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Last night’s Library Board meeting was the last for two trustees: Alex Johnston and Heather Schmitz. Alex and Heather served on the board for six years.

Two new trustees will start their terms in July: Dan Marvin and Megan Tooker. Dan has been a regular patron for years and has recently begun volunteer work in Tech Services. Megan is also a regular library user and program attendee. 

Allison asked me to post that the library’s restrooms will be available to the public beginning at 1:00 pm on Saturday.

Set up for Green Days will start tomorrow. Please park in the east lot (where the public usually parks) in the spots closest to the road Wednesday-Saturday. Expect chaos.

The Xerox 7225 WorkCentre in the workroom should no longer be shut down at night.  We’re using it as our fax machine and if it’s shut down, faxes can’t arrive.  The Xerox has an energy saver mode.  It you approach the machine and the display panel is dark, touch the energy saver button to wake it up.

I am not going to be bringing in any new volunteers this summer. Please let people know that our next group of volunteers won’t start until later this summer. Thanks!

The orange extension cords have been relocated to the meeting room closet (under the audio equipment).

When the Xerox 7225 (workroom printer) runs out of 8.5 x 11″ paper in Tray 2, it uses paper from the bypass tray to complete the job.  After using the bypass tray, please remove any leftover paper.

On a temporary basis there are about 100 YA graphic novels in storage near the check-in area. The shelf location is marked “storage.” Like the holiday music, they are available to patrons.

Piney Ridge Greenhouse donated flowers for our boxes. We have several left outside the staff entrance. Please take as many as you like. Please leave the carrier racks.

Some of the 2015 magazines have been placed on the bottom shelves in the adult magazines area.  We will continue to move some of the 2015 magazines over the next couple of weeks.

For slender magazines, the 2015 and 2016 issues will continue to be stored under the hinged shelf.

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Lori F. and I rearranged the magazines and newspapers this morning.

• The magazines are now in alphabetical order in columns rather than in rows.
• The weekly magazines only have 2016 issues under the hinged shelf.  For now, the 2015 issues are in TS.  We’re exploring options for placing them upright in magazine boxes on the bottom magazine shelves.
• Some items in the newspaper aisle have been moved to magazines and older issues can now be checked out.  These titles include New York Times Magazine, Road Scholar, and WSJ Magazine
• New titles have been added or moved to the newspaper aisle: AARP News, BookPage, and Johnston Living.  All issues in the newspaper aisle are for in-library use only.

About 20 patrons have won ReCovering the Classics posters through the poster drawing that was up on the Co[Lab].

Yes, people, the stuff going up on the Archive windows is called the #Co[Lab]. Spread the word. 

The posters for patrons are behind the Reference Desk underneath the Ref Desk printer. When someone comes to pick up a poster, please cross off their name on the winner list. 

Thanks!

Beth

If you have picked up your deposit stubs this morning, they are the wrong ones. Everyone’s direct deposit amount is correct, you just received the wrong pay stub. I am reprinting the correct ones to put in your mailbox, but if you have picked them up already please let your employees know that they are the stubs from May 6 pay period.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks!

Ann Wanders

All Staff

A number of the “Recovering the Classics” prints, which were displayed on the Co-Lab, did not receive any entries.  So, Beth and I agreed that staff should have a chance to win one of the remaining prints.  See list below.  

All of the prints are in a homemade portfolio in the staff kitchen.  Please be gentle with the prints as you look at them so they don’t get creased or dented.  Put an entry in the drawing (plastic CD box) for each poster you’d like a chance at taking home.

I’ll draw the winners on June 14 or 15th.

Peg

Just a reminder that while the Library will not be open for regular service on Saturday June 18, all staff will still be working their regular schedules that day as they will be helping with the Green Days crafts from 1:00-4:00.  Come in at your regularly scheduled time and work on your regularly assigned activities until such time as you might be needed in the meeting room.  Circulation staff should empty the book drop and begin check in (Molly will give you instruction about the handling of holds).  

The library will be closed and no one will work on Sunday June 19.

Here is the nitty gritty of the 2016 Adult Summer Reading Program so you can answer questions, if necessary:

Adult Summer Reading Instructions for Reference Staff

1. Have patrons sign-up in the Sign-Up book at the Reference Desk. Patrons must be 18 to participate in Adult Summer Reading Program. Official Sign up begins June 6^th but we may start as early as June 2^nd when kids start coming in.
2. Have patrons take a punch card and the Adult Summer Reading Bookmark with the schedule on back. Tell patrons they can pick and choose what they like to do to earn chances to win prizes.  If they want additional stuff, i.e. quizzes or book reviews they can take those items. They are located toward the left of the reference desk.
3. Each activity is good for one entry into the level one prize drawing.  Activities include:
   • Reading or listening to a book—just take their word for it
   • Completing a book review book mark
   • Completing a Trivia Quiz
   • Attending an adult program—just take their word for it
   • Submitting a name in the Name the Man Contest—just take their word for it.

  4.      When a patron brings Summer Reading Material back, punch their punch card using the punch located in the drawer labeled Summer Reading(beneath the summer reading display). 

  6.    Have patron write name and phone number on a red ticket in the summer reading drawer and place it in the “Tickets Please” glass jar.

  7. When a patron has filled up an entire punch card with three punches, they can put the punch card in one of the Grand Prize paint buckets of their choice. Make sure their name and phone number are on it. Patrons can have as many punch cards as they want.

  8.      Place returned items in Summer Reading Drawer. (book marks, quizzes) Beth will handle these when she works.

  9.      Don’t worry about checking the answers for quizzes. If a patron completes a quiz, they get a ticket. If a patron does want to see the correct answer for their quiz, the Answer Key is in the Sign-Up book.

Please ask me if you have questions. Grand prizes are located behind the Circulation Desk and there will also be 10 $10 dollar gift cards drawn from the “tickets please” jar. 

Thanks, 

Beth and Public Services

The results of Johnston’s 2016 special census are now official. New numbers reveal that Johnston’s current population is 20,460. That is an 18.4 percent increase since 2010 and a 137 percent increase since 2000.

More details at:

http://catalog.johnstonlibrary.com/staff/drupal/sites/default/files/users/emelton/DP-1%20General%20Demographic%20Characteristics%20Johnston%20IA%20-%20Special%20Census%201-9-16.pdf

Maryann forwarded me the link to the ALA “trends” webpage she showed at yesterday’s meeting. I’ve included a link to that as well as our current strategic plan below.

http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/future/trends

http://www.cityofjohnston.com/DocumentCenter/View/203

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A Samsung smartphone was left at computer 8 today (5/26) around lunchtime. It will be locked up with the money.