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Patron Services Supervisor Report <br /> To: Elk River Library Board <br /> CC: Will Hollerich, LSC <br /> From: Brandi Canter, PSS <br /> Date: May 2016 <br /> Patron Services Department Restructure <br /> In April the GRRL Board of Trustees approved the restructure of the Patron Services department <br /> by eliminating the Associate Director of Patron Services position. This change makes the <br /> Executive Director more involved with communications and decisions impacting the local level, <br /> creates an additional regional librarian position charged with outreach services, and enables us to <br /> double the local program/outreach funding allotment. Local staff will be using these additional <br /> funds to do things like attend Chamber of Commerce meetings or have a meeting with the local <br /> Community Education director, take story-times out of the library to daycares or other venues, <br /> have library-card-sign-ups at the Farmer's Market, etc. <br /> VuFind Is Online <br /> In March I told you about VuFind, our new `discovery layer' for the GRRL catalog. In April <br /> VuFind went live, and we're hearing great feedback from patrons and staff. If you haven't yet <br /> done so, give it a try! Here's a list of just three of the reasons we like VuFind better than the <br /> previous catalog platform: <br /> • Made for mobile technologies: VuFind works better with smart phones, tablets and other <br /> small screen mobile devices, making it much easier for patrons to search the catalog, <br /> place holds, renew items, etc. <br /> • Expanded searchability: VuFind allows a wider range of smart searching and filtering, <br /> making it easier to browse the catalog online. <br /> • More flexibility with lists: Now patrons can create multiple lists in their account to track <br /> titles wanted, titles read, etc. In addition, lists can be private or public, and can include <br /> comments. <br /> 1 <br />