E-mail Reminders for Your Check-Outs

Tired of having to remember the due dates on those books you checked out all by yourself?

Why not get a reminder in your e-mail?

Many of you may have already signed-up for our e-mail reminders, but if you haven't now's the perfect time to do it.

Reminders go out every week on books that are coming due in the next eight days and on books that have gone overdue in the past eight days.

E-mail reminders will help you get your books back on time and avoid fines and, if you still forget or just can't make it that week, e-mail overdue notices will let you know that your books are overdue the week they go past due.

Hopefully this will help you stay on top of your check-outs and keep any overdue fines you may accrue to a minimum.

Last week there were 493 reminder notices to go out, but 381 patrons could not be reminded electronically, because there is not currently an e-mail address associated with their account. 113 were in need of overdue reminders, but only 20 of those were able to be sent to patrons. Several patrons have come in relieved that they were receiving reminders, because their books were due and they had forgotten. When they saw the reminder they either brought them back or renewed. Everything got taken care of in time - no late items, no overdue charges.

Reminders saved them $$$!

It's easy to sign-up, just bring in your library card and give your e-mail address to one of our circulation clerks. Help us confirm that your address is correct and complete and your all set!

Reminders are sent on Thursday mornings.

Library Circulation Upgrade

This Friday, the 25th of April, you may find that you can't get on to your account from home for a few hours. We're having yet another upgrade. The circulation software that our library uses usually has updates once or twice a year. This is our second update so far this year, and it should be a nice one. Once we get the new features up and running we'll let you know some of the new features available to you, so be sure to check the blog over the next few weeks. And as for Friday, don't worry, if all goes as planed, our circulation system should be up and running normally by the time we open our doors at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. If you need any library books or other library items, be sure to come in earlier in the week as this Friday is our monthly closure for building and computer maintenance as well.

Buzzing at the library

Were you at the library today?

The library must be the place to be today. Before Christmas, the parking lot was almost empty. Today when I came back into work at 6 p.m., the parking lot was full and inside the library was just buzzing with people. We try to track how many people check out during each shift so we know that 500 people checked out between 10 and 1 p.m. and another 606 checked out between 1 and 5 p.m. for a total of 1,106 people so far today. That doesn't include all the people who just brought books back to be checked in. It has quieted down now but is still busier than before Christmas. I wonder what the total will be by the time we leave at 9 p.m. We've definitely got to get out our running shoes if this trend continues. Circulation for a day that keeps us hopping is usually in the 700 or 800's so today is off the charts!

Susan