2018-08-07 Services and Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               7 AUGUST 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
                                               Reduced opening hours at Leisure            Finalise custom furniture and fit-out      Develop plan to reopen Noosaville
                                                 Centre Library following successful           specifications (such as large                Library at end of November 2018.
                                                 transition of customers to Noosa Civic        shelving pieces and circulation              Plan includes relocation of
                                                 Library.                                      desk).                                       collection, services and staffing, a
                                               Engaged local children's illustrator        Provide change management                    test phase for equipment and
                                                 Peter Carnavas to design elements for         support to library and leisure               spaces, closure of temporary library
                                                 young people's area.                          centre staff and library volunteers          spaces and Day 1 operations.
                                               Finalised furniture and fit-out               through weekly updates, staff              Communicate reopening and closure
                                                 specifications.                               meetings and face to face check-             of temporary library spaces to
                                               Finalised interior design elements            ins with staff.                              community and stakeholders.
                                                 such as colour scheme and floor             Finalise furniture and fit-out budget
                                                 coverings.                                    and develop expenditure plan
                                                                                               including supplier list.
Implementation of RFID                         Finalised RFID equipment invitation to      Host presentations from RFID               Develop service models and policies
                                                 quote and forwarded to Local Buy              equipment suppliers who                      ahead of RFID implementation
                                                 suppliers.                                    responded to invitation to quote           Implement RFID technology and
                                               Continued retrospective RFID tagging        Award contract for RFID                      staff training across library branches
                                                 of collection                                 equipment                                    to coincide with Noosaville branch
                                                                                             Continue retrospective RFID                  reopening
                                                                                               tagging of the collection                  Continue retrospective RFID tagging
                                                                                                                                            and clean-up exercises for returning
                                                                                                                                            items
Liaise with Council departments, external      285 people attended the Tex Perkins         Delivery of Imaginate - a mid-year         Begin collaborations with local
presenters, authors, partnership                 literary event held in April at The J,        youth arts event in partnership with         digital entrepreneurs to develop
organisations and suppliers to initiate          held in partnership with Annie's Books        the Gallery.                                 Drone Racing program. (grant-
and plan programs and events                     on Peregian.                                In partnership with a local                  funded).
                                               Over 1800 people visited Cooroy               Computer Scientist, development            Financial Planning for Retirees
                                                 Library during the Cooroy Fusion              of an Intensive 3D Design and                workshop to be delivered in Senior's
                                                 Festival and over $500 revenue was            Printing course to be delivered in           Week in August, in partnership with
                                                 made in the library retail store.             August. (grant-funded).                      UP Financial Planners.
                                               In partnership with the Cooroy
                                                 Chamber of Commerce, the first                                                           Many More Four Jazz group
                                                 community meeting was held to begin                                                        performing for Senior's Week
                                                 planning for the Pink Precinct Fun                                                         celebrations.
                                                 Trail – new date set for Saturday 20th
                                                 October 2018.



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