fire/evacuation drill procedures

INFORMATION SERVICES EVACUATION PROCEDURES

1. Clear second floor of all people (including study roomes and restrooms).  Make sure users exit through the emergency stairwells and NOT through the elevator or central stairs.
2. Assist any disabled users in reaching the landing in an emergency stairwell.  Make sure that a staff member stays with disabled users in the stairwell until fire personnel arrive to move them out of the building.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DISABLED USERS OUT OF THE BUILDING.
3. Make sure that all doors are closed.
4. Designate a person to check with all other staff to make sure that the floor has been cleared.  If you are not staying with a disabled person, exit to the parking lot at the rear of the building with other staff and public.
5. Ensure that no one re-enters the building until an announcement that it is safe to do so has been made.

updated sample ballots

Nancy Evans with the Board of Elections has notified us that there is a mistake in our sample ballots.  Corrected sample ballots are being printed.  Please continue to make the ones we have available until the new ones are received.  When you receive new sample ballots, please put any old ones you have on hand in recycling.

-From Melody

materials request policy change

We are now accepting materials requests for up to 6 months after an item's publish/release date.  We will accept pre-pub materials requests for up to 3 months prior to an item's publish/release date.

-from Melody

hunger games programs 09/30 - 10/06

The following are Hunger Games programs coming up soon (library events are in bold)...

09/30 | Corn maze @ Patterson Farms (runs from 09/15 - 10/07)
10/02 | Cake decorating @ RCCC, Rm 115, NC Research Campus
10/02 | 6:30 pm, Movie Night @ HQ, In Time (PG13)
10/04 | 12:30 pm, Book discussion @ HQ (drink & dessert provided)
10/06 | 2:00 pm, Discussion panel of film extras @ Gem Theatre (Kannapolis)

Please help spread the word!

company credit cards

Rowan County Finance Department will be cancelling all company credit cards except for gas cards.  If you need supplies please contact the following:

• Headquarters – Genia Goldston or Pam Nance
• South – Suzanne White
• East – Paul Birkhead

If you have any questions please contact your immediate supervisor.

-from Pam N.

hunger games programs 09/22 - 09/29

The following are Hunger Games programs coming up soon (library events are in bold)...

09/20 | Corn maze @ Patterson Farms (runs from 09/15 - 10/07)
09/22 | 3:00 pm - Guinness World Record Challenge @ Village Park, Kannapolis
09/24 | 5:30 pm - Teen program @ East
09/25 | 12:00 pm - Are you for Real?! Lecture @ RCCC, South Campus
09/25 | 5:30 pm - Teen program @ HQ
09/25 | 6:30 pm - Catching Fire book discussion @ South
09/27 | 12:00 pm - Are you for Real?! Lecture @ RCCC, North Campus
09/29 | 10:30 am - Archery Demonstration @ Rowan Wildlife Association

Please help spread the word!

booklist website

Check out the booklist website -- they have great blogs for reader's advisory.  If you need an idea for a Library Notes column, or want to let a patron know what to read next, this is a great resource.

-from Melody

free basic computer skills class

The Salisbury Parks and Recreation Department is offering a free Basic Computer Skills class from 09/06 - 12/20.  Classes will be held on Thursdays from 5:30 - 6:00 pm at the Miller Center, 1402 W. Bank Street, 704-638-5297.

contact info for after-hours computer issues

Please call Telecom Dispatch at 704-216-8500 when you have an after-hours computer issue.  Details from Thomas Roemer are below:

Calling into the Telecom center gives added value:

-    Telco acts as central contact and continues to page.

-    Page message to tech actually has text details of issue.

-    It generates an email that goes to additional staff in case the pager malfunctions, dead battery or is out of range (which is rare).

early voting at the library

'Tis the season for...early voting!

HQ
Voting will start at this location on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Voting will end at this location on Saturday, November 3, 2012
-- 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday / October 18, 2012 November 2, 2012
-- 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday / November 3, 2012

East
Voting will start at this location on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Voting will end at this location on Friday, November 2, 2012
-- 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday-Wednesday
-- 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thursday & Friday
-- 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2012

South
Voting will start at this location on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Voting will end at this location on Friday, November 2, 2012
-- 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday-Wednesday
-- 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thursday & Friday
-- 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2012
-- Closed on Sundays

Here is a complete list of early voting sites in the county.  Refer questions to 704-216-8140.

issuing guest passes when computers are down

The servers were down this past Monday which meant that none of our staff (with the exception of circ) could sign on to the computer.  Our labs were fully functioning, though, which created a problem.  We had people wanting to get guest passes and no way to issue them.  We did find a creative solution, which I'd like to share with you guys in case it happens again:

• There are three "dummy" cards in the top drawer of my (April's) desk that we used to sign on guests who needed to print (they needed a number associated with them to release print jobs)
• We signed on non-printing guests by overriding the PC Res on the computers.  To do this, you hold down the Ctrl key and click the computer icon in the bottom left corner of the screen.  In the bottom-center of the screen, you will be prompted to enter the override password (same as Print Release and Circ override codes).  Then you will confirm that you are logging on as a super user. 
• Super users do not have a time limit, so we recorded the patron's name, computer number, and the time we signed them on on the guest pass log.

Hopefully this won't happen again, but I don't think any of us are naive enough to believe that it won't!  :)

photowalk 1 to 100 slideshow

Here are the photos from our first Photowalk event at the library.  We have some very talented patrons among us!

september computer class

Paul will be doing another geneaology class this month:

Genealogy Online - Working with Census Records
Mon., Sept. 17, 7-8:30 pm @ South
Tues., Sept. 18, 1-2:30 pm @ East
Thurs., Sept. 20, 9:30-11 am @ HQ

Help spread the word!

hunger games programs 09/10-09/15

The following are Hunger Games programs coming up next week...

09/11 | 5:30 pm - Teen Program @ South
09/14 | Writing, Bookmark, Costume Design, and Short Film contest entries due
09/15 | Corn Maze @ Patterson Farms (runs from 09/15 - 10/07)

Please help spread the word!

banning patrons

If you ban or restrict computer usage for a patron, be sure to make a note in his/her patron record AND let security and management know--that way we're all on the same page and we'll be consistent if the patron tries to go to another branch.