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Week 25: The Phase 2 Journey Begins

August 30, 2020

Personally, I just don’t know where the summer went. While the early months of the shutdown seemed to drag on, August flew by and before I knew it, the early mornings became chilly and September was here.

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Week 24: Library Phase 2 Begins September 8th

August 23, 2020

I am writing this week to outline and confirm the details for our Phase 2 start-up. Phase 2 begins Tuesday, Sept. 8th, and will last through the end of December 2020...

Exercise your right to vote.

Week 23: A Historic Week for Women and Voting

August 16, 2020

While my last few weekly messages have focused on resuming...

Annual Report FY 2020

Week 22: Looking Back and Looking Forward

August 9, 2020

We are in the process of compiling the annual report for 2019-2020. At the same time, we are in the process of completing our...

Countway Library and the surrounding area

Week 21: Countway Phase 2 Planning (Letter to Staff)

August 2, 2020

Next week the Countway Administrative Team (CAT) will meet to discuss work policies, procedures, and practices to move towards...

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Week 20: Countway Library is Thriving While Staff are Working in Times of Uncertainty and Inefficiencies

July 26, 2020

We are coming to the close of the third cycle of teams working...

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Week 19: Countway Service Updates

July 19, 2020

Self-isolation has been difficult yet Countway Library staff are...

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Week 18: Coming Back to Countway in the Middle of a Pandemic: Lessons for Going Beyond Surviving to Thriving.

July 12, 2020

For me, the process of moving from surviving the closure of the campus...

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Week 17: Countway Library is Moving Beyond Surviving to Thriving!

July 5, 2020

We have finished week 3 of working on-site in teams...

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Week 16: Slow and Steady Smart Restart Update

June 28, 2020

On June 22nd, the Countway Library Smart Restart began...

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Week 15: Forget the Million Goals and Objectives

June 21, 2020

Countway managers received a note about moving into an abbreviated performance evaluation process...

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Week 14: We Are Not in Kansas Anymore

June 14, 2020

There is a scene in the film the Wizard of OZ, when Dorothy (Judy Garland) says, “Now I know we are not in Kansas anymore.”

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