HPL - Top Innovator in Health, Wellness and Safety for Healthy L.I.F.E initiative

Team,

Houston Public Library was selected by the Urban Libraries Council as the top innovator in Health, Wellness and Safety for Healthy L.I.F.E initiative.

Carnegie NL and Lifelong Learning Center hosted 4 Healthy L.I.F.E events in November, January, February and March.

CONGRATULATIONS!

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Book Bag/Chipotle Coupon Awards Tracking

To address the issue of customers attempting to collect more than one book bag/Chipotle coupon , please put a note in Evanced that says “Bag awarded LOCATION/INITIALS”.  Make sure all staff knows to do this, and please check Evanced before giving a child a bag. Remember, the customer needs to have the log with him/her, and there needs to be at least 5 books read, and all 5 STREAM program stickers in the log.

The reason we don’t have a way to actually award in Evanced is because it confuses the system to have more than 2 criteria to track, and it’s already tracking number of hours and number of books read. Please continue to use the Google Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cuJSBaN7Sbjf-sygm3EhaTjdkk6QG-LUfi2_-ZkAo60/viewform to track the number of bags and coupons given away, in addition to writing the note in Evanced.

Sara Pope

(Janna)

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Chipotle Coupon/Bookbag Tracking and Handling Wonderopolis

In order to track how many people are collecting the Chipotle coupon/book bag prize, there is a simple Google form to use. It can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cuJSBaN7Sbjf-sygm3EhaTjdkk6QG-LUfi2_-ZkAo60/viewform

When you give out a Chipotle coupon and book bag to the kids who have read 5 books and attended 5 programs, use the Google form to record it. If you can remember, you can just do it at the end of the day 1 time, but if you can’t remember, you should do it every time you give out a bag. All you need to do is select your location, and type in how many Chipotle coupons/bookbags you gave out.

A customer needs to have his/her log book to show that they have actually attended the 5 programs and read 5 books (indicated with 5 STREAM stickers and at least 1 reader sticker).

For the Wonderopolis component of the STREAM badges: Instead of attending 5 programs, a kid can attend 4 programs, and complete a Camp Wonderopolis activity. Camp Wonderopolis goes live on June 16^th. They must complete the activity, and print out and show you the Camp Card (what we originally called a badge in the promotional materials), or, if they do the activity in the library, they can show you the screen without printing out the Camp Card. Since a customer can only do 1 Wonderopolis activity to count as a program, we are going to make a note in Evanced on the customer’s account that says Wonderopolis and your location’s initials. We hope this will cut down on fraud. So, when a customer does a Wonderopolis activity, you will look them up in the SRP software, and click on the person icon to edit their account. You’ll write in the note field: “WONDEROPOLIS CAR” if there isn’t already a note about Wonderopolis there, and if there is already a note, you can tell the customer that they’ve already collected the STREAM badge for Wonderopolis, and to collect more badges, they can attend some of our wonderful programs!

Thanks!

Sara

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Congrats! Carnegie CBC Display Won

Team, Congratulations on winning the CBC display contest. Su, thank you for leading this effort!
Below is the letter from Sara

Hi Janna and Beatriz,

I’m pleased to announce that Carnegie won the CBC display contest! The judges were blown away by the detail and size of your display!

Great job, and congratulations!

Sara

Sara Pope, MLS

Children's Librarian/Assistant Manager

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Summer Book Sale - by the Friends of HPL

The Friends of HPL Summer Sale is fast approaching.  It is June 12^th – 14^th at the Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church. 

Please help us get the word out to our customers.

Between now and June 14^th, please help by:

·         Providing a push card to each customer at checkout

·         Mentioning the sale to customers at checkout, or in other interactions, using the following talking points:

o   I want to make you aware of the Summer Book Sale hosted by the Friends of the Houston Public Library.

o   The Friends is a non-profit organization that supports HPL.

o   Most of their support comes from funds raised through their book sales.

o   They will have over 20,000 books available – most for just $1 or $2.

o   You can find more information at their website (listed on the bottom of the card).

The Friends are a critical partner to HPL.  Their hard work has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for HPL over the years.  Last year alone, the Friends provided $137,000 to HPL – funds used provide scholarship opportunities for HPL staff, funding for conference attendance and training, and more.

You can learn more about the Friends here:  http://friendsofhpl.org/index.html.

Thanks! 

 Laurie Covington

(Janna)

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