Foreign Language Collection

I have adjusted the foreign language collection as follows:

• All the Spanish is now located on 10A.
• The misc language is now at the end of 10A.
• The Chinese collection is exclusively on 10B.

Carol Wu will change the end signs by this week.

Renee

Netbooks

All,

We have received five new Netbooks which we will be checking out in place of our current eight laptops. The policy for checking them out is the same as the laptops. They will be kept in the laptop cabinet (on the opposite side from where the current laptops are stored. Please do not check out the power cords with them. We will use them for charging the batteries, which should last for well over the two hours' use time.

Please see me if you have any questions.

Thanks,
John

CHILDREN'S BOOK CELEBRATION CONTEST

Please click on the link below and be aware of this information in case a patron asks. The deadline is April 22, and winners will be notified by April 30. I have put out info sheets on top of aisle 19. If patrons give you their entries, please make sure it has all the requested information on it. You can put it on my desk.

Thanks,
Carol R.

http://www.houstonlibrary.org/bookcelebration

"Orphaned" books

All,

We have decided that all "orphaned" books, that is, books that belong to a library other than HPL, will sit on the usual shelf in the workroom till the following Friday to be claimed. Every Friday items on that shelf will be sent to Central to be forwarded to the appropriate agency. HCPL remains the exception. Please check their books in on their system and send them to Freeman. Please continue to write each non-HPL item returned in the binder on the shelf.

Thank you!
John

2 Volunteers Needed for YMCA Outreach

Hi everyone,

Every year STE has a table set up for the YMCA's Healthy Kids' Day, "a national YMCA celebration that supports kids and families as they strive to improve their health in spirit, mind, and body." Basically we bring a bunch of health-related books, DVDS, etc. to let people see what the library has to offer. We also sign people up for HPL cards. The event is Saturday, April 16, from 10 AM to 1 PM. I need 2 people to be there; you'd get comp time. If you're interested, please let me or John know as soon as possible.

Thanks!

Carol R.

Spring Break

This is spring break week for HISD.

Therefore, disregard the Lab and Gameroom codes on the schedule.

View them as open blocks on the schedule.

Thanks,

Patrick

Children's Museum passes

There are one-page surveys in the FLIP kits (yellow mesh bags) that patrons can fill out. If a patron returns a completed survey to you, please give them one pass to the Children's Museum. The passes are in the driver's side drawer of the circulation desk. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks,
Carol R.

Earphones

All,

We have sold our last set of earphones. I spoke with Linda in the NL Admin office and more have been ordered and should be in within the next two weeks. Until then, we will not have any available.

Thanks,
John