Marketing the Juvenile Collection

I have created more displays in the Children's area. In order to continue marketing our collection, I have created displays that will hopefully appeal to our patrons. There are 4 new displays: "Hot Off The Press" (new books), "Whodunit?" (juvenile mysteries), "Just The Facts" (non-fiction), and Coretta Scott King Award Books. Take a look when you get the chance and feel free to offer suggestions for books that should be there.

Thanks,
Tomisha

Texas Bluebonnet Award Books

I have moved the Texas Bluebonnet Award books to the shelves that were vacated by the nonfiction VHS tapes. This allows us to display these books more prominently in the juvenile area. I have also included the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners for 2007-2008 on the display. Further, for your information the list of nominees for 2008-2009 are there if you ever need to know if a book is a current Bluebonnet Book. Let me know if you have any questions.

Tomisha

More Changes in the Juvenile Area

More changes have occurred in the Juvenile area of the library:

1. The fiction paperbacks are now on the left side behind the non-fiction books.

2. On the right side, you will find the magazines and comics facing the board books. There are empty shelves in the middle that will be used for displaying new books.

3. The Spanish picture books have been spread out for a cleaner look. Also, the Spanish non-fiction books have been moved to the aisle with the picture books.

That's all for now.

Tomisha

Career Workshop by the Houston Area Urban League

The Houston Area Urban League will be providing a career workshop on January 8th and 22nd at 11:00. Please advertise this event to as many patrons as you can. We want these to be successful workshops that will impact our community.

Outside Contractors and GSD Logging

Hi, please see below for a message from Regina Stemmer, Chief of Neighborhood Libraries:

Effective immediately

Please accompany any outside contractor who needs access to the mechanical room or other controlled areas. Do not hand them any keys.

Attached is a form to use to log visits from outside contractors and GSD staff. Please make sure that any staff who are not a part of your unit log their name, company name, time/date and purpose of visit.

Thank you for your immediate cooperation on this matter.

Regina

I have also emailed this information to all staff members, with the log as an attachment. Since we already use the log, just be diligent in having all workers sign in and out on it.

Thanks,

sb

Staff Schedules & More!

Tomisha has added the November staff schedule to the blog. Please get in the habit of checking this schedule for changes to the monthly schedule.

We have also made it possible to view the reference schedule without a username/password. You can now just click on the link to view the reference schedule for the week. And, yes, I will keep it current now!

We will also begin posting the circulation schedule on the blog. I will let you know when this schedule is ready for viewing.

We will also create a calendar for meeting room reservations on the blog....coming in 2008!

Thanks to Javier for suggesting that we add the link to Black Board on the blog! I've also added links to Ft. Bend County Libraries, FBISD, the CHOICE website, and to all the volunteer paperwork.

Remember- suggestions for things you would like to see on our blog is always welcome.

Wee Read Program

Until further notice, the Wee Read program sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority has been canceled. We appreciate all of their hard work.

Tomisha