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https://desmoinesperformingarts.org/events/new-years-eve-pops/

This is a link for purchasing tickets to the New Year’s Eve pops concert.  We will be performing music of Elton John.

The Tech Lab, Teen Space, and Circulation doors are now keyed to the master and AA3 keys. Those with copies of the Teen Space key can toss them.

Update: The Polaris upgrade to 7.0 has been completed. You should find a Polaris 7.0 shortcut on the desktop. If you have any problems, let Dreama or Lori F. know.

The upgrade to Polaris 7.0 has begun. Please do not open the Polaris client until further notice. We anticipate being back online by 9 a.m.

Hi All,

Probably not the most interesting meeting, but I hope the information is helpful. I will mark all of you off as having had the “official” paying and waiving fines and fees including how to run the cash register on the all desk training…hopefully everyone gets something new out of this. Please keep asking if you have questions. I will do troubleshooting training for the cash register in January.

Here is the link to the meeting

Thanks for watching 🙂

Hello!

I’m sending a reminder that Beth will be holding a training on Tuesday, December 14th from 7 – 8 pm. Please remember to register. Here’s the registration link: https://www.johnstonlibrary.com/events/?event_page=registration&did=37455

If you cannot attend on the 14th and have not already contacted me about it, would you mind responding to this email? Beth and I will make arrangements to get you trained during one of your regular shifts.

Thanks.

Online Circ Staff Meeting this Sunday at 11 am. Join live if you can! If you cannot join live, please watch the recording when I send out the link after the meeting. There will be no face-to-face meeting – just Zoom.

Topic: Circ Staff Meeting
Time: Dec 5, 2021 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88940678979?pwd=NlkvM3NBSGZHbE1qNUZsNUFhU0Vpdz09

Meeting ID: 889 4067 8979
Passcode: 941580

A reminder that you can now add staff picks via the website. If you’re logged in, you’ll see an “add to staff picks” link below each book (books only). Click the link to add your favorites to the staff picks page. Your first name will be shown on the staff picks page and patrons can limit the staff picks to a particular staff member.

If you happen to take a call inquiring about Star Cards, please refer the caller to the Johnston Partnership https://johnstonpartnership.org/home/johnston-gives-2021/.

The Star Card program has morphed into Johnston Gives. Community members no longer select a wish list from families and purchase the items.  Instead, the Partnership provides families with gift cards.

We now have a Zip drive for in-library use in the adapters drawer at the PS desk. Zip discs were a short-lived storage format similar to the 3.5″ floppy discs more of us are familiar with.

With the Thanksgiving holiday closures, make sure you take a little extra time this pay period to verify that your time sheet matches When to Work.

Thanks,

Peg

Our building clocks are not synchronizing and are therefore showing incorrect times. I have a service call in to have them fixed.

Hello All!
If a patron says they are here to pick up a card-making kit from Dreama and Lori’s Sunday Card Crafting Club they are neatly packaged and on the holds shelf under the patron’s last name. Card kits do not need to be checked out. Patrons will have received a voicemail or an email that tells them they have a full week to pick the card kits up before they will be collected again by TS. Leftover kits are then donated to AHEPA Senior Living Apartments for residents.
Thanks!

Hello All,

All Desk Training for JPL Staff (mainly Circ staff as YS and PS people are already up to speed on this info) for Printing, Copying, Scanning, Faxing, and Public PC Training will happen on Tuesday, December 14th at 7:00pm for everyone who is available to make it.

Molly will cover the Circ Desk for those that are already scheduled to work on that evening.

Please RSVP here: https://www.johnstonlibrary.com/events/?event_page=registration&did=37455

Beth and Peg will attempt to schedule another time or meet with individuals on a one-on-one basis for those who are unable to make the December 14th date.

Thanks!

beth

From City Manager Jim Sanders:

Hello All,

I want to thank you all for your cooperation in following the mask guidelines we have had in place in city buildings and city vehicles. I truly believe that, through our efforts, we have done what we needed to do to keep ourselves, our families, friends and co-workers safe as we navigate through this pandemic.

We have been dealing with Covid for a long time and we all know the risks and what we can do to keep ourselves safe (get vaccinated, wash hands, wear masks and social distance). The big unknown is how the spread of Covid will be impacted when citizens in the colder climates begin to spend a majority of their time indoors during the winter months.

I have decided to rescind the face mask requirement for employees in common spaces in city buildings.

As you are aware, the CDC continues to recommend the use of masks when indoors. Even though we will no longer be required to wear masks in the common spaces in city buildings, I would encourage you to consider wearing a mask if you are in situations or in meetings when you are not able to maintain social distance.

I am continuing to require a mask when more than one employee are riding in a vehicle on city business.

We will continue to monitor issues related to Covid and provide updates and further guidance as they become available.

Thank you,

Jim

Headphone adapters for both iPhones and C-USB (most android phones) are now available for in-library use at the PS Desk and in the Teen Space.

Please use the “Phone Charger Sign-Out” form to check out the adapters to patrons.

If you have any questions, please let Beth or Megan know.

Be sure to purchase your access for this weekend’s concerts:  https://my.desmoinesperformingarts.org/0/6041?queueittoken=e_nov17onsale~q_9486eca7-0fd4-4166-93e3-7d3bb44c8947~ts_1637255705~ce_true~rt_safetynet~h_9effe1d32a626c5200ea14000a20c42bba47f5e8be2e26b05c3be446dc019344.

We are playing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Paul Huang as soloist, Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony, and Masquerade by Anna Clyne.  Hope you enjoy it!

Two new online research resources are now available on the Research page of our website. Both can be accessed remotely or in the library.

• Academic Search Premier

  A multi-disciplinary database of more than 4,600 magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 8,470 journals.

• Masterfile Premier

  Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.

Just a reminder that we will close at 4pm next Wednesday and will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Congratulations to MEGAN for finding the Hidden Turkey and submitting an entry into the daily drawing. Turkey Tom is on the move again today – go on a turkey hunt to find him.

Here is a link to submit limericks for the Limerick Challenge if you aren’t on-site to post one on the corkboard in the Staff Break Room: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKPWtL7GW1v5n1Gb1OESO24KqZEcwzyNjAEQuboP1TNhtCWA/viewform?usp=sf_link