Mission: 

To empower and enhance library administrative professionals and the systemwide contribution they provide.

Charter statement: 

The MCL Administrative Professionals group collaborates as colleagues to:

• encourage camaraderie;
• support a community of practice;
• discuss best practices;
• share resources;
• identify options for professional development, skill-building, and shared goals;
• provide professional support to one another; and
• identify systemwide administrative issues and propose solutions.

Membership: 

This group has open membership for MCL employees who would reap value from the shared resources, experiences, and insights of other members, and whose responsibilities include providing administrative support to managers, workgroups, or projects.

Group expectations: 

• The group meets quarterly for 90 minutes.
• Group members collectively maintain agendas, notes, and documents in a Google shared drive, and keep the MCL Administrative Professionals commons site up-to-date with accurate information and resources. 
• Group members (and staff) may use the MCL Administrative Professionals Google Group (mcl-admin-pros@multco.us) to communicate with the whole team.

Decision-making: 

The team arrives at decisions through collaboration. Final decisions are made by group consensus.

Meeting agreements: 

• Promote trust by maintaining confidentiality.
• Give people the benefit of the doubt.
• Provide equal time and participation for all.
• Communicate directly with people.

History

The group was created in mid-2017, and the first charter was finalized at the end of that year. As of summer 2023, the group approved an updated team charter to more fully reflect the needs and trajectory of the group.

Present

Currently the group meets once a quarter to share updates and resources, with occasional presentations related to a variety of applicable tools and skills. We also maintain a shared drive with administrative and professional resources both general and specific to MCL.

How can we help?

For administrative staff

If you provide administrative support on a regular basis within MCL (even if it is not your primary job) and would like to be added to the MCL Administrative Professionals meetings and Drive, please email the group.

For general staff

If you are a staff member seeking administrative assistance and aren’t sure where to start, you can view our team’s pages, or explore our member page to learn about how each administrative staff specifically helps to support MCL.