Movie Licenses for specific locations

Hello,

Programming has been able to purchase movie licenses for 2014 for 24 Libraries:

·         Acres Homes, Alief, Blue Ridge, Carnegie, Central, Collier, Dixon,Flores, Johnson, Kashmere Gardens, Kendall, Mancuso, Oak Forest,Park Place, Pleasantville,  Scenic Woods, Smith, Southwest Express,Stanaker, Stella Link, Tuttle, Vinson, Walter, & Young

Here are the rules governing use:

With your annual public performance site license you can show anunlimited amount of films for any aspect of programming inside the library.  You can show any DVD or VHS tape that is in your library, home or local video store as long as our license covers it.  Renting, borrowing or buying legal copies to use is acceptable.  You do not need to let MLUSA know which movies are being shown inside your library; we just ask that you check the movie search tool before showing a movie.  http://library.movlic.com/search

The exclusive studio coverage for this license includes: http://library.movlic.com/studios

Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, NBC/Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, Lionsgate Films, MGM, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Focus Features, Miramax, Warner Independent Pictures, Fine Line Features, United Artists and Picturehouse.

Only Movie Licensing USA is able to offer your library this license for these Hollywood studios. No other licensing source can provide this exclusive, comprehensive coverage.

SERVICES: 

• ONLINE MOVIE SEARCH TOOL:  To check if a film you wish to show is covered, go to our online movie search tool.  If the film comes up, you are free to show it.  It is best to enter just one word of the title to search as our program is not sensitive to alternative spellings, etc.  Most movies will have a link to a brief description and still photo.  The movie is still covered under the annual license if the title does not have this link. http://library.movlic.com/search

• ONLINE PROGRAMMING IDEAS & TOOLS: Our Advanced Movie Search tool allows your library to search by title, actor, director, rating or genre.  We also have regularly updated lists of movie ideas for the Summer Reading Program, Teen Read Week, Holidays, Month-by-Month events and more.  Disney Fun and Games Activity Sheets are also available. http://library.movlic.com/programming. 

If you have questions about movie licenses, please contact Programming. 

Jennifer Schwartz:  832-393-1652

Congrats from Mary

Hi Brandon,

Despite staffing challenges and changes, your team increased programming!  Please thank your staff for their teamwork and dedication that made that happen for me.

Best regards,

Mary Wagoner, M.L.I.S.

Special Services Team Leader

Discards and Friends

Good day Team,

Elva has created a spreadsheet for tracking the number of boxes for Discards and Friends in the G drive:\FIDS\FIDS - NL FY14 Box Count. Please use this spread sheet to record the number of boxes you have for Discards and Friends. Belinda will look at this spreadsheet periodically and arrange for pick-up of boxes.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need more information.

Take care and have a wonderful day.

Sincerely,

Theodora.

SD Bills Sent

Greetings all.

We have recently resumed sending bills to customers with long overdue items.  The process causes the long overdue item to be removed from the checked out items list and billed to the user record as Lost-Assumed.  Lost-Assumed items cannot be renewed.

If a customer who received a bill contacts you and claims that the item was returned, you will need to check your shelves for it.  If the item is found on the shelf, check it in, and the bill should be removed and replaced with the overdue fine for the item.  You should then waive the fine and enter using the Payment Type ONSHELF. 

Bills will continue to be sent on a daily basis for items that are 30 days or more overdue.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Circulation Administration Department at 832-393-2222 (option 3).  We will be happy to assist you in whatever way we are able.

Fred Schumacher

Circulation Administration Manager

Sarah Ortiz visit

On October 30th a representative from Central Circulation Administration, Sarah Ortiz, will be coming to Oak Forest to introduce herself and open lines of communication between us and Central Circ Admin.

In preparation for this, please submit any questions of concerns you might have by Monday (10/28/13) so that she can gather information necessary to answer our questions.

Thanks,
Brandon

Door Count!

Starting on either Monday or Tuesday (depending on location) we will once again be doing Door Count.

This is composed of two things.

First, an hourly check must be made of the gate to get the count for the past hour.

Second, at the end of the day, gather all materials out on tables and count it to get our In House Use number.

Thanks everyone!

Brandon

Mobile App

The mobile app has regained some use.

While patrons still cannot pay fines with it, it now shows the correct Dewey Decimal number rather than  the Library of Congress call number.

Thanks,
Brandon