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Yes - can see it!

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Yes we can see results

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Yes, we can see it

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Nerissa, I can see the poll results

We see them; I was an Other--not at a library

Am curious about Lia's staff and others - did you assign database cleanup projects that can be done from home?

how have folks brought eResource or IR work to the fore, for those who may have previously dealt with mostly print materials?

Did any of the panelists have a staff person who didn't have internet access, and if so how did they handle that?

Also, most applications do not work on a Mac. That was a challenge.

We did have a few people with no home internet access. We gave them loaner laptops and a mobile hotspot

We (purchased and) issued hot spots to staff without internet. Also laptops and other equipment. Tricky!

How are people handling rush or priority requests from faculty for classes?

Most challenging has been waiting for our campus ITS department to grant remote access to staff to campus workstations through the loaner campus owned laptops given to staff, so they can access our Polaris catalog that sits in a Terminal Services situation. Still waiting for 3 staff to gain remote access since requests submitted last summer. They can do a little at the library 1 day a week they are scheduled at the library, but can't catalog at home yet.

We had issues with mobile hotspots when working with very large spreadsheets/datasets.

Wow, I'm impressed and jealous of the institutions who got broader support for laptops and internet. We were able to order some laptops and prepaid wireless cards to fill our needs but those funds had to come from the portfolio's operational budget. So fortunately we didn't have to do that for everyone

With Sierra we opened a ticket and gave them our home IPs in order to work from home. This way we accessed Sierra from the web instead of downloading the app.

our LIT was amazing - we had a lot of laptops available but the hotspots were acquired through campus IT

Our community college already had laptops for most staff. I copy-catalogued new books from invoices my boss sent in in an Excel file. Now working on weeding older books by deleting holdings recs.

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"sad community zone record" so true

Did anyone have student employees who still wanted/needed work?

Most of ours have graduated and we haven't hired new ones, either - probably not until Fall

this may be a bad question, however, do you think that more libraries will offer catalogers a possibility to work strictly from home after this current situation is over?

We still have student employees and work study students.

We had remote projects for students: database cleanup, record enhancement. Also the Libraries as a whole had various remote projects, like adding transcripts and other accessibility projects. But we are tending not to hire new students...

At 344 Winchester, at Yale, Admin. now will furnish some books to certain staff to work as copy cataloging from home. Ahmed

I must say as a Mom of two small children, one who was schooling from home, my boss was amazing. She understood if I didn't get much done some days and also realized that my children had to be my priority at the time.

Hold monthly Teams Meetings with all Technical Services/Circulation staff (the staff have duties in both areas). Communication in Library Staff Teams channels.

we have weekly Metadata Unit meetings, weekly TS Dept meetings and monthly all staff meetings

As Rebecca suggested, small units probably don't need to meet formally, except as needed. Personally, once I got over the technology challenges (thanks to Rebecca's patience and expertise), I felt quite comfortable with the same forms of communications I favored on site -- mostly email. Zoom, with its visual component, was a nice addition.

Special collections cataloging is waiting....items are at the Library and I am at home.

we have someone now going in 2 days a week who will do a tiny bit of Special collections but otherwise it has come to a grinding halt

We are only allowed 2 staff daily M-Thurs for limited hours: 1 daily Circ person for curbside pickup/any processing & cataloging/pickup and sorting of daily mail/check-in of periodicals, and 1 daily lab desk person to monitor the reservations for study table space and computer use at specific times on just our 1st floor.

This has been a very interesting chat. thank you to the hosts and the panelists

thanks everyone for the interesting insights

Yes, thank you ALL. very INTERESTING!

i do miss my bicycle commute ...

thanks so much for giving me perspective on how we're all doing - I miss my walking commute!

Love the free conferences!

I can relate - haven't had my 2 hour commute every day (1 hr to and 1 hr back), and I have saved a lot of gas and oil changes :)

Love the many free conferences - several new conferences this past year I never attended before :)

Staff that is already a close-knit family has stayed so. And their flexibility, and their ability to take initiative in doing work without needing constant supervision has continued in the remote arena as well.

I haven't been in my office since last March - but I have had so much to do: catalog maintenance that I can do from home, overseeing a student doing some of that maintenance work, ebook cataloging that has skyrocketed, authority work (which is all online), virtual conferences, training staff, etc.

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Thank you!

Thank you to the panelists and to the hosts!

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone for the great insights on how your work situation is working throughout the pandemic.

Thank you

Thank you for putting this session together!

Thank you!

Thanks! This was a great session!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you so much for the interesting discussions!!!

thanks! so helpful!!

Thanks, everyone!

thank you

Thank you! Go Jeanette and Wheat!'

Thank you!

Thank you everyone!

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thank you!