Bernardsville Library Staff Information Blog

Where's Bob?

St. E's has an annual project wherein the students have to do a biography on somebody from NJ. We have a NJ Record Set (thanks Rosalie) and we have printed out two copies for students and their parents to review and to assist in their search for the "perfect" book. They are in the black folder labeled "School Assignments" on our desk (in front of the computers.) Thank you!

So I created Scout's birthday book and meant to post it on my blog, but for some reason it posted on our work blog. I am so very sorry to clog our blog... I cannot figure out how to erase it. :-)

Lia

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Mark our UPS driver is back from a 10 week family leave. He is the proud daddy of a little girl. See the birth announcement on the bulletin board by the mailboxes.
RB

The Foundation Fundraiser information is now available. Tickets cost $100 each. I have attached the invitation. I have made copies of the reservation card for the desk -- they are in the Foundation mailslot. Just let people fill them in and put the completed invitation with check back in the Foundation mailslot. If a better procedure comes our way, you'll be the first to know. Thanks, Karen

Thanks to the Friends of the Library, the Teen Area will be set off with new carpet tiles (among many other special donations). New Friends Board members elected last night: Megan Hartley and Janet George Murnick, Karen

The LeapPads are shelved in circulation where all of the other e-readers are shelved. There is a LeapPad Agreement in the desk with the other agreements. The LeapPad agreement is green in color. We are thrilled to be offering these wonderful gaming devices to our patrons. If you have any questions, please let me know.

By popular demand, here is the link to the slide show about Peeps going to the library.
wwww.millikin.edu/staley/about/peeps or just google the terms: peeps go to the library
RB

P.S. So be nice to those peeps in the kitchen! They can be patrons too!

If you are around and Pat's not, when the copier repairperson comes to fix the copier, please ask him/her to remove the line. A note regarding this is in the drawer with the cash envelopes.

We've put the few remaining St. Patrick's Day books on display where we previously showed the Battle of the Books display. (right behind the Caldecott winners) in case anyone asks.
-Anne

Patrons can now sign up for New Book Alerts which is a service that sends an email once a month (only to people who sign up) showing new books we've added to our collection. Take a look and sign up too!

To find it: go to our website and scroll down to Adult Programs and over to Library Email Alerts. There, from the same page, you can sign up for the New Book Alerts and for the mass emails we send periodically.
Questions? Ask M.E.

An ESL volunteer brought a minimally filled-out application for a library card for a student who doesn't speak English. She hoped we would issue a card for him to pick up next time he comes to class, however there's not enough information to do this. I've put a few paper clips at the top of it and filed it behind the processed card forms in the drawer closest to the computer on the left. Just in case the patron-to-be comes in looking for his card, you'll know where to find it.

much appreciated! If you have any more, we would love to have them; Crafty Hands is always a well attended program, so we want to make sure we have enough. The program is scheduled for next Friday, March 16th. Thanks again!

Labels: crafts, thank you, YS

A patron's social security check, found in our parking lot, has been placed in the cash register drawer; patron has been notified.

Just gotta say, I love the Seuss display and in particular, the "Draw Your Favorite Seuss" character board. Just saw a mom and her daughter drawing Seuss characters together...so cute. Bravo, Evelyn!

There are two I Spy books on the Problem shelf. A patron is coming in with two replacements for the books in library bound format. She wants to exchange them for the paperbacks she previously brought in for replacement. The ISBNs should match on the Library Bound replacements to the record of the items lost. If you have any questions, please ask Anne, Felicia or Lia.

Several months ago, I created some patron accounts for development of the mobile app. I told one of the Department Heads that I needed to alert the staff and the person said not to because everyone would know it was me anyway.

Well, we stand corrected. Nobody seems to know that patrons Kirk, McCoy and Uhura are Star Trek characters. Or nobody knows I'm a Star Trek fanatic which is ok. But you should know the characters!!!!

Sorry for the trouble with tribbles -- live long and prosper, Karen

In the Children's Department, you all have seen our gaming computers. Kids and parents love them. Now they can play the games at home by checking out an ELS Passport. These mini hard drives require 2 GB of memory on the home computer and you can download the games to play. We have 2 ELS Passport kits at circulation. There is a ELS Passport Agreement that the patron must sign to check out the kit (in the same drawer as the E Book Reader Agreements). The ELS Passports are stored at Circulation for easy access. If you have any questions, please let me know. Directions for downloading the games is included in the kit.

The new patron packets have been put out at circ and are very popular. The packet contains all the information the old new patron packet contained and also a coupon for a free 3 day movie. EVERY patron who applies for a new library card will receive a bag. Even children. You may ask patrons, if they are getting more than one card, if they would like a bag for each card, or just one or two... They will let you know if they think the number of bags is excessive. You can also encourage people to take unfilled bags if it is a family or multiple children. They may not want multiple inserts which in most cases they will just throw away.

We also have empty bags for sale for the patron who just must have one. The bags are $1.00. There is an envelope in the drawer for you to put the money in. This is not considered a purchased item so use the envelope please.

If someone buys a new library card they also have to buy the bag it is not given out for free because they are not a new patron. So that is $1.00 for a card and $1.00 for the bag. The money for the card goes into the cash register and the $1.00 for the bag goes into the envelope.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask me, Pat or Lia.

Pat