HPL Mobile Express at Jungman in August

Below please find the list of dates that HPL Mobile Express will be at JUN Neighborhood Library should anyone call or any customers ask:

MONDAYS

10 August 2009 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM

17 August 2009 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM

24 August 2009 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM

31 August 2009 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM

THURSDAYS

13 August 2009 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM

20 August 2009 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM

27 August 2009 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM

School Shots

Karen Luik sent this about school shots:
I've created a new wiki page, 2009 Back to School Immunizations, which includes a calendar and map showing the schedule and locations of immunization clinics taking place in the Houston area in July and August, as well as information about the new vaccine requirements for students entering kindergarten and the 7th grade.
***New Information:

New School Vaccine Requirements

Beginning August 1, 2009, 5 new vaccines have been added to the required immunizations for school children

• Hepatitis A vaccine: all students entering kindergarten will required to have 2 doses.
• MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccine: all students entering kindergarten will be required to have 2 does.
• Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccine: all students entering kindergarten and 7th grade will be required to have 2 does. A written statement from a parent, legal guardian, school nurse, or physician attesting to the child's having had chickenpox or immunity from the disease will be accepted in lieu of either doses of the vaccine.
• Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria and accellular pertussis-containing) vaccine: all students entering 7th grade will be required to have 1 dose. A booster dose will be required if the student last received a tetanus-containing vaccine five year ago. Students in grades 8-12 are required to have a booster dose of Tdap if it has been 10 years since their previous dose of a tetanus-containing vaccine.
• Meningococcal vaccine: all students entering 7th grade will be required to have 1 dose.

Please share this information with customers and other staff members.If you know of other locations offering free back to school shots in the coming weeks, email me (Karen) and I'll add them to the map and calendar.

OCE Printers

Please see this message from Gina:

All,

We want to ensure that IT knows about all our concerns with OCE. Please report to the IT desk any problems you have with the system. This includes the number of times you have to reset the equipment by unplugging the machines. If you reset so frequently that you don’t want to call them each time, you can keep an accurate log of the number of instances and report it at the end of the week directly to Ron Stauss via e-mail.

It is important that we do this starting now. I know that it may take as much time to document the problem as it does to fix it, but if we do not let IT know that we have issues, they will assume that everything is working as it should.

Gina

I will put a table on the reference desk so we can keep track of the number of times it is down or we have to reset (by unplugging it) so we can keep an accurate count.

Laurie

Free Prescription Discount Cards

Customers are hearing about this.

It is a joint effort of Harris County and the National Association of Counties (NACo) and saves an average of 20% on your prescription medication. Cards are available at all Harris County Public Library locations.

Visit caremark.com/naco or call 1-877-321-2652 for further information.

Circus Tickets

We are being asked to sign the back of each circus tickets when we give them out. Just sign near where the branch name is stamped.

Michelle

ILL Receipts

ILL Return Receipts

To serve our customers better, all Houston Public Library locations will issue return receipts to our customers returning items borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.

Procedure for issuing ILL return receipts to HPL customers:

Staff will inspect the item at the time of its return to ensure that it is in good condition.

1. For items returned in acceptable condition, staff will write a return receipt for the customer, using the ILL Return Receipt book issued to the branch.
2. the receipt must include:
1. customer name
2. ILL transaction number (found at the top of the ILL slip, above the customer name)
3. item title
4. date of return
5. staff member’s signature
   

The customer is given the original of the completed return receipt. Copies remain in the ILL Return Receipt book.

For ILL items returned via book drops or when the customer does not want to wait for the receipt, staff are to complete the return receipt and leave all copies in the ILL Return Receipt book.

I have made some temporary ones and they are in the pocket of the ILL notebook. Please start using them today (6/15/09)

Money!!

Okay, now that I have your attention...

I am putting a $ next to people's names on the ref schedule if you are needed to act as the second signer for the deposit. (Lena already does this for the circulation schedule). This means that you should sit with the person from circulation who has been assigned while they do the money. I have found that it works pretty well for one person to count and the 2nd person to enter the data into the computer. You need to pay attention to the money being counted and make sure that the form is completed correctly.

Also, starting today (6/10/09) we are going to count the money each night before putting it in the safe.

Thanks,
Laurie