Password Update

One of the many "joys" of working for a large corporation is your password expiring right when you need to clock in to LaborWorkx!  

To avoid this problem, use Password Self Service to reset.  Go to ZenWorks in the toolbar at the bottom of your screen.  See screenshot below for more guidance.  Passwords expire every six months.

New E-Book

Welcome back from Spring Break!  Hope everyone had time to relax.

While you were gone, we added a new e-book collection from the American Academy of Pediatrics.  This includes the latest edition of the Neonatal Resuscitation Manual (NRP).  Use this link to direct people to the titles.  The NRP manual is the the fourth book on the page.

We will be getting print copies of the NRP book at a later time.

Library Staffing Change

Allison has accepted a new position at the Library and a new library assistant will be starting on Tuesday, Feb. 28th. 

Allison will be moving up to the 4th floor and will be responsible for supporting several Trinity Health Libraries in other states - you may have heard us refer to these as the "Iowa Libraries." The new Library Assistant is Kaitlyn Humphrey. Allison will be training her during Spring Break, and when you return after break, you will see Kaitlyn at the Library Assistant desk; please introduce yourself to her during your first shift after Spring Break.

As Kaitlyn settles in and completes her training, Noreen will be your only contact on and off shift. Noreen will notify you when Kaitlyn is ready to begin working directly with the Work Study Students.

LibAnalytics Update

We have added a new option to LibAnalystics (the online data collection tool where we record statistics). You will now see in the far right column an box marked "Turn-Away" - we are going to use this to track how often clients ask for things that are unavailable. For example, when someone wants to check out a laptop and there are none in the cabinet, or all the copies of a particular closed reserve textbook are already checked out when someone asks for it. 

Whenever this happens, choose an answer from the Turn-Away drop down menu that matches what was unavailable for the client. If it is a closed reserve book, type the title in text entry box below the drop down menu. 

This will help us to determine what we might need to buy more of in order to best serve our Library clients!

Let Allison or Noreen know if you have any questions. 

REMINDER - LAPTOPS

Just a quick reminder that laptops need to be scanned in Sierra AND signed in and out using the paper form - we have had several laptops returned but not scanned in Sierra in the past couple of weeks. Since we do actually charge overdues on these ($20/day) please be sure to check them in using Sierra when they are returned. Thanks!

Room Reservations - UPDATE

ALL room reservations are now limited to 4 hours per booking. Back to back bookings can be made, but each one cannot exceed 4 hours. The former copy room (room 307), where the Creative Station and exam bed are located is now also available for reservation. It has been added to the online system and there is a sign holder outside the door the daily booking schedule.

Please let Allison or Noreen know if you have any questions. 

Big Change to Leisure Collection!!

As of the new year, we have completely changed how to leisure collection works - it is now a "Take a Book, Leave a Book" system with no check-outs required. See Noreen's Rapper announcement below and PLEASE NOTE: THIS INCLUDES ONLY LEISURE BOOKS - NOT BUSINESS. So, if it has the briefcase sticker on the side, it still gets checked out and returned as normal; if it has the pick Leisure sticker, it is free to take!!

Changes to the Leisure Reading Collection Did you get a book as a gift but don't want to read it?  Do you have paperbacks you need to get rid of?  Consider giving them to the Library.  We started a new program where you can take a book or leave one.  We will no longer require you to check out anything from our Leisure Reading collection – it will be on the honor system.  Simply bring a gently used book and give it to a Library Staff member.  If you want to take one, help yourself to our selection.  Maybe you will find a real page-turner!
 Also, you can add that we pulled many non-fiction medical titles and moved them to the General Text Collection.  This includes assigned books, Tuesdays with Morrie, Henrietta Lacks, etc.

Please let Allison or Noreen know if you have any questions. 

Christmas Decorations!!

You will probably notice that we have decorated the Library for Christmas. This means that there are a few more things to do when closing the Library:

• Unplug the lights on the small Christmas tree near the windows on the 3rd floor

• Unplug the small glass tree on the book display in front of the 3rd floor computers

• Unplug the lighted table top display next to the rocking chair near the bottom of the stairs

• Turn off the power strip for the garland in the window behind the staircase - the power strip is up on the 4th floor against the wall near Liz's desk

• Unplug the lights on the Christmas tree near the journal display on the 4th floor

ALSO, there is a second TV on the 4th playing the slideshow - this will also need to be turned off each night and the remote control for it has been placed in the drawer with the other TV remotes.