Amy Rosa is the Head of Reference at the Mansfield Public Library and has been there for 2 and a half years. She is a Taunton native who currently resides in North Providence with her husband and two daughters. She has been a librarian for the past 20 years beginning at her hometown library, the Taunton Public Library. She went on to receive her MLS at Indiana University and made her way back to the area to continue her career. She enjoys reading science fiction and young adult novels, yoga, rock climbing, and attending story times with her daughters.
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Norfolk Public Library – Giant Candy Land!
Sarah Ward is the Children's Librarian at the Norfolk Public Library, but she actually began as a volunteer assistant and library page in high school. Currently, she is also enrolled in the MLIS program at Simmons.
Pembroke Public Library – Read & Bead
View the Read & Bead Bookmarks
Melissa McCleary is currently the Youth Services Librarian at Pembroke Public Library, serving all ages from 0 to 18 and their families. She has published works on children's literature in "Pennsylvania Libraries: Research and Practice" in 2014 and "Library Trends" in 2016. She has also presented today's topic, Read & Bead, as a webinar and at two Massachusetts conferences with even more to share now from continued experience.
Mattapoisett Free Public Library – 3D Printing
Elizabeth Sherry has been the Adult Services and Reference Librarian at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library for almost 9 years, but like most people in a small library she does a little bit of everything, including: Young Adult Services and programming, tech services, and makerspace services, which is how she ended up becoming the resident 3D printing operator overseeing the development of her library's 3D printing services.
West Bridgewater Public Library – Take Apart Table & Podcasting
View the tip sheet for running these two programs.
Ellen Snoeyenbos is a 2001 graduate if the Simmons GSLIS program, Ellen is the Library Director in West Bridgewater and has been for 2 years. Before that time, she was the Young Adult/Reference Librarian in Duxbury for 17 years. She has been interested in alternative programming in libraries for some time and enjoys bringing unusual and interactive experiences into the library setting. She has found her current staff very open to new ideas and willing to try new things.
Ashley Warren is a graduate of Syracuse University and is currently the Children's Program Assistant and Cataloger at the WBPL.
She has two elementary age children who are readers and enjoy trying new things at the library with their mom! Ashley is an enthusiast for new modes of content, new programs, and reaching out to new demographics in town.
4 Frequently Asked Questions About Libby…Answered!
If you are reading with Libby, the answers to these FAQ’s will help you read more efficiently, manage your holds, and overall improve your reading happiness.
Find the answers to these questions...
HOW DO I RETURN A BOOK EARLY?
HOW DO I SEE MY PLACE IN LINE FOR A HOLD?
HOW CAN I VIEW MY BOOK PROGRESS?
HOW CAN I CHANGE THE TEXT OF AN EBOOK?
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Member Services Meeting Notes
On Tuesday, we had a member services meeting at the Lakeville Library. Here are a few notes and links to training we discussed.
Here is the link to the minutes that you can take a look at: https://docs.google.com/a/
Post-it notes for damaged items
There seems to be some confusion about these post-it notes. On the line that says Lending Library enter the name of the library that was going to circulate it - not the owning library.
1. Using the standard post-it note form supplied by SAILS record the type of damage, enter today’s date and circulating library. This post-it should be put inside the cover of the item if possible.
2. The item can then be checked out to the patron
3. The circulating library should immediately place a copy specific hold on the item for the item’s owning library. A hold note must be entered briefly stating the item is damaged.
4. When the item is returning to the owning library, that library should update the item record so that the circulation note states the item is damaged. The item can then be put back into circulation.
Also please note - it is the owning library that enters the circulation note not the circulating library.
The purpose of these post-it notes is to allow a patron to borrow an item without being charged for existing damage.
Clean Hold Shelf Report – HOLD-Exp
It has come to our attention that there are times when an available hold expires, the item belongs to another library, but the Clean Holds Report does not put the item in transit. Rather, the report lists the item with a location of HOLD-EXP (see below)
PAT
Patrick, Phaedra
The curious charms of Arthur Pepper / Phaedra Patrick
location:HOLD-EXP item ID:32038001098526 item type:BOOK
owning library:MATTAPOIS
Please make sure that anyone who deals with holds that have expired on the hold shelf knows that before putting one of these in delivery it must be put in transit. Also, they should make sure that the item actually belongs to your library before reshelving it.
Public Libraries Services Chart
The 2017 chart has been posted on our website
Thank you to everyone who contributed.
We will be conducting a similar survey later in the spring re: databases and electronic subscriptions.