Administration
The
Administration department implements and interprets Board policy,
represents WCPL in the community, hires, leads, supervises, and
evaluates the staff. This department also manages the Library's
finances and assets and administers the Library's operations while
remaining current on methods of operations.
Disseminating
information is the primary duty of this department. Staff members
are on duty whenever WCPL is open to answer reference questions.
In addition, these staff persons instruct patrons in the use of library
materials, word processing computers, and the Internet. This
department is also responsible for development of the Library's
collections for adults and teens, interlibrary loan
services, reader's advisory and programming for adults.
Reference
services are available in person or by telephone, email, or fax.
Any question that is important to the patron is important to
Information Services staff. Whether it is spelling a word,
finding a telephone number or address, or something more involved and
complicated, Information Services will endeavor to find the answer. Adult Services is also responsible for running WCPL's homebound
program. If you know of a person who is unable to visit the Library in
person due to health problems, Adult Services can help provide them
with access to library materials.Children's Services
Children's
Services oversees all childrens and young adult WCPL programming
(including story hours), use of the Library's meeting rooms, and
the Summer Reading program.
Technical Services
Technical
Services oversees operation of the Library's Cataloging and Circulation
departments. Cataloging is responsible for the acquisition,
cataloging and classification, and processing of all the Library's
collections. If the items is available for loan, it first came
through the Cataloging office.
Circulation
is responsible for the check out and check in of library
materials. They also issue new library cards, handle reserve
requests for materials, and collect fines and fees. Circulation
staff are often the first contact patrons have with the library.
Computer Services
The
Computer Services department provides technology solutions to the
library, its staff, and its patrons. We deploy and/or maintain all
computing solutions, from PDAs to servers to mainframes, and deploy
quality proccessing services for all functions and needs. Computer
Services is the centralized point for technology knowledge, deployment,
maintenance, development, procurment, and training. |
