Ahoy Mateys,
Life was running so smoothly last week Cappy D. decided not to write a post at all, but I don't want y'all to get too complacent and assume that the Captain isn't on the job, so just to keep you on your toes, here's a post for the beginning of May. I realize that May doesn't start until Wednesday but I am going to be too busy then to write so you can have a head start.
To get you off on the right foot here's a fine May quote:
It's May! It's May! The lusty month of May! Those dreary vows that
ev'ryone makes, Ev'ryone breaks. Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes! The
lusty month of May!" - Lerner and Lowe
Firstly, Galina is off to Russia until the end of May so we will all have to work triple hard to fill her sandals!. We will have a variety of subs filling her shifts so those of us who are regular Capitola staff will need to be extra diligent in making sure that in the case of "divine mistakes" like the poem says, things get taken care of, check-ins put in the correct crates, displays kept up, etc. We have a pretty good crew of subs but they won't be as familiar with our branch as we are, so please keep an eye out for anomalies that you can take care of and help them if they are looking for supplies, etc. I will be around so let me know if you are seeing areas or issues that might need addressing.
Donna will be handling damages in Galina's absence so please put those on Donna's desk for the month of May.
I will take care of the unclaimed list and the displays.
For May the displays will be Gardens and gardening, both for the adults and children's areas. I will put those up on May 1st or 2nd, depending on the work flow, so feel free to add to them as you find appropriate materials. We have a lot of books on this subject so rather than clean out our shelves in the 635s I will just pull a few at a time and replenish the display as the month continues.
The story hour subject this week is also Flowers and gardening so rather then collect those books at my desk, I will keep them on the display. Therefore, look there after Tuesday if you are seeking gardening books for your pulls list.
The May pull date for new books is 11, so pull all the books with the spine sticker 11 this month.
Ok, I think that's all the news thats fit to print so off with you. Go out and enjoy the lusty month of May, but don't get arrested!
Cappy Dick
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Friday, April 12, 2013
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK!
Ahoy Mateys,
So National Library Week runs April 14th to 20th to CELEBRATE our wonderful free lending system! Cappy Dick would like to declare the week a National Holiday but alas, the Captain has no pull with the bigger wigs who get to make such declarations manifest, so I guess we better all show up to work in case the public decides to celebrate by inundating us.
Especially because this is also Food for Fines Week (if you haven't read all the details, please do. They are posted on one of the back counter clipboards. The salient points are: $1.00 off of fines for 1 item of non-perishable food up to $20.00 (no damaged or lost fees, only overdue fines), and the same quotient if the patron has donated on line and comes in with the receipt and/or donation ticket printed out from the web. In the patron's account remember to choose payment type: GOODS and then put the amount to be 'waived' in payment received just as if you were recording a payment If the patron produces a receipt or ticket showing that they have donated on line, be SURE TO DATE AND INITIAL THE PAPERWORK before returning it to them. You will not have to touch our cash register for any of the food for fines exchanges..
Fortunately, we don't have to think about tallying the prints any more this month, what with all the other things we are supposed to remember, so breath a big sigh of relief and thank your higher powers for that blessing!
Galina is going to switch the adult poetry display to Take Off With A Good Book (in honor of her upcoming vacation to Russia!) which will feature some of our travel writing collection. We have quite a few good titles on this subject and I think they are often overlooked so I am sure this will be a hot display!
Our story hour subject this week is also honoring National Library Week so picture books about books? and libraries will be gathered near my desk if I can find any relevant titles. I know we have a few but I will have to snatch them up before the ravening public beats me to it.
On a final note: in an effort to be consistent with all the other library branches in the system and thus to less boggle our poor patrons, if you are the opening aide, please only backdate the items that you pick up off the floor or are in the return bin when you start work. After that the incoming books can be checked in on the day you are working (unless of course you are working on a day we are closed, in which case do backdate them to our last day open). I am aware that some of the other branches have not been doing this and we have not been so consistent either but all the branches were asked to do the same thing and this was the consensus on when they should be checked in.
That means, for the rest of us, if a patron should ask, the items are checked in from the minute someone is in the building, not from when we open, so they will accrue fines if they return things after that. The safest thing is to tell them that if they return an item BEFORE 8 they will not be charged for that day. This covers all the early morning work shifts at ALL the branches.
Ok, Happy National Library Week. Be sure and read one great book or watch one great video or listen to one great CD this week and CELEBRATE the fact that you have a job here! I for one, am going to celebrate that I have such a great work team! Now go on and swab the decks!
Cappy Dick
So National Library Week runs April 14th to 20th to CELEBRATE our wonderful free lending system! Cappy Dick would like to declare the week a National Holiday but alas, the Captain has no pull with the bigger wigs who get to make such declarations manifest, so I guess we better all show up to work in case the public decides to celebrate by inundating us.
Especially because this is also Food for Fines Week (if you haven't read all the details, please do. They are posted on one of the back counter clipboards. The salient points are: $1.00 off of fines for 1 item of non-perishable food up to $20.00 (no damaged or lost fees, only overdue fines), and the same quotient if the patron has donated on line and comes in with the receipt and/or donation ticket printed out from the web. In the patron's account remember to choose payment type: GOODS and then put the amount to be 'waived' in payment received just as if you were recording a payment If the patron produces a receipt or ticket showing that they have donated on line, be SURE TO DATE AND INITIAL THE PAPERWORK before returning it to them. You will not have to touch our cash register for any of the food for fines exchanges..
Fortunately, we don't have to think about tallying the prints any more this month, what with all the other things we are supposed to remember, so breath a big sigh of relief and thank your higher powers for that blessing!
Galina is going to switch the adult poetry display to Take Off With A Good Book (in honor of her upcoming vacation to Russia!) which will feature some of our travel writing collection. We have quite a few good titles on this subject and I think they are often overlooked so I am sure this will be a hot display!
Our story hour subject this week is also honoring National Library Week so picture books about books? and libraries will be gathered near my desk if I can find any relevant titles. I know we have a few but I will have to snatch them up before the ravening public beats me to it.
On a final note: in an effort to be consistent with all the other library branches in the system and thus to less boggle our poor patrons, if you are the opening aide, please only backdate the items that you pick up off the floor or are in the return bin when you start work. After that the incoming books can be checked in on the day you are working (unless of course you are working on a day we are closed, in which case do backdate them to our last day open). I am aware that some of the other branches have not been doing this and we have not been so consistent either but all the branches were asked to do the same thing and this was the consensus on when they should be checked in.
That means, for the rest of us, if a patron should ask, the items are checked in from the minute someone is in the building, not from when we open, so they will accrue fines if they return things after that. The safest thing is to tell them that if they return an item BEFORE 8 they will not be charged for that day. This covers all the early morning work shifts at ALL the branches.
Ok, Happy National Library Week. Be sure and read one great book or watch one great video or listen to one great CD this week and CELEBRATE the fact that you have a job here! I for one, am going to celebrate that I have such a great work team! Now go on and swab the decks!
Cappy Dick
Saturday, April 6, 2013
APRIL SHOWERS??
Ahoy Mateys,
Well last weeks April showers might not have brought us flowers but it certainly brought us a slew of patrons! So much for a Spring BREAK! Personally, I hope this next week is a little slower so we have a respite before the following week which is FOOD FOR FINES week when I suspect things will get crazy.
If you have not yet done so, please read the FOOD FOR FINES information sheet on one of the clipboard on the circ desk back counter. I have highlighted important info on the second page which you should commit to memory. I will remind you at the beginning of the actual F4F week once again.
I have also printed out the Project Scout Calendar to hand out to patrons who are looking for tax help.
These handouts are on the back counter and there are two different pages so be sure and give them one of each. (One tells what they need to bring to their tax appointments and has vital phone numbers). As the tax date gets closer I imagine we will get more of these questions. You should also direct them to our website (which also has the Project Scout calendar as well as other tax tips and information).
Shelving Quirk Alert: we currently have only one of these titles but if you are looking for a Graphic Novel, non-fiction, that is exactly what it will say in the catalog, as opposed to a call number or Bio. The spine label will read GN Nonfiction and the first 3 letters of the authors last name, so if you are looking for or shelving GN non-fiction, please just handle it as if it were fiction and shelve it under the author's last name.
Also weirdly enough, I discovered that Curious George is shelved under JEASY CUR so I guess that little monkey wrote the books. This is how they are all cataloged so that is how they will show up in the database and on our shelves. Odd!
Ok, enough shelving anomolies for now. Do continue to open the books to make sure they actually belong in our branch, no matter where they are shelved, and remember to check the new books, the Poetry Month display and the April Fools J display for titles on our pulls list or search lists. We have been finding quite a few books that belong at other branches among our own.
The Capitola branch is about to become the proud owner of a Police Communications Radio Transmitter. The transmitter will be housed inside the library near the back route in computer. There will be an atenna on the roof and also a diesel generator installed outside. Whether this will actually power our branch in the event of a black out, I have no idea. I guess we will find out if we ever have another big storm. At any rate, don't be alarmed if you see our "men and women in blue" traipsing around our office. I believe this is mostly for use during emergencies so perhaps we will be the first to know what is going down. After all, the libraries are supposed to be bastions of information so it would behoove us to be in the know. Anyway, I will let you know what I know if anyone ever tells me.
I don't think this has ever happened here, but in the unlikely event that someone wants to post non-library related information on our electronic bulletin board, please tell them that it is NOT our policy to do so, due to the amount of time and labor it takes to make a "flyer" and also because we have a limited amount of space to post our own events. You can also refer them to me or Diane at Virtual Services (through LIT).
Galina has discovered a nifty searching tip for foreign language films: If you type "motion pictures" and the language you are searching for (ex: motion pictures french") in the subject field you should get hits. Thank you Galina and if any of the rest of you discover wonderous tricks to make Evergreen do its proper work, please feel free to pass them on!
The story hour subject this week is Babies and Families so look for those titles near my desk and do remember to keep an eye out for poetry books (adult) and humorous books (childrens) to keep our two April displays replenished.
REMEMBER TO WRITE DOWN THE # OF ANY PRINTS YOU REMOVE FROM THE PRINTER
(for staff or patrons) on one of the handy tally sheets taped to the front desk by each of the computers. This will go on all month.
Thanks for your great work,
Cappy Dick
Well last weeks April showers might not have brought us flowers but it certainly brought us a slew of patrons! So much for a Spring BREAK! Personally, I hope this next week is a little slower so we have a respite before the following week which is FOOD FOR FINES week when I suspect things will get crazy.
If you have not yet done so, please read the FOOD FOR FINES information sheet on one of the clipboard on the circ desk back counter. I have highlighted important info on the second page which you should commit to memory. I will remind you at the beginning of the actual F4F week once again.
I have also printed out the Project Scout Calendar to hand out to patrons who are looking for tax help.
These handouts are on the back counter and there are two different pages so be sure and give them one of each. (One tells what they need to bring to their tax appointments and has vital phone numbers). As the tax date gets closer I imagine we will get more of these questions. You should also direct them to our website (which also has the Project Scout calendar as well as other tax tips and information).
Shelving Quirk Alert: we currently have only one of these titles but if you are looking for a Graphic Novel, non-fiction, that is exactly what it will say in the catalog, as opposed to a call number or Bio. The spine label will read GN Nonfiction and the first 3 letters of the authors last name, so if you are looking for or shelving GN non-fiction, please just handle it as if it were fiction and shelve it under the author's last name.
Also weirdly enough, I discovered that Curious George is shelved under JEASY CUR so I guess that little monkey wrote the books. This is how they are all cataloged so that is how they will show up in the database and on our shelves. Odd!
Ok, enough shelving anomolies for now. Do continue to open the books to make sure they actually belong in our branch, no matter where they are shelved, and remember to check the new books, the Poetry Month display and the April Fools J display for titles on our pulls list or search lists. We have been finding quite a few books that belong at other branches among our own.
The Capitola branch is about to become the proud owner of a Police Communications Radio Transmitter. The transmitter will be housed inside the library near the back route in computer. There will be an atenna on the roof and also a diesel generator installed outside. Whether this will actually power our branch in the event of a black out, I have no idea. I guess we will find out if we ever have another big storm. At any rate, don't be alarmed if you see our "men and women in blue" traipsing around our office. I believe this is mostly for use during emergencies so perhaps we will be the first to know what is going down. After all, the libraries are supposed to be bastions of information so it would behoove us to be in the know. Anyway, I will let you know what I know if anyone ever tells me.
I don't think this has ever happened here, but in the unlikely event that someone wants to post non-library related information on our electronic bulletin board, please tell them that it is NOT our policy to do so, due to the amount of time and labor it takes to make a "flyer" and also because we have a limited amount of space to post our own events. You can also refer them to me or Diane at Virtual Services (through LIT).
Galina has discovered a nifty searching tip for foreign language films: If you type "motion pictures" and the language you are searching for (ex: motion pictures french") in the subject field you should get hits. Thank you Galina and if any of the rest of you discover wonderous tricks to make Evergreen do its proper work, please feel free to pass them on!
The story hour subject this week is Babies and Families so look for those titles near my desk and do remember to keep an eye out for poetry books (adult) and humorous books (childrens) to keep our two April displays replenished.
REMEMBER TO WRITE DOWN THE # OF ANY PRINTS YOU REMOVE FROM THE PRINTER
(for staff or patrons) on one of the handy tally sheets taped to the front desk by each of the computers. This will go on all month.
Thanks for your great work,
Cappy Dick
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