Category: Circulation News

Today is the first official day of the Summer Reading Program. PS/YS staff have worked hard to plan a fun program for the community.

Important Dates:

1^st day to pick up logs is June 1^st

1^st day to redeem prizes is June 12^th

Last day to redeem prizes in July 31^st

While PS/YS staff are going to be the main staff to give out logs and prizes, I have printed instructions for getting prizes for the youth programs in case you are the only staff available to help. Those instructions are at the Circ Desk.

In the meantime, please look at the Summer Reading Program links on the website.

Hi All,

Here is the link to the Circ Staff Meeting from Friday. Please send me an email or text if you have questions.

I started the recording early so I wouldn’t forget. You can skip to 6:45 – that is when we actually begin the meeting.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1psbNtkFQ18uA8UNDFo5CjOIbqH0jnpJq/view?usp=sharing

We are going to hold a virtual Circ Staff Meeting at 1 pm on Friday, May 7th to go over the next phase of reopening starting May 10th. I’d love to have you join me virtually. If you cannot watch at 1 p.m, I ‘ll record the meeting for you to watch at a time that works for your schedule. I’ll add you to When to Work for one hour.

Thanks!

Johnston Public Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Circ Meeting
Time: May 7, 2021 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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If you can’t make it Thursday at 9 a.m., no worries, we will have a link for you to watch the recording.

Thanks!

We have begun our adventure in relabeling what we had formerly called EASIES to J PICTURE  books. We are adding  a category label ( such as Animals or Science), new barcodes, new Mylar coverings and new spine labels to the books.

What does this mean for  pre-shelving /shelving?  At this time please just interfile the books onto the Easies shelves by the AUTHOR’S LAST NAME .We won’t file by the category at this time.

Just a friendly reminder that it might be easy to confuse the J P label with the J F label of Junior Fiction,so we will need to watch that as we shelve.

We will wait until YS lets us know when we are ready to transition into filing the J Picture books  the new shelving bins.  Thank you!

Hello,

I’ve uploaded the recording of the Circ Staff Meeting from 02/28/21 to our shared Google Folder.

You can view it there when it is convenient. I’ve already added the time to When to Work. If I didn’t add you to When to Work and you watch the meeting on your own time, please let me know and I’ll add you.

Just a friendly reminder that we will no have curbside tomorrow the library will be a polling place.

Hi All,

I’m just reposting the same link to get it back to into your inbox or the top of the intranet so it is easy to find

Johnston Public Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Circ Meeting
Time: Feb 28, 2021 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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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

Notes about Emptying Book Return and Check-in

Emptying the Book Return:

1. Empty the book returns often, at least every two hours. Even if there is only a little to empty, it must be emptied every two hours. This is assigned on the desk schedule. 
2. When you empty the book returns, look for jams in the outdoor book return and empty the indoor book return. 
3. Put items on the red carts in the book return room. Mark the purple slip with the date and time you start a cart – you only need to fill out the purple slip when you are starting a new cart. 
   1. If you are emptying the overnight book return, mark the last day the library was open on the purple slip if you are starting a new cart.
4. Please fill the carts completely – top and bottom shelves – so we don’t run out of cart space.
5. Leave red carts in the book return room. If all carts are full, please see Molly, Denise, or Lori E. or a circulation library associate
6. If you have a bulky Learning Tool that doesn’t fit on a cart, leave it on top of the indoor book return until it can be checked in. 
7. Gloves are optional for emptying the book return. Wash or sanitize your hands after emptying the book return.

Check-in:

1. Please continue to use a microfiber cloth and an all-purpose cleaner to wipe down materials at check-in.
2. Pay special attention to the date items were returned and backdate as necessary.
3. Wash or sanitize your hands after check-in.

I’d like to meet as a department next Sunday, February 28th at 1 pm via Zoom.  I’ve attached the Zoom invite to this post. I do plan on recording the meeting. Please let me know if you cannot make it or watch the recording at a later time.

Johnston Public Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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I’ve blocked-off this afternoon’s remaining PC and browsing slots in case we need to close early. The day’s remaining holds pickup slots have been blocked off as well.

I am working to update our documentation, but in the meantime, we have switched our process for calling patrons with holds.

We will no longer print the second hold slip with the patron’s contact information. Holds to be called will not be separated. They will be filed with other holds immediately.

The circ staff member assigned to call holds around 6 pm, will go to the Patron Assistance menu and select  Holds to Call. They will call the patrons listed. If you speak to the patron or leave a message for the patron, please check the box next to their name. When you are done, please delete the selected patron. We will call those you couldn’t reach tomorrow.

Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions.

Since we are transitioning to self-serve holds, we will go back to putting ILLs, Learning Tools, Launchpads, and oversized items behind the Circ Desk. We will put an empty case with a copy of the hold slip on the holds shelves with a note to visit the Circ Desk.

The library homepage has been updated with a link for patrons to create PC/Fax/Notary appointments for next week when we reopen. To prevent confusion, the link for notary-only appointment scheduling that we’ve been using while we’ve been closed has been removed. If you need to make a notary appointment for a date between now and when we reopen use this link > https://www.johnstonlibrary.com/notary-scheduling/

Just reposting this to get it in your email if you lost the link 🙂 See you in a few minutes.

Johnston Public Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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You can continue to schedule notary appointments on this page for dates through 1/16. Notary appointments for dates after 1/16, need to be made on this page (the PC scheduling page).

We are having a Circ Staff meeting via Zoom at 11 am on Sunday, January 1oth. Here is the login information. Please let me know if you cannot attend. 

Johnston Public Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Circ Meeting
Time: Jan 10, 2021 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Next week, we will do curbside from 12 – 4 pm on Thursday, December 31st since the library closes at 4 pm.

Please work as a team to make sure that all the doors are properly locked before leaving each night. With curbside – we may be using the automatic doors and/or a door in the Commons. Every door should be examined to make sure it is properly locked before we leave for the night. Here are the instructions from our Closing Procedure for properly locking the front, automatic doors:

• Using the staff key engraved with AI26, switch exterior electric doors from 2-WAY AUTOMATIC to OFF. PLACE BAR IN THE DOOR FRAME.
• Using the staff key engraved with AI26, switch the interior automatic doors from 2-WAY AUTOMATIC to OFF and lock the deadbolt after it has been cleaned.

This is a top priority to check ALL doors to make sure they are properly closed and locked. In addition to Circ staff checking the doors, per the departmental checklist, the interdepartmental closing team should double-check the doors before leaving each day per the closing checklist by the staff entrance.