ALL STAFF OF  WAL/SWX  WILL LIKE TO  CONGRATULATE
                                                        CHRISTY CHANG
                   ON HER GRADUATION FROM  HPL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

Pictured above, Left to Right Standing: Nicole Robinson Ophelia Cespedes John Middleton Rebecca Denham Jason Stephens Belinda Cox Robin Cabrera Dr. Lawson Mr. Weeks Liz Sargent Rick Peralez Vick Martinez Billy Glasco

Left to Right Sitting: Jennifer Sessa Jayla Parks Tula Gorden Christy Chang Angela Barratt Sara Pope

Shop to support our community! The Friends of the Houston Public Library's Kids' Book Festival will feature over 30,000 books, DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks from board books to young adult fiction all available at $3 or less!  We will also have activities and concessions all weekend long. Scroll down to see more! BONUS! Your shopping dollars support our Houston Public Library's programs.That means After School Zones, Classes, Activities, Technology and more aremade possible through philanthropic efforts like our book sale fundraisers. So enjoy shopping smart with our low prices and doing good in Houston. Admission is free and open to the public. When: Saturday, September 10 Sunday, September 11 10 AM to 5 PM 1 PM to 5 PM Where: The Health Museum 1515 Hermann Drive Houston, TX 77004 Friends of HPL Members:  Friends members get $1 off every book and get to shop an hour earlier each day. If you're not a member you can buy a membership online or at the door!  Parking:  Options abound around the Health Museum, from free to $5+ We accept all credit and debit cards, cash and checks. Print and share the Kids' Book Festival Flier by clicking here. For more information about the book sale click the button below: Learn More Featuring Special Guests Texas Tamale Company will be bringing you flavor, fun and literacy facts! Stop by Texas Tamale Company's tent on Saturday for some delicious tamales and find out how they help improve literacy in our Houston community through Literacy in the Bag! Find out more about the deliciousness that awaits you at: https://texastamale.com/ Face Painting, Balloon Art, Surprise Activities & Storytelling! What's a Kids' Book Fest without tons of fun?  We will feature balloon and face painting artist, Amy Aderhold, have Brooke Bailey of Sun Bee Circle stop by on Saturday for a special story time and we will feature some surprise activities along the way! You won't want to miss Saturday OR Sunday! So come both days! Book Art & Creations by Domestic Papers Domestic Papers mixes Lee Steiner's lifelong love of books, papers, and anything vintage into a unique and fun 'mash-up' of handmade books that she is thrilled to share with you! Lee will have an array of book art and journals available for purchase bothSaturday and Sunday. See her creations at: etsy.com/shop/domesticpapers Play Minecraft on HPL's Mobile Express and Sign up for a Library Card!  Did you know your book sale shopping dollars and memberships helped us purchase TWO Mobile Expresses for our HPL branches?! Yup. You're amazing. Houston Public Library's own "computer classroom on wheels," is an innovative solution that delivers library services, technology and programs to high need neighborhoods. Get your play and creativity on Saturday and Sunday at Kids' Book Fest. Learn more about the Mobile Express and be sure to drop by before or after you shop -- or both! We will be announcing new activities and guests in the coming weeks! Over 99% of our book sales are powered by volunteers! Simply said, we cannot do it without the generosity and talent of our volunteers!We need your help spreading the word and telling friends, coworkers, neighbors, colleagues and anyone else you can think of about the sale. If you or someone you know wants to volunteer share the link http://bit.ly/volunteerkidsfest or click the link below! Do you enjoy leading teams, working with people and wearing bright orange vests? Email the Friends' Program Manager, Rose, at rose@friendsofhpl.org and let her know you are interested in being a Book Sale Captain!

Hello everyone!

This is Alma Chavarria,   your Juvenile Selector from Library Materials Services!  I know some of you, but hope to meet everyone at the Youth Services Meeting this Friday.  I look forward to working on your collection needs and hope to eventually visit each branch to see your youth services area and speak with each of you personally.

However, for now, I have an update on those paperback picture books that come with stickers inside, i.e. Thomas the Tank Engine, Barbie, etc.

You have two options:

1.   CAREFULLY remove the stickers if you and your staff feel you can do so without  damaging the book. Use the stickers as incentives, giveaways, or discard them. That is your call.

2.    Leave the stickers in the book to be removed by the first child or parent to want them.

There are pros and cons to either option, but considering the shelf life of these items, Sally Bates and I felt these were the easiest options for everyone.

If anyone has any questions or feedback, please feel free to call or email.

See you Friday.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Alma Chavarria, Librarian III

Juvenile Selector- Library Materials Services

500 McKinney

Houston TX 77002

832.393.1478

Greetings HPL Team,

As part of our continuous efforts to improve customer service, we are excited to launch a 

new way to contact the HelpDesk: Logmein HPL Rescue Calling Card is a way to chat with 

a live, HPL HelpDesk tech in real time. You may use it to report staff computer issues such 

as printing, Java, web browsers and Outlook.

Here’s what you need to know:

•       You may still call or email the HelpDesk. HPL Rescue Calling Card is just another quick and fast way to get your issue resolved.

•       During the beta phase, service hours are Monday-Friday, 9 AM – 6 PM.

•       This service is for staff computers only. You will notice the blue icon on your staff desktop computer Thursday, August 4. 

Here’s how it works:

•       Our techs will “remote in” on your computer to resolve the issue ONLY after you’ve given them permission.

•       Once the session has ended, our techs will no longer have access to your computer.

•       Only you can initiate the chat/call from your computer.

•       Make sure to review the how-to handout to familiarize yourself.

As always, do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Hello team,

Today is the last day of SRP! This means that we are no longer accepting registrations/logging books after midnight tonight.

However, we will still be awarding prizes to customers who haven’t yet collected their prizes. Please make sure the staff at your locations are award of this! We will be providing further details about how to send back the leftover prizes and Scholastic books for registration in a future email. Prizes can be awarded through when HISD school starts back up (August 22^nd), or until we run out, whichever happens first!

Family Prize Pack information: I will be running reports and doing the drawing tomorrow (August 2^nd). 100 winners of the drawing will be contacted by youth services/communications. If you have winners at your location, we will be sending the prizes to your location for the winners to pick up. The prizes will be clearly labeled. If customers are asking you about the prize pack, please remind them that it is a drawing, and so you don’t have any prizes to actually award them at your location.

The bike winners are also going to be determined tomorrow after I run the reports, and they will be contacted by youth services/communications. We will be letting you know when the customer has said they want to come pick up the bike.

Prize update: We still have a few children’s Chipotle, Dynamo, and a few boxes of trophies left. We have very few CMH passes left for the program attendance prize. We are completely out of Teen Chipotle and Astros tickets. If your location has prizes that you don’t think you’ll realistically be awarding before the end of August, please let me know, and send them back to me. I can reallocate them to locations that need them. If you are in need of any prizes, please let me know (even if they are prizes that we are currently out of!) I’ll keep a list, and send them to you if they become available.

Please continue to award prizes in Evanced properly, especially the tricky 5 programs attended prize (awarded through the Patron icon, clicking on Yes next to Got Program Prize, and then clicking the save button).

Thanks so much for your hard work throughout the summer! SRP is really a group effort. We got a very nice compliment from a customer that we’ll be sharing at the August youth meeting.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Thanks!

Sara

Sara Pope, MLS

Children’s Services Coordinator

Houston Public Library

500 McKinney

Houston, TX 77002

832-393-1628 (office), 832-370-9003 (cell)