Happy The Clown SRP event

Happy The Clown came to visit the children at Shepherd-Acres!  Here are some pictures of the event!

SRP Prize Incentives 2016

Prize Levels	Prizes Awarded	Notes
Registration	ü   1 book	Contact Michelle Johnson for addt’l books
5 Books/hours  read	ü   Certificate ü   Chipotle meal
10 Books/hours  read	ü    Dynamo orDash	Must choose from ONLY 1 team envelope
20 Books/hours  read	ü   Astros	Each child receives 2 tickets (1 for adult, 1 for child)
30 Books/hours  read	ü   trophy	Should receive these by June 30th
Top 2 readers Per NL location	ü   2 Bikes	1 child winner,  (0-11)                       1 tween/teen winner  (12-18 )
5 Programs attended	ü   CMH family pass	Camp STREAM (full week= 5 stickers/1 prize),  Camp Wonderopolis=1 sticker
Familycompletion prize pack	ü   Health Museum ü   HMNS- butterfly ü   Raising Cane’s ü   Bike Museum	1 youth- 30 books/hrs 1 adult- 1 adult book review & 1 children’s book review (100 prize packs drawn 8/2/16.

Summer Reading Program Information

Hello,

Here is a list of the performer's information at Acres and Oak.  It includes the name of the organization, their contact person, their number, and how they would like the room to be set up.  Although I will try to call in advance you are more than welcome to take initiative and do so.  Just let me know so I dont make the mistake of calling them twice on the same day.

All other SRP materials, such as the performer's evaluation form, will be in a folder located on the browser's bookmark "SRP"

PROGRAMS AT SHEPHERD-ACRES

Date	Performer	Contact Info	Setup Notes/Instructions
6/2/2016	Ronald McDonald		One chair and and an electrical outlet. We will provide our own sound system.
6/9/2016	Mad About Hoops	Madison McBurney (832)689-3632	Limit 16 kids per hour; you are all scheduled for 2 hours. Basically, we just prefer open space for the kids to sit on the floor. One table at the front of the room for us to put our containers on is great
6/16/2016	Amandla Productions	Rosalind Holt, 713-291-3329	A projector and screen would be great if possible. Children can sit in chairs or on the carpet. Age group will dictate chair arrangement.
6/23/2016	Happy the Clown	Ruben Ramirez, 713-921-2615
6/30/2016	American Robotics	Deanna Johnson, 281-599-7626	6 years +; 15 participant limit per instructor, registration required
7/7/2016	Urgeworks	Chris Gamez, 832-985-5526	space big enough to accommodate the students, a power source for our speaker, and we will be good
7/14/2016	Ted Schwank Magic	Ted 713-204-1257
7/21/2016	Texas Snakes & More	Michelle Pustejovsky, 713.934.7668	Basically, we just prefer open space for the kids to sit on the floor. One table at the front of the room for us to put our containers on is great
7/28/2016	Express Children's Theatre	Sharice, 713-682-5044	1 table, 1 chair

PROGRAMS AT OAK FOREST

6/1/2016	Happy the Clown	Ruben Ramirez, 713-921-2615
6/8/2016	HMNS	Greta Rimpo 713-639-4758	(from Angela) When I had a docent last year, they used 2 tables to set out their materials
6/15/2016	Nature Discovery Center	Anne Eisner, 713.667.6550	One table
6/22/2016	Tom's Fun Band	Tom Wilbeck 281.682.3570
6/29/2016	EJC Farms	Ed Robinson, 281-356-4914	(from Angela) It helps if you block off a portion of your parking lot before the library opens. FYI: In order to use grass, the truck has to be able to pull up next to it.
7/6/2016	Mad About Hoops	Madison McBurney (832)689-3632	Limit 16 kids per hour; you are all scheduled for 2 hours. Basically, we just prefer open space for the kids to sit on the floor. One table at the front of the room for us to put our containers on is great
7/13/2016	Texas Snakes & More	Michelle Pustejovsky, 713.934.7668	Basically, we just prefer open space for the kids to sit on the floor. One table at the front of the room for us to put our containers on is great
7/20/2016	Ronald McDonald		One chair and and an electrical outlet. We will provide our own sound system.
7/27/2016	Storybook Characters	Susie Whisnant, 281-370-2763	I will only need a chair to set my basket in

Sincerely,

Jesus Villegas

Volunteer Appreciation Ceremony

A few of us went with our volunteer and friend, Kent, to see him receive his much deserved, "Volunteer of the Year" award!  I believe Kent not only won an award but he also received a Kindle.  Here are just a few pictures.

Runda and Jesus taking an obligatory selfie

Gloria and Runda take their own obligatory selfie; guest-starring Pedro (in the back)

A group photo of all the volunteers who were rewarded for all their hard work, tonight.

Kent receiving his "Volunteer of the Year" Award

Kent with his "Volunteer of the Year" Award.  Congratulations, Kent!

Group photo!

And another one!

Public PC Slowness Issues

Heads up from IT:

We are working diligently on resolving the public computer slowness issues being reported across several locations. In order to better diagnose the problem and identify a solution, we encourage you to contact us (call or email) when customers report slow computers: tell us the G#, what application is being slow (MS Office, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, YouTube etc.), your location, date and time. This type of information will help us in detecting patterns with certain models, specifications and software that may be causing or contributing to the issue.  Thank you in advance for your assistance.

This will especially be important at Oak Forest since we've been having so many issues with computers there.

--AM - 5/9/16

How to Handle Flood Damaged Items from 4/18 and Items Turned In After 4/18

From Esther Reyes in Circulation:

Fines and Fees:

• The Symphony system has been set to see 04/18/2016 as a closed date for fines purposes.  No fines will accrue for those days.
• Fines that accrue for other overdue days are legitimate and should be collected.

Items damaged/lost as a result of the 04/18/2016 flood:

• Check in the item from the customer record.
• Check the item out to your locations 160418FLOOD agency record.
• Dispose of the damaged item.

Accounts in Collection:

• Items reported as flood damaged on accounts In Collection will not be forgiven.
• Charges remain owed on these accounts.
• Refer customers in collection with concerns about flood damaged items on their accounts to Circulation Administration.

Flood Damaged Item Discards:

• Look up your location’s Flood Damaged Item account:
• In Check Out, use the User Search Helper to look up the account using the following name: 160418FLOOD, then select the account with your agency’s acronym (ALI, CEN, BLU, etc.).
• Or look the account up by using the following pattern: 160418FLOOD- followed by the agency acronym, such as 160418FLOOD-ACR.
• Check the flood damaged item out to your location’s Flood Damaged Item account.
• Dispose of the flood damaged item.

Holds:

• Items set to expire from the Holds Shelf on 04/19/2016 will be extended to 04/21.

If you have additional questions or concerns, please contact Circulation Administration at circinfo@hpl.lib.tx.us or at 832-393-2222 (choose option 3).

--AM/acr

1st Videogame Tournament

A picture of the first videogame tournament I hosted.  I had a much bigger lineup planned out but unfortunately, I forgot about Spring Break (and it was too late to canceled when I found out).  Still, it was a bigger turnout than I expected and I wanted to caption the moment.

-Jesus