JPL Intranet

Book Club Sets FAQs

1. Where can I find a list of all of JPL book club sets? On the INTRANET-left column under PATRON ASSISTANCE. Click to download and then print.
2. Where can I find a description of each book club title? On the INTRANET-left column under PATRON ASSISTANCE. This is a long document, so if possible send as an attachment to the patron’s email.
3. Where can I find discussion questions for a book club set? P:Book Club Copies Multiple Discussion Questions.  Select the title and print. Or from the PAC link, in the Notes section of each book club set description.
4. Where can I find a book bag for a book club set? If you need to prepare a book club set on the spot, book bags can be found on the back workroom shelves near the Technical Services work counter.
5. What if a patron asks for a SINGLE book club set book?
6. Check the bib. record to see if the title is available in our regular collection. Cataloging->Bib Records -> Search by: all keyword fields->For: title and author’s last name.
7. If a regular copy is available, assist patron in finding that item. If it is checked out or we do not own a regular copy, then look at the circulation status of the book club titles.
8. Check to see if the title is “In” or “Unavailable”.
9. If the title is ‘In”, call TS to bring the book out to you (Lori E. 619), or feel free to come back and get the book from the shelf. Note the ending numbers of the barcode to choose a book with a status of IN.
10. Check the book out to the patron. If a patron would like two or more copies, please leave Lori E. a note or an email letting me know what set or copies you checked out.
11. Should I just re-shelve Book club books after checking them in? Follow the check in screen prompt (for example, Well Red book club selection. Please place on shelf behind the circ desk.). If there is no check-in prompt, please place the books on either the TS shelf or the Book Club set cart.  TS checks every book that is returned for status updates.
12. What if a patron wants to renew a book club book? Book club sets and books are not renewable, but exceptions can be made. Please send the renewal request to Lori E. via email, phone message, or note.
13. Can a patron place their own hold on a book club set? From the PAC they are able to place a hold on a single or multiple copies.

JPL will be purchasing one t-shirt for each staff member for Summer Reading 2022. Please fill out the form below by Monday, November 15th, orders will be placed by December 1 and will arrive in Mid-March. Any questions? Ask Megan 🙂

https://forms.gle/BsanKsV6unxHupfeA

Click here for a link to this mornings On-The-Fly PowerPoint.

I’m aware of a couple of outside building lights that are out including the one outside the staff entrance. I’ve notified Doug, the guy from Public Works who changes our lights, about it but I believe he is still out from a surgery. Until it’s fixed, feel free to leave the workroom lights on when you leave for the night.

The Clive Police Chief notified the Johnston PD yesterday of an interaction Clive officers had with a “First Amendment Auditor“. Some of these “auditors” choose public libraries as a setting for creating videos that try to capture staff reacting in a way that the “auditor’s” online audience perceives as violating first amendment rights. If it’s clear that a library visitor is attempting an “audit” and is trying to bait you into saying or doing something that they can use to paint the library in a bad light, ask a supervisor or the librarian in charge for assistance. As long as the “auditor” is in a public area, is not putting themselves or others in danger, and is not interfering with patrons or with library business they have a right to film, record, or photograph.  If they don’t approach you, the best thing to do is to ignore them.

Yesterday, Megan, Beth, and I met with Vickie Merrifield Coordinator of the DMACC’s Adult Literacy Center. I’ve included a description of their services below.

The ALC at DMACC is available for adults who need to improve their reading, writing, and/or speaking skills, as long as an appropriate volunteer is available. We serve adults with dyslexia and/or learning disabilities and new Iowans who can speak English but need to learn to read and write English. Our students enroll because they want to complete high school education, enroll in community college, read to their children, find a job – or a better job, and be more independent. New literacy coaches will receive 2 hours of in-class training and additional online and in-person support in our office on Urban
campus. Volunteer literacy coaches provide one-on-one tutoring for 1 to 1 ½ hours once or twice a week. Coaches are asked to make a one year commitment. Computer-based instruction facilitates learning for both adult students and their volunteer literacy coach. Our literacy coaches meet with their student on any DMACC Campus, at area libraries or other convenient public locations.

Sign up today
Call Vickie Merrifield at 515-248-7517
Or email vlmerrifield@dmacc.edu

The 2022 Holidays & Closings calendar was approved at last week’s board meeting. There are no changes from 2021. View the holidays and closings list via the link below.

An announcement from Overdrive:

At Digipalooza last week, we shared the plan and timeline for sunsetting the legacy OverDrive app. This will enable you to focus on Libby as the primary app for users to enjoy and engage with your digital library.

For the first step, we will remove the OverDrive app from the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft Store in February 2022.

How this initial change will impact users

• Current OverDrive app users can continue to use the app.
• New users looking for the OverDrive app will be directed to Libby.
• All users can continue to use, borrow, and open titles from your library’s OverDrive website via a browser.

What happens next

We recommend that all partners actively promote Libby and remove references to the OverDrive app from library websites and promotional materials.

In future phases, we will be actively encouraging OverDrive app users to switch to Libby, with a goal of moving most over by the end of 2022. We are committed to supporting a smooth transition for you and your users and will send you ongoing updates on the plans and timing for the eventual retirement of the OverDrive app.

Source:  https://company.overdrive.com/2021/08/09/important-update-regarding-libby-and-the-overdrive-app/

Craft kits ( bags), with names of those who registered to pick up, are behind the circ desk.  Thank you for your help in handing these out.

A few people will be picking up their Take and Make craft kits before Saturday’s craft class.  I left the bags behind the circ desk. Anyone else wishing to pick up kits can stop in at the west meeting room before or after the class. Thanks for your help!

Our maintenance crew found an iphone that was left in the evening of 10/21. The iphone has a mint green case and was found on the couch in the back of the library. I have locked it up in the gray cabinet.

Art walk artists have been notified that their paintings are available for pickup. The paintings are behind the circulation desk. The artists can be allowed behind the desk to find their work.

There is a Circ Staff Meeting on Sunday, November 7th from 11 am – 12 pm. It will be held via Zoom. I am putting you all on When to Work for that hour, but I understand that you may not be able to make it to the meeting on the 7th at 11 a.m. There are three options to attend the meeting.

• If you can attend via Zoom at the meeting time -This is the option I strongly encourage because meetings are more meeting-like if we have people 🙂
• You can watch the recording, which I will post after the meeting, at home, or before/after one of your shifts at the library.
• If you are unable to watch the recording or attend the meeting via Zoom, please let me know. I will make time for you to watch the recording during your regular library hours, and I will delete your meeting shift from When to Work.

The Zoom information is listed below, but I will resend it closer to the meeting date:

Molly Guerra is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Circ Staff Meeting
Time: Nov 7, 2021 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85860221309?pwd=cGJNTS9TWkJJYjJFbkd1R210cUVaUT09

Meeting ID: 858 6022 1309
Passcode: 510348

Thank you!

https://doodle.com/poll/7awxrvx32rg9wchh?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link

Attention Library Clerks, Associates and Assistant Librarians:

Something has come up unexpectedly, and Riddhi will not be able to work at the library after November 11th for an unknown amount of time. For the first month, at least, I am really hoping that we can rally together to try and pick up most of her shifts on a temporary sub basis.

The above link is a Doodle poll with the available shifts for the first month. If you can work part of a shift listed, please shoot me an email and we can see if that will work with desk coverage.

Please email me if you have any other questions.

Early voting for all precincts is on October 26 at Crown Point from 9 am- 3 pm.

The City and Johnston Community school board election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. To find your polling place, visit the Iowa Secretary of State’s website.

Precincts 1 and 2 vote at city hall

Precinct 3 votes at Crown Point

Precincts 4 and 5 vote at Stoney Creek

Precinct 6 votes at the library

Polls are open from 7 am – 8pm.

There are ID requirements to vote.

For more information on requesting an absentee ballot, visit the Iowa Secretary of State’s website. Polk County voters who wish to vote by mail, in the November 2, 2021, City/School Election must have their request into the Polk County Election Office on or before October 18, 2021.

City election candidates:
Mayor (1 to be elected) 2-year term

• Paula Dierenfeld
  

City Council  (At Large – 2 to be elected) 4-year term

• James Evans
• Adam Haar
• Rhonda Martin

Johnston Community School District (At Large – 3 to be elected) 4-year term

• Tiara L. Mays
• Lya S. Williams
• Clint G. Evans
• Deb Davis
• Jeanie Kerber
• Justin Allen
• Derek Tidball

https://www.dmsymphony.org/concerts-events/tchaikovsky-s-fourth-2/

https://my.desmoinesperformingarts.org/0/6037

https://my.desmoinesperformingarts.org/overview/5609

The above links involve info on how to purchase tickets, online streaming, and concert info.  The concert is available for viewing for 30 days after the performance.  We are playing Lyric for Strings by George Walker, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.  The concertmaster, principal cellist, and Drake piano professor will be the soloists in the Beethoven.

After several months hiatus, there is a new show in the art gallery. Several of the pieces are available for purchase. As with any show in the JPL gallery, interested buyers should contact the artist directly. Her email address is lawson.e.emily@gmail.com

As part of our workroom re-organization, we have made some changes to the the Pre-shelving area. We have added some signage to help you find what you are looking for. We have also put up post it notes that can help you find an item’s new location.

1. Readers pouches and Readers Orange/Pink have moved one shelf over to the right.
2. Readers Blue/Purple have moved next to Readers Yellow/Green.
3. Board Books have been moved to the right of YA shelves.
4. Book + CD (bags) have been moved under board books.
5. Junior Music CDs have been moved under the Book + CD hanging shelf.
6. The Technical Services shelf (ILL/Book Clubs) has moved to the right most shelf unit (where repairs used to sit)
7. Adult displays shelf has moved right under the new Technical Services shelf location.
8. The Repair shelf has moved right under the Circ. Check-in clock.