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As many of you may have noticed your January 2, 2016 paycheck was deposited in your account today.  At this point, I don’t have an answer back from the bank as to why this happened.  Please let your fellow employees know, we are checking with the bank and we’ll share their response once we receive it.

Teresa Rotschafer

Check out the DIY Blizzard on the Archive glass!

Hopefully, patrons will begin to make their own coffee filter snowflakes. After snoflakes are made, signage directs them to come to Circ, Ref or YS desks and get a piece of tape to hang their snowflake on the string. 

Each desk has a roll of double-sided tape for this purpose. Please give patrons one piece of double-sided tape per snowflake. 

Thanks! Ask Beth or Lynne is you have questions. 

A large bottle of hand sanitizer has been purchased and is stored below the Workroom sink.  Please use this bottle to refill the small bottles of hand sanitzers that are used throughout the library. 

Peg

Please take moment to check your contact information in the list linked below. If it’s incorrect, please login, click your name in the list, then click “edit” to update your information.

http://catalog.johnstonlibrary.com/staff/drupal/?q=staff

The Public Printer is out of order. It was saying that the black toner needed to be replaced. Black toner was replaced, but error message will not go away. 

Esperance (Hope) Namahoro’s Johnston Schools yearly pass, 2 debit cards, and one Finish Line card were found in the JPL parking lot and were turned in at the circ. desk.  They are currently in the back locked cabinet.  We were unable to reach her by phone but sent an email letting her know they are here.

Do you ever wonder what my role is when it comes to timesheets?  It’s simple:

1.  I compare total hours worked as recorded on your timesheet to total hours worked as reflected in When to Work.  If they don’t match, I have to determine why.  I will always default to WTW as being correct.  That’s why it’s important that you check WTW and communicate any needed changes to your supervisor.

2.  I make sure you sign your timesheet.  That’s why I ask for you to sign-in when you receive it – so you don’t forget – timesheets must be signed before they are taken to City Hall.

3.  If you are eligible for paid time off (PTO) and have taken PTO in a given payperiod, I make sure that a PAR has been completed and that the PAR and the PTO match. 

4.  Then I turn over the timesheets for Eric, he approves, signs and delivers to City Hall.

With the holiday closings next week, please have your completed timesheet turned in by 8 pm on Tuesday, December 22.  I will work on them Wednesday and leave them for Eric to deliver first thing Monday morning.

As always, don’t hesitate to ask questions; if I don’t know the answer, I’ll find it for you.

Peg

We have gone live with “Awesomeness.” Patrons are now able to grab a red “Awesome Flag,” which is available inside the building by the book return slots, to put inside their favorite book, movie or cd. Circ staff will then mark the item as “Awesomed” in the catalog after they have checked the book in. (Molly will be sending more detailed info to Circ Staff regarding this process). 

You can also search items that have been “Awesomed” on the PAC. To search awesomed items, you need to be looking for a specific type of item, i.e. books, music, movies, etc. 

Ask Eric or Molly if you have questions. 

Thanks! You’re awesome. 

JCSD Community Education picked-up the Project Share gifts today (due date was yesterday 12/16/15).  If additional gifts are returned to the library, please encourage patrons to return the gift to Johnston Community Ed. Center at 6600 62nd Ave. Johnston. 

If that’s not possible, allow the patron to leave the gift here and then phone Community Ed to let them know another pick-up is needed – 278-0552.

Peg

Sarah Wessing stopped in today and said that we are free to do as we please with their Second Place Winning gingerbread village.  She said if she were to take it home, it would just be thrown away.  I noticed a sign in the display case next to the Ref Desk about gingerbread house winners.  The individual houses are not attached to the board if one wants to display them in the case.

Peg

Lucas Martians iPad is in the locked cabinate.  He was called and a message was left.

Ann lost the battery out of her cell phone.  If you see it, could you put it in her mail box?

Thanks.

The prizes for the gingerbread houses are in the Foundation drawer at Circ desk.

• The library will offer popcorn tin prizes for Holidays in Johnston beginning Saturday December 5.
• Selected titles that have been designated popcorn prize winners will be on hold in Polaris for ‘ POPCORN TINS – PRIZEWINNER’.   When a customer brings the item to the desk and staff scan it for checkout, the system will respond with a blocking note  

• Respond ‘Yes’ .    Polaris will then display a second blocking note asking if you wish to reset the hold -click No

• Respond ‘No” as you do not need to reset the hold.  The item will now be checked out to the customer at the desk.
• There will be a printed list of all prize winning titles behind the front desk.   Please be sure to note the prize winner’s name beside the appropriate title and remember, only one prize winner per family.
• Prize winners cannot be checked out at Express Check.   Customers attempting to do so will get a message “Unable to check out.  Please see staff member for assistance”.   These will need to be checked out by staff at the front desk. 
• When doing the daily ‘Clean Holds’ report, ignore any unclaimed holds for POPCORN TINS – PRIZEWINNER, HOLIDAYS IN JOHNSTON.   

• The library will offer popcorn tin prizes for Holidays in Johnston beginning Saturday December 6.
• Selected titles that have been designated popcorn prize winners will be on hold in Polaris for ‘ POPCORN TINS – PRIZEWINNER’.   When a customer brings the item to the desk and staff scan it for checkout, the system will respond with a blocking note 

• Respond ‘Yes’ .    Polaris will then display a second blocking note asking if you wish to reset the hold -click No

• Respond ‘No” as you do not need to reset the hold.  The item will now be checked out to the customer at the desk.
• Prize winners cannot be checked out at Express Check.   Customers attempting to do so will get a message “Unable to check out.  Please see staff member for assistance”.   These will need to be checked out by staff at the front desk. 
• When doing the Pick List report, ignore any unclaimed holds for POPCORN TINS – PRIZEWINNER, HOLIDAYS IN JOHNSTON.   

As always, please verify that When to Work and your timesheet match before turning them in.  If they don’t, check with your supervisor.  And don’t forget that a PAR must accompany any timesheet with PTO.

Leave your signed and completed timesheet in the GREEN (formerly orange) folder outside of Eric’s office on or before Wednesday, December 9.

Thanks!

Peg

Houses for the Gingerbread House contest will begin coming in this week. Each entry should have a completed entry form. The houses can be placed in the Archive Room on the counter.