Hillendahl & Ring Neighborhood Libraries

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

CMH Passes for Flip Kit Surveys

Howdy folks,

As you may have noticed we haven't received updated CMH passes for the flip kits. New ones are on the way! Please ask parents to hold on to their surveys for now. Hopefully we will have new passes for both locations by next week. Thanks!

- Holly

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Hillendahl & Ring Staff March Meeting

Good Afternoon!

Here are the notes from the March Staff Meeting.

Shifting has finished - now we start weeding on condition all Fiction materials.
Label or file all materials as you work on them. (Discards, Friends, Floats, etc)
Linking to Us: Stories from HPL Video testimonials (volunteer for now - we will be assigned if not enough interest.)
Wellness - Deadline approaching for health care enrollment.
Safety - Please inform managers/staff when you exit the building during normal operating hours.
Stats - please not all interactions with our customers, especially anything related to workforce.
When sick or tardy - notify supervisor on duty (C.O.H. policy A.P. No. 3-11., 6.1)
Changes at Hillendahl - Front desk, book drop, & furniture.
Welcome the new volunteers! Chinese Community Center well start soon.
Meeting Room Reservations review.

$25.00 for catered and hot food.
If they need several days, must fill out separate forms for each day.

Wear name tags at all times on City property (E.O. 1-37, 8.4)
OverDrive Training.

Download/Install Overdrive (App or Software)
Register OverDrive account (library card, Facebook, or email account)
Check out from the Houston Area Digital Media Catalog
Most common E-Book Formats:

OverDrive Read - immediate read on your browser (i.e. computer)
EPUB - automatic format, works on most devices
PDF - no automatic format, same as photos (Adobe Digital Editions)
Kindle - requires Amazon account ( can read on other devices if app/software downloaded)

Common questions/problems: Checkout, returns, renewals, format, initial set up, etc.
Detailed information on HPL website - E-Book FAQ's