [Publib] Saturday scheduling?
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Greetings, all,

I apologize for jumping into the current discussions with a completely
new topic but I would greatly appreciate information on how other
public libraries handle scheduling staff for Saturdays.

At our library (the only library experience I've had thus far), we
alternate Saturdays, fall through spring. For the past two years, this
has meant that each of the two teams has had two three-day weekends,
but I've noticed that in the 2008-2009 year, no three-day weekends
will fall on the non-work Saturdays for whichever team starts that
first Saturday after Labor Day. Ouch.

I'm sure there are other strategies to achieve an equitable
distribution of the four three-day holiday weekends, and I'd be
grateful to hear from other librarians as to how their libraries
handle this issue.

Thanks in advance for your replies, off-list or on.

-Rebecca
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