Voter's Registration

All,

A reminder, when a customer gives us a voter's registration card, please accept it and put it in our outgoing mail box.

Most of our customers live in Harris County, so the city and ZIP Code for the address would be Houston, TX 77002.

In case the customer lives in another county, here are the cities and ZIP Codes for nearby counties:

Brazoria: Angleton, TX 77515
Chambers: Anahuac, TX 77514
Fort Bend: Richmond, TX 77469
Galveston: Galveston, TX 77552
Liberty: Liberty, TX 77575
Montgomery: Conroe, TX 77305
Waller: Hempstead, TX 77445

Thanks,
John

Next Week

Hi everyone,

I would like to have the November staff meeting next Tuesday morning, the 23rd, at about 9:25 or so. Please let me know if you have anything for the agenda.

Also, some of us talked briefly about having a Thanksgiving lunch on Wednesday, the 24th. If you're interested in coordinating this, please see me. I may be persuaded to bake some cookies for the occasion.

Thank you all for all you do.

John

Vietnamese books

All,

If we receive any books in Vietnamese, please forward them to Park Place, to Suzanne's attention.

Thanks,
John

Coin Copiers

All,

If there is a problem with any of the new Coin Copiers equipment or cards, please call them at 281-776-9882. This number is now on the side of the blog, right beneath the "Stella Link Staff" links.

If there is a problem with the computer at the print release station, please call the IT Help Desk at 31570.

Thanks,
John

Building Carts

There are several problems on a daily basis with building carts that need to be addressed. We know the sorting machine A.K.A. Bertha isn’t perfect. Please be mindful of building carts and look at the items you are putting on the carts:

• If several copies of an item has had holds and one is in the bin to be shelved, check it in and make sure it doesn’t have a hold. (I have found several of these recently). If these get shelved by mistake, we have to look for them or/and list them as a missing hold. This takes time and effort which is frustrating when simply scanning the item would fix it.
• Does the item have a dot on the call number label? Central items have dots on them so they are easily identified. Check in these items to see if they are in transit to Central or are a hold to be placed on our hold shelf. I have found several of these recently and again, misplaced items are frustrating.
• Books – Is the spine intact? Is it molded, sticky or water damaged? Media - Does the case fall apart in your hands when you open it? Is the correct disc in the case?

The items to be shelved should be in good condition, do not belong to Central, or do not belong on the hold shelf. The sorting machine makes mistakes and can’t determine if an item is in poor shape or outdated.

If you have any questions about any of this, please ask someone.

Thanks,

Renee

New printing/copying service

All,

Please note that the replacement of our public printer and copier is now scheduled for Tuesday, November 9th. A staff member from Financial Services will come by to collect all remaining funds in the value-add machine. At that time the printers and copiers will be unavailable. When IT comes to install the new equipment all public computers will be unavailable until such time as they have had a chance to connect them all to the new system. We anticipate that the whole process should take no more than a day and a half.

The new vendor, Coin Copiers, will allow customers to make photocopies with cash, but they must buy a printing card in order to print from the computers.

Thank you all for your assistance during the transition.

John