Thank you to Rebecca B., Meaghan C., and Alissa L. for reviewing and making corrections/suggestions to our Employee Handbook (Nov 2023 edition). There were no substantive changes. We worked to clarify certain sections and corrected some errors.
Please find time to take a look at the updated document. Popular sections include those related to timekeeping, time off, and closings.
What’s missing? What questions do you have? We welcome suggestions for the next update!
For over a year, the Reading Public Library has been forging a relationship with the Massachusett Tribe to understand the history of this land and its peoples.
The Reading Lions Club gratefully accepts used eyeglasses (no eyeglass cases). Donation boxes are located at the Town Hall, Reading Public Library (Health Nook), The Pleasant Street Center, IDeal Eye Care on Main St. and Reading Eye Assoc. on Haven St. Most schools in Reading have a collection box also. Glasses may also be dropped off at 172 Summer Ave, either in the front mail slot or on back porch.
Two new iPad kiosks in the Health Nook are set to the Health Resources page of the RPL website. There is also a new Bluetooth Health Nook Printer. Library users can print directly to this printer from the iPads. The Health Nook printer is discoverable by any Apple device so library users may accidently print to it. If that happens please let me know, I want to track it to see if it becomes an issue.
Are you ready for some shout-outs? If you’d like to submit a shout-out, fill out the form on the Forms page. Don’t be shy! Shout it out!
If any patrons call or come in and ask if we are giving out eclipse glasses, the answer is YES! The eclipse this Saturday is likely to garner less interest than the one in April, so we don’t anticipate a lot of interest just yet.
The Communications Working Group has created a Social Media and Communications Guidelines document. This document is a living document, therefore things may change… Twitter! for example. The guidelines are located here, on the Instructions page, and saved under the Public Relations folder on the S drive. A big thank you to all the CWG for their hard work on this.
What is the Health Nook?
Drop by and find out what we’ve transformed the turret next to the Research & Reader Services Desk into! This new space is full of health and wellness information including dedicated databases, Healing Kits, Graphic Medicine books, and informational brochures.
Ask Susan for a personal tour.
The elevator is working again this morning. If there are any further issues, please email Amy and Michelle with “Elevator-Urgent” and we will put in work order and notify the custodians asap.
Please direct all customer inquiries/issues about the Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers to the main RMLD customer service phone at 781-942-6598. The Customer Service Team can properly record and direct the report. If off hours, that number automatically forwards to RMLD Operations Control, which is staffed 24/7.
There was a report of an issue with one of these last week. RMLD is aware and working on it.