2018-11-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                          6 NOVEMBER 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
LIBRARIES & GALLERIES
Cultural Plan                                  Draft Cultural Plan and draft vision          Review consultation submissions           Submit final versions to Council in
Complete the draft Cultural Plan                 statement completed.                            and feedback on drafts.                     December round of meetings.
                                               Public consultation complete –                Prepare final versions of Cultural
                                                 incorporated   online  consultation,            Plan and vision statement for
                                                 public forums, pop-up displays and              Council consideration.
                                                 stakeholder meetings.
Libraries
Noosaville Library Refurbishment               Practical completion of construction          Finalise plans for collection             Re-open Noosaville Library.
                                                 achieved.                                       relocation back to Noosaville             Deliver and promote ‘Showcase’
                                               Finalised collection shelving layout for        Branch.                                     collection.
                                                 Noosaville Branch.                            Fit-out commencing.                       Provide customer orientation for
                                               Scoped       and      developed    new        Finalise plans for the devolution of        Noosaville Branch layout and
                                                 ‘Showcase’ collection - a curated               services from temporary locations           services.
                                                 collection of popular and enduring              at Noosa Civic and Noosa Leisure
                                                 fiction and non-fiction titles.                 Centre.
                                                                                               Finalise    shelving   and     stock
                                                                                                 purchasing       for    ‘Showcase’
                                                                                                 collection.
Implementation of RFID                         Awarded RFID equipment contract to            Finalise RFID equipment needs             Install RFID equipment and roll out
                                                 FE Technologies.                                and placement.                              training for staff.
                                               RFID tagging complete for 90% of              Finalise RFID service model and           Continue RFID tagging clean-up
                                                 book collection.                                collection maintenance processes.           exercises for untagged items.
                                                                                               Complete RFID tagging.
Liaise with Council departments, external      Contributed and participated in the           Deliver Pink Precinct Fun Trail on        Develop 2019 plan of library service
presenters,     authors,     partnership         popular mid-year youth arts festival            Saturday      20     October,    in         programs and events.
organisations and suppliers to initiate          Imaginate – in partnership with the             partnership with Cooroy Chamber
and plan programs and events                     Gallery.                                        of Commerce.
                                               Delivered an Intensive 3D Design and          Deliver Girls in Game Design – an
                                                 Printing Course in August (grant                educational experience for females
                                                 funded), in partnership with a local            interested in exploring a career in
                                                 Computer Scientist.                             Serious Games – in partnership
                                                                                                 with University of Sunshine Coast.
                                                                                                 Deliver Flying Inventor program


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