Congratulations to Sol Hirsch, director of Alachua County Library District. Sol recently received the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from Florida State University College of Information.
This post is courtesy of NEFLIN’s The Blah, Blah, Blah Blog.
Archive for November, 2008
Sol Hirsch receives Distinguished Alumni Award
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008New DVD available for TBLC members
Thursday, November 20th, 2008We’ve just added a new DVD to our video lending library.
“Accent on Attitude: The way to win customers and keep them coming back” shows employees interacting with customers in a variety of real-life everyday situations. Viewers will gain valuable insight into the impact their attitude has on customers, as well as practical suggestions for improving the quality of each customer experience.
Click here to request this DVD or to see our entire list of available videos.
Delivery hiatus
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Going on vacation? So are we!
Florida Library Delivery service will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28.
Additionally, due to high fuel costs, Delivery will take a hiatus from Dec. 22, 2008 to Jan. 2, 2009. Although we padded our Delivery budget for rising fuel costs, we did not anticipate the huge fluctuations in gas prices we experienced this past year. Ceasing Delivery for just two weeks will save our program thousands of dollars and will get our budget back on track.
This hiatus means that Delivery drivers will not pick up or deliver any orange bags from Dec. 22 through Jan. 2. We will resume our normal schedule on Monday, Jan. 5.
We very carefully chose to stop Delivery on these dates because it will cause the least amount of impact and inconvenience to all of you. Because of the holidays, those two weeks are Delivery’s slowest time of year and many libraries are closed.
We apologize for any inconvenience that our hiatus may cause. If you have any questions, please contact us at (800) 622-8252 or deliver@tblc.org.
Edge Entertainment discounts for TBLC members
Friday, November 14th, 2008Edge Entertainment Distribution is a 35-year-old commercial distributer/supplier of AV materials (CD and DVD). Their focus has always been “don’t overpay for A/V materials.” Given this period of tight budgets, Edge Entertainment is offering deep discount programs to TBLC members.
Libraries in Florida who order from Edge Entertainment enjoy:
1. Fast free next day shipping
2. Over 450,000 titles and easy to use web site
3. The best price performance in the AV industry.
TBLC members are now receiving…
1. Additional discount of 5.0% off the already deeply discounted costs of DVD & CDs for the period from November 1 to December 31, 2008. Note that members can see Edge cost of goods on our web site at www.arrdis.com. Please call Elizabeth Kimbler for sign-on information at 877-542-3837 (877-LIB-DVDS). Edge Prices are always 30%+ off list price without the TBLC discount so with the additional discount the percentage off list averages 35%.
2. One free copy of the DVD Mama Mia for all members that place an order with Edge Entertainment before December 16. Note that the street date for Mama Mia is Tuesday, December 16, 2008. Shipment of this free DVD will occur either (a) with the initial order or (b) in a separate shipment. Please encourage sending in initial orders as early as November 1 and note that shipping is always totally free with the Edge program.
Contact Elizabeth Kimbler at 877-542-3837 (877-LIB-DVDS) for more information.
Annual Meeting follow-up
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
T-shirts for sale!
Monday, November 10th, 2008
“Libraries are not made; they grow” is the theme on this 100% organic t-shirt, which we are selling for $10 each. It’s the perfect holiday gift for your librarian friends!
TBLC closed on Friday
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008TBLC’s office will be closed on Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, for our Annual Meeting.
What do you want to know?
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
The advertising campaign titled “what do you want to know?” was created to help remind residents and visitors, scholars and students, businesses and families, and seniors and children alike of the vital and friendly resource they have in the Boston Public Library. A&G made our library staff the heroes of the campaign – positioning them as The Ultimate Search Engines. They’re here to answer any question you have, and they’re reachable 24 hours a day by phone, by email or by visiting one of our branches across the city.
The campaign consists of a new BPL logo and tagline, radio commercials, print advertising, out-of home advertising and television commercials – all of which feature real BPL staff and librarians.