Are you interested in learning how to ride the Book Bike? Cate will be providing training sessions on the following dates and times. Each session will take between 30 and 45 minutes and is weather permitting. Please confirm with your scheduling supervisor before signing up for a session and then email Cate with your preferred time.
Thursday, 8/6 @ 10 AM, noon
Monday, 8/10 @ 10 AM
Tuesday, 8/11 @ 2:00 PM
Wednesday, 8/12 @ 11 AM and 2:00 PM
Thursday, 8/13 @ 11:00 am
Friday, 8/14 @ 3:00 pm
Hello all!
The RPS Summer tutoring program starts next week and will be in the community room and conference rooms. There will be 3–4 teachers working with multilingual learners on the following dates:
Students are supervised and expected to follow library rules and policies at all times. This is not an RPL program but we are a community partner and please provide them with anything the teachers might ask for.
My next Zen Den involves making a Starbucks “Pink Drink” dupe.
Looking for 2 to 4 plastic beverage pitchers (the standard iced tea/lemonade kind) that I could borrow for the day?
Let me know if you can help a Barista out! Thanks!
Our dramatic play space for next month is going to be a shoe “store” and we need YOUR creative ideas for a catchy name for our temporary brand! Reply to this post if you are inspired!!
We are also interested in unusual footwear for the store. If you are cleaning out and have some gently used cowboy boots or some special sparkly sandals (or anything else to looks fun or interesting), we will take them!
At the request of one of our Trustees, I’ve created a “how was your visit” survey that will be available at each service desk, at the self-check stations, on the catalog kiosks, and in the elevator.
If patrons would like to provide quick feedback, direct them to these surveys. If they want to provide more expansive feedback, direct them to the comment forms.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sorry for not sending this sooner!
We have a new Mah Jongg Meet-Up that is going to meet every Wednesday from 12-2 PM in the Community Rooms for the spring quarter. This is a drop-in program, no registration required; it is our (RPL’s) program. The groups can bring their own sets or they can check out one of the four sets we have at the Research and Reader Services Desk.
These four sets are available to check out at the Research and Reader Services Desk any time we are open to be used in the library for in-house mah jongg play.
We also have 1 set available to bring home via the Library of Things.
The next time we are offering Mah Jongg instruction will be in June.
Presentation pointers: We’ve got two new presentation pointers available. One will live in the white technology cabinet in the R and R staff workroom. The other will be in the ground floor cabinets with the extra meeting room technology equipment.
We have had blue jays visit the Bird Buddy multiple times every morning. My favorite of these visits is this one:
As a reminder, create a Static QR code for programs and a dynamic QR code for services and products. Dynamic QR codes are trackable and the codes can be changed. Also as a reminder, the instructions are saved on the Staff Intranet under Instructions.
Adult Book Clubs will return in September. Studio 64 is an RPL book group, and Fact or Fiction is patron-facilitated but we help them with getting books and promotion.
At Andrea’s direction, these will be displayed for patrons on the pedestals in front of the Borrower Services desk, next to other reader advisory items and Friends Speaker Series titles.
Please point patrons to this area, or send them to Reference if they have questions.
Thank you!