Category: All-Library News

I received the following from the IRS:

Notice 1451 corrects an error found on the IRA Deduction Worksheet — Schedule 1, Line 19 in the 2020 Instructions for Forms 1040 and 1040-SR: Line 3 of the worksheet should read “Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 9.”

I have placed Notice 1451 into the Instruction booklets for Forms 1040 and 1040-SR that are currently at the Bouncer Station and on the counter at the Reference Desk. I have made copies of Notice 1451 and placed them in a manila envelope in the box with the 1040/1040-SR booklets.

Before placing 1040/1040-SR booklets out for the public, please make sure that a copy of Notice 1451 has been tucked into the booklet. Errata Sheet Forms 1040 and 1040SR

UPDATE: Links for the harassment training meetings have been added below. You can attend live or wait until I share the recording.

The city’s HR department (Cyndee) has set up several sessions of harassment training via Zoom that will be required of all city staff. Supervisors (Megan, Beth, Dreama, Molly, and myself) will attend one of the 4 hour (!) supervisor trainings and everyone else will attend one of the 3 hour “line” level staff trainings. I realize that between personal and work commitments these times aren’t going to work for everyone.

The links for the respective meetings –

• Tuesday, April 6: Supervisor training at 12:30-4:30 p.m. CDT.
  • https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84927377784
• Wednesday, April 7: Line employee training at 6:30-9:30 p.m. CDT.
  • https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88042203027
• Thursday, April 8: Supervisor training at 7:00-11:00 a.m. CDT.
  • https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87970967535
• Friday, April 9: Line employee training at 7:00-10:00 a.m. CDT.
  • https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81701713582?pwd=T3dHZ0huaDZpMmlvYXBObXZZbHlqZz09  (using a different Zoom account)
• Monday, April 12: Line employee training at 12:30-3:30 p.m. CDT.
  • https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86846468395

From city hall:

Hello,

We will be replacing the Exchange server this weekend – March 6-7, 2021.

This means that email will be unavailable for periods of time.  We will send out an email when the process has been completed.

Thanks for your patience!

Cyndee

Science Center passes have been added back to our list of Adventure Pass offerings.

The lease on the large printer in the staff area and the smaller one in the YS office is coming to an end. Those machines will be replaced with machines with similar functionality sometime in April. I assume the vendor will offer some kind of basic training on the machines. I’ll keep everyone posted.

A special school board election will be held in the West Meeting Room tomorrow from 7am to 8pm. The gate will be down and signs will direct voters to enter via meeting room hallway doors. Patrons who need to use the restroom can be directed to the YS restroom. If they prefer the larger restrooms, they’ll need to exit the main entrance and enter via the Commons. In addition to the library, voters can vote at ANY of the following locations:

• ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
  • 4300 BEAVER AVE.
• GRIMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
  • 801 W. 1ST ST.
• JOHNSTON CITY HALL
  • 6221 MERLE HAY RD
• CROWN POINT COMMUNITY CENTER
  • 6300 PIONEER PKWY.
• STONEY CREEK HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER
  • 5291 STONEY CREEK COURT

In case you haven’t heard, the WDM Library will be closed throughout March and some of April because we are finishing up the renovation and moving things to their permanent places.  Curbside service will continue to be available from 4-7 Monday through Thursday, and from 10-2 on Saturdays.  A lot of items in storage will be returning to the collection.

Here is info about my next symphony performance:

https://www.dmsymphony.org/concerts-events/fantaisie-en-francais/

https://dmsymphony.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F1S00000IJUtlUAH

Should be beautiful music!

The time is finally here! YS, TS, and members of circulation have begun the re-labeling and categorizing of the picture book collection!

It has been a long term goal of mine to categorize picture books to make the collection more browsable and user friendly. After 4.5 years of waiting, the project has begun!

Many hours of research, discussions, and design went into this project and many more hours will go into this project to get the picture books categorized and re-labeled. I want to thank everyone for being a part of this project and open to the change that this will bring to so many of our processes.

I have included a link to my Picture Book Project presentation that I presented at the All-Staff Meeting. If you have any questions about this project, feel free to reach out to me!

Picture Book Project

Thanks again for all of your hard work!

Megan

Hi All,

Space was getting tight in the breakroom cupboard. I pulled four cups ( a teal coffee thermos, a blender bottle, a magic bullet type mug, and a black coffee thermos) that were a little bulky and I hadn’t seen used recently. I put them on the small table in the breakroom.

If one of these items is yours and you do want it here, totally fine. Please just put it back in the cupboard.

If an item is yours and you want it but you can keep it at your workspace or in your basket to save space in the cupboard above the sink, reply to this email and I’ll grab it for you.

Let me know if you have questions.

You have probably noticed two new faces at the library. Laurie Hazel and Riddhi Sheth started last week as Circulation Clerks.

We are very happy to have them here, and please take a moment to introduce yourself if you have not connected with them.

Starting today, February 21st, there is no longer a three to five-day quarantine period after items are returned to the library.

Language about the quarantine period will be removed from email notices and our website tomorrow.  Remember that items deposited in the Beaver Creek Book Return will still have a delay.

Donations will continue to be placed in the East Meeting Room. Please do not leave them in the book return room.

Circulation staff will be emptying the book return at least every two hours, and our goal will be to process all items by the end of the day they are returned to the library.

Please let Molly know if you have questions.

The two west-most Commons doors get stuck open and closed easily when it’s this cold. If you need to go in and out of the Commons right now, it would be best to use one of the middle doors.

We have subscribed to a new online resource called Weiss Financial Ratings Series Online which includes ratings for banks, credit unions, insurance companies, stocks, and mutual funds, plus financial planning and investment tools including medigap plan comparison. This resource fills a gap from our cancellation of our subscription to Valueline stock ratings a couple of years back. Patrons can access Weiss from home or within the library. Check it out at https://greyhouse.weissratings.com/

The new microwave in the breakroom has a convection cooking feature. Instructions are listed below.

1. Press Conv. once, “350” will flash. “Conv.”, “F” and corresponding temperature icons will display.
2. Press Conv. more times or press More or Less to choose the desired cooking temperature. Temperature selections ( 100° F):170, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375, 400, 425. Press to confirm.
3. Press to start preheating. When the oven preheats to the selected cooking temperature, it will beep twice; open the door and place food in oven.
4. Press number pads to enter the cooking time. The maximum cooking time is 99 minutes, 99seconds. “F” will disappear.
5. Press to start cooking. The remaining cook time will display. “Conv.” and corresponding temperature icons will flash.

A critical piece of the teen space wall that was to be installed this week arrived damaged. The installers will be back when the replacement arrives.

The breakroom microwave has bit the dust. Until the new one arrives, you can use the microwave in the East Meeting Room kitchen.

Just a reminder that the library will be closed Monday, February 15th in observance of Washington’s Birthday.