Jan
I love these ideas - we will be in a building with other offices on campus
(and procurement and Accounts payable) so I definitely want to have a meet
and greet.
Stacey
Stacey Marien
Acquisitions Librarian
American University Library
smarien_at_american.edu
202-885-3842
orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-4559
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Janet Siar <jsiar_at_udel.edu> wrote:
> One of the things that helped when we made a major move at UMD many years
> ago, as a surprise, the staff all received t-shirts with "I survived the
> move!"
> with a funny crazy looking moving van cartoon on the front. We all wore
> them while we transported/unpacked/arranged our new work areas. This
> brought a note
> of fun and unity to a hard task and began the bonding to the new space.
>
> You could declare the day you complete the move or shortly thereafter,
> un-Waffle day, like an un-birthday, and repeat your usual waffle day
> activities.
>
> Door prizes--first in the door, first to set up their desk, first to
> actually perform a work task, first to try out their new phone, chair
> whatever, kind of moving day bingo. Prizes could be simple stickers, with
> a grand prize( I once awarded a 3 pound bag of M & M's to the person who
> guessed closest to the number of invoices we paid in a fiscal year) for the
> most collected.
>
> Are there other non-library people in the building, would a meet and greet
> be appropriate at some point?
>
> Jan
>
>
>
>
> On 10/18/2016 3:53 PM, Stacey Marien wrote:
>
>
>
> Colleagues
>
> Our Technical Services unit (Acquisitions, Cataloging and ERM) are moving
> off-site next month. We will be about 1/2 mile from the main campus and 20
> people are moving. The managers would like to set the tone for a new work
> culture, amidst the unhappiness of being moved out of the library. What do
> all of you do to foster a good work culture? I'm not really talking about
> how to work together, we do that very well - more of team building, nice
> atmosphere, actiities together, etc. We have to balance the fact that many
> of the staff are introverts and don't necessarily want to have parties all
> the time - although we do celebrate birthdays, have a holiday potluck and
> do an occasional fun thing (like celebrating Waffle Day, a Swedish holiday
> on March 23 - waffles for everyone).
>
> Ideas?
>
> Stacey
>
> Stacey Marien
> Acquisitions Librarian
> American University Library
> smarien_at_american.edu
> 202-885-3842
> orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-4559
>
>
> --
> Janet Siar
> Head, Acquisitions
> University of Delaware Libraries
> University of Delaware
> 181 South College Ave.
> Newark, DE 19717
>
> Phone:302-831-2670
> Fax: 302-831-6996
> Email: jsiar_at_udel.edu
>
>
Received on Thu Oct 20 2016 - 12:04:07 EDT