Join Dawn Vogler for part two of her talk with Julie Todaro on staff conduct policies.  In part one of this podcast, Julie discussed her famous LAMA article called, "Reasonable Expectation of Adult Behavior," introduced the concept of staff conduct policies and then talked about when a manager might consider a policy like this for their organization.  In this episode, we talk with Julie to find out the specific categories managers might want to address in their staff conduct policies.  They also cover some issues around how employees dress for work at the library and whether or not such a policy can help clarify certain employer expectations.  View Julie's handout on staff conduct policies here.

Join Julie Todaro, a consultant in management and public services issues for all types of libraries, as she discusses implementing a staff conduct policy in your library.  Julie manages an academic library, has worked in public libraries and has her all level school library certification. She has a great deal of management experience and has conducted workshops for many organizations for the past 35 years, including for TSLAC's own Small Library Management Training Program for the past 20 years.  Every cycle, in our basic management workshop, staff conduct policy discussions result in lots of questions from managers.  In part one of this two-part podcast (look for part 2 to appear on this site in November 23rd), Julie discusses her famous LAMA article called, "Reasonable Expectation of Adult Behavior," introduces the concept of staff conduct policies and then talks about when a manager might consider one for their organization.  View Julie's handout on staff conduct policies here.

Rachel Fewell, Collection Development Manager from Anythink Libraries in Adams County, Colorado, discusses their library district's breakup with the Dewey Decimal System. They recently underwent a complete brand overhaul to become Anythink Libraries with a new classification system called WordThink.  WordThink is based on the retail model classification system known as BISAC.  Learn more about their transformation away from Dewey towards a more customer- focused collection in this interview.