Northside: A Mexican American Community Exhibit Opening Reception- a resounding success

On Thursday October 9th more than 200 people attended the Opening Reception of Northside: A Mexican American Community Exhibit  at Carnegie Neighborhood Library.
The event was extremely successful thanks to the incredible support from our Community and the exceptional dedication of the Carnegie Team.
Well done, team!

The exhibit will run through the end of December, 2014.

                                                                                                                             

                                
(Posted by Ana Frade)

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KHOU: Great Day Houston: Linking you to the World

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New Due date for Statistics Reports

Because of the data that must be reported to the Mayor’s Office as part of Performance Measures, Communications has moved the deadline to submit statistics from the 10^th of the month to

  the 7^th of the month. 

 Please use that date moving forward.

Janna

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“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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