Library Scoop April 2015
Johnson County Public Library
NEWS & UPDATES FOR
JCPL STAFF
HR News! Amber Turner
Human Resources Manager
457 Deferred Compensation Plans: The paperwork has finally been completed and JCPL’s AUL retirement booklets have arrived! If you want to schedule a meeting with our rep, Mike McGee or to receive a retirement booklet, please see Amber. Staff Day 2015: It’s hard to believe the first planning meeting for 2015 Staff Day is fast approaching. If you have any ideas for a breakout session, please contact Amber. All ideas will be considered. Department Name Change: In case you haven’t heard, Community Relations Department has been changed to Marketing and Communications - or MAC for short. Discount Tickets Available: Ride the new Thunderbird rollercoaster, relax in the Monsoon Lagoon, and take the kids on the Star Spangled Carousel at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari. Discount tickets are available to JCPL staff. See Amber for details. Jeans Days Continue: Wear jeans on Fridays and Saturdays for just $2.00! All proceeds go to Cheers & Tears and United Way Jo Co. May Used Book Sale: Help spread the word! The next Friends sale will be held at TRB: May 14-17.
p.1 p.2 p.3 p.4
Loyalty Using difficult times to demonstrate my commitment to those I serve.
To the Core From: Volunteer Committee Members To: Staff “A huge thanks to all who donated items for the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner! Without you, we could not thank our wonderful volunteers with an evening of dining and entertainment.” From: Andrea & Aaron Kaucher “Thank you to the JCPL Staff for the card and gift celebrating the birth of sweet Baby James. We greatly appreciate your thoughtfulness, and we look forward to bringing him in and introducing him to all of you wonderful people!” From: Janet Burk To: TRB “What a pleasure it is to visit your library: the friendly & knowledgeable personnel, the variety of books, etc., & especially the fact that the front desk holds the monthly copy of the Wall Street Journal for me. Yesterday it was a delight to see the interesting pictures & articles that were included in the contents. How entertaining! My thanks again for all your effort. Have a Happy Day.” 2-18-15
Contents
HR News Celebrations / Strategic Planning Update Getting to Know…Pam Caito Name the Babies / Project Prom 2015
p.5 SWAT Spot! p.6 Volunteer Appreciation / Guess the Desk! p.7 Top 10 Adult Nonfiction
1
Celebrations April Birthdays
Linda Kilbert Sue Salamone Patty Todd Linda Walker Nathan Biberdorf Paul Courville Annemarie Wallace Sue Hewett
May Birthdays
Nikki Glassley Melanie Johnson Kelly McCay Beth Yates Chris Kolderup Josephine Whitaker Laura Carr Lori Roberts Keeley Payne David Allen Pam Caito
Years of Service
April 2 April 6 April 9 April 11 April 13 April 16 April 24 April 28
WRB CPB WRB TRB WRB WRB TRB FRB
May 2 May 4 May 5 May 8 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 18 May 19 May 22 May 26
TRB FRB FRB WRB FRB TRB WRB FRB FRB FRB LSC
Georgia Vaught Wes Klutts Erin Kirchhoff Lori Roberts Amanda Caito
April 7 April 9 April 13 April 15 April 28
18 years 1 year 7 years 15 years 1 year
Laura Carr Sharon Caroselli Jen Sinclair Kelly Schmidt Jane Bingham Paul Courville Wendy Preilis Anna Reisz Nikki Glassley Heather Grantham Judi Reid
May 4 May 7 May 13 May 16 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 26 May 27 May 29 May 26
6 years 8 years 13 years 4 years 4 years 8 years 4 years 8 years 1 year 20 years 26 years
Births
Avery Amelia Reisz Born 4/7/15 Anna Reisz, CPB Children’s Programmer
Strategic Planning Update Ann Alexander, Associate Director The 2015 Task Force Sponsors, Leaders and Members have been selected and members should be seeing an invite from the task force leader in the near future! Each new initiative has been assigned an approximate start time. 1st Quarter: RFID Friends/Foundation
Sponsors: Georgia & Melanie Sponsor: Bev
Leader: Holly Leader: Wes
2nd Quarter: Staff Proficiencies Facilities/Spaces
Sponsor: Tiffany Sponsor: Ann
Leader: Amber Leader: Amy K.
3rd Quarter: Play and Learn Pilot Teen Spaces Pilot
Sponsor: Sarah Sponsor: Melanie
Leader: Beth Y. Leader: Kelly S.
4th Quarter: Local History and Culture Programs Targeted Programming Social Services Links
Sponsor: Linda Sponsor: Ann Sponsor: Todd
Leader: David Leader: MAC Manager Leader: Wendy
2
Getting to Know‌
Pam Caito, Marketing & Communications Asst. If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?I am torn. I would love to be 33 years old again and have the money and time to myself that I had back then. However, I also enjoy my time now. I have three teenagers who are so much fun to be with. It is exciting to see them put a life together for themselves and I feel so blessed to be a part of their journey. My husband and I are also enjoying having time together again to do the things we love to do. If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? I would love to dance and actually look like I know what I am doing. I took dance lessons a few years ago and fell in love with it. I find it really hard to follow a dance sequence but I love the movement and music. If you had to work on only one project for the next year, what would it be? I would love to make over my garage to look like one you see on Pinterest. Everything would have a place and no creepy crawlies hanging about in the corners. If you were reincarnated as an animal, what would it be? A bird. I would love to take flight and sail around in the air. When you have 30 minutes of free time, how do you pass the time? I like to work on projects for my house. I guess in reality, I do more looking into projects than I actually ever get accomplished. If you could have dinner with only three people (real or fictitious/from any time period/dead or alive), which three people would you choose and why? Both of my grandmothers (whom I never meet in person) and Betty White. My grandmother Anna Beard was a Math Professor at the turn of the last century. I can't imagine liking math enough to actually teach it, so I would love to have a conversation with her to see what she was like. My grandma Florence Voyce's speech and manners were straight out of the Downton Abbey era. Betty White would be so much fun to have dinner with. Her one-liners and funny stories would be a blast. What is your idea of fun? If given a chance to skip work for a day, how would you spend the entire day? Going to a Bluegrass or Blues Festival, eating vendor food and hanging out. If you were stranded on a beach alone, what are five things that you would want to have with you? A hammock, comfy pillow, soft blanket, chocolate and a carrier pigeon to bring books and reading material to me. What was your favorite musical group in middle school? Carpenters & James Taylor. We called it Junior High back then and it was just for kids in 7th & 8th grade. Name one thing you miss about being a kid. I miss the beautiful sunny days and not having a care. I miss the adventures I had with my best friend. I miss that dinner was always on the table at 5:30 and the house always smelled good. I played Kick the Can after dark, read books with a flashlight late at night, and swam all day at the Rivera Club. I miss the security of someone taking care of me and I could just be a kid. Do you have any phobias? I don't think I have any true phobias but I don't like looking down from a great heights, nor do I like anything crawly. What types of food do you NOT eat? Insects‌are you kidding me? Who in their right mind puts chocolate on bugs and eats them?
3
Project Prom 2015 Name the Babies Contest A Big Success! Kelly Schmidt, Adult Services, FRB
On May 9th, WRB will be hosting JCPL's first Safe Sitter® class. Not familiar with Safe Sitter®? Founded in 1980 by an Indianapolis pediatrician, Safe Sitter® is devoted to preparing young teens, ages 11 to 13, to be safe in unsupervised settings, whether home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting. Over 850 Registered Safe Sitter® Teaching Sites from coast to coast deliver this medically accurate, developmentally-appropriate program. Until now, Johnson County did not provide such a site. Thanks to Bev Martin's support, we are proud to be offering this class to our community. This one-day class will include: • Babysitting as a Business • Child Care Essentials • Safety for the Sitter • Injury Management • Preventing Problem Behavior • Care of Choking Infant/Child • Preventing Injuries and • Behavior Management Each year, over 35,000 students, nation-wide, take this class. Amy Dalton, Keeley Payne, Andrea Kaucher, and Scott Loman will be our instructors. For more details visit www.safesitter.org or, better yet, talk to Amy D., Keeley or Scott. Four dolls will be used to instruct the students and they need to be named. Four names, four winners! Winners will receive one of these dvds: Mr. Mom, 3 Men & a Baby, Adventures in Babysitting, or Mrs. Doubtfire. Submit your babies' names in writing to Scott at TRB by May 1. Names and winners to be announced May 4th.
JCPL's third annual Project Prom was held on Saturday, March 14th at the White River branch and this year the community responded in a big way. We had around 90 teens and their parents stop by to browse through the gently used Prom dresses, tuxedos, shoes and accessories AND Fox 59 came by to cover the events of the day! This year, Project Prom also partnered with Sophia's Bridal, Tux and Prom who offered a $75 discount to anyone who brought in last year's dress to donate to the program. When I stopped by to pick them up on Friday morning, I almost didn't get them all in my car. The week following the event, a business owner contacted me wanting to donate 10,000 tuxedos for next year but due to storage limitations, we'll realistically only be able to take about 100 of those. Girls who missed the program are still contacting us to look through our leftovers and with 300 dresses donated this year, we have plenty of choices for them! I'm so excited by the success of this program for JCPL and as long as girls keep coming out to find dresses, we'll keep doing it. Thank you to everyone who helped with the program this year - especially our volunteers! Kelly S.
4
SWAT Spot: A Step in the Right Direction
Linda Kilbert, WRB Branch Manager
Walking is a low-cost, easy, and enjoyable way to get some exercise. Going for walks not only helps you maintain or achieve a healthy weight, but according to the American Heart Association (AHA) walking can reduce your risk of serious diseases, like heart disease, stroke, diabetes and more. Walking is also a great stress-reliever and mood-booster.
w
Breathe deeply. If you can’t talk or catch your breath while walking, slow down. At first, forget about walking speed. Just get out there and walk!
w
Pick up the pace. To warm up, walk at an easy tempo for the first several minutes. Then gradually adopt a more purposeful pace. A good way to add variety is to incorporate some brisk intervals. For example, walk one block fast, two blocks slow and repeat several times. Gradually add more fast intervals with shorter recovery periods. Concentrate on increasing your speed while maintaining good posture.
w
Stretch at the end. The end of your walk is warmed up. Stretch your hamstrings and calves as well as your chest, shoulders and back. Hold each stretch for 15 to 30 seconds without bouncing.
w
Be safe. Listening to lively music while you walk is a great way to energize your work out. But if you wear headphones, keep the volume down and watch out for traffic that you may not hear. Wear light colors or reflective clothing and carry a flashlight or glow stick if you walk when visibility is low.
w
Use caution. If you experience foot, knee, hip, back or chest pain when walking, STOP and check with your doctor to find out the cause. You may need special exercises or better shoes. If you experience increased joint pain lasting an hour or two after walking, consider an alternate activity like stationary cycling or water exercise. But don’t stop exercising!
All you need to begin are comfortable clothes and supportive shoes. Layer loose clothing, keeping in mind that brisk exercise elevates the body’s temperature. Shoes designed for walking or running are best. Avoid cotton socks since they retain moisture and can promote blisters. Here are some tips from the AHA to help you get started on a regular walking routine. w
Begin with short distances. Start with a stroll that feels comfortable (perhaps 5-10 minutes) and gradually increase your time or distance each week by 10-20 percent by adding a few minutes or blocks. If it’s easier on your joints and your schedule to take a couple of 10- to 20-minute walks instead of one long walk, do it! Focus on posture. Keep your head lifted, tummy pulled in and shoulders relaxed. Swing your arms naturally. Avoid carrying hand weights since they put extra stress on your elbows and shoulders. Select a comfortable, natural step length. w
Spring is a great time to start a walking routine, so get out there and walk! Getting into the habit of walking and exercising now will prepare you for SWAT’s, May in Motion, to be held May 3-30th! Watch for more information about this fun and popular event. Linda
5
Volunteer Appreciation Month Nathan Biberdorf, WRB Circulation
Hey everyone, April is Volunteer Appreciation Month! Let's hear it for our volunteers! What's that? You think we barely have enough volunteers to take note of? Au contraire! Through the JCPL system, we have around 150 volunteers, working in the branches, serving on the Board, or on the Friends of the Library, or working at the ALC. What do they do? What do you mean, what do they do? Here are just a few things: They do
presentations for programs. They offer tax aid for seniors. They tutor patrons who are learning English as a second language. They man the Friends of the Library book sales. They visit new parents at the hospital to encourage literacy and using the library. They shift sections of books, straighten shelves, and clean DVD cases and picture books. So go appreciate some volunteers! Write a card! Bake a cake! Host a parade! Three cheers for volunteers! Nathan
Cryptogram Fun! Instructions: Each letter in a Cryptogram stands for another letter. For this puzzle, every Y = A.
OT TOJ BI ZIJEJII BO KXBI QTFEV QXT E B M X K J O I K X J A Z F V J O I T S Y O T K X J F. ~ PXYFEJI VBPWJOI
Answer is on page 7.
Congratulations to Georgia Vaught for winning March’s GUESS THE DESK! Who’s desk was it? Pat Clarke APRIL 2015 GUESS THE DESK: Who’s Desk is this?
Submit your answer to Amber by May 1 and you just might win a treat from the Cheers & Tears Snack Box and a JCPL mug!
6
Top 10 Adult Nonfiction Titles Clark Pleasant Branch 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
It Starts with Food Deep Down Dark: the untold stories of 33 Men Buried in the Chilean Mine Guinness World Records He’s Just Not That Into You: Your Daily Wake Up Call It’s Not Him, It’s You: Take Charge of Your Love and Sex Life Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World In the Land of Blue Burqas How to Write a Business Plan Killing Patton: the Strange Death of World War IIs Most Audacious General Financial Peace Revisited
Franklin Branch 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
The Southern Living Community Cookbook: Celebrating Food & Fellowship in the American South The Ultimate Book of Modern Juicing: More than 200 Fresh Recipes to Cleanse, Cure, and Keep… Killing Patton: the Strange Death of World War IIs Most Audacious General Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue The EMergent Agriculture: Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America The Total Money Makover: a Proven Plan for Financial Fitness Los Angeles McGraw-Hill Education TASC: Test Assessing Secondary Completion The World Book Encyclopedia
Trafalgar Branch 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Chilton’s Ford Mustang 2005-07 Repair Manual The Pilates Program for Every Body Killing Patton: the Strange Death of World War IIs Most Audacious General The Total Money Makover: a Proven Plan for Financial Fitness The Sisters: the Saga of the Mitford Family Killing Jesus: a History Indiana Curiousities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, and Other Offbeat Stuff In the Blink of an Eye: The World As You’ve Never Seen It Mini Quilts: Fresh, Fun Patterns to Quilt in a Snap Steve Jobs
White River Branch Dogs for Dummies The Total Money Makover: a Proven Plan for Financial Fitness The Little Book of Trading: Trend Following Strategy for Big Winnings Supermarket Healthy: Recipes and Know-How for Eating Well Without Spending a Lot You Can Begin Again: No Matter What, It’s Never Too Late 48 Days to the Work you Love ASVAB Premier Cooking Light Annual Recipes Wrestlemania: the Official Insider’s Story More Adventures: 10 More Tales of Adventure with Exercises to Help You Read and Write Cryptogram Answer: No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of others. ~ Charles Dickens
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
7