“I Have MY Link, Do YOU Have Yours?” Amnesty Program

In an effort to get the My Link Library Card into the hands of as many Houstonians as possible, HPL will waive fines under $25.00 for those who register for a new MY Link Library Card Wednesday, September 10^th through Friday, September 26^th, 2014.   Amnesty will apply to all accounts that are NOT in the collection process.  Accruing fines for overdue items returned during the amnesty period will also be waived.   

More details on the amnesty program - https://hplnet.hpl.lib.tx.us/images/staff-amnesty-faq.pdf 

To find out more about the amnesty, check out the Overdue Fines Tutorial Video. The video will not only explain which fines/fees are eligible to be forgiven, it will also provide instruction regarding how to remove eligible charges from accounts when customers get the new My Link – Powered by HEB library card.  

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HPL Red Shirt Week

The week of Wednesday, September 10^th through Wednesday, September 17^th,  is designated as an “HPL Red Shirt Week” to kick off My LINK campaign. HPL employees are expected to wear either an HPL shirt or white shirt each day this week, along with your MY LINK Library Card Campaign button that each staff member will receive in early September. 

Clarifications from Michele Gorman on the Red Shirt Week:

" To clarify – you can wear your red HPL collared shirt, any red shirt, or any white shirt that week, along with your new library card campaign button all staff will receive at their locations soon."

(Janna)

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"I have MY LINK, do YOU have yours?"

Click here for more information on the MY LINK campaign

MY Link Library Card campaign launch festivities will start on September 10^th with the Mayor’s press Conference and fun activities at H-E-B and all HPL locations on September13^th. 

Four main goals for the campaign:

1. To widely promote HPL’s resources, services and programs to every member of the community, taking every opportunity to share the advantages of this free card;
2. To get the MY Link Card into the hands of every student;
3. To replace existing HPL cards with the new MY LINK card with the H-E-B logo; and
4. To increase the number of cardholders to 1 million by the end of FY15.

Special Campaign Kick Off Activities, September 10^th-17^th:

• Press Conference with Mayor Parker and H-E-B, Wednesday, September 10^th

• Official Launch of the Campaign,  Saturday, September 13^th

Fun and festivities to formally launch the campaign with the public based on the theme “Celebrating MY Link to the World”: 

• H-E-B Montrose Market at 1701 West Alabama, where we will join our H-E-B partners from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to tell customers about the value of having the MY LINK card. 

• All HPL Libraries! Of course we want our neighborhood libraries and the Central Library to participate in the celebration as well so we will be providing all HPL locations with posters, balloons and cookies so you can help promote the new campaign and get the new card in the hands of as many customers as possible on the 13^th!

• City of Houston Farmers Market, Wednesday, September 17^th

We’ll have booths and tables to conduct outreach, and H-E-B will have one of their local trucks wrapped with the MY LINK message on hand, along with our HPL Mobile Express. 

To make this even more fun, all customers who sign up for a new card on Saturday, September 13^th  at H-E-B Montrose or any of our locations  or at the Farmer’s Market on September 17^th will be entered into a drawing to WIN one of five iPad Minis!  

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Pop-Up library update

·     (Per Mary Wagoner)

             When children visit, please ask them if they have participated in a Pop Up Library event. 

·         When they say, “Yes”, please ask them for the punch card. 

·         If they do not have a punch card, assure them that it is okay and please go ahead and award them a free Pop Up Library book.  Please make a hash mark on the tally sheet. 

            

During May, June and July, the Pop Up Library team has travelled throughout 35 zip codes in Houston delivering storytimes, interactive activities and iPad activities at area WIC clinics, parks, HEB grocery stores, housing authority sites and more.  To date, the team has completed the following:

·         251 sessions

·         186 programming hours

·         Total of 4170 attendees!

o   2891 juveniles

o   1279 adults

      We are looking forward to a very busy August schedule!  One of our goals is reinforcing the positive experience of coming to the library.    

         

             Janna

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Weeding is on hold for now

Team,

Weeding has been placed on hold for now. The warehouse is running out of room. We will be informed when to resume weeding and boxing of items for friends and discards. Items absolutely nasty  and unusable, can be removed from our collection.

(per Theodora)

Janna

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