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Ciara Wheeler is the winner of our week #4 prize – a gift card to Ace Hardware in Johnston. Please direct Ciara to YS/PS staff to pick up her prize.

Note: Whomever gives Ciara her prize, please write the date picked up and your initials on the envelope; keep the empty envelope and return it to the ASR drawer at the Ref Desk. Thanks!

The adult Media Literacy Training program scheduled for this Saturday, June 25 is cancelled because of a health thing that came up with the presenter.  I have cancelled the event on our calendar and on Facebook. This program did not have registration attached to it, but should you receive calls please pass on this information. Peg will attempt to work with the presenter to reschedule the event, possibly in August or in the fall. Thanks!

I will be in Los Angeles until Sunday, June 26th. I will check my email, but text is the best way to get ahold of me at 515-210-4441. If you cannot reach me, Denise can be reached at 515-441-6769.

I will see you next week.

Molly and I will be out of town this Thursday so our all-staff meeting will be held next Thursday, June 30th at 8am.

I would like to inform you about the 2022 Des Moines Symphony Yankee Doodle Pops, which will take place on Friday, July 1st, at 8:30 PM on the Iowa State Capitol grounds.  It’s free, so please feel free to bring your friends and family.  It will also be broadcast live on Iowa PBS and Iowa Public Radio.

https://www.dmsymphony.org/concerts-events/yankee-doodle-pops/

Kinney Carnahan, JPL children’s librarian from 1992 to 2016, passed away last week. I’ve placed an envelope on the magnet board in the break room if you’d like to contribute to sending flowers to her service which will be held next Thursday at 11am at New Hope Methodist Church.

Hey – I’m going on vacation and won’t be in the office after Wednesday. If at all possible, please turn in your time sheets by Wednesday noon and I’ll work on what I can before I leave Wednesday afternoon. If you can’t get it in before that, Eric will double-check it before taking them to City Hall.

Jeannie Gee is the winner of our week #2 prize – a gift card to Cactus Bob’s. Please direct Jeannie to YS/PS staff to pick up her prize.

Note: Whomever gives Jeannie her prize, please write the date picked up and your initials on the envelope; keep the empty envelope and return it to the ASR drawer at the Ref Desk. Thanks!

Tear-out and replacement of the west patio concrete will start next week. The shade structure will be installed soon after.

Our replacement clocks have finally arrived. Assuming they’re going to work, they should show the correct time before we open tomorrow.

This month’s library board meeting will be the last for Megan Tooker. Emily Betz will start her six year term on the board in July. Emily grew up in Johnston and has been a longtime library user.  She worked at the Grimes Public Library from 2010 to 2012. She is currently Business Liaison for Des Moines Area Community College.

Leah Johnson has won this week’s ASR prize, a $10 gift card to Big Acai. The gift card is located at the Ref Desk. Please direct Leah to a PS/YS staff person to pick up her prize.

The library has purchased a new keyboard that can be used by patrons in the library. A patron with macular degeneration explained that the larger font and the white on black contrast is helpful.

The keyboard is at the Ref Desk on a shelf under the Brother Printer. Power off the public PC the patron wants to use and unplug the existing keyboard. Plug in the EZSee keyboard USB cable and then power up the PC and the keyboard should be recognized.

Artists will be dropping off their art walk paintings over the next couple of weeks. They can be placed in my office.

Thank you guys for the extra work of double scanning at check-in over the last month. There has been a big decrease in the number of items found on the shelf that are still checked out.

At this point, I will leave it up to you to decide if you will continue to double scan items. For me, I will continue to double scan just to be safe. I trust you to decide what works best for you. There may be instances where you feel it is best to double scan and instances where you feel it is unnecessary.

If we see an uptick in items on the shelf that have not been checked in, we may return to the practice across the department.

My main takeaways from the last month are:

1. Please make sure you are watching the Check-in screen while doing check-in. The scanner will beep even if the item has not been checked in because you are not in Polaris or because your cursor is not in the correct field. Make sure you see that after you scan, the item’s information goes across the Check-in screen.
2. Please scan every item you find on a desk, table, or counter through the Check-in screen to make sure it is checked in and to verify the shelf location.

As always, thanks so much and let me know if you have questions.

The Parks Department has asked me to check if any part-time library staff would like a few extra hours helping with senior programming at Crown Point. They’re looking for help Thursday and Friday from 3pm-5pm and possibly some weekend hours. Let me know if you’re interested.

FINAL 2022 Adult Summer Reading_Instructions

The adult summer reading program will run similarly to past years. We try to make it as simple and accessible as possible. Click on the link above for the detailed instructions.

In short, adults can pick up a brochure (and additional prize entry tickets) at the Ref Desk or download from the library website. They can read or listen to books, complete a puzzle or attend an adult program. Adults should turn in one prize entry ticket for each activity completed – there is a paint bucket to collect tickets at the Ref Desk.

Weekly prizes (gift cards) will be awarded and at the end of the summer, grand prizes will be awarded.

If you have questions, ask Beth or Peg.