From jeannebkm at yahoo.com Thu Oct 1 08:33:08 2009 From: jeannebkm at yahoo.com (Jeanne Burns) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 05:33:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ABOS] Homebound Service Problem Clients In-Reply-To: <1241.72.20.221.58.1254352216.squirrel@bizmail.chilitech.net> Message-ID: <8577.92971.qm@web51307.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I am the only person in this department, so I do it all. I don't have tons of request for homebound, so it's not much of a problem. The people I do see request a lot of books, so it would be too costly to mail. We have a brochure that is sent to everyone before service starts. It clearly states requirements on their part, such as emergency contact person and that we expect them to be totally dressed! The first visit I have someone go with me, and if it seems okay, I go alone after that. I have had a few places where someone goes with me every time, but they didn't last long and were few. Good luck to everyone doing this. It's a needed service but can sometimes be creepy! Jeanne --- On Wed, 9/30/09, sfarr at jvbrown.edu wrote: > From: sfarr at jvbrown.edu > Subject: Re: [ABOS] Homebound Service Problem Clients > To: "Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services." > Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 7:10 PM > We use volunteers to deliver > materials to the homebound. > I have had one case where a volunteer did not wish to > continue delivering > to a patron because the rest of the household occupants > were "creepy." I > continue to serve this patron through Books-by-Mail. > -- > Stephanie A. Farr > County Service Manager > James V. Brown Library > Williamsport, PA > > -- Please consider the environment before printing this > e-mail. > > > I was thinking about this even before the post about > the nude patron. I do > > have one that comes to the door in his untied robe and > underwear. We don't > > send a volunteer to him. > > > > I've recently had some issues arise about patrons with > mental health > > issues and one with a problem neighbor. The first one > is not receiving > > service because she would not provide a contact person > who has permission > > to retrieve items were she to be in the hospital. I > always say "the > > hospital" and not if you die. She obviously took this > to mean mental > > hospital. I picked books for her several times and she > declined service > > and/or a delivery that was coming her way.. Very off > the wall > > conversations including one she had with my boss. Boss > decided to decline > > the potential patron service at this time due to the > problems we were > > having. > > > > The same day I went to another patron who is having > problems with a > > disturbed neighbor. I am still going to her but with a > second person > > along. The one other time I had problems with someone > who didn't want to > > let me out of his house, he became a two-person > delivery. He moved so it > > is no longer an issue. > > > > These are cases where a books-by-mail component of > service is being > > considered. But what about older/disabled patrons who > have criminal > > records. Does anyone vet their patrons? I had one who > lived with her sex > > offender son. She wasn't the problem and he wouldn't > get her books. Do you > > decline service? I didn't. > > > > Just wondering. > > > > Courtney > > > > Courtney, Outreach Services Specialist > > Boise Public Library > > 715 S Capitol Blvd > > Boise, ID 83702 > > (208) 562-4002 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailman mailing list > > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > From jnhersh at akronlibrary.org Thu Oct 1 08:35:20 2009 From: jnhersh at akronlibrary.org (Hershey, Jon) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:35:20 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Homebound Service Problem Clients In-Reply-To: <4AC3889B.CE18.00F9.0@cityofboise.org> References: <4AC3889B.CE18.00F9.0@cityofboise.org> Message-ID: <84FEE59B9425B546B15197E9E6CAAB320DDF9D@ascplmail.akronlibrary.org> One thing I would add is that really weird or outrageous activity should be documented in some way (either with a "incident report" form or more informally in a notebook). None of us are in outreach to be mean or deny service but we want to be safe. Strange behavior can be a one-time deal because someone is off their medication or it could be a major warning sign that you have to make some change in your dealings with this person. It can be easy to forget questionable behavior if it happens sporadically or to fail to recognize a situation that is deteriorating over time. A lot of "institutional memory" can be lost when staff leave so having these things on paper can help (this is also true if you have different people serve that person). If someone creates a fuss because they are denied service, a list of real documented incidents can be helpful because it shows that you are responding to specifics and not discriminating. Jon Jon Hershey Mobile Services Manager Akron-Summit County Public Library "Recognized as one of America's Best Libraries" <<<<< -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Marcia Courtney Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:35 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: [ABOS] Homebound Service Problem Clients I was thinking about this even before the post about the nude patron. I do have one that comes to the door in his untied robe and underwear. We don't send a volunteer to him. I've recently had some issues arise about patrons with mental health issues and one with a problem neighbor. The first one is not receiving service because she would not provide a contact person who has permission to retrieve items were she to be in the hospital. I always say "the hospital" and not if you die. She obviously took this to mean mental hospital. I picked books for her several times and she declined service and/or a delivery that was coming her way.. Very off the wall conversations including one she had with my boss. Boss decided to decline the potential patron service at this time due to the problems we were having. The same day I went to another patron who is having problems with a disturbed neighbor. I am still going to her but with a second person along. The one other time I had problems with someone who didn't want to let me out of his house, he became a two-person delivery. He moved so it is no longer an issue. These are cases where a books-by-mail component of service is being considered. But what about older/disabled patrons who have criminal records. Does anyone vet their patrons? I had one who lived with her sex offender son. She wasn't the problem and he wouldn't get her books. Do you decline service? I didn't. Just wondering. Courtney Courtney, Outreach Services Specialist Boise Public Library 715 S Capitol Blvd Boise, ID 83702 (208) 562-4002 _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From RKadavy at highplains.us Thu Oct 1 09:50:41 2009 From: RKadavy at highplains.us (Rita Kadavy) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:50:41 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] Conference Volunteers Needed In-Reply-To: <34e718030909300914t1afbc157rc31f8c80646a3c27@mail.gmail.com> References: <34e718030909300914t1afbc157rc31f8c80646a3c27@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Rose, I would be more than happy to help. I get in on Tuesday evening. Please let me know how I can help. Rita F. Kadavy Outreach Manager High Plains Library District 2227 23rd. Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 970-506-8640 rkadavy at highplains.us www.MyLibrary.us/ www.Mibiblioteca.us [cid:image001.jpg at 01CA426B.DF86FCA0] From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Rose Huling Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:14 AM To: ABOS - Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] Conference Volunteers Needed Volunteers needed to help with conference registration. A great opportunity to meet your colleagues from around the country (and international travelers). Work consists of smiling (we are all good at that), reading names from a printed sheet (we are all readers), and handing packets to registrants (lighter than a pile of books). Thank you for your help! Please reply to abosconference2009 at hotmail.com -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091001/fdd083e9/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3270 bytes Desc: image001.jpg Url : http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091001/fdd083e9/attachment-0001.jpg From miked at marshallpl.org Thu Oct 1 10:04:17 2009 From: miked at marshallpl.org (Mike Doellman) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:04:17 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] Homebound Service Problem Clients Message-ID: <890cfe2f2ca14fa384fd6f8e28e85680@marshallpl.org> We've had this. In one case a wheel-chair bound man would answer the door clad in noting but a washcloth (must have been cold in Idaho in the winter!). We eventually check with the City Attorneys and we were told that because it created a threatening and/or "disburbing" atmosphere for the workers and thus could be considered a form of sexual harassment we had no obligation to continue service to that, or any similar, individual. Mike Mike Doellman Library Director Marshall Public Library 113 South Garfield Avenue Pocatello, Idaho 83204 (208)232-1263, ext. 29 miked at marshallpl.org The information and opinions contained herein are solely the responsibility of the author and in no way reflect those of the Marshall Public Libary, the City of Pocatello, or anyone else. Why anyone should think otherwise completely escapes me. > -----Original Message----- > From: "Hershey, Jon" > To: "Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services." > Date: 10/01/09 06:35 > Subject: Re: [ABOS] Homebound Service Problem Clients > > One thing I would add is that really weird or outrageous activity should > be documented in some way (either with a "incident report" form or more > informally in a notebook). None of us are in outreach to be mean or > deny service but we want to be safe. Strange behavior can be a one-time > deal because someone is off their medication or it could be a major > warning sign that you have to make some change in your dealings with > this person. It can be easy to forget questionable behavior if it > happens sporadically or to fail to recognize a situation that is > deteriorating over time. A lot of "institutional memory" can be lost > when staff leave so having these things on paper can help (this is also > true if you have different people serve that person). If someone > creates a fuss because they are denied service, a list of real > documented incidents can be helpful because it shows that you are > responding to specifics and not discriminating. > > Jon > > > Jon Hershey > Mobile Services Manager > Akron-Summit County Public Library > > "Recognized as one of America's Best Libraries" <<<<< > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org > [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Marcia Courtney > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:35 PM > To: mailman at abos-outreach.org > Subject: [ABOS] Homebound Service Problem Clients > > I was thinking about this even before the post about the nude patron. I > do have one that comes to the door in his untied robe and underwear. We > don't send a volunteer to him. > > I've recently had some issues arise about patrons with mental health > issues and one with a problem neighbor. The first one is not receiving > service because she would not provide a contact person who has > permission to retrieve items were she to be in the hospital. I always > say "the hospital" and not if you die. She obviously took this to mean > mental hospital. I picked books for her several times and she declined > service and/or a delivery that was coming her way.. Very off the wall > conversations including one she had with my boss. Boss decided to > decline the potential patron service at this time due to the problems we > were having. > > The same day I went to another patron who is having problems with a > disturbed neighbor. I am still going to her but with a second person > along. The one other time I had problems with someone who didn't want to > let me out of his house, he became a two-person delivery. He moved so it > is no longer an issue. > > These are cases where a books-by-mail component of service is being > considered. But what about older/disabled patrons who have criminal > records. Does anyone vet their patrons? I had one who lived with her sex > offender son. She wasn't the problem and he wouldn't get her books. Do > you decline service? I didn't. > > Just wondering. > > Courtney > > Courtney, Outreach Services Specialist > Boise Public Library > 715 S Capitol Blvd > Boise, ID 83702 > (208) 562-4002 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From barbha at stdl.org Thu Oct 1 10:14:37 2009 From: barbha at stdl.org (Barbara Adrianopoli) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:14:37 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] Conference Volunteers Needed In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Rose, I would also be happy to help. I arrive at the hotel on Tuesday evening Barbara Adrianopoli Director of Branches & Extension Services Schaumburg Township District Library 130 S. Roselle Road Schaumburg, IL 60193 847-923-3386 847-923-3389 fax -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Rita Kadavy Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:51 AM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: Re: [ABOS] Conference Volunteers Needed Rose, I would be more than happy to help. I get in on Tuesday evening. Please let me know how I can help. Rita F. Kadavy Outreach Manager High Plains Library District 2227 23rd. Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 970-506-8640 rkadavy at highplains.us www.MyLibrary.us/ www.Mibiblioteca.us From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Rose Huling Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:14 AM To: ABOS - Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] Conference Volunteers Needed Volunteers needed to help with conference registration. A great opportunity to meet your colleagues from around the country (and international travelers). Work consists of smiling (we are all good at that), reading names from a printed sheet (we are all readers), and handing packets to registrants (lighter than a pile of books). Thank you for your help! Please reply to abosconference2009 at hotmail.com -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091001/974da200/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Margie Brumm My new phone number is 328-2302 From patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org Thu Oct 1 11:25:45 2009 From: patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org (Essig, Patricia) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:25:45 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile In-Reply-To: <4AC47DB9.F5EE.0023.0@rochester.lib.mn.us> References: <4AC47DB9.F5EE.0023.0@rochester.lib.mn.us> Message-ID: Our newest bookmobile was sponsored by Atmos Energy...along with a few other sponsors. The minor sponsors are listed on the back panel. Here is a picture of our bookmobile. The people on the wrap are patrons of the Dallas Public Library, and (I'm bragging) my husband took all of the photographs. Pat Patricia Essig Assistant Manager Outreach Services patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org Fax: 214-670-1613 Office: 214-670-1708 -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Marge Brumm Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:00 AM To: ABOS - Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile If you have a bookmobile that has corporate sponsorship I would love to see a picture of it. I am looking for examples of how you incorporated the corporate logo. Margie Brumm My new phone number is 328-2302 _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The artwork can be found on the Campaign's webpage at www.ala.org/kids. In addition, the Campaign now offers the logo and tagline in 5 languages and in two different color schemes. You can find the "So Much To Do, So Much To See" artwork now available in English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and French on the Campaign's website. To find even more free activities for your library, check out the Kids! @ your library online toolkit: www.ala.org/kids Best, Tessa Tessa Michaelson Librarian Ruby M. Sisson Memorial Library 811 San Juan Street PO Box 849 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 (970) 264-2209 tessa at pagosalibrary.org http://pagosa.colibraries.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091001/21912a45/attachment.html From MARGEB at rochester.lib.mn.us Thu Oct 1 12:03:01 2009 From: MARGEB at rochester.lib.mn.us (Marge Brumm) Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:03:01 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile In-Reply-To: References: <4AC47DB9.F5EE.0023.0@rochester.lib.mn.us> Message-ID: <4AC48C65.F5EE.0023.0@rochester.lib.mn.us> Thanks Pat, your husband did quite well Margie Brumm My new phone number is 328-2302 >>> "Essig, Patricia" 10/1/2009 10:25 AM >>> Our newest bookmobile was sponsored by Atmos Energy...along with a few other sponsors. The minor sponsors are listed on the back panel. Here is a picture of our bookmobile. The people on the wrap are patrons of the Dallas Public Library, and (I'm bragging) my husband took all of the photographs. Pat Patricia Essig Assistant Manager Outreach Services patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org Fax: 214-670-1613 Office: 214-670-1708 -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Marge Brumm Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:00 AM To: ABOS - Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile If you have a bookmobile that has corporate sponsorship I would love to see a picture of it. I am looking for examples of how you incorporated the corporate logo. Margie Brumm My new phone number is 328-2302 _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From llett at vbgov.com Thu Oct 1 13:32:40 2009 From: llett at vbgov.com (Liz Lett) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:32:40 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile In-Reply-To: References: <4AC47DB9.F5EE.0023.0@rochester.lib.mn.us> Message-ID: <3C2595E672428D4BB877140E48A17BFB09D8148C6B@VBMSMBX01.vbgov.com> How much money to you get from your sponsor?? From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Essig, Patricia Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:26 AM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: Re: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile Our newest bookmobile was sponsored by Atmos Energy...along with a few other sponsors. The minor sponsors are listed on the back panel. Here is a picture of our bookmobile. The people on the wrap are patrons of the Dallas Public Library, and (I'm bragging) my husband took all of the photographs. Pat [cid:image001.gif at 01CA429B.A5896710] Patricia Essig Assistant Manager Outreach Services patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org Fax: 214-670-1613 Office: 214-670-1708 -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Marge Brumm Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:00 AM To: ABOS - Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile If you have a bookmobile that has corporate sponsorship I would love to see a picture of it. I am looking for examples of how you incorporated the corporate logo. 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Helga Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Liz Lett Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:33 PM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: Re: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile How much money to you get from your sponsor?? From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Essig, Patricia Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:26 AM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: Re: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile Our newest bookmobile was sponsored by Atmos Energy...along with a few other sponsors. The minor sponsors are listed on the back panel. Here is a picture of our bookmobile. The people on the wrap are patrons of the Dallas Public Library, and (I'm bragging) my husband took all of the photographs. Pat Patricia Essig Assistant Manager Outreach Services patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org Fax: 214-670-1613 Office: 214-670-1708 -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Marge Brumm Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:00 AM To: ABOS - Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile If you have a bookmobile that has corporate sponsorship I would love to see a picture of it. I am looking for examples of how you incorporated the corporate logo. Margie Brumm My new phone number is 328-2302 _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was prominent for anyone following us. >>> "Marge Brumm" 10/1/2009 11:00 AM >>> If you have a bookmobile that has corporate sponsorship I would love to see a picture of it. I am looking for examples of how you incorporated the corporate logo. Margie Brumm My new phone number is 328-2302 _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org Thu Oct 1 15:19:13 2009 From: patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org (Essig, Patricia) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:19:13 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile In-Reply-To: References: <4AC47DB9.F5EE.0023.0@rochester.lib.mn.us><3C2595E672428D4BB877140E48A17BFB09D8148C6B@VBMSMBX01.vbgov.com> Message-ID: Well, if you go to our website: http://dallaslibrary.org/services/bookmobile.php You can see a complete list of our sponsors for both bookmobiles. Atmos energy...who has the most prominent Logo on our bookmobile was the largest contributor. They basically paid for the vehicle. Other sponsors paid for the collection, staff and miscellaneous costs of starting the new bookmobile service. We already had a successful bookmobile service and now operate 2 busses. The actual solicitation was done by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library. They courted the sponsors. I will tell you that we get invited by the corporation to many of their events, but it DID start a wonderful relationship with the library...Atmos has been one of our top funding resources for our Summer Reading Program and other library services... The only drawback from having their logo, is that people sometimes come onto the bookmobile wanting to pay for their utility bills. =0) Patricia Essig Assistant Manager Outreach Services patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org Fax: 214-670-1613 Office: 214-670-1708 ________________________________ From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Helga Spotts Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:42 PM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: Re: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile Was the corporate sponsorship in exchange for the vehicle itself or just the graphics/vinyl wrap? Did the sponsor approach you or did you put out a general announcement soliciting "donations"? Helga Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Liz Lett Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:33 PM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: Re: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile How much money to you get from your sponsor?? From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Essig, Patricia Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:26 AM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: Re: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile Our newest bookmobile was sponsored by Atmos Energy...along with a few other sponsors. The minor sponsors are listed on the back panel. Here is a picture of our bookmobile. The people on the wrap are patrons of the Dallas Public Library, and (I'm bragging) my husband took all of the photographs. Pat Patricia Essig Assistant Manager Outreach Services patricia.essig at dallaslibrary.org Fax: 214-670-1613 Office: 214-670-1708 -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Marge Brumm Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:00 AM To: ABOS - Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] Corporate sponsorship on a bookmobile If you have a bookmobile that has corporate sponsorship I would love to see a picture of it. I am looking for examples of how you incorporated the corporate logo. Margie Brumm My new phone number is 328-2302 _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You will be free to access both the original Bylaws and the proposed Bylaw revision for purposes of comparison. The ABOS Board has undertaken revision of the Bylaws for consistency of wording, to enable compliance, to clarify and qualify Board and Committee members duties and authority, and to allow for association Incorporation, bonding, and procurement of 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. All effort has been made to adhere to the vision inherent in the original document. Online balloting will take place in November via the discussion list. The ballot will ask you to vote for ABOS board candidates along with a question asking for your approval to accept the Bylaw revision and questions regarding membership dues. If you have any questions regarding nominations, bylaws or membership dues, feel free to contact me or any other ABOS Board member. Thank you for your time and consideration, Jody Olivieri, MLIS ABOS President Bookmobile Manager Homer Township Public Library District www.homerlibrary.org 14320 W. 151st Street Homer Glen, IL 60491 Phone 708-301-7908 Fax 708-301-4535 jolivieri at homerlibrary.org This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091001/a17b3f5a/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Susan From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Rose Huling Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:14 AM To: ABOS - Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] Conference Volunteers Needed Volunteers needed to help with conference registration. A great opportunity to meet your colleagues from around the country (and international travelers). Work consists of smiling (we are all good at that), reading names from a printed sheet (we are all readers), and handing packets to registrants (lighter than a pile of books). Thank you for your help! Please reply to abosconference2009 at hotmail.com -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Rose ABOS Mailing List Moderator -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Rose Huling wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I made a global change on the mailing list. When you are replying to a > message, you will be replying to the mailing list rather then the sender. > > Rose > ABOS Mailing List Moderator > > -- > Rose Huling > Bookmobile Coordinator > rosehuling at gmail.com > rhuling at minlib.net > > Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, > Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 > www.morseinstitute.org > > Webmaster for > www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services > www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th > www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Roseberry, Susan wrote: > > Yes, everyone who works for our library has a criminal background check. > > As to staff steeling from patrons? homes, for us this is not an issue. > Our Books-by-Mail program is just that ? books and other library > materials are sent through the mail. Our staff does not deliver to > patrons? homes. > > Thanks, > > Lisa Cooke > > Library Associate, Books-By-Mail & Senior Outreach > > 21100 Three Oaks Parkway > > Estero, FL 33928 > > (239)533-4444 > > (800)660-6420 option 5 > > fax: (239)485-1130 > > lcooke at leegov.com > > *Susan J. Roseberry, Sr. Library Associate,Bookmobile Coordinator* > > *Lee County Bookmobile, Outreach Services* > > *21100 Three Oaks Parkway* > > *Estero**, FL 33928* > > *Phone: 239-533-4441* > > *Toll-free: 800-660-6420, ext. 6* > > *Fax: 239-498-6424* > > *SRoseberry at Leegov.com */*/ > /*/*www.lee-county.com/library * > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > From hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us Tue Oct 6 17:55:30 2009 From: hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us (Helga Spotts) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:55:30 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Department or person who solicits monetary donations Message-ID: Hello everyone, I would like to contact staff or volunteers or Friends who work with businesses/corporations/individuals to encourage support for your library. Most often this would be monetary donations and might involve some reciprocity. Of particular interest would be an individual or a department that has taken on this beneficial service, one who started at Ground Zero and implemented a structured process for communicating the Library's needs. Thanks! Helga Helga Spotts Bookmobile Manager Clark County Public Library 201 S. Fountain Avenue Springfield, Ohio 45506 hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Children's Department Head is responsible for the organization, management, supervision and effective functioning of the Main Library's Children's Department. In addition, the successful candidate oversees children's services and collections throughout the library system. This person chairs the Children's Steering Committee, coordinates the selection of children's materials ($130,000 budget), writes and manages grants, trains, motivates and evaluates Children's Department staff (5FTEs), develops and presents programs to children ages birth to 11 and engages in collaborative outreach programs to promote the library within the community. Chattahoochee Valley Libraries is a thriving four county library system headquartered in Columbus, GA approximately two hours outside Atlanta. The system serves a 200,000+ population circulating 1.3 million items last year. The Aflac Children's Room and new outdoor Children's Reading Garden provide a beautiful environment for children's programs and services. The library, in addition to a 125 seat auditorium, has several large meeting rooms. Programs are limited only by your imagination! To view a virtual tour of the Columbus Public Library, visit www.thecolumbuslibrary.org. Minimum requirements include an MLS from an ALA-accredited program and five years of children's librarian experience with at least two years of management and supervisory experience preferred. Starting salary range: $45,625-$53,738 with excellent benefits. Additional information and a full job description are available at CVL Links or from Jobeth Bradbury, 816-531-2468. Apply with a meaningful cover letter and copy of your resume in Word format by November 15, 2009 to Jobeth Bradbury, Gossage Sager Associates. GOSSAGE SAGER ASSOCIATES 4545 Wornall Road, Suite 805, Kansas City, MO 64111 Jobeth Bradbury Gossage Sager Associates 4545 Wornall Road, Ste. 805 Kansas City, MO 64111 816.531.2468 Phone/Fax 816.803.7087 Cell www.gossagesager.com Follow me on twitter gossagesager -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091004/39deb223/attachment-0001.html From rosehuling at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 21:41:51 2009 From: rosehuling at gmail.com (Rose Huling) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:41:51 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] New Mexico's bookmobiles In-Reply-To: <003b01ca47a1$b002a2f0$1007e8d0$@net> References: <003b01ca47a1$b002a2f0$1007e8d0$@net> Message-ID: <34e718030910071841x1feecf7qb20abece33956f03@mail.gmail.com> Hi Folks, While I was at the Bookmobile Conference, my library director emailed me this link for a bookmobile news story. Click the link in the email below or copy and paste the direct link: http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/6131354/ Rose -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Linda Stetson Date: Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 6:58 PM Subject: New Mexico's bookmobiles To: Rose Huling FYI?.. *New Mexico?s bookmobiles are unique* In a digital age where news comes on cell phones and readers download e-books, three bookmobiles chug along the back roads of New Mexico, bringing a library to people who otherwise live without one. The New Mexico State Library?s on-the-road program is unique. ?There are no other state-run bookmobile programs that I am aware of,? said Michael Swendrowski. Nowadays, most are operated by cities, counties, or regions.... Associated Press, Oct. 3 *Linda B. Stetson, MLS* Director Morse Institute Library 14 East Central Street Natick, MA 01760 508.647.6523 508.647.6527 (fax) Lstetson at minlib.net www.morseinstitute.org I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.* **~Jorge Luis Borges** * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091007/748096d2/attachment.html From rosehuling at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 09:11:44 2009 From: rosehuling at gmail.com (Rose Huling) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:11:44 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Conference Video "Snippets" Message-ID: <34e718030910080611h44512d70pee76ded64add8074@mail.gmail.com> Hi Folks, The Bookmobile Conference is underway. On Wednesday, we were thrilled to hear from the Unshelved crew, Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum. The laughs kept coming as we listened to "A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Library." We also saw a number of presentations. I have uploaded some video snippets to YouTube. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/abosoutreach Take a view and enjoy. Rose -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091008/d7516367/attachment.html From hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us Thu Oct 8 17:00:50 2009 From: hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us (Helga Spotts) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:00:50 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Nursing Home contracts/agreements Message-ID: Hello, I've inherited the deposit collections at the nursing homes and interested in anyone's experiences out in ABOS who might have had past due accounts to clear up or generally took on this new responsibility and remembers how they did it. We have a fairly small number, and I don't know if the service is being used and/or appreciated. I thought I might send a letter to the directors/administrators and also to the activities directors. This letter would be an introduction and provide contact numbers. I'm also considering sending a survey-what types of books do you want, how many, how long would you like to keep them, etc. We have never asked for the homes to pay for lost items, but I'm shocked when I see some extreme balances from as far back as 2004. If you know of someone who may be able to share their expertise, please forward! Thanks! Helga Helga Spotts Bookmobile Manager Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091008/9b109f89/attachment.html From jnhersh at akronlibrary.org Fri Oct 9 10:01:37 2009 From: jnhersh at akronlibrary.org (Hershey, Jon) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:01:37 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Nursing Home contracts/agreements In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <84FEE59B9425B546B15197E9E6CAAB320DDFC8@ascplmail.akronlibrary.org> Helga, It sounds to me like you are doing everything right. I think surveys are a very good idea because you probably won't be seeing the recipients of these materials and the population in the facility has probably changed since the service started so they may want different things. We have found that it is helpful to send a printout of everything checked out on each account when the materials are delivered. Some activities staff have become very worried because one or two items have not been returned and they work to find them (my kind of people!). Staff at other facilities don't seem to care too much and don't seem inclined to search for the missing items; in some cases we have stopped deliveries because of this. I try to keep in mind that the main priority of these facilities isn't maintaining a library collection, that the staff is busy, and that sometimes residents may inadvertently destroy materials; I expect a certain amount of loss and will clear some items if I feel that the staff have searched for them. One difficulty is that there is high turnover of staff at many facilities so it can be hard to develop a rapport. The new people may not know you deliver books until you arrive. Naturally, library service is a bit down the priority list when you have to feed, bathe, and care for people. It can be effective to have the person who selects the materials deliver them or at least go along sometimes because they can sometimes meet the activities staff in person. This service is much more impersonal than working on the Bookmobile so this helps "put a face" on this task. When I took over as manager, I sent the attached letter to the worst malefactors and threatened to suspend service if they didn't return materials. It got the attention of some locations and others didn't seem to care. Those are the ones you want to consider dropping. A few locations paid for materials. That was eight years ago and we don't seem to have the same level of loss now so eliminating a few problematic locations was a good thing. The sad part of this is that the residents are the ones who suffer when the staff can't be bothered to do their part. But you can't absorb losses forever, either. This kind of service is good PR for you library (which might make a few losses a little easier to swallow). Good luck! Jon Jon Hershey Mobile Services Manager Akron-Summit County Public Library "Recognized as one of America's Best Libraries" <<<<< From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Helga Spotts Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 5:01 PM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: [ABOS] Nursing Home contracts/agreements Hello, I've inherited the deposit collections at the nursing homes and interested in anyone's experiences out in ABOS who might have had past due accounts to clear up or generally took on this new responsibility and remembers how they did it. We have a fairly small number, and I don't know if the service is being used and/or appreciated. I thought I might send a letter to the directors/administrators and also to the activities directors. This letter would be an introduction and provide contact numbers. I'm also considering sending a survey-what types of books do you want, how many, how long would you like to keep them, etc. We have never asked for the homes to pay for lost items, but I'm shocked when I see some extreme balances from as far back as 2004. If you know of someone who may be able to share their expertise, please forward! Thanks! Helga Helga Spotts Bookmobile Manager Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091009/3e55d7c1/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Activities Department.doc Type: application/msword Size: 20480 bytes Desc: Activities Department.doc Url : http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091009/3e55d7c1/attachment-0001.doc From zimmermanclaudia at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 16:52:12 2009 From: zimmermanclaudia at gmail.com (Claudia Zimmerman) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:52:12 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Helga's email Message-ID: We always allowed $100 per year per facility as the cost of doing business. Now that I'm retired, I can't speak for the currency of what is happening now, but we are usually lucky enough to find one long time employee who values our service and will do their best to find missing items. On the other side of the coin-when my mom passed away and was in a nursing home, I learned first hand that the beds are more valuable filled than empty. Grieving families are often given just a few hours to clean the room of all the person's possessions. That said, I think there are times that families take library items home thinking they'll get it returned, but the reality is that there is so much on their minds that sometimes items don't get returned. I vote for forgiveness of at least the oldest items. Then, try to work out a relationship with someone in the administration who is likely to be there long term to help find everything else and strike an agreement on what is acceptable loss. 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Theresa Gemmer ABOS 2009 Conference Chair "Honoring the past ~ Creating the future" abosconference2009 at hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091010/56435d95/attachment.html From miked at marshallpl.org Mon Oct 12 11:12:11 2009 From: miked at marshallpl.org (Mike Doellman) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:12:11 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] Helga's email In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AD3474B.1090400@marshallpl.org> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091013/d0fc7871/attachment.html From RKadavy at highplains.us Tue Oct 13 11:50:53 2009 From: RKadavy at highplains.us (Rita Kadavy) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:50:53 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] conference In-Reply-To: <27f2f5840910130839n7a7c5149m2425e9b6e51748dd@mail.gmail.com> References: <27f2f5840910130839n7a7c5149m2425e9b6e51748dd@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I agree with Edith, it was an awesome conference and great getting to meet and visit with all the wonderful Outreach/Bookmobile people out there! Rita F. Kadavy Outreach Manager High Plains Library District 2227 23rd. Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 970-506-8640 rkadavy at highplains.us www.MyLibrary.us/ www.Mibiblioteca.us [cid:image001.jpg at 01CA4BEA.A76C6610] From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Edith Isele Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:40 AM To: Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] conference Hi Everyone, It was a GREAT conference. Thanks Theresa and all the Washington people who worked to make it happen. This year, for the first time, we were able to offer Library Education Credits, from the State Library of Indiana. There was a collective total of 802 LEUs earned at the conference!! Way to go, everyone. I wish you all a good recovery. If I promised an e-mail to anyone, I will get to it this week. -- Edith Isele Assistant Manager Outreach Services St. Louis County Library (MO) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Theresa Gemmer Outreach Librarian Everett Public Library 425.257.7643 direct 425.257.8006 dept. line tgemmer at ci.everett.wa.us P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to - Think Green! ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091013/b348a13b/attachment.html From ktotten at anythinklibraries.org Tue Oct 13 12:16:08 2009 From: ktotten at anythinklibraries.org (Kathy Totten) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:16:08 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] Itsy the sock monkey crashes conference In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <3332F13D8F7F4941915D4A99F06AA6F26971E9@rv-svr02.Rangeview.local> This is adorable! Post it on facebook and anywhere else you can think of. It will be great PR for ABOS. Kathy KATHRYN TOTTEN | Experience Expert Anythink Thornton and Outreach Services ktotten at anythinklibraries.org ......................... Anythink Thornton 8992 Washington Street Thornton, Colorado 80229 303.287.2514 ext 2516 anythinklibraries.org ________________________________ From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Theresa Gemmer Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:08 AM To: Edith Isele; Assoc for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Subject: [ABOS] Itsy the sock monkey crashes conference http://itsythesockmonkey.blogspot.com/ Itsy the sock monkey snuck into the ABOS conference and documented her experiences in her blog. Theresa Gemmer Outreach Librarian Everett Public Library 425.257.7643 direct 425.257.8006 dept. line tgemmer at ci.everett.wa.us P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to - Think Green! ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you, Karen DeMoss Bookmobile Branch Head Ouachita Parish Public Library 1800 Stubbs Ave. Monroe, Louisiana 71201 318-327-1490 ext: 3019 From econte at torontopubliclibrary.ca Tue Oct 13 13:14:40 2009 From: econte at torontopubliclibrary.ca (Eda Conte-Pitcher) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:14:40 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] 2009 Conference References: <001901ca4c26$022a1120$067e3360$@org> Message-ID: <20091013T131440Z_D54B00080001@torontopubliclibrary.ca> yes, I am interested as well in terms of preparing conference requests for next year. >>> "BKM Head" October 13, 2009 12:55 pm >>> Was there a decision made at the 2009 conference as to where next year's conference will be held? Thank you, Karen DeMoss Bookmobile Branch Head Ouachita Parish Public Library 1800 Stubbs Ave. Monroe, Louisiana 71201 318-327-1490 ext: 3019 _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091013/15c36928/attachment.html From vickie.klemetson at fvrl.bc.ca Tue Oct 13 13:37:35 2009 From: vickie.klemetson at fvrl.bc.ca (Vickie Klemetson) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:37:35 -0700 Subject: [ABOS] Nursing Home contracts/agreements Message-ID: Helga, I, too, inherited facilities where overdues had never been collected. It took some time for that to turn around. Here are some things we tried & learned in the process. * Check to see if your state has laws regarding how far back you can collect; some of those charges may not be recoverable. Our province has put a limit on the number of years for which the library can collect. * Use "writing off" the books as a goodwill gesture: We would like to start with a clean slate (new year is a good time for this approach) so we are going to write off everything owing prior to 2008. Can you get everyone to look for the other items? * Make sure they understand that "from this point on, you will be sent a bill for any items lost or damaged...." * Developing a "reciprocal agreement" is helpful: a statement which lists their responsibilities & yours. * We have found developing a relationship with the staff at the care facility is key - getting one person to "take responsibility". * Use the contact as an opportunity to "market" your services: are you meeting their needs? How can you improve" * Can you improve your statistics by getting estimates of the number of "customers" you are serving in the facility at the same time? * Fax all overdues 1 week prior to your pick up date; make it as easy for them as possible. Vickie Klemetson Fraser Valley Regional Library BC Canada -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org]On Behalf Of Helga Spotts Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:01 PM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: [ABOS] Nursing Home contracts/agreements Hello, I've inherited the deposit collections at the nursing homes and interested in anyone's experiences out in ABOS who might have had past due accounts to clear up or generally took on this new responsibility and remembers how they did it. We have a fairly small number, and I don't know if the service is being used and/or appreciated. 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From: Miguel Figueroa [mailto:mfigueroa at ala.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:30 PM To: caupres at ala.org Subject: FW: ALA News for October 13, 2009 News to share with your groups. -Miguel ALA News for October 13, 2009 Hasbro exclusive sponsor for 2009 National Gaming Day @ your library http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/ha sbrongd_dev.cfm Neil Gaiman named Honorary Chair of National Library Week http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/nl wgaiman_pio.cfm Public libraries urged to participate in national technology study http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/pf ltas_ors.cfm Carroll Preston Baber research grant call for proposals http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/ba ber_ors.cfm Booklist Online adds new youth content, navigation http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/bo lupdate_booklist.cfm Freedom to Read Foundation announces nominating committee http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/no mcommittee_ftrf.cfm Freedom to Read Foundation offers free memberships to new library school graduates http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/fr eememberships_ftrf.cfm Loleta D. 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Rose -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Thomas, Brad wrote: > > > > > Yay! I got my bkm printout from our artist! Here ?tis! > > > > > > Brad Thomas > > Outreach Services Manager > > Tulsa City-County Library > > (918) 596-7922 > > bthomas at tulsalibrary.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091013/38db7edd/attachment.html From MBUCKNER at ashland.lib.oh.us Wed Oct 14 08:54:12 2009 From: MBUCKNER at ashland.lib.oh.us (MBUCKNER) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:54:12 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] ABOS Conference 2010 Message-ID: 2010 ABOS joint conference with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) Thursday, October 14 - Saturday, October 16, 2010 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Denver Airport Denver CO Martha Buckner, ABOS Board Member-at-Large Bookmobile and Outreach Supervisor Ashland Public Library 224 Claremont Avenue Ashland OH 44805 419-289-8188, ext 22 mbuckner at ashland.lib.oh.us www.ashland.lib.oh.us "Ashland County Bookmobile - A book in every hand." - Megan O. From jeannebkm at yahoo.com Thu Oct 15 08:10:59 2009 From: jeannebkm at yahoo.com (Jeanne Burns) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ABOS] Hot water Message-ID: <966988.85201.qm@web51306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Okay guys, I need help... I am in a seperate building. An old dentist office that we bought, refurbed the front end for my office and overflow area. The building is nasty. We have been fighting dirt, dust and stink for the 7 years I've been in here. I am the only person in my department so of course, the only one in this building. The rest of the building is used for storage. Last month my hot water heater broke. I told my director about it in an email and got no response. This is typical. The janitor said he'd talk to her about it. Yesterday, the janitor told me that the director is NOT going to replace it, because "it's just for her to wash her hands, she can come over here to do that". Great... So, I need help. Do any of you know of any government regulations that say she HAS to provide me with hot water for sanitary reasons? It's gross enough to wash your hands in cold water, especially with the weather getting colder, but to have to cross the street every time I have to wash my hands??? Am I being unreasonable? I've always felt like the red headed ugly stepchild (especially with this director, she's my 4th in 10 years) but I feel like this is over the top. Any thoughts? Thanks. Jeanne From miked at marshallpl.org Thu Oct 15 08:33:12 2009 From: miked at marshallpl.org (Mike Doellman) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:33:12 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] Hot water Message-ID: <612370d2e8b0a6b39fd17dc945c0bcea@marshallpl.org> Your Director had better get her head together -- she's probably violating a BUNCH of OSHA and local Health Department rules and regulations. Hot water for washing is a REQUIREMENT in most cities and states, at least those I know of. And the odors could be due to mold -- I wonder what she'd do if a health inspector came 'round? Mike Mike Doellman Library Director Marshall Public Library 113 South Garfield Avenue Pocatello, Idaho 83204 (208)232-1263, ext. 29 miked at marshallpl.org The information and opinions contained herein are solely the responsibility of the author and in no way reflect those of the Marshall Public Libary, the City of Pocatello, or anyone else. Why anyone should think otherwise completely escapes me. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeanne Burns > To: Mailman - List serve > Date: 10/15/09 06:10 > Subject: [ABOS] Hot water > > Okay guys, I need help... > > I am in a seperate building. An old dentist office that we bought, refurbed the front end for my office and overflow area. The building is nasty. We have been fighting dirt, dust and stink for the 7 years I've been in here. I am the only person in my department so of course, the only one in this building. The rest of the building is used for storage. > > Last month my hot water heater broke. I told my director about it in an email and got no response. This is typical. The janitor said he'd talk to her about it. > > Yesterday, the janitor told me that the director is NOT going to replace it, because "it's just for her to wash her hands, she can come over here to do that". Great... > > So, I need help. Do any of you know of any government regulations that say she HAS to provide me with hot water for sanitary reasons? It's gross enough to wash your hands in cold water, especially with the weather getting colder, but to have to cross the street every time I have to wash my hands??? > > Am I being unreasonable? I've always felt like the red headed ugly stepchild (especially with this director, she's my 4th in 10 years) but I feel like this is over the top. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks. > > Jeanne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From barbha at stdl.org Thu Oct 15 10:34:09 2009 From: barbha at stdl.org (Barbara Adrianopoli) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:34:09 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] Hot water In-Reply-To: <966988.85201.qm@web51306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I am asking a Fed who will give me info on this - I would think it violates both state and federal laws, but will get back to you. Barbara Adrianopoli Director of Branches & Extension Services Schaumburg Township District Library 130 S. Roselle Road Schaumburg, IL 60193 847-923-3386 847-923-3389 fax -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Jeanne Burns Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:11 AM To: Mailman - List serve Subject: [ABOS] Hot water Okay guys, I need help... I am in a seperate building. An old dentist office that we bought, refurbed the front end for my office and overflow area. The building is nasty. We have been fighting dirt, dust and stink for the 7 years I've been in here. I am the only person in my department so of course, the only one in this building. The rest of the building is used for storage. Last month my hot water heater broke. I told my director about it in an email and got no response. This is typical. The janitor said he'd talk to her about it. Yesterday, the janitor told me that the director is NOT going to replace it, because "it's just for her to wash her hands, she can come over here to do that". Great... So, I need help. Do any of you know of any government regulations that say she HAS to provide me with hot water for sanitary reasons? It's gross enough to wash your hands in cold water, especially with the weather getting colder, but to have to cross the street every time I have to wash my hands??? Am I being unreasonable? I've always felt like the red headed ugly stepchild (especially with this director, she's my 4th in 10 years) but I feel like this is over the top. Any thoughts? Thanks. Jeanne _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From qamarjamaa at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 14:50:43 2009 From: qamarjamaa at gmail.com (Mary Anne Marjamaa) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:50:43 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? Message-ID: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> Okay, I am all inspired after the conference last week. I need your help. I came back after talking to many of you about how many DVDs your customers can check out. We are a very large library and we limit to 5 per week. However, all of our families have figured out how to work around that little problem by using multiple family cards. This isn't true for our homebound - nursing home customers. They have only one card to work with and have to abide by the limit. I know that many of you, even smaller libraries have much larger limits. I was mentioning this to my boss this morning and he asked me to get some numbers to mull over. So help me out. What is the limit of DVDs at your library? How long are they checked out, and is your bookmobile treated differently than the branches. Thanks for you help. MA -- MaryAnne Marjamaa Manager, Outreach Services St. Louis County Library St. Louis, MO 63131 qamarjamaa at gmail.com 314-994-3300 x 2330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/e493cf64/attachment.html From cjackson at monroe.lib.in.us Thu Oct 15 15:10:28 2009 From: cjackson at monroe.lib.in.us (Chris Jackson) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:10:28 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? In-Reply-To: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> References: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi MaryAnne, On our Bookmobile and in our branches we check out up to seven DVDs per card for seven days. (Similarly, we have a limit of 21 music CDs for 21 days.) We too have people using multiple family members' cards, but we're ok with that, generally. In most cases I see, the kids' cards are being used for kids' items, and the parents' cards for the parents. Homebound, however, is different. This was a struggle to achieve since not too long ago we couldn't check out any movies to Homebound. But we've managed to get the limit up'd to 14 for 30 days. This seems to be a good balance for us currently. Chris Chris Jackson Community Outreach Manager Monroe County Public Library Bloomington, Indiana 812-349-3050, ext. 2059 cjackson at mcpl.info From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Mary Anne Marjamaa Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:51 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? Okay, I am all inspired after the conference last week. I need your help. I came back after talking to many of you about how many DVDs your customers can check out. We are a very large library and we limit to 5 per week. However, all of our families have figured out how to work around that little problem by using multiple family cards. This isn't true for our homebound - nursing home customers. They have only one card to work with and have to abide by the limit. I know that many of you, even smaller libraries have much larger limits. I was mentioning this to my boss this morning and he asked me to get some numbers to mull over. So help me out. What is the limit of DVDs at your library? How long are they checked out, and is your bookmobile treated differently than the branches. Thanks for you help. MA -- MaryAnne Marjamaa Manager, Outreach Services St. Louis County Library St. Louis, MO 63131 qamarjamaa at gmail.com 314-994-3300 x 2330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/843d9895/attachment-0001.html From cjackson at monroe.lib.in.us Thu Oct 15 15:24:19 2009 From: cjackson at monroe.lib.in.us (Chris Jackson) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:24:19 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Bookmobile Weather Radio Message-ID: Hi folks, As I had the opportunity to share with many of you last week, we're thrilled to be spec'ing a new Bookmobile for delivery sometime next year. We've got a lot of the details nailed down, but here's a pesky one: I'm looking to get a Weather Alert radio installed that can be powered on and off with the vehicle's 12 volt system. This is what we currently have now. We flip a switch that turns on our cigarette lighter outlet (which we use to keep a cell phone charged) and our weather radio. We don't need to power on the radio itself separately. Unfortunately, the radio we like-a Midland 74-109-is no longer made, and Midland informs me that they don't have any model that works the same way. We would need to manually turn on the radio. There is a battery backup power source, but given that these radios are always "on" in some capacity to receive the alerts, my experience is that the batteries don't last long if they're used frequently. Yes, this is not a real big deal. In truth, these days we rely much more on Web weather sources when the skies are looking ominous. But we do have frequent severe thunderstorm and tornado watches/warnings in our area, so I like the idea of a radio alert that we'll hear when we need to, not just when we remember to turn it on. I dislike the idea of losing any of the positive features of our current vehicle when we upgrade to the next. Does anyone have a solution for what I'm looking for-a failsafe option to get weather radio alerts? I could move the old radio to the new vehicle, if necessary. But I want whichever one of you buys our beloved gently used bookmobile to get the full package! Thanks for any info! Chris Chris Jackson Community Outreach Manager Monroe County Public Library Bloomington, Indiana 812-349-3050, ext. 2059 cjackson at mcpl.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/f72f0267/attachment.html From RPETTIBONE at columbuslibrary.org Thu Oct 15 15:28:04 2009 From: RPETTIBONE at columbuslibrary.org (Ruth Pettibone) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:28:04 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Nursing Home contracts/agreements In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AD73F85.A158.003C.0@columbuslibrary.org> Helga - We had that situation a number of years back. Deposit Collections work very well for some libraries and not for others. CML had only a few sites left and most of them were blocked from circulation due to overdues. And rarely did a staff member on site want to sign the contract and be responsible. Frequently a staff member would sign the contract and then leave the job and no one would notify us. We determined this service didn't benefit enough customers and wasn't valued enough by customers to justify the amount of labor. So CML discontinued the service, and left the charges on the corporate card for each site. Whether or not you remove the charges depends on your systems perspective on fines and fees. >>> "Vickie Klemetson" 10/13/2009 1:37 PM >>> Helga, I, too, inherited facilities where overdues had never been collected. It took some time for that to turn around. Here are some things we tried & learned in the process. * Check to see if your state has laws regarding how far back you can collect; some of those charges may not be recoverable. Our province has put a limit on the number of years for which the library can collect. * Use "writing off" the books as a goodwill gesture: We would like to start with a clean slate (new year is a good time for this approach) so we are going to write off everything owing prior to 2008. Can you get everyone to look for the other items? * Make sure they understand that "from this point on, you will be sent a bill for any items lost or damaged...." * Developing a "reciprocal agreement" is helpful: a statement which lists their responsibilities & yours. * We have found developing a relationship with the staff at the care facility is key - getting one person to "take responsibility". * Use the contact as an opportunity to "market" your services: are you meeting their needs? How can you improve" * Can you improve your statistics by getting estimates of the number of "customers" you are serving in the facility at the same time? * Fax all overdues 1 week prior to your pick up date; make it as easy for them as possible. Vickie Klemetson Fraser Valley Regional Library BC Canada -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org]On Behalf Of Helga Spotts Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:01 PM To: Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Subject: [ABOS] Nursing Home contracts/agreements Hello, I've inherited the deposit collections at the nursing homes and interested in anyone's experiences out in ABOS who might have had past due accounts to clear up or generally took on this new responsibility and remembers how they did it. We have a fairly small number, and I don't know if the service is being used and/or appreciated. I thought I might send a letter to the directors/administrators and also to the activities directors. This letter would be an introduction and provide contact numbers. I'm also considering sending a survey-what types of books do you want, how many, how long would you like to keep them, etc. We have never asked for the homes to pay for lost items, but I'm shocked when I see some extreme balances from as far back as 2004. If you know of someone who may be able to share their expertise, please forward! Thanks! Helga Helga Spotts Bookmobile Manager Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us From Jacob.Browne at jeffcolibrary.org Thu Oct 15 16:16:03 2009 From: Jacob.Browne at jeffcolibrary.org (Jacob Browne) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:16:03 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? In-Reply-To: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> References: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: The limit our library has is 10 checked out at any time. Most of the DVDs check out for 1 week. Because I visit the Homebound and Nursing homes once a month, and because they have no control over when items are returned, I don't strictly enforce the limit on dvds. Any regular patron who wants more movies only needs to come to the library and return the ones they have. Because of this, a regular patron with one card could conceivably check out 300 or more DVDs within a month. A Homebound patron does not have this freedom and or so limited by the one delivery a month. Currently, only one of my homebound patrons requests over the limit of DVDs. He requests 10-12 a month, 2 over the limit. If I had a Homebound patron who requested more, I might set a limit to what Homebound patrons can check out. Jacob Browne Outreach Associate Jefferson County Public Library Jacob.Browne at jeffcolibrary.org Find us on the web: http://www.jeffcolibrary.org ________________________________ From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Mary Anne Marjamaa Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:51 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? Okay, I am all inspired after the conference last week. I need your help. I came back after talking to many of you about how many DVDs your customers can check out. We are a very large library and we limit to 5 per week. However, all of our families have figured out how to work around that little problem by using multiple family cards. This isn't true for our homebound - nursing home customers. They have only one card to work with and have to abide by the limit. I know that many of you, even smaller libraries have much larger limits. I was mentioning this to my boss this morning and he asked me to get some numbers to mull over. So help me out. What is the limit of DVDs at your library? How long are they checked out, and is your bookmobile treated differently than the branches. Thanks for you help. MA -- MaryAnne Marjamaa Manager, Outreach Services St. Louis County Library St. Louis, MO 63131 qamarjamaa at gmail.com 314-994-3300 x 2330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/1b54b62d/attachment.html From johnston at lawrence.lib.ks.us Thu Oct 15 16:45:45 2009 From: johnston at lawrence.lib.ks.us (Pattie Johnston) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:45:45 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] Hot water In-Reply-To: References: <966988.85201.qm@web51306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <85b9d6bd0910151345w13069fa6wf903afc83717fbc1@mail.gmail.com> Mold? Air quality? Hygienic conditions? Mice? Fire extinguishers? Like Mike said, a "bunch" of OSHA concerns as well as local requirements come to mind. Unreasonable? I think not. Send me the number for the local fire and health department. Anonymous concerned citizen? Pattie On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Barbara Adrianopoli wrote: > I am asking a Fed who will give me info on this - I would think it > violates both state and federal laws, but will get back to you. > > Barbara Adrianopoli > Director of Branches & Extension Services > Schaumburg Township District Library > 130 S. Roselle Road > Schaumburg, IL 60193 > 847-923-3386 > 847-923-3389 fax > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org > [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Jeanne Burns > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:11 AM > To: Mailman - List serve > Subject: [ABOS] Hot water > > Okay guys, I need help... > > I am in a seperate building. An old dentist office that we bought, > refurbed the front end for my office and overflow area. The building is > nasty. We have been fighting dirt, dust and stink for the 7 years I've > been in here. I am the only person in my department so of course, the > only one in this building. The rest of the building is used for > storage. > > Last month my hot water heater broke. I told my director about it in an > email and got no response. This is typical. The janitor said he'd talk > to her about it. > > Yesterday, the janitor told me that the director is NOT going to replace > it, because "it's just for her to wash her hands, she can come over here > to do that". Great... > > So, I need help. Do any of you know of any government regulations that > say she HAS to provide me with hot water for sanitary reasons? It's > gross enough to wash your hands in cold water, especially with the > weather getting colder, but to have to cross the street every time I > have to wash my hands??? > > Am I being unreasonable? I've always felt like the red headed ugly > stepchild (especially with this director, she's my 4th in 10 years) but > I feel like this is over the top. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks. > > Jeanne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > -- Pattie Johnston Outreach Services Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont St. Lawrence, Ks. 66044 785-843-3833 x115 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/97cd1541/attachment-0001.html From miked at marshallpl.org Thu Oct 15 17:35:25 2009 From: miked at marshallpl.org (Mike Doellman) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:35:25 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] Hot water In-Reply-To: <85b9d6bd0910151345w13069fa6wf903afc83717fbc1@mail.gmail.com> References: <966988.85201.qm@web51306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <85b9d6bd0910151345w13069fa6wf903afc83717fbc1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AD7959D.7070008@marshallpl.org> I do not think I would like to be the Director when/if the fit hits the shan over this. One of the first things I learned as a Director was NEVER, EVER mess around with health and safety! And Pattie -- don't you have a library email address for the bookmobile dept.? Mike Michael A. Doellman, MS (LIS) Library Director Marshall Public Library 113 South Garfield Pocatello, Idaho 83204 Voice: (208) 232-1263, extension 29 Fax: (208) 232-9266 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Marshall Public Library, the city of Pocatello, or anyone else other than the author. Why anyone would think otherwise completely escapes me. Pattie Johnston wrote: > Mold? > Air quality? > Hygienic conditions? > Mice? > Fire extinguishers? > Like Mike said, a "bunch" of OSHA concerns as well as > local requirements come to mind. > Unreasonable? I think not. > > Send me the number for the local fire and health department. Anonymous > concerned citizen? > > Pattie > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Barbara Adrianopoli > wrote: > > I am asking a Fed who will give me info on this - I would think it > violates both state and federal laws, but will get back to you. > > Barbara Adrianopoli > Director of Branches & Extension Services > Schaumburg Township District Library > 130 S. Roselle Road > Schaumburg, IL 60193 > 847-923-3386 > 847-923-3389 fax > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org > > [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org > ] On Behalf Of Jeanne Burns > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:11 AM > To: Mailman - List serve > Subject: [ABOS] Hot water > > Okay guys, I need help... > > I am in a seperate building. An old dentist office that we bought, > refurbed the front end for my office and overflow area. The > building is > nasty. We have been fighting dirt, dust and stink for the 7 years > I've > been in here. I am the only person in my department so of course, the > only one in this building. The rest of the building is used for > storage. > > Last month my hot water heater broke. I told my director about it > in an > email and got no response. This is typical. The janitor said > he'd talk > to her about it. > > Yesterday, the janitor told me that the director is NOT going to > replace > it, because "it's just for her to wash her hands, she can come > over here > to do that". Great... > > So, I need help. Do any of you know of any government regulations > that > say she HAS to provide me with hot water for sanitary reasons? It's > gross enough to wash your hands in cold water, especially with the > weather getting colder, but to have to cross the street every time I > have to wash my hands??? > > Am I being unreasonable? I've always felt like the red headed ugly > stepchild (especially with this director, she's my 4th in 10 > years) but > I feel like this is over the top. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks. > > Jeanne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > > > > -- > Pattie Johnston > Outreach Services > Lawrence Public Library > 707 Vermont St. > Lawrence, Ks. 66044 > 785-843-3833 x115 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > From ekgisele at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 18:30:21 2009 From: ekgisele at gmail.com (Edith Isele) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:30:21 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] Hot water Message-ID: <27f2f5840910151530l18ce9bf9u16398b0fded07a5b@mail.gmail.com> One more thing I am concerned about in this situation is personal safety. One person should never work alone in a building. -- Edith Isele Assistant Manager Outreach Services St. Louis County Library (MO) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/f3691aac/attachment.html From miked at marshallpl.org Thu Oct 15 18:44:20 2009 From: miked at marshallpl.org (Mike Doellman) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:44:20 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] Hot water In-Reply-To: <27f2f5840910151530l18ce9bf9u16398b0fded07a5b@mail.gmail.com> References: <27f2f5840910151530l18ce9bf9u16398b0fded07a5b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AD7A5C4.7080004@marshallpl.org> I didn't think of that. Do you have a library-supplied cell phone on the bookmobile? AND a phone in the office? Is there a "panic button" in the office with which to summon help? How about a video camera setup (they're cheap enough)? No one should work alone on a Bookmobile either, if it can in any way be prevented. You know, this whole thing is starting to sound like a lawsuit waiting to happen. Mike Michael A. Doellman, MS (LIS) Library Director Marshall Public Library 113 South Garfield Pocatello, Idaho 83204 Voice: (208) 232-1263, extension 29 Fax: (208) 232-9266 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Marshall Public Library, the city of Pocatello, or anyone else other than the author. Why anyone would think otherwise completely escapes me. Edith Isele wrote: > One more thing I am concerned about in this situation is personal > safety.? One person should never work alone in a building. > > -- > Edith Isele > Assistant Manager > Outreach Services > St. Louis County Library (MO) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > From acore at atlantic.net Thu Oct 15 20:29:47 2009 From: acore at atlantic.net (ACORE) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:29:47 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] THE JOHN PHILLIP AWARD - HONOREE Message-ID: ABOS this year was special for us at ACORE Shelving, besides the smiles, the laughs, reconnecting with friends, that opening address by our president and those 'three volcano days' {-- WOW--} I thoroughly enjoyed this conference. However, We Missed Many of You this Year, hope to see you in Denver at the joint conference with our sister organization, Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL). We, at ACORE, were granted the privilege of awarding 'The John Phillip Award'. Being able to underwrite this award is a double honor, for it was my friends Carol Hole & John Phillip who welcomed me into National bookmobiling! I recall Carol forcing me to travel to a 'bookmobile round-up!' for heavens sake what is that 'round-up thing' and in Ohio of all places. However, once there Carol introduced me to this endearing gentleman with a broad smile and a welcoming handshake, saying 'Don, it is such a pleasure for us to have you here with us.." The rest is history. From 1985 I have only missed one (with the exception of a brief retirement); I have enjoyed meeting librarians from literally all over the world. This feat was only accomplished by John, Bernie, Carol & hosts of others too numerous to mention. Bookmobile Librarians are a special lot and too often taken for granted. When you are not a driver, reading coach, mom or dad, if not, an aunt or uncle to the children, friend or sponsor for older citizens, you are just plain loveable, fun-loving and a friendly smiling observant resource for your clients, those just-plain-Joes & Josephines, out there on your routes. I can not wait to hear &/or read more of your Adventures next year. YOUR COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO SELECT AN APPROPRIATELY GIFTED & GIVING INDIVIDUAL FOR THIS YEARS RECIPIENT, WITHHELD THE HONOREE'S NAME FROM ME!!! The only thing the committee members would say is 'Don, you will be pleased' OR 'Don, this year's recipient will make you proud'. I now realized they would say that every time I even mentioned Claudia's name or the name of John, Carol or several of you reading this... To my pleasant surprise CLAUDIA ZIMMERMAN was selected as this 2009 recipient of the John Phillip Award for excellence and contributions to Bookmobiling. This is such an honor, in fact a double honor, for I found Claudia to be a quiet gracious lady with an unassuming way, to be a true giant in the art of bringing our library to those who can't or don't wish to travel. Claudia was probably the third person introduced to me at my first roundup. For those of you who have not met Claudia, you have missed a wonderful person, filled with not only a zest for life but an encyclopedic reference for you and your travail in your various positions in Libraries Bookmobile and Outreach Services; Case-in-point 'Mailman Digest, Vol 9, Issue 9 of 10/13. Please drop Claudia a line at THIS YEARS JOHN PHILLIP RECIPIENT! CLAUDIA YOU HAVE YOU HAVE MADE US ALL PROUD. GOD BLESS. don thompson, acore shelving -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/73da8a66/attachment.html From ChalfantE at santacruzpl.org Thu Oct 15 17:17:08 2009 From: ChalfantE at santacruzpl.org (Eric Chalfant) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:17:08 -0700 Subject: [ABOS] Bookmobile Weather Radio Message-ID: <138B5B35BF63BB4F96D63D8FF22A7C5D28F17D@1PRX.santacruzpl.org> Hi Chris... Both of these might work for you...the first one comes equipped with a 12 volt DC power adapter and hand-crank option... http://www.ambientweather.com/ra7500.html this one offers and optional DC adapter sold separately... http://www.sportsimportsltd.com/dynowediamra.html?site=google_base Good luck with your search... Eric Chalfant Outreach Services Santa Cruz Public Library Santa Cruz, CA chalfante at santacruzpl.org _____ From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Chris Jackson Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:24 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: [ABOS] Bookmobile Weather Radio Hi folks, As I had the opportunity to share with many of you last week, we're thrilled to be spec'ing a new Bookmobile for delivery sometime next year. We've got a lot of the details nailed down, but here's a pesky one: I'm looking to get a Weather Alert radio installed that can be powered on and off with the vehicle's 12 volt system. This is what we currently have now. We flip a switch that turns on our cigarette lighter outlet (which we use to keep a cell phone charged) and our weather radio. We don't need to power on the radio itself separately. Unfortunately, the radio we like-a Midland 74-109-is no longer made, and Midland informs me that they don't have any model that works the same way. We would need to manually turn on the radio. There is a battery backup power source, but given that these radios are always "on" in some capacity to receive the alerts, my experience is that the batteries don't last long if they're used frequently. Yes, this is not a real big deal. In truth, these days we rely much more on Web weather sources when the skies are looking ominous. But we do have frequent severe thunderstorm and tornado watches/warnings in our area, so I like the idea of a radio alert that we'll hear when we need to, not just when we remember to turn it on. I dislike the idea of losing any of the positive features of our current vehicle when we upgrade to the next. Does anyone have a solution for what I'm looking for-a failsafe option to get weather radio alerts? I could move the old radio to the new vehicle, if necessary. But I want whichever one of you buys our beloved gently used bookmobile to get the full package! Thanks for any info! Chris Chris Jackson Community Outreach Manager Monroe County Public Library Bloomington, Indiana 812-349-3050, ext. 2059 cjackson at mcpl.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/0b48e16a/attachment-0001.html From Richard.Allen at jeffcolibrary.org Thu Oct 15 17:49:49 2009 From: Richard.Allen at jeffcolibrary.org (Richard Allen) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:49:49 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? In-Reply-To: References: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: My understanding about placing limits on DVD's, form many libraires I have spoken to, is that many times the limits are in place due to concerns about theft. Our Bookmobile serves almost exclusively assisted living and senior retirement communities, and call me ageist, but I have no worries that they are going to rip the library off. Besides, I know where they live :) In short, while our brick-and-mortar libraries have a 10 DVD limit, we do not abide by that on the BOokmobile. Rich Allen, Bookmobile Supervisor Jefferson County Public Library 10200 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood, CO 80215 Phone: (303) 275-6163 Richard.Allen at jeffcolibrary.org Find us on the web: http://jeffcolibrary.org ________________________________ From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Chris Jackson Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:10 PM To: Mary Anne Marjamaa; mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: Re: [ABOS] How many dvds?? Hi MaryAnne, On our Bookmobile and in our branches we check out up to seven DVDs per card for seven days. (Similarly, we have a limit of 21 music CDs for 21 days.) We too have people using multiple family members' cards, but we're ok with that, generally. In most cases I see, the kids' cards are being used for kids' items, and the parents' cards for the parents. Homebound, however, is different. This was a struggle to achieve since not too long ago we couldn't check out any movies to Homebound. But we've managed to get the limit up'd to 14 for 30 days. This seems to be a good balance for us currently. Chris Chris Jackson Community Outreach Manager Monroe County Public Library Bloomington, Indiana 812-349-3050, ext. 2059 cjackson at mcpl.info From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Mary Anne Marjamaa Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:51 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? Okay, I am all inspired after the conference last week. I need your help. I came back after talking to many of you about how many DVDs your customers can check out. We are a very large library and we limit to 5 per week. However, all of our families have figured out how to work around that little problem by using multiple family cards. This isn't true for our homebound - nursing home customers. They have only one card to work with and have to abide by the limit. I know that many of you, even smaller libraries have much larger limits. I was mentioning this to my boss this morning and he asked me to get some numbers to mull over. So help me out. What is the limit of DVDs at your library? How long are they checked out, and is your bookmobile treated differently than the branches. Thanks for you help. MA -- MaryAnne Marjamaa Manager, Outreach Services St. Louis County Library St. Louis, MO 63131 qamarjamaa at gmail.com 314-994-3300 x 2330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Rose Huling, ABOS Mailing List Moderator* From: "Odette Batis" To: "Mike Doellman" Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:47:06 -0700 Subject: RE: [ABOS] Hot water H1-N1 Flu, wash hands in hot water with soap for twenty seconds rules Air pollution - in California you have to badger the agency, but it comes through, or air samples (I am sure with mold spores) in small clean sealable jars sent to a lab. This director needs to help you, is there any way to get her on your side? Guess not or you wouldn't have posted. If you are unionized file a grievance? If you are not unionized talk to a lawyer, find one with a free consultation. Good luck to you. odette On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Mike Doellman wrote: > I do not think I would like to be the Director when/if the fit hits the > shan over this. One of the first things I learned as a Director was > NEVER, EVER mess around with health and safety! And Pattie -- don't you > have a library email address for the bookmobile dept.? > > Mike > > Michael A. Doellman, MS (LIS) > Library Director > Marshall Public Library > 113 South Garfield > Pocatello, Idaho 83204 > > Voice: (208) 232-1263, extension 29 > Fax: (208) 232-9266 > > Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Marshall > Public Library, the city of Pocatello, or anyone else other than the > author. Why anyone would think otherwise completely escapes me. > > > > Pattie Johnston wrote: > > Mold? > > Air quality? > > Hygienic conditions? > > Mice? > > Fire extinguishers? > > Like Mike said, a "bunch" of OSHA concerns as well as > > local requirements come to mind. > > Unreasonable? I think not. > > > > Send me the number for the local fire and health department. Anonymous > > concerned citizen? > > > > Pattie > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Barbara Adrianopoli > > wrote: > > > > I am asking a Fed who will give me info on this - I would think it > > violates both state and federal laws, but will get back to you. > > > > Barbara Adrianopoli > > Director of Branches & Extension Services > > Schaumburg Township District Library > > 130 S. Roselle Road > > Schaumburg, IL 60193 > > 847-923-3386 > > 847-923-3389 fax > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org > > > > [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org > > ] On Behalf Of Jeanne > Burns > > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:11 AM > > To: Mailman - List serve > > Subject: [ABOS] Hot water > > > > Okay guys, I need help... > > > > I am in a seperate building. An old dentist office that we bought, > > refurbed the front end for my office and overflow area. The > > building is > > nasty. We have been fighting dirt, dust and stink for the 7 years > > I've > > been in here. I am the only person in my department so of course, > the > > only one in this building. The rest of the building is used for > > storage. > > > > Last month my hot water heater broke. I told my director about it > > in an > > email and got no response. This is typical. The janitor said > > he'd talk > > to her about it. > > > > Yesterday, the janitor told me that the director is NOT going to > > replace > > it, because "it's just for her to wash her hands, she can come > > over here > > to do that". Great... > > > > So, I need help. Do any of you know of any government regulations > > that > > say she HAS to provide me with hot water for sanitary reasons? It's > > gross enough to wash your hands in cold water, especially with the > > weather getting colder, but to have to cross the street every time I > > have to wash my hands??? > > > > Am I being unreasonable? I've always felt like the red headed ugly > > stepchild (especially with this director, she's my 4th in 10 > > years) but > > I feel like this is over the top. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jeanne > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailman mailing list > > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailman mailing list > > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Pattie Johnston > > Outreach Services > > Lawrence Public Library > > 707 Vermont St. > > Lawrence, Ks. 66044 > > 785-843-3833 x115 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailman mailing list > > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/24edb0e6/attachment-0001.html From carolt at bloomingtonlibrary.org Thu Oct 15 21:42:29 2009 From: carolt at bloomingtonlibrary.org (Carol Torrens) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:42:29 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? In-Reply-To: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> References: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1DB0CD6E10CDB648AB0E1352F2DF3B700108B9B4F72A@superman.bplserver.org> We allow 6 per library card. As long as the card holders are present, families can take many movies by using multiple cards. In the library the movies circulate for one week. On the BKM, the go for three weeks. All our stops are on a three-week rotation, so anything checked out on the BKM gets a three-week loan period. Our Home Delivery customers may also have up to 6 movies at a time. Their circulation period is four weeks for all their materials. Carol Torrens Outreach Services Manager Interim Adult Services Manager Bloomington, IL, Public Library 309-828-6091 x220 From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Mary Anne Marjamaa Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:51 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? Okay, I am all inspired after the conference last week. I need your help. I came back after talking to many of you about how many DVDs your customers can check out. We are a very large library and we limit to 5 per week. However, all of our families have figured out how to work around that little problem by using multiple family cards. This isn't true for our homebound - nursing home customers. They have only one card to work with and have to abide by the limit. I know that many of you, even smaller libraries have much larger limits. I was mentioning this to my boss this morning and he asked me to get some numbers to mull over. So help me out. What is the limit of DVDs at your library? How long are they checked out, and is your bookmobile treated differently than the branches. Thanks for you help. MA -- MaryAnne Marjamaa Manager, Outreach Services St. Louis County Library St. Louis, MO 63131 qamarjamaa at gmail.com 314-994-3300 x 2330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/fb78494a/attachment.html From rosehuling at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 21:46:44 2009 From: rosehuling at gmail.com (Rose Huling) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:46:44 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Bookmobile Printout In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34e718030910151846p3d951643m22343fb1c7919e0d@mail.gmail.com> *Hi Folks, This message from LInda Young was bounced by mailman. I am forwarding it to the group. It includes the Cambria County Bookmobile pdf file. Rose ABOS Mailing List Moderator* From: "Young, Linda" To: "mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org" Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:41:41 -0400 Subject: RE: [ABOS] Bookmobile Printout That's a great colorful bookmobile, Brad! Seeing yours jogged my mind to post ours too. Linda Young, County Coordinator Cambria County Library (PA) On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Thomas, Brad wrote: > > > > > Yay! I got my bkm printout from our artist! Here ?tis! > > > > > > Brad Thomas > > Outreach Services Manager > > Tulsa City-County Library > > (918) 596-7922 > > bthomas at tulsalibrary.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/18aacbc4/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Cambria County Library Bookmobile - Cut & Fold.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1339214 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091015/18aacbc4/attachment-0001.pdf From emiller at lancasterlibraries.org Fri Oct 16 09:07:28 2009 From: emiller at lancasterlibraries.org (Ed Miller) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:07:28 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Hot water In-Reply-To: <966988.85201.qm@web51306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: While this doesn't address your other concerns perhaps you could convince your director to install a small tankless hot water heater at the sink. It would use very little electricity and allow you access to hot water. They aren't cheap... $150 and up, but it would save on energy bills. Ed Miller -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Jeanne Burns Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM To: Mailman - List serve Subject: [ABOS] Hot water Okay guys, I need help... I am in a seperate building. An old dentist office that we bought, refurbed the front end for my office and overflow area. The building is nasty. We have been fighting dirt, dust and stink for the 7 years I've been in here. I am the only person in my department so of course, the only one in this building. The rest of the building is used for storage. Last month my hot water heater broke. I told my director about it in an email and got no response. This is typical. The janitor said he'd talk to her about it. Yesterday, the janitor told me that the director is NOT going to replace it, because "it's just for her to wash her hands, she can come over here to do that". Great... So, I need help. Do any of you know of any government regulations that say she HAS to provide me with hot water for sanitary reasons? It's gross enough to wash your hands in cold water, especially with the weather getting colder, but to have to cross the street every time I have to wash my hands??? Am I being unreasonable? I've always felt like the red headed ugly stepchild (especially with this director, she's my 4th in 10 years) but I feel like this is over the top. Any thoughts? Thanks. Jeanne _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From ekgisele at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 09:42:26 2009 From: ekgisele at gmail.com (Edith Isele) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:42:26 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] Hot water In-Reply-To: References: <966988.85201.qm@web51306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <27f2f5840910160642t28787f5bna2d15c88fdeab2b9@mail.gmail.com> Ed had a great suggestion. It sounds as though the relationship with the director is already tenuous, and there is no point in making it worse, if a reasonably priced solution can be found. To my mind, $150 is pretty cheap compared to the price of a full-sized heater. We can be as upset about the situation as we want to, but that is not going to magically make the director into an ally. Presenting a practical solution to the water problem sounds more productive. Edie On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Ed Miller wrote: > While this doesn't address your other concerns perhaps you could convince > your director to install a small tankless hot water heater at the sink. It > would use very little electricity and allow you access to hot water. They > aren't cheap... $150 and up, but it would save on energy bills. > > Ed Miller > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto: > mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Jeanne Burns > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM > To: Mailman - List serve > Subject: [ABOS] Hot water > > Okay guys, I need help... > > I am in a seperate building. An old dentist office that we bought, > refurbed the front end for my office and overflow area. The building is > nasty. We have been fighting dirt, dust and stink for the 7 years I've been > in here. I am the only person in my department so of course, the only one > in this building. The rest of the building is used for storage. > > Last month my hot water heater broke. I told my director about it in an > email and got no response. This is typical. The janitor said he'd talk to > her about it. > > Yesterday, the janitor told me that the director is NOT going to replace > it, because "it's just for her to wash her hands, she can come over here to > do that". Great... > > So, I need help. Do any of you know of any government regulations that say > she HAS to provide me with hot water for sanitary reasons? It's gross > enough to wash your hands in cold water, especially with the weather getting > colder, but to have to cross the street every time I have to wash my > hands??? > > Am I being unreasonable? I've always felt like the red headed ugly > stepchild (especially with this director, she's my 4th in 10 years) but I > feel like this is over the top. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks. > > Jeanne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > -- Edith Isele Assistant Manager Outreach Services St. Louis County Library (MO) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091016/06d782f7/attachment.html From jeannebkm at yahoo.com Fri Oct 16 09:54:19 2009 From: jeannebkm at yahoo.com (Jeanne Burns) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:54:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ABOS] Thanks! Message-ID: <320531.79772.qm@web51312.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Wow, what a response! Thanks for all the advice and info. It's not easy to sit down with your boss, and REALLY not easy to go to the board. When we face something unpleasant here, we have a joke and say " I'm wearing my brave pants today, so I'm going to go face this". Well, today I have on my brave pants and am getting ready to walk across the street and face this. At least now I'm armed with a little info that might help sway her. Thanks again for the support. You guys are great. Jeanne From BThomas at tulsalibrary.org Fri Oct 16 10:50:17 2009 From: BThomas at tulsalibrary.org (Thomas, Brad) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:50:17 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] open source software In-Reply-To: <320531.79772.qm@web51312.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <320531.79772.qm@web51312.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hello, hive mind... I have a library assistant at one of our facilities - one of the city jails here - that is making an attempt to clean his library up. He was asking about how to go about it efficiently, and I told him that there were a few open-source library software programs out there ( I know of Evergreen and Koha right off the bat) that he might be able to use. Anyone using open source? I would be curious to find out how difficult initial setup was, and what the functionality is like. Brad Thomas Outreach Services Manager Tulsa City-County Library (918) 596-7922 bthomas at tulsalibrary.org From ktotten at anythinklibraries.org Fri Oct 16 10:55:00 2009 From: ktotten at anythinklibraries.org (Kathy Totten) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:55:00 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] Thanks! In-Reply-To: <320531.79772.qm@web51312.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3332F13D8F7F4941915D4A99F06AA6F26975AD@rv-svr02.Rangeview.local> Here is a guide to tankless hot water heaters - a good solution! http://www.tanklesswaterheaterguide.com/ Kathryn Totten Manager of Outreach Services and Thornton Branch Rangeview Library District 8992 Washington Thornton, Colorado 80229 303-287-2514 ktotten at rangeviewld.org "We Open Doors for Curious Minds" -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Jeanne Burns Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:54 AM To: Mailman - List serve Subject: [ABOS] Thanks! Wow, what a response! Thanks for all the advice and info. It's not easy to sit down with your boss, and REALLY not easy to go to the board. When we face something unpleasant here, we have a joke and say " I'm wearing my brave pants today, so I'm going to go face this". Well, today I have on my brave pants and am getting ready to walk across the street and face this. At least now I'm armed with a little info that might help sway her. Thanks again for the support. You guys are great. Jeanne _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From vmpebe at aurora.lib.il.us Fri Oct 16 11:45:10 2009 From: vmpebe at aurora.lib.il.us (Pebelske, Virginia) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:45:10 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? In-Reply-To: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6D8BEE91433474478D294A8867FFDC6E036CA1AD@WMAIN3.aurorapubliclibrary.org> Hi Mary Ann, On our Bookmobile, we let patrons take out 2 DVD's at a time, with a check out time of 3 weeks (for many of our stops, we are on a 3 week rotation). More than likely, the DVD's are returned after a week, especially if it is one of our weekly stops. The main library and branches allow up to 5 and are checked out for 2 weeks, but they have a larger collection to choose from. The Bookmobile also does not allow any holds to be placed on our items, so it's a first come, first serve opportunity. The exception occurs when a patron wants an older DVD, and he or she has a library person in our system asking us for it, we can and do tweak that by sending it to them. This is especially nice, as we often have the newest DVD's and if they come visit us on the Bookmobile, they might have a better chance of getting "the latest movie" from us than being on the waiting list from the "building" libraries. We too have patrons who "work" the system by having another family member check out more DVD's, but it still works out, since it is a limit of 2 and not everyone does that. Thank you - Ginger Ginger Pebelske (630) 723-2726 Bookmobile Services Assistant AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY 1100 Church Rd., Suite 10 Aurora, IL 60505 -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Mary Anne Marjamaa Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:51 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? Okay, I am all inspired after the conference last week. I need your help. I came back after talking to many of you about how many DVDs your customers can check out. We are a very large library and we limit to 5 per week. However, all of our families have figured out how to work around that little problem by using multiple family cards. This isn't true for our homebound - nursing home customers. They have only one card to work with and have to abide by the limit. I know that many of you, even smaller libraries have much larger limits. I was mentioning this to my boss this morning and he asked me to get some numbers to mull over. So help me out. What is the limit of DVDs at your library? How long are they checked out, and is your bookmobile treated differently than the branches. Thanks for you help. MA -- MaryAnne Marjamaa Manager, Outreach Services St. Louis County Library St. Louis, MO 63131 qamarjamaa at gmail.com 314-994-3300 x 2330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091016/f79b74f5/attachment-0001.html From johnston at lawrence.lib.ks.us Fri Oct 16 13:04:02 2009 From: johnston at lawrence.lib.ks.us (Pattie Johnston) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:04:02 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] Thanks! In-Reply-To: <320531.79772.qm@web51312.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <320531.79772.qm@web51312.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <85b9d6bd0910161004o5a003fb8je0c6a274541254a7@mail.gmail.com> Good Luck! No, it isn't easy but knowing that you have thought it out and have good information to back your cause makes a difference. Hope it went/goes well. Pattie On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Jeanne Burns wrote: > Wow, what a response! > > Thanks for all the advice and info. It's not easy to sit down with your > boss, and REALLY not easy to go to the board. > > When we face something unpleasant here, we have a joke and say " I'm > wearing my brave pants today, so I'm going to go face this". > > Well, today I have on my brave pants and am getting ready to walk across > the street and face this. At least now I'm armed with a little info that > might help sway her. > > Thanks again for the support. You guys are great. > > Jeanne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > -- Pattie Johnston Outreach Services Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont St. Lawrence, Ks. 66044 785-843-3833 x115 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091016/07f91897/attachment.html From readingkelly at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 13:25:21 2009 From: readingkelly at gmail.com (Kelly) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:25:21 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] How many dvds?? In-Reply-To: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> References: <474918190910151150x790f8ces10a8e07b607c4a8f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: My library allows 3 dvds per card - BUT only 6 per family. Main & branches checkout for 7 days Bookmobile checkout for 14 -due to the rotation schedule NO RENEWALS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091016/b0a46055/attachment.html From Robin.Rousu at spl.org Fri Oct 16 14:12:27 2009 From: Robin.Rousu at spl.org (Robin Rousu) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:12:27 -0700 Subject: [ABOS] How many DVDs? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8E1265E8708F64448482052FBE46ABDE6946C743A3@EXMAILCLU.spl.org> I hesitate to even tell you all this, but it might be good ammunition for a discussion when you are trying to convince your administration to raise your limits to even 10 or 15 DVDs at a time: Our patrons (homebound, lobby stops, everybody) can check out up to 100 items at a time. These could all be DVDs. We have no community stops. This used to be the case for patrons in the branches too, but they just got their limit changed to having 50 items checked out on their card at a time, all of which could be DVDs. We got this waived for our patrons because they only receive service once a month. Most of our patrons don't even come close to these limits, but there are some who do. So repeat after me "I think, o wise director, that raising our DVD checkout limit to 15 is very reasonable, especially when you consider that Seattle Public patrons can check out 100 at a time." :) -Robin Robin Rousu Children's Librarian Mobile Services The Seattle Public Library 206-684-4713 From laffey at mcdl.info Fri Oct 16 15:03:06 2009 From: laffey at mcdl.info (Theresa Laffey) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:03:06 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] How many DVDs? In-Reply-To: <8E1265E8708F64448482052FBE46ABDE6946C743A3@EXMAILCLU.spl.org> Message-ID: We have a 60 item limit for patrons. All of the items could be DVDs if the customer chooses. DVDs normally circulate for 2 weeks however they are checked out to Outreach patrons for 4 weeks due our once a month delivery schedule. Theresa A. Laffey Medina County District Library Outreach Services Manager 6625 Wolff Rd. Medina, Ohio 44256 330.722.6235 Extension 2601 FAX: 330.723.6148 http://www.mcdl.info http://www.shelfari.com/o1517948074 -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Robin Rousu Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:12 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: [ABOS] How many DVDs? I hesitate to even tell you all this, but it might be good ammunition for a discussion when you are trying to convince your administration to raise your limits to even 10 or 15 DVDs at a time: Our patrons (homebound, lobby stops, everybody) can check out up to 100 items at a time. These could all be DVDs. We have no community stops. This used to be the case for patrons in the branches too, but they just got their limit changed to having 50 items checked out on their card at a time, all of which could be DVDs. We got this waived for our patrons because they only receive service once a month. Most of our patrons don't even come close to these limits, but there are some who do. So repeat after me "I think, o wise director, that raising our DVD checkout limit to 15 is very reasonable, especially when you consider that Seattle Public patrons can check out 100 at a time." :) -Robin Robin Rousu Children's Librarian Mobile Services The Seattle Public Library 206-684-4713 _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From SROSEBERRY at leegov.com Fri Oct 16 15:22:16 2009 From: SROSEBERRY at leegov.com (Roseberry, Susan) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:22:16 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] How many DVDs? References: <8E1265E8708F64448482052FBE46ABDE6946C743A3@EXMAILCLU.spl.org> Message-ID: <9C4CE4ECB6933C4B8252A74B7086693C438EA9@EXCHVS4.Lee-County-FL.gov> Hi! We are doing the opposite. At our branches the patrons can take out up to 7 DVD's for 7 days. On the Bookmobile, which visits after school programs, special needs teens, communities, jails and alternative schools. We do not do that on the Bookmobile. We let our patrons take out 2 DVD's for 2 wks, but they have to be 10 years old or older. Our collection is small and we do not always get all of our materials back. This has worked well for us. If we let them take out as many as they wanted, we wouldn't have enough to finish the day out. Susan Susan Roseberry Bookmobile Coordinator Lee County Library System Outreach Services Ft. Myers, FL 239-533-4441 SRoseberry at Leegov.com ________________________________ From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org on behalf of Robin Rousu Sent: Fri 10/16/2009 2:12 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org Subject: [ABOS] How many DVDs? I hesitate to even tell you all this, but it might be good ammunition for a discussion when you are trying to convince your administration to raise your limits to even 10 or 15 DVDs at a time: Our patrons (homebound, lobby stops, everybody) can check out up to 100 items at a time. These could all be DVDs. We have no community stops. This used to be the case for patrons in the branches too, but they just got their limit changed to having 50 items checked out on their card at a time, all of which could be DVDs. We got this waived for our patrons because they only receive service once a month. Most of our patrons don't even come close to these limits, but there are some who do. So repeat after me "I think, o wise director, that raising our DVD checkout limit to 15 is very reasonable, especially when you consider that Seattle Public patrons can check out 100 at a time." :) -Robin Robin Rousu Children's Librarian Mobile Services The Seattle Public Library 206-684-4713 _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091016/221347ce/attachment.html From qamarjamaa at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 17:21:26 2009 From: qamarjamaa at gmail.com (Mary Anne Marjamaa) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:21:26 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] DVDs - how many Message-ID: <474918190910161421r2dae5ba3g4d5ed332a885be82@mail.gmail.com> Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the DVD count. I am most interested in senior stops. I have close to 30 responses and most of you allow seniors more than I can. If anyone else wants to chime in feel free. I am still collecting info. Thanks for all of you that have contributed to my unscientific survey. MA -- MaryAnne Marjamaa Manager, Outreach Services St. Louis County Library St. Louis, MO 63131 qamarjamaa at gmail.com 314-994-3300 x 2330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091016/228c6ca1/attachment.html From mcourtney at cityofboise.org Fri Oct 16 17:26:26 2009 From: mcourtney at cityofboise.org (Marcia Courtney) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:26:26 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] DVDs - how many In-Reply-To: <474918190910161421r2dae5ba3g4d5ed332a885be82@mail.gmail.com> References: <474918190910161421r2dae5ba3g4d5ed332a885be82@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AD890A2.CE18.00F9.0@cityofboise.org> Mary Anne: Will you be compiling this data and sharing? Thanks, Courtney Courtney, Outreach Services Specialist Boise Public Library 715 S Capitol Blvd Boise, ID 83702 (208) 562-4002 >>> Mary Anne Marjamaa 10/16/2009 3:21 PM >>> Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the DVD count. I am most interested in senior stops. I have close to 30 responses and most of you allow seniors more than I can. If anyone else wants to chime in feel free. I am still collecting info. Thanks for all of you that have contributed to my unscientific survey. MA -- MaryAnne Marjamaa Manager, Outreach Services St. Louis County Library St. Louis, MO 63131 qamarjamaa at gmail.com 314-994-3300 x 2330 From qamarjamaa at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 22:54:24 2009 From: qamarjamaa at gmail.com (Mary Anne Marjamaa) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:54:24 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] DVDs - how many In-Reply-To: <4AD890A2.CE18.00F9.0@cityofboise.org> References: <474918190910161421r2dae5ba3g4d5ed332a885be82@mail.gmail.com> <4AD890A2.CE18.00F9.0@cityofboise.org> Message-ID: <757B4123-69CA-4916-B4B2-5492DF471A6A@gmail.com> I will post it as soon as I get it compiled. MA MA On Oct 16, 2009, at 4:26 PM, "Marcia Courtney" wrote: > Mary Anne: Will you be compiling this data and sharing? Thanks, > Courtney > > > > Courtney, Outreach Services Specialist > Boise Public Library > 715 S Capitol Blvd > Boise, ID 83702 > (208) 562-4002 > > >>>> Mary Anne Marjamaa 10/16/2009 3:21 PM >>> > Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the DVD count. I am most > interested in senior stops. I have close to 30 responses and most > of you > allow seniors more than I can. If anyone else wants to chime in > feel free. > I am still collecting info. Thanks for all of you that have > contributed to > my unscientific survey. MA > > -- > MaryAnne Marjamaa > Manager, Outreach Services > St. Louis County Library > St. Louis, MO 63131 > qamarjamaa at gmail.com > 314-994-3300 x 2330 > From jeannebkm at yahoo.com Mon Oct 19 08:51:01 2009 From: jeannebkm at yahoo.com (Jeanne Burns) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:51:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ABOS] Brave pants worked! Message-ID: <474638.46006.qm@web51305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Thanks again to all who responded to my hot water question. Thanks to Ed's (?) suggestion of a tankless water heater, this week I will be receiving one of those. Apparently the problem was that our 70 year old janitor told her he could not get a new unit downstairs and install it. So she got estimates on getting one installed and it was around $500. He can install the tankless job under my sink, and yes, it is around $200. Thanks again for the assist! Jeanne From miked at marshallpl.org Mon Oct 19 11:26:08 2009 From: miked at marshallpl.org (Mike Doellman) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:26:08 -0600 Subject: [ABOS] Brave pants worked! In-Reply-To: <474638.46006.qm@web51305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <474638.46006.qm@web51305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4ADC8510.7010309@marshallpl.org> Now you need to deal with the issues of odor and other possible/probable building problems. Mike Michael A. Doellman, MS (LIS) Library Director Marshall Public Library 113 South Garfield Pocatello, Idaho 83204 Voice: (208) 232-1263, extension 29 Fax: (208) 232-9266 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Marshall Public Library, the city of Pocatello, or anyone else other than the author. Why anyone would think otherwise completely escapes me. Jeanne Burns wrote: > Thanks again to all who responded to my hot water question. Thanks to Ed's (?) suggestion of a tankless water heater, this week I will be receiving one of those. > > Apparently the problem was that our 70 year old janitor told her he could not get a new unit downstairs and install it. So she got estimates on getting one installed and it was around $500. He can install the tankless job under my sink, and yes, it is around $200. > > Thanks again for the assist! > > Jeanne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > From ekgisele at gmail.com Mon Oct 19 12:46:51 2009 From: ekgisele at gmail.com (Edith Isele) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:46:51 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] clean fiction Message-ID: <27f2f5840910190946j16f92859ua73eab009f23291b@mail.gmail.com> Hi Everyone, At the "We are not Offended" session, several people asked me to send the list of safe reads that was compiled by Claudia Zimmerman, to the whole list. She has it labeled Christian fiction, and I am not sure it is all Christian, or just safe, since I have not looked at all of them myself. At any rate, the list of different genres she has here is impressive. -- Edith Isele Assistant Manager Outreach Services St. Louis County Library (MO) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091019/ddf14bd5/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Perfect! You can view it by going to zachscheller.com At the top is a link to videos. Click that. Ours is the one that comes up. Fun stuff! Enjoy, Jeanne From mswendrowski at vehiclesuccess.com Wed Oct 21 08:33:53 2009 From: mswendrowski at vehiclesuccess.com (Michael Swendrowski) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:33:53 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] FW: ALA News for October 20, 2009 Message-ID: <009f01ca524a$c08c05e0$41a411a0$@com> FYI MICHAEL SWENDROWSKI President Chair - ALA Subcommittee on Bookmobiles Monogram SPECIALTY VEHICLE SERVICES, LLC. consultation and technical services GE Healthcare Preferred Mobile Partner VOICE: 262.679.9096 FACSIMILE: 262.457.4924 MOBILE: 262.510.1397 mswendrowski at vehiclesuccess.com W196 S8406 plum creek boulevard muskego, wisconsin 53150-8165 usa www. VEHICLESUCCESS.com P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. From: Miguel Figueroa [mailto:mfigueroa at ala.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:49 PM To: Michael Swendrowski Subject: FW: ALA News for October 20, 2009 ALA News for October 20, 2009 Former vice-president Al Gore to deliver Arthur Curley Lecture http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/al gore_confsvcs.cfm ALA gears up for the 2010 election http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/el ectiongearup_pio.cfm ALA offers Recognition Awards and Grants http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/re cognition_gov.cfm READ Design Studio adds Genres and Subjects to its product line http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/re addesignstudio_graphics.cfm New Moon actor debuts in Celebrity READ Poster http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/ne wmoonread_graphics.cfm A unique kit for early literacy http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/ea rlyliteracy_editions.cfm Tasty marketing tidbits for busy librarians http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/mk tgtidbits_editions.cfm Tips on celebrating National Gaming Day @ your library http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/ng dtips_pio.cfm Connect with National Library Week http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/nl wconnect_pio.cfm Division News YALSA, WWER kick off WrestleManiaR Reading Challenge http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/wr estlemania_yalsa.cfm Thousands of school librarians prepare to "Rev Up Learning" in Charlotte http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/aa sloverallconf_pio.cfm "Paper Towns" tops YALSA's 2009 Teens' Top Ten http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/te entopten09_yalsa.cfm ALTAFF celebrates fourth annual National Friends of Libraries Week, Oct 18-24 http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/nf lw_altaff.cfm Register now for upcoming ALCTS Web courses and webinars http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/we bcourses_alcts.cfm New ACRL publication: 2008 Academic Library Trends and Statistics http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/20 08academiclibtrends_acrl.cfm ALCTS offers two exciting Midwinter symposia for Boston http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/bo stonsymp_alcts.cfm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Chris Chris Long Bookmobile Services Frederick County Public Libraries Frederick, MD 21701 www.fcpl.org On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Jeanne Burns wrote: > Hello to all, > > I spoke with some of you at the conference on this, and thought I'd put it > out on the list serve for everyone... > > This year our director decided that she would like us to do videos to show > what our departments do and explain some things to patrons. So far she has > not got them on our site yet, but she's working on it. > > Well, I was one of the lucky ones! One of my co-workers has a brother who > just graduated from college, and he majored in film making. It's his hope > to do this for a living some day. > > He is trying to build a portfolio so he offered to do mine! Perfect! You > can view it by going to zachscheller.com At the top is a link > to videos. Click that. Ours is the one that comes up. Fun stuff! > > Enjoy, > > Jeanne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091022/60dee500/attachment-0001.html From Wildl at jocolibrary.org Fri Oct 23 03:36:58 2009 From: Wildl at jocolibrary.org (Wild, Lynn, JCL) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:36:58 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] DVDs - how many In-Reply-To: <757B4123-69CA-4916-B4B2-5492DF471A6A@gmail.com> References: <474918190910161421r2dae5ba3g4d5ed332a885be82@mail.gmail.com> <4AD890A2.CE18.00F9.0@cityofboise.org>, <757B4123-69CA-4916-B4B2-5492DF471A6A@gmail.com> Message-ID: <7FC19E9F8335D04E81EEFBAAD53CAFD010F51889@ADMSMXSMBX02.ad.jocoks.com> I deliver 12-20 DVDs monthly on the 4 Lobby Stops to senior living sites -- depending on the requests I receive from Activity Directors. Lynn Wild Senior Services Librarian Johnson County Library Overland Park, KS ________________________________________ From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Mary Anne Marjamaa [qamarjamaa at gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 9:54 PM To: Marcia Courtney Cc: Subject: Re: [ABOS] DVDs - how many I will post it as soon as I get it compiled. MA MA On Oct 16, 2009, at 4:26 PM, "Marcia Courtney" wrote: > Mary Anne: Will you be compiling this data and sharing? Thanks, > Courtney > > > > Courtney, Outreach Services Specialist > Boise Public Library > 715 S Capitol Blvd > Boise, ID 83702 > (208) 562-4002 > > >>>> Mary Anne Marjamaa 10/16/2009 3:21 PM >>> > Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the DVD count. I am most > interested in senior stops. I have close to 30 responses and most > of you > allow seniors more than I can. If anyone else wants to chime in > feel free. > I am still collecting info. Thanks for all of you that have > contributed to > my unscientific survey. MA > > -- > MaryAnne Marjamaa > Manager, Outreach Services > St. Louis County Library > St. Louis, MO 63131 > qamarjamaa at gmail.com > 314-994-3300 x 2330 > _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From Wildl at jocolibrary.org Fri Oct 23 22:07:20 2009 From: Wildl at jocolibrary.org (Wild, Lynn, JCL) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:07:20 -0500 Subject: [ABOS] DVDs - how many In-Reply-To: <7FC19E9F8335D04E81EEFBAAD53CAFD010F51889@ADMSMXSMBX02.ad.jocoks.com> References: <474918190910161421r2dae5ba3g4d5ed332a885be82@mail.gmail.com> <4AD890A2.CE18.00F9.0@cityofboise.org>, <757B4123-69CA-4916-B4B2-5492DF471A6A@gmail.com>, <7FC19E9F8335D04E81EEFBAAD53CAFD010F51889@ADMSMXSMBX02.ad.jocoks.com> Message-ID: <7FC19E9F8335D04E81EEFBAAD53CAFD010F5188B@ADMSMXSMBX02.ad.jocoks.com> ________________________________________ From: Wild, Lynn, JCL Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 2:36 AM To: Mary Anne Marjamaa; Marcia Courtney Cc: Subject: RE: [ABOS] DVDs - how many I deliver 12-20 DVDs monthly on the 4 Lobby Stops to senior living sites -- depending on the requests I receive from Activity Directors. I wanted to add that Lobby Stop users receive a 35 day loan period -- this extended loan period is the as we offer homebound patrons with HomeConnect books by mail service. Lynn Wild Senior Services Librarian Johnson County Library Overland Park, KS ________________________________________ From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Mary Anne Marjamaa [qamarjamaa at gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 9:54 PM To: Marcia Courtney Cc: Subject: Re: [ABOS] DVDs - how many I will post it as soon as I get it compiled. MA MA On Oct 16, 2009, at 4:26 PM, "Marcia Courtney" wrote: > Mary Anne: Will you be compiling this data and sharing? Thanks, > Courtney > > > > Courtney, Outreach Services Specialist > Boise Public Library > 715 S Capitol Blvd > Boise, ID 83702 > (208) 562-4002 > > >>>> Mary Anne Marjamaa 10/16/2009 3:21 PM >>> > Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the DVD count. I am most > interested in senior stops. I have close to 30 responses and most > of you > allow seniors more than I can. If anyone else wants to chime in > feel free. > I am still collecting info. Thanks for all of you that have > contributed to > my unscientific survey. MA > > -- > MaryAnne Marjamaa > Manager, Outreach Services > St. Louis County Library > St. Louis, MO 63131 > qamarjamaa at gmail.com > 314-994-3300 x 2330 > _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman From hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us Sat Oct 24 13:11:20 2009 From: hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us (Helga Spotts) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:11:20 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] 3 topics - 1 email Message-ID: Hello ABOS listserv: With our recent budget cuts (more like deep and bleeding wounds)), our library has cut operating hours and staff hours and we are not filling positions. From the end of this summer to the end of this year we will have lost 5 staff members. I've loaned two of my staff to our children's area which was manned by 2 of the 5 retirees. Once or twice a week one or both BKM staff work 3-4 hours each. We were able to do this because we reduced Bookmobile operating hours--any stops that were not producing adequate usage were either shortened or eliminated. Now we're facing a devastating expense of purchasing at least 1 if not 2 new generators ($13 - $26K). I have three topics and would like any feedback. (1) Have any of you looked into alternate energy sources and did you have any success? (2) Managers/Supervisors: If you have demoralized staff due to hours being cut, how are you managing them? Are you keeping the same standards when everyone was working required hours or have you given them some latitude in work processes and behaviors? Have your (or the library's) expectations and requirements changed? (3) Reengineering - I'm currently taking a course in reengineering, which is basically the process of starting over. Has your library done any reengineering? Published articles are more prevalent regarding reengineering successes and not documenting the previous failed attempts. No one wants to report any failures, but if you have documentation of what went wrong, what worked and what didn't, I'd be interested in reading them. Helga Helga Spotts Bookmobile Manager Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091024/d0418cd8/attachment.html From hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us Mon Oct 26 08:50:42 2009 From: hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us (Helga Spotts) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:50:42 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] APU's Message-ID: Has anyone had an APU (auxiliary power unit) installed on their Bookmobile either working with or replacing a generator? Thanks! 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We are asking two questions about the 2011 Conference and options. The email message will come from abos.outreach at yahoo.com Please note that membership in the mailing list, a.k.a, listserve, is not the same thing as ABOS Membership. The mailing list is free and membership in ABOS is $39 per year. Should you desire to sign up for ABOS membership, please click on this link http://www.abos-outreach.org/ABOSmembership.html and follow the information to join or renew today. If you did not get the survey link email, it means that either you are not a member of ABOS, your membership may have lapsed, or you may have opted out of receiving surveys from survey monkey (to opt back in, go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/OptOut.aspx) Thank you for your help with this test. Best Regards, Rose ABOS Website Committee Chair -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I don't want to discontinue service, but it would save on a weekly delivery route (2 hours - fuel and staff time) and the time I spend putting it all together (4 hours staff time). Helga Helga Spotts Bookmobile Manager Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091027/083e989d/attachment-0001.html From RHuling at minlib.net Tue Oct 27 08:34:17 2009 From: RHuling at minlib.net (Rose Huling) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:34:17 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Nursing home surveys or questionnaires In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Helga, Just a thought... do you have a relationship with the person who receives the boxes? What I mean is have you talked to him or her? He or she may not know what to do with the books or may view it as another task to do. It might be worth a phone call or a visit from you as the head of the program... so that you can explain it and do some outreach to the staff. Good luck. Please let us know how it goes. Rose Rose Hulingrhuling at minlib.net [mailto:rhuling at minlib.net] Bookmobile Coordinator Morse Institute Library 14 East Central Street Natick, MA 01760 508-647-6400 x 1543 Direct Line 508-647-6520 Library 508-647-6527 Fax -----Original Message----- From: "Helga Spotts" To: "Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services." Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:25:35 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Nursing home surveys or questionnaires I?ve been in charge of our nursing home deposit collections for about a month now and have noticed that the boxes are coming back with items packed exactly the way I left them and two weeks before the due date. In its heyday, we sent 50 items once a month to about a dozen facilities; now I?m sending 10 items every two weeks to seven and 30 items to one. I?d like to send a letter asking for feedback and information. Does anyone have a document containing questions for nursing home administrators/activities directors that I can borrow from? I don?t want to discontinue service, but it would save on a weekly delivery route (2 hours ? fuel and staff time) and the time I spend putting it all together (4 hours staff time). Helga Helga Spotts Bookmobile Manager Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091027/d8e52597/attachment.html From zimmermanclaudia at gmail.com Tue Oct 27 08:50:07 2009 From: zimmermanclaudia at gmail.com (Claudia Zimmerman) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:50:07 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Many thanks Message-ID: I want to express my surprise and gratitude to be named the John Phillips Award winner this year. I feel very lucky to have worked in a field that I truly loved. Outreach has always been my passion and to be recognized by peers for that is icing on the cake! It sounds like the conference was wonderful (as usual). Thank you! -- Claudia Zimmerman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091027/a4b67051/attachment.html From emiller at lancasterlibraries.org Tue Oct 27 11:46:57 2009 From: emiller at lancasterlibraries.org (Ed Miller) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:46:57 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] 3 topics - 1 email In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Helga, It sounds like you have some difficult decisions you'll be facing both with staff and with equipment. 1. I have never actually done this, but I know Carol Hole was a big advocate of installing outlets at locations of stable, long-term stops so that a shore-line can be used. Sometimes, for instance at schools or retirement communities or other institutions that value the service enough, they may even agree to help underwrite the cost of installation. This would give you a chance to give your generators a rest and hopefully extend their lifespan. 2. Demoralization is a definitely an issue during times of budget cuts and there probably isn't anyway to avoid it totally. I am a firm believer in sharing as much information as possible with staff members about what is happening. It can be difficult, because we ourselves don't always know what to expect. When I share information with staff, I divide it into two categories- things I know with some degree of certainly and things I don't know the answer too. For example, under things I know go such items as: we are facing severe budget cuts. The process for determining how the cuts will be made is x,y, z. Things I don't know yet: I don't know if we will be asked to make cuts to staff, hours, salaries, but everything is under discussion and at least one of those outcomes is a strong possibility. As for whether or not to relax standards for employees, I'm not personally in favor of it. You can't ask one person to simply do the job of two for an indefinite period of time. Eventually, you have to make cuts to programs and services that reflect your new level of funding and staffing. The philosophical question is do you 1) want to do what you are able to do as well as possible, or do you 2) do as much as you can but with less emphasis on quality. I think over the long run employees and customers alike will be happier moving from #2 in the direction of #1. 1. I don't have much to say about #3 other than that I think constant evaluation of what is working and what is not is important in avoiding or moving beyond failed projects. Failure isn't necessarily a bad thing as long as we actually learn from and move on. One thing about a bookmobile is that we have successes and failures all of the time, sometimes using the same approach. I think across the board success results from constant, honest evaluation and appraisal. If something turns out poorly, it is important to be able to acknowledge that without attaching more meaning to it than necessary. I can't say I've been involved in a total reengineering, but we are constantly tinkering to see what works and what doesn't in any given location, and yes, over time, our schedule and our approaches have all changed considerably. Good luck, Ed Miller ________________________________ From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Helga Spotts Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:11 PM To: ABOS Subject: [ABOS] 3 topics - 1 email Hello ABOS listserv: With our recent budget cuts (more like deep and bleeding wounds)), our library has cut operating hours and staff hours and we are not filling positions. From the end of this summer to the end of this year we will have lost 5 staff members. I've loaned two of my staff to our children's area which was manned by 2 of the 5 retirees. Once or twice a week one or both BKM staff work 3-4 hours each. We were able to do this because we reduced Bookmobile operating hours--any stops that were not producing adequate usage were either shortened or eliminated. Now we're facing a devastating expense of purchasing at least 1 if not 2 new generators ($13 - $26K). I have three topics and would like any feedback. (1) Have any of you looked into alternate energy sources and did you have any success? (2) Managers/Supervisors: If you have demoralized staff due to hours being cut, how are you managing them? Are you keeping the same standards when everyone was working required hours or have you given them some latitude in work processes and behaviors? Have your (or the library's) expectations and requirements changed? (3) Reengineering - I'm currently taking a course in reengineering, which is basically the process of starting over. Has your library done any reengineering? Published articles are more prevalent regarding reengineering successes and not documenting the previous failed attempts. No one wants to report any failures, but if you have documentation of what went wrong, what worked and what didn't, I'd be interested in reading them. Helga Helga Spotts Bookmobile Manager Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091027/96bd50a3/attachment-0001.html From zimmermanclaudia at gmail.com Tue Oct 27 13:49:14 2009 From: zimmermanclaudia at gmail.com (Claudia Zimmerman) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:49:14 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] shorelines Message-ID: We have shorelines and we could never get any one to do the 220 lines--they would do the 110 lines-that precludes heat or air, but will let you have lights and run the computers. We had them made for 220, but had a pigtail adapter for a 110 made to use with the schools. Claudia On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:47 AM, wrote: > Send Mailman mailing list submissions to > mailman at abos-outreach.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mailman-request at abos-outreach.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mailman-owner at abos-outreach.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mailman digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Nursing home surveys or questionnaires (Rose Huling) > 2. Many thanks (Claudia Zimmerman) > 3. Re: 3 topics - 1 email (Ed Miller) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:34:17 -0400 > From: "Rose Huling" > Subject: Re: [ABOS] Nursing home surveys or questionnaires > To: "Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services." > > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Helga, > Just a thought... do you have a relationship with the person who receives > the boxes? What I mean is have you talked to him or her? He or she may not > know what to do with the books or may view it as another task to do. It > might be worth a phone call or a visit from you as the head of the > program... so that you can explain it and do some outreach to the staff. > > Good luck. Please let us know how it goes. > > Rose > > > Rose Hulingrhuling at minlib.net [mailto:rhuling at minlib.net] > Bookmobile Coordinator > Morse Institute Library > 14 East Central Street > Natick, MA 01760 > > 508-647-6400 x 1543 Direct Line > 508-647-6520 Library > 508-647-6527 Fax > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Helga Spotts" > > To: "Mailing List for Bookmobile and Outreach Services." > > > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:25:35 -0400 > > Subject: [ABOS] Nursing home surveys or questionnaires > > > > > > > I?ve > been in charge of our nursing home deposit collections for about a month > now > and have noticed that the boxes are coming back with items packed exactly > the > way I left them and two weeks before the due date. > > > > > > In > its heyday, we sent 50 items once a month to about a dozen facilities; now > I?m > sending 10 items every two weeks to seven and 30 items to one. I?d like > to send a letter asking for feedback and information. Does anyone have a > document containing questions for nursing home administrators/activities > directors that I can borrow from? > > > > > > I > don?t want to discontinue service, but it would save on a weekly delivery > route (2 hours ? fuel and staff time) and the time I spend putting it all > together (4 hours staff time). > > > > > > Helga > > > > > > Helga > Spotts > > > Bookmobile > Manager > > > Clark > County Public Library > > > Springfield, > Ohio > > > hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091027/d8e52597/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:50:07 -0400 > From: Claudia Zimmerman > Subject: [ABOS] Many thanks > To: mailman at abos-outreach.org > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I want to express my surprise and gratitude to be named the John Phillips > Award winner this year. I feel very lucky to have worked in a field that I > truly loved. Outreach has always been my passion and to be recognized by > peers for that is icing on the cake! It sounds like the conference was > wonderful (as usual). Thank you! > -- > Claudia Zimmerman > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091027/a4b67051/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:46:57 -0400 > From: Ed Miller > Subject: Re: [ABOS] 3 topics - 1 email > To: Mailman - List serve > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Helga, > It sounds like you have some difficult decisions you'll be facing both with > staff and with equipment. > > > 1. I have never actually done this, but I know Carol Hole was a big > advocate of installing outlets at locations of stable, long-term stops so > that a shore-line can be used. Sometimes, for instance at schools or > retirement communities or other institutions that value the service enough, > they may even agree to help underwrite the cost of installation. This would > give you a chance to give your generators a rest and hopefully extend their > lifespan. > 2. Demoralization is a definitely an issue during times of budget cuts > and there probably isn't anyway to avoid it totally. I am a firm believer > in sharing as much information as possible with staff members about what is > happening. It can be difficult, because we ourselves don't always know what > to expect. When I share information with staff, I divide it into two > categories- things I know with some degree of certainly and things I don't > know the answer too. For example, under things I know go such items as: we > are facing severe budget cuts. The process for determining how the cuts will > be made is x,y, z. Things I don't know yet: I don't know if we will be > asked to make cuts to staff, hours, salaries, but everything is under > discussion and at least one of those outcomes is a strong possibility. > As for whether or not to relax standards for employees, I'm not personally > in favor of it. You can't ask one person to simply do the job of two for an > indefinite period of time. Eventually, you have to make cuts to programs > and services that reflect your new level of funding and staffing. The > philosophical question is do you 1) want to do what you are able to do as > well as possible, or do you 2) do as much as you can but with less emphasis > on quality. I think over the long run employees and customers alike will be > happier moving from #2 in the direction of #1. > > 1. I don't have much to say about #3 other than that I think constant > evaluation of what is working and what is not is important in avoiding or > moving beyond failed projects. Failure isn't necessarily a bad thing as > long as we actually learn from and move on. One thing about a bookmobile is > that we have successes and failures all of the time, sometimes using the > same approach. I think across the board success results from constant, > honest evaluation and appraisal. If something turns out poorly, it is > important to be able to acknowledge that without attaching more meaning to > it than necessary. I can't say I've been involved in a total reengineering, > but we are constantly tinkering to see what works and what doesn't in any > given location, and yes, over time, our schedule and our approaches have all > changed considerably. > > Good luck, > > Ed Miller > > ________________________________ > From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto: > mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Helga Spotts > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:11 PM > To: ABOS > Subject: [ABOS] 3 topics - 1 email > > Hello ABOS listserv: > > With our recent budget cuts (more like deep and bleeding wounds)), our > library has cut operating hours and staff hours and we are not filling > positions. From the end of this summer to the end of this year we will have > lost 5 staff members. I've loaned two of my staff to our children's area > which was manned by 2 of the 5 retirees. Once or twice a week one or both > BKM staff work 3-4 hours each. We were able to do this because we reduced > Bookmobile operating hours--any stops that were not producing adequate usage > were either shortened or eliminated. Now we're facing a devastating expense > of purchasing at least 1 if not 2 new generators ($13 - $26K). > > I have three topics and would like any feedback. > > (1) Have any of you looked into alternate energy sources and did you have > any success? > > (2) Managers/Supervisors: If you have demoralized staff due to hours being > cut, how are you managing them? Are you keeping the same standards when > everyone was working required hours or have you given them some latitude in > work processes and behaviors? Have your (or the library's) expectations and > requirements changed? > > (3) Reengineering - I'm currently taking a course in reengineering, which > is basically the process of starting over. Has your library done any > reengineering? Published articles are more prevalent regarding reengineering > successes and not documenting the previous failed attempts. No one wants to > report any failures, but if you have documentation of what went wrong, what > worked and what didn't, I'd be interested in reading them. > > Helga > > > > Helga Spotts > Bookmobile Manager > Clark County Public Library > Springfield, Ohio > hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091027/96bd50a3/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > > End of Mailman Digest, Vol 9, Issue 23 > ************************************** > -- Claudia Zimmerman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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She is donating half the proceeds towards our fund for a new bookmobile! Pat Cirone Beverly Public, MA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091027/5581a8d6/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ScannedImage-2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 560732 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091027/5581a8d6/attachment-0001.jpg From jeannebkm at yahoo.com Wed Oct 28 09:26:50 2009 From: jeannebkm at yahoo.com (Jeanne Burns) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:26:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ABOS] Sirsi Symphony Stand Alone Message-ID: <35878.39650.qm@web51301.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Boy, say that 5 times fast... Okay, here's the deal. With the new symphony, I can get stand alone to let me discharge items, but not charge. Does anyone have any suggestions? My IT lady called Sirsi, and they were less than helpful. Right now I'm using stand alone in the old unicorn version and uploading that way. But I'm getting a new lap top and we can't install the old version on it, so I will be stuck if my satellite goes down. I really am trying to avoid hand writing and hand keying! Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks, Jeanne From hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us Wed Oct 28 17:09:56 2009 From: hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us (Helga Spotts) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:56 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Homebound policies/procedures for staff Message-ID: Hello everyone, If you have written procedures you're willing to share, please send them to me. I'm more concerned with policies that govern staff conduct and whether or not they should enter the homebound patron's home. Thanks! Helga Helga Spotts Bookmobile Manager Clark County Public Library Springfield, Ohio hspotts at ccpl.lib.oh.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091028/be19053e/attachment.html From jeannebkm at yahoo.com Thu Oct 29 16:22:29 2009 From: jeannebkm at yahoo.com (Jeanne Burns) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:22:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ABOS] Sirsi Symphony Stand Alone Message-ID: <936646.59867.qm@web51301.mail.re2.yahoo.com> > > Okay, here's the deal.? With the new symphony, I can > get stand alone to let me discharge items, but not > charge.? Does anyone have any suggestions?? My IT > lady called Sirsi, and they were less than helpful. > > Right now I'm using stand alone in the old unicorn version > and uploading that way.? But I'm getting a new lap top > and we can't install the old version on it, so I will be > stuck if my satellite goes down.? I really am trying to > avoid hand writing and hand keying! > > Any suggestions will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeanne > > > ? ? ? > From rosehuling at gmail.com Thu Oct 29 16:43:13 2009 From: rosehuling at gmail.com (Rose Huling) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:43:13 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Book published about our bookmobile In-Reply-To: <200910271817.n9RIH5wj022205@server1.noblenet.org> References: <200910271817.n9RIH5wj022205@server1.noblenet.org> Message-ID: <34e718030910291343m5140ec93ybf1d0a863b529752@mail.gmail.com> Hi Pat, This is very exciting. How can we order a copy? Rose -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Pat Cirone wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just wanted to share with you that a local resident has written and > illustrated a children?s book about Beverly?s Bookmobile, called ?The > Beverly Bookmobile!? It is illustrated with a combination of colored pencil > drawings and photographs and follows a young boy as he climbs on a > bookmobile for the first time and discovers a book that takes him ?far far > away.? It was written by a local reading specialist who taught at one of > the elementary schools the bookmobile visits and saw first hand the > difference a bookmobile made in the enthusiasm and literacy of the kids in > her classes. She is donating half the proceeds towards our fund for a new > bookmobile! > > > > Pat Cirone > > Beverly Public, MA > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman mailing list > Mailman at abos-outreach.org > http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://abos-outreach.org/listarchives/mailman/attachments/20091029/b999dd1e/attachment.html From bbattles at sbpl.info Thu Oct 29 16:58:48 2009 From: bbattles at sbpl.info (Barbara Battles) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:58:48 -0400 Subject: [ABOS] Book published about our bookmobile In-Reply-To: <34e718030910291343m5140ec93ybf1d0a863b529752@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <08F9D51C5E8946809363C57367B744E2@rangers1.com> Yes, I too would like to get a copy to give to my Board of Trustees. They stopped the Bookmobile from visiting the schools several years ago, so anything that exhibits one citizen's high opinion of this service will be great for me! Congratulations on having a starring role in a children's book!! Barbara Battles Head of Outreach and Bookmobile Services South Brunswick Public Library Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852 732-329-4000 x7637; Fax 732-329-0573 -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org [mailto:mailman-bounces at abos-outreach.org] On Behalf Of Rose Huling Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:43 PM To: mailman at abos-outreach.org; Pat Cirone Subject: Re: [ABOS] Book published about our bookmobile Hi Pat, This is very exciting. How can we order a copy? Rose -- Rose Huling Bookmobile Coordinator rosehuling at gmail.com rhuling at minlib.net Natick's Bookmobile at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760, Work: 508-647-6400 x1543 www.morseinstitute.org Webmaster for www.abos-outreach.org Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services www.natick4th.org Natick Friends of the 4th www.morsefriends.org Friends of the Morse Institute Library On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Pat Cirone wrote: Hi everyone, Just wanted to share with you that a local resident has written and illustrated a children's book about Beverly's Bookmobile, called "The Beverly Bookmobile!" It is illustrated with a combination of colored pencil drawings and photographs and follows a young boy as he climbs on a bookmobile for the first time and discovers a book that takes him 'far far away." It was written by a local reading specialist who taught at one of the elementary schools the bookmobile visits and saw first hand the difference a bookmobile made in the enthusiasm and literacy of the kids in her classes. She is donating half the proceeds towards our fund for a new bookmobile! Pat Cirone Beverly Public, MA _______________________________________________ Mailman mailing list Mailman at abos-outreach.org http://abos-outreach.org/lists/listinfo/mailman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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