• CAROL HENDRIX, Administration

 Starting July 2, 2007, the address of South Central Regional Library Council (SCRLC) will be: Clinton Hall, 108 N. Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY 14850-4346.  There telephone and fax numbers will remain the same.

 

• KAREN CREENAN, Executive Director

I will be out of the office from Thursday, June 21 – Thursday, June 28. If you have any questions during that time, please call Carol Hendrix at ext. 21.  Thank you.

 

• MARISA IACOBUCCI, Adult Services Coordinator

I will be out of the office from Thursday, 6/21 – Tuesday, 6/26.  I will be back in the office on Wednesday, 6/27.  If you have questions or concerns that can’t wait, please contact Annette Birdsall – ext. 27, Annette@flls.org.

 

•  LINDA BEINS, ILL/Reference Coordinator

I will be out of the office from Thursday, June 21 through Tuesday, June 26. During that time, please call June Gilligan, ext. 42 with any questions about out-of-system ILLs and Elaine Knapp with any questions about deliveries. I will return your email and voicemail messages as soon as possible.

 DATABASE TRAINING -

There are still some seats available.

Ways Your Library Can Serve Local Businesses and Job Seekers

June 28 (System Meeting) 

9:30-11:30 am (Sign-in and coffee beginning at 9:00)

TCPL Borg Warner Room

Larry Carey, Adult Services Librarian at TCPL, and I will demonstrate how ReferenceUSA, Business and Company Resource Center, and other resources can be used by patrons who are looking for employment or starting a business. Each participant will receive a free ReferenceUSA canvas bag.

 Email me lbeins@flls.org or leave a voicemail message, ext 32, if you would like to attend.

 ILL

   You no longer have to write the library abbreviation on top of the slip;

• ANNETTE BIRDSALL, Youth Services Coordinator

 Youth News

Teen Spaces Makeover Contest and Workshop

Do you wish you had a better place to serve teens in your library?  Enter the Finger Lakes Library System’s Teen Spaces Makeover Contest! Three libraries will be featured in our December 13^th Workshop with Kimberly Bolan, consultant and author of Teen Spaces (ALA, 2003); and one library will win $500 in reimbursements, $500 in DEMCO products and design/layout support, and a one-year subscription to E×vanced Solutions summer reading software. All member libraries are encouraged to apply.  Watch your delivery for a flyer and submission form with details and deadlines.  Workshop and contest are funded with a generous grant from The Friends of Tompkins County Public Library, and donations from DEMCO and  E×vanced Solutions.  Reservations are required – no exceptions.

 

Teens and Your Library

Are you looking for ways to promote your library and get your teens involved?  Take a look at the finalists for Thomson Gale’s I Love My Library contest.  http://www.gale.com/librareo/ I can’t wait to discover who wins on June 24^th @ ALA!  The pop-up library is my favorite, but I’ll bet your creative teens would love to tell their own story.  You can see other Why I Love My Library entries on www.youtube.com.  

 

•  JAN AGUIRRE, Specialist & Training Coordinator

Polaris Tip of the Week 

Adding an Item Record 

Be careful when adding an item record that after selecting your template you do not hit the enter key. When you do another row is created. You must delete that extra row before your press OK.

 Here is what happens:

 

When you press OK now this error message displays

Left click on cancel

 

Highlight any field in that extra row

Delete the extra row by left clicking on the black X

Now press OK.

To prevent this extra row, simply press ALT O, after selecting your template, this is the equivalent of pressing OK.