INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MAY 1, 1990

 

 

WOW!

We-cycle Office Wastepaper is
off to a great start at Douglas Col-
lege. The response from staff, stu-
dents, administrators and faculty
was tremendous (over 200 boxes
given out).

Remember to keep your collec-
tion units within arm’s reach and
sort office wastepaper into them
instead of the wastepaper basket.
Separate white ledger, coloured
ledger, and continuous computer
print out.

Read your WOW manual and
encourage others to participate.
The environment committee wel-
comes any new members. We
meet every Thursday afternoon at
4:15 p.m. in the English dept. meet-
ing room.

Thank you's go out to the
Douglas College Faculty Associa-
tion Environment Committee;
Public Information Office; Instruc-
tional Media Services; Building
Service Workers — Neil, Jack,
Lance and Bob; and to my own
department, Community
Programs & Services for their assis-
tance in making this Earth Day’s
activity a success. i

 

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Staff Professional Development Day May 2

Into the 90’s
Together...

Dealing with stress during interviews, exploring what's in your
breakfast cereal and arranging adventure holidays - these are just a few
of the topics slated for a staff professional development day Wednes-
day, May 2nd.

“We're trying to offer something completely different,” says Katy
Parsons, who organized the event along with Charlotte Currie and
Wendy Davies. “We're offering staff several choices for morning and
afternoon workshops. We hope people will participate and have fun. ”

Called “IntoThe 90’s Together”, the staff professional development
day gets underway at 8:30 a.m. with a skit by Douglas College Theatre
Students. Various staff members will provide updates on current af-
fairs at the College “to make everyone more aware of what's going
on,” says Parsons.

Staff will then split into three groups, choosing workshops that in-
terest them. Morning workshops include Role Playing at Work, The
Chemistry of Breakfast, and Environmental Thinking. Topics for after-
noon workshops include Taking the Grief Out of Grievances and
Wardrobe Planning on a Limited Budget.

The day wraps up with a draw and no host bar in the Douglas
Room at 4:30 p.m. For more information call Katy Parsons at local 5150.

 

 

 

 

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“We'll have to put bar codes on every single item — that’s 89,000
books.”

Cockburn says library staff will have more time to perform public
service work once the system is in place.

“Up until now, the work library staff have performed has been very
labour intensive and clerical,” she explains. “This system will relieve
library assistants of tedious work such as sorting, filing and typing cards
and overdue notices. We'll be able to provide other services to our clien-
tele.”

The purchase marks an important milestone for the library, which
has been searching for the perfect automated system for more than two
years.

“We've been looking seriously for two years, but we've really been
working on this project for five years,” says project manager Penny
Swanson.

Questions regarding the library automation project are most wel-
come. Please contact Virginia Chisholm, Director of Learning Resources
at local 5182, or Penny Swanson, Automation Project Manager at Local
5259, or Ralph Stanton, Automation Systems Manager at local 5190. @

 

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