Door Count

From the NL Blog:

WHEN: Sunday, April 15th – Saturday, April 21st

Visitors are measured by recording the P number on your gate each hour. Doing so gives us a general idea of what times of the day are busiest at your location. Please check your gate to ensure that it is ready for Door Count.

In-house material use gives us a general idea of print materials that are being used within the library. This count is used by libraries nationally by tallying the number of materials returned to carts each hour. Please make sure you have proper signage to notify your customers.

SRP Incentives

Michaela sent out an email regarding this summer's SRP incentives. Here's what readers will be getting:

Level 5: Certificate, Entry into daily prize drawing (arts & craft kits, games, etc—we did this in 2010)

Level 10: One free book

Level 20: Additional free book, Circus ticket voucher (they will be pre-stamped!)

Level 30: Astros ticket voucher (K-12). Entry into grand prize drawing (IPod Touch for 13+, DSi, LeapPad Learning Tablet)

Handling Non-HPL Items

Please note the following information from Fred Schumacher:

In order to ensure that all returned ILL items are properly checked in and returned to the right institutions, please send all non-HPL items you receive through your book drop and/or at the return desk to HPL’s ILL Department. The ILL staff members will make sure that any items acquired through their system are properly checked in on Navigator and returned to the owning institutions. Items they determine were not borrowed through them will be forwarded to Circulation Administration for return to the owning institution. This includes Harris County Public Library items returned to your location.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Circulation Administration or HPL ILL.