Update on New Frank

We finally have a general timetable for moving in to our new building.

Please do not work Saturday April 18, 2009 so that you can work at the new Frank location
during the entire week of April 20-24th.

We do not have a hard and fast date for the book move just yet, but once I have it I will let you know. Once we have the library ready, we will do a soft opening with our grand opening scheduled for May 9, 2009. All staff should be prepared to work Saturday May 9! I will work out the off time for those who would not otherwise be working on that Saturday at a later date.

I will have the staff schedule posted on the Google Calendar either later today or early next week, so please check that to find out your hours starting with May 9. Once we determine a date for a soft opening, I will create that part of the schedule then.

--Jeff

Reminder MCAS and MAC Training

If you are interested in taking MCAS training, please complete the Travel Authorization form found on the intranet (https://hplnet.hpl.lib.tx.us/forms/travel-authorization.doc). After completing the form, please complete the Pre-Registration form on the U of H website. Send both documents to me for signatures and approval. If you have any question please contact me. Thuy can answer questions regarding pre-registration. All request should be submitted to me by Thursday, April 9. Request after Friday, April 10 will NOT be funded.If you need Mac training please follow the same steps. I will handle the registration for MAC training. I need the hard copy with original signature in blue ink.

Edward

Monthly Reports

As of April, all HPL Express staff are required to provide a monthly report of activities, projects, duties, training, professional development, and any other area of interest to their supervisor. In the case in which you do not have a manager your monthly report should be sent to me, all monthly reports submitted to your manager should also be cc to me. March monthly reports are due by April 5th. All monthly reports are due by the 5th of each month.

If you have not been submitting monthly reports, please forward me a detailed summary of your work since your employment with HPL. Please submit all summaries by Monday, March 23.


These reports are used in your Employee Performance Evaluation. Thanks for cooperation.
Edward Melton

Telephone Etiquette

Hellow,

From now on, we all have to have to use the HPL Guidelines to answer Public Service Telephones. Please use the following answer public lines at our location:

Thank you for calling the Houston Public Library System. This is the Morris Frank Express Library. How may I help you?


Cheers,

Jeff

ELT Presentation

HPL Express is scheduled to provide a presentation for ELT on Monday, March 30. If you are interested in being part of this presentation please let me know ASAP.

Edward

Outreach

We have been asked by the Southwest Houston 2000 group (the group helping with the Grand Opening of the New Frank) to have a table at their annual band concert on Sunday March 1 at Welch Middle School on 11544 S. Gessner. We would need to have somethere there at around 1:30 PM to setup and the concert will be over by 5:00 PM. Let me know who is interested so I can forward that information along.

Jeff

Trip to the new building

I just wanted to remind everyone to wear thick-soled shoes tomorrow (like tennis shoes, or something like that) for our trip to see the new building. We need to have everybody here by 9:30 AM so we can ride over there as a group. We need to be there at 10:00 AM!

--Jeff