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Conflict Management and Women’s Safety Training
There will be a session on Conflict Management and Women's Safety for all volunteers at the library on Thursday 4 April, 1100-1300. It's strongly recommended that everyone attend if possible. See poster for more details.
Library Closing Time
This is just a reminder that Library Desk Volunteers should gently remind patrons that we are about to close, 10-15 minutes before the library official closing time. For clarity's sake, this would be 1645 on Mondays and Wednesdays 1245 on Thursdays 1745 on Fridays and...
NEW WIFI VOUCHERS FOR VOLUNTEERS
Dear volunteers Wendy has very kindly issued new Yearly vouchers for the WIFI. Every volunteer will have their own laminated individual voucher which you will find in the top drawer in a little plastic Tupperware. For first time users, you will need to sign in to the...
Health and Safety at the Library
There have been a few incidents at the library lately which have been a bit worrying, and which have led the Trustees to think about procuring advice and possibly training from our Safer Neighbourhood Team (our local police), particularly with regard to dealing with...
Trustee Open Evening 15 February
At Cricklewood Library, we are currently seeking individuals who are passionate about our library and wish to contribute to its continuous growth and success. We believe that libraries are integral parts of any community, not only as a source of knowledge and...
Library Desk Tasks
Turn on computer and log in. When computer is ready, launch Google Chrome. Click on the icon to open up the TinyCat Check in/out screen, then create a new tab for each of these to open: library email inbox, footfall counter, and volunteer intranet. Put the...
Literacy Reading Events 2024 and tags
These are the literacy reading events for the year. You can find the books to go on the display cart by searching the tag in bold e.g Health, in the catalogue and it will bring up the books with that tag which can be put on the display cart. January – ‘New...
RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED AT VOLUNTEER MEETING
Thanks to all who attended the volunteer briefing/celebration event on 17 December. I hope everyone enjoyed it! There were questions raised, and I wanted to address as many of these as it's easy to address as soon as possible. This is the first go at that. Please...
Twelfth Night
It's still 2023 as I write, but soon it will be 2024 and we'll be off again on our library adventures. Friday 5th is Twelfth Night. There's some ambiguity over whether Twelfth Night is 5th or 6th January - it's supposed to be 12 days after Christmas, but the date...