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600.00            PERSONNEL

610.00       Collective Bargaining

    That the Town Manager be advised of the Board of Trustees' desire to
    have its labor negotiations removed from the preamble of the Town's
    contract with the union.
    (September 14, 1987)

 620.00            Educational Requirements

    That the educational requirements for staff librarian be broadened from a Master's degree in Library Science to a Master's degree.  MLS degree will still be the preferred degree.
    (January 20, 1987)

630.00            Evaluations

    That the Winchester Public Library Custodial Evaluation Form be
    approved and in future said evaluation be done on an annual basis.
    (October 1982)

640.00            Part-time Employees

    That the Library continue its practice of hiring part-time
    employees.
    (September 14, 1987)

640.50               Temporary Employees

    That temporary employees who have worked at least 50 hours preceding
    their anniversary date will be eligible to move to the next step in
    their grade.

    If an employee does not work at least 50 hours in the calendar year
    preceding their anniversary date but does work at least 75 hours in
    the two calendar years preceding their anniversary date, he or she
    will be eligible to move to the next step in their grade.

    Individual advancement within a grade is based on an employee's    
    job performance in accordance with the guidelines of the Town of
    Winchester's Personnel Policy Guide.
    (October 19, 1999)

650.00            Personnel Policy Manual

      To adopt the Personnel Policy Manual as presented to this meeting.
      (November 22, 1983)

655.00            Personnel Position Descriptions

      To approve the final version of job descriptions of all professional and clerical positions as dated November 9, 1998.
      (November 17, 1998)

      To accept the changes recommended for the job descriptions for Assistant Director and Administrative Secretary as proposed at this meeting.
      (December 15, 1998)

660.00            Volunteers

      The Winchester Public Library is happy to accept volunteers.  Tasks such as shelving, shelf reading and magazine retrieval lend themselves to volunteer work.  The Library, however, does not use volunteers as substitutes for regular paid staff. 
      (February 27, 1988)

      That only Winchester residents be accepted as volunteers.
      (October 20, 1998)

For the sake of maturity, commitment, and consistency, only students of high school age (and above) will be accepted for junior volunteer work.
(September 18, 2007)

POLICY MANUAL COMPLETE TABLE OF CONTENTS

100.00 BUILDING AND GROUNDS

200.00 BY-LAWS/ORGANIZATION

300.00 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

400.00 FEES / FINES / LOAN PERIODS / PRIVILEGES

500.00 HOURS OF OPERATION

600.00 PERSONNEL

700.00 SERVICES

APPENDIX A Freedom to Read Statement (ALA)

APPENDIX B Freedom to View Statement (ALA)

APPENDIX C Library Bill of Rights (ALA)

APPENDIX D Access to Electronic Information (ALA)

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