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Showing posts with label policies. Show all posts

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Library Holiday Closing Dates for 2014



Library Holiday Closings
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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Door Count Week




Door count begins this Monday, October 21st. It ends Saturday October 26 at 5:00 pm. The door count paperwork is on the circulation desk. 
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Monday, September 16, 2013

Floating Blog and Helpful Names & Phone Numbers

Floating Blog
The Floating Blog link will be posted on this blog. Here you will find list of posts telling who has/needs particular sorts of materials, as well as other helpful documents.


The link can also be found on the intranet under Reference and HPL Blogs list. 

Helpful Names & Phone Numbers
Collection Development Department: 3-1469
Lin Swalley (Coordinator): 3-1479
Mary Stanton (Juvenile Specialist): 3-1478
Sara Karow (Adult Specialist, Adult Spanish): 3-1480
Chris Hsu (Adult Specialist, World Language Collection): 3-1458
Marianne Lorio (Database, AV, Adult E-materials): 3-1514
Sally Bates (Assistant Juvenile Specialist, Teen Selector, Youth E-materials and Audio-books): 3-1452

Other Important Information
Any Collection Development librarian is able to approve of any discards. This is also where you can request dusty reports to show you which items in your collection are not circulating.

To request additional tags or ask tagging questions, contact Chris Patrick in Inventory Control: 3-1620

Contact the Supply Room to request FLOAT HUB labels.

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Affordable Care Act Resources

This link will take you to the Affordable Care Act Resources page on the staff training portal.
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Friday, July 26, 2013

Emergency Contact Information

Power or Utility Outages
We frequently experience short and long term power or utility outages at Neighborhood Libraries. The length of the outage is determined by had interrupted the service to the building and what is needed to be done to restore utility service.

  • Temporary power outages: These are usually short and weather related.
    • If the lights go out temporarily during a thunderstorm, make announcements to customers and try to gather people near available lights. Use flashlights if available.
    • It is not a good idea to force customers to leave the building during a heavy downpour. Wait a few minutes before moving towards the Long Term Power Outages instructions.
    • Once lights come back on, phones, numbers and services may need to be reset. Burglar and fire alarms may also need to be reset. Call the GSD Security On-Call number (832-316-1942) or Mark Enax (832-335-0837) to check out the alarm system, card access and security cameras.
    • Continue with normal operations.
  • Long-term power outages may require closing the building. These can be weather related or due to utility work in the area.
    • Contact the GSD Call center to report the outage--Monday-Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm call 832-393-8400. For after-hours (4:30pm - 7:30am) or weekends call 713-213-8776. It can be helpful to program these numbers into your cell phone so that you have them readily available when the power is out.
    • Inform your immediate supervisor and the Neighborhood Library office (832-393-2707) about the outage.
    • The Neighborhood Library Office will notify 311 and other libraries that the building is closed due to power outage.
    • Start making announcements to customers that the library is closing due to the outage. If the length of the outage is known, give approximate length of time. Once the building is cleared, lock the doors and post signs.
  • For AC/Heating outages, if the temperature according to the digital thermometer is above 76 degrees or below 72 degrees contact Johnson Controls. During regular office hours use Sprocket. For after hours or weekends call 866-635-1395. 
    • If the temperature is below 60 or above 80 degrees and Johnson Control is not already in the building working on the system or will not be able to come into the building in a timely manner , the building should be closed. 
    • If Johnson Controls is currently working on the air conditioner and thinks that it can be resolved soon, the building can remain open.
    • Contact immediate supervisor or Neighborhood Libraries Office for assistance.
  • For water outages: A building must have working restrooms to remain open
    • If outage is due to water main break in the surrounding area
      • call 311 to report it and for information
      • Contact your immediate supervisor and the Neighborhood Libraries Office
    • If outage is due to an emergency (plumbing problem or broken pipes)
      • Contact GSD through Sprocket or contact the GSD Call center to report the outage--Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm call 832-393-8400.
      • For after-hours (4:30pm -7:30am) or weekends call 713-213-8776.
      • Contact your immediate supervisor and the Neighborhood Libraries Office.
    • If the outage occurs due to planned utility work
      • Contact your immediate supervisor and Neighborhood Libraries Office
      • If there is enough advance notice, NL Office will contact Communication so a sign can be prepared and website updated.
  • Staff deployment during utility outages:
    • If a building will be without power, AC, or water for extended periods of time, then staff will usually be deployed to nearby locations. NL Office and Team Leaders will provide information about deployment.
    • If the outage will be short-term, staff may remain in the building.
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