Author: Eric Melton

The mental health speaker from Oct. staff meeting brought small suicide prevention pamphlets. 

At the Reference Desk (inside the Master black binder) you will find:

• suicide prevention pamphlet
• brochure about Crisis Observation Center
• Polk County Health Services Provider List (current as of Sept. 2014)

Suicide Prevention brochures will also be kept at

• Circulation (Peg is deciding where to put them)
• In the Green ‘hut’ by the back up desks (contains the bandaids, defibulator, etc)
• On the bulletin board in the staff lounge

Click here for the contest form.

Please contact Cheryl or Eric with any questions.

If patrons want to bring their houses in as early as Wednesday, December 3rd that is okay with us.

The latest we will be taking entries up until 12:00PM on Saturday, December 6

Extra forms will be over at Reference.  So, when houses come in let them know to speak to a Reference staff person. 

The Reference staff person will be the one to register and number the entries.

Please also read the form so you are familiar with the details of contest.

Meeting Room Policy

• The purpose of the Library’s meeting rooms is to provide space for library programs and events, and civic, cultural, educational, and informational meetings.

• Use of the meeting rooms does not imply Library endorsement of ideas expressed in the meetings or of the goals and objectives of the organizations using the facilities.

• Meeting room use is granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations are taken not more than six months in advance.

• Meeting rooms are available during regular library hours. Some rooms may be available earlier than library opening hours but meetings may not go beyond library closing time.

• Groups may hold meetings once per calendar month at no charge. A fee of $20.00/hour will be charged for subsequent meetings held in the same calendar month.

• Forums or informational meetings for potential elected officials are allowed, but no attendee names, addresses, email addresses, or other personal information may be gathered at the time of the meeting. No handbills, campaign literature, or other items intended to solicit votes may be distributed at the meeting.

• Meeting room facilities may be used for traditional meetings only (i.e. a sit-down gathering between a group of individuals during which a discussion or presentation occurs). Crafts, movie screenings, physical activities, and other non-traditional meetings require pre-approval from library staff.

• Rooms are not available for private parties.

• Sales, solicitation of later sales, order placement, or fundraising in the Library’s meeting rooms are prohibited except for events that benefit the Library.

• Under adequate notice and for sufficient reason, the Library reserves the right to revoke permission to use the meeting room.

• Food and non-alcoholic beverages may be served in the Large Meeting Room, the West Meeting Room or the East Meeting Room.

• All rooms are set in a standard room set-up and groups are responsible for returning the room to the standard set-up. Groups will be charged for labor and materials to cover the cost of resetting the room, damage to the room or library equipment, or extraordinary room clean up that results from use.

• Meetings for children and teens must have adult supervision (no less than a 1-10 ratio).

• The Library’s Conduct in the Library Policy applies to use of the meeting rooms.

• The Library reserves the right to reschedule or cancel confirmed meeting room reservations to accommodate library-sponsored programs and events.

Please disregard the previous message…

In an effort to conserve energy, please shutdown all staff PCs at public desks (checkout, check-in, Public Services, YS) to sleep each night at close except on Mondays (this is when the anti-virus updates run).

11/18/14

A couple of updates this morning.

Per Dreama — Circulation will continue to print internet passes at opening, but we will print 5 instead of 10 passes.

Also meeting room guests requested dry erase markers from me this morning, and I gave them the markers behind the cirulation window.

Cheryl informed me that dry erase packs are at the reference desk for guests. The packs can be found in the third drawer down on the right.

Karla

For reference when helping patrons who wonder whether we’ll be getting a particular title, the list below (which will take effect beginning with titles published May 2014) includes all adult fiction authors on automatic order.

Hello all!

I have had 13 responses to the surverys that I gave all of you.  I would really like to get 100% participation!  Please make sure to fill out the survey and put it in the basket by the mail boxes.  I will not be using names in the display so you will have complete anonymity

Thanks!
Erin

After much discussion, it was decided that kids using the YS Computer stations will be required to use their library/computer cards to log in. If they have forgotten their card, YS staff will look up their patron number and log them in. Making the switch to one day only guest passes has cut down on the problems we were seeing before. If no one is present in Youth Services, circ staff or ref staff will look up the card no. to log them in.

Circ will issue a guest pass only when there is no one at the Ref or YS desk to do so. Computer only cards can be made for frequent library users who want to use computers. Guest passes will only be given to someone who is not a regular library user or lives out of the area.

Kids were also told that there will be a Zero Tolerance policy in effect. This means 1) no bullying 2) no inappropriate language 3) controlled noise level.

Please check with Dreama, Eric, Maurine, Kinney, or Lynne if questions.

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, our staff meeting will be held next Thursday at 8am.

Johnston Community Education has delivered Project Share Star Cards to the library.  Project Share has been implementing a holiday giving program for 21 years. 

I have placed the cards in the Foundation Supplies drawer. 

Cards for BOYS are in an ORANGE file folder. 

Cards for GIRLS are in a YELLOW file folder. 

RECEIPTS for cards taken should be placed in the GREEN file folder.

When a patron requests a card or cards, please offer them the folders.  Once the cards are selected, ask the patron to fill out the bottom of the blue sheet and return it to you.  Cut off the bottom of the blue sheet, place it in the RECEIPTS folder; hand the rest of the blue sheet to the patron to take with him or her. 

If you or a patron has questions, please refer them to Johnston Community Education 278-0552.

The Welcome to Medicare program, facilitated by SHIP counselors will be offered at JPL on November 15 and Saturday, December 13 at 10:30 am. SHIP, a free, confidential service of the State of Iowa, helps Iowans make informed decisions about Medicare and other health coverage. SHIP counselors will be on hand to answer Medicare queries ranging from Medicare Parts A and B coverage, benefits, eligibility requirements, and health care costs.  RSVPs are requested and taken at the Reference Desk.

Hello!

Please turn in your timesheet today, Wednesday, November 12.

Thank you,

Missy

Patrons can now check the current status of a their purchase requests via the “My Account” screen of the PAC. Staff can do the same for patrons via the intranet by clicking “Purchase / ILL Request” under “Helping Patrons”, finding the patron and clicking their name, then clicking “View Requests”.

Users can now tap on two or more jobs on the Print Release Station to select them and print them all at once.  When you select the jobs, you will see a display at the top of the screen showing the total number of pages to be printed and the total cost.

If a patron accidentally taps a job he doesn’t want to print, he can tap it again to de-select it.

Dreama

http://www.buzzfeed.com/catbrarian/18-cats-who-think-theyre-librarians-12tr3

As of today, we are live with Ancestry and Heritage Quest. Both are research tools for exploring one’s ancestry. Heritage Quest can accessed remotely; Ancestry is limited to use within the library. We will begin promotion of these tools soon and will spend some time at the November staff meeting demonstrating their features. In the meantime feel free to explore via the links below.

http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ipbarcode?aid=24615

http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com

A silver paper towel countertop dispenser is also missing from the back room work area.  This dispenser usually sits at the sink.  If you find this item, please return it as well.

Thanks.

A number of silver clips are missing from the drawer at the processing counter in the back.  Please return these ASAP as they are used when covering books.

Thank You.

Tech Services

Two large display tables will be:

Holiday Cooking – both fiction and non-fiction.  Here is a direct link to books we have in the system.

Like Gone Girl?  (Read-a-likes) – bookmarks are on display table for patrons to take
Here is direct link to books we have in system

Small displays for now will change in a couple of weeks.  For now, NaNoWriMo writers (Erin is working on a bookmark to place with these books); On Writing; Display in 600 section is various pet books.