No. 06-32                                                                                                                  August 11, 2006

• JAN AGUIRRE, Specialist & Training Coordinator

Polaris “Tip of the Week”

Several custom Patron Services reports have been added to Report Manager on the Web.

• Patrons Without a Password: This report list the patron that are registered at your library that don't have a password entered into their patron registration record.  The patron needs a password to access their account in PowerPac.
   

•      Patrons without a Statistical Class: A list of patrons that don't have a Statistical Class assigned.  This should be run regularly so the patron record can be updated.
   

• Patron Statistical Class Count by Library: A count of registered patrons by Statistical Class by library.

These reports are found in the Public Services folder and then in the Patron Services folder.

  

• ANNETTE BIRDSALL, Youth Services Coordinator

 Growing a Reader Workshop Reminder

Please register for the October 17^th Growing a Reader Workshop if you intend to come!  Registration has been opened to the general public, and many of our partners in literacy plan to attend.  Registration is online only and limited to 50 people. http://earlyliteracy.sals.edu  If you have already registered, the site is working and you can assume that your spot is reserved.  For a complete description of this workshop, visit our website and follow the links!

 

Graphic Novels Now! Workshop Reminder

September 28^th from 9am-12N. Have all your questions about Graphic Novels answered by Francisca Goldsmith.  All attending member libraries will receive a copy of her book to assist you with your graphic novel collection development.  Please rsvp to Annette either by phone or email.  Thanks!

 

Jim Trelease visiting Ithaca on September 11. 

Jim Trealease will be retiring from speaking this year so don’t miss this chance to hear him.  The Family Reading Partnership is one of four agencies featured in his latest edition.  They have donated many copies of the handbook to the libraries in Tompkins County and to the Finger Lakes Library System.  If you would like a copy to reside at your library, please email me  by August 16, and I will raffle them or distribute them in the order the requests come in. For more information, visit our website and follow the link. 

 

•  MARISA IACOBUCCI, Adult Services Coordinator

“Sustaining Public Access Computing in Your Library” –
Thursday, August 24^th, 9:00 – 3:30 – Borg Warner Room at TCPL

Those of us who work in libraries specialize in providing information to patrons. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a good source of information just for us, busy individuals that we are?

During the "Sustaining Public Access Computing in Your Library" Workshop on August 24^th , you will be introduced to WebJunction and the ways it can help you in your library.   Learn about this fantastic tool and the shortcuts essential in navigating the awesome content of this site.

For those of you who may want to acquire more Gates computers down the road, I have also been told that it would be helpful to have taken this workshop.  The planning format and language that is being taught in the workshop, is the one that the Gates foundation would like future applicants to use.

There’s still time to register!  To register online go to:  http://host.evanced.info/nys_rls/evanced/eventcalendar.asp

 

• DIRECTORS’ ADVISORY COUNCIL (DAC) MEMBERS:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding FLLS library service, you are welcome to contact a DAC member from the list below. 

Janet Steiner, TCPL, Ithaca
Judy Barkee, Ulysses Philomathic Library, Trumansburg
Lois Maki, Newfield Public Library
Kay Zaharis, Cortland Free Library
Mary Frank, Peck Memorial Library, Marathon
Sally Otis, Hazard Library, Poplar Ridge
Stephen Erskine, Seymour Library, Auburn
Beverly Dann, Waverly Free Library.