Emergency Policy & Renewal Procedure

Main Library Emergency Procedure

1/17/2013

1. Security staff is responsible for all decisions during an emergency. In the event of an emergency, Security staff becomes the “captain of the ship” with the authority to direct actions of Main Library staff.

2. Main Library staff must notify Security immediately of conditions that might warrant emergency measures. These include:
• Fire
• Bomb threats
• Natural disasters or weather-related events (tornado, flooding)
• Suspicious item(s) or person(s)
• Power failures
• Hazardous spills
• Disruptive or threatening person(s)
• Injuries or other health conditions

3. If Security orders an evacuation of the building, Main Library staff on duty will gather in the parking lot between Goode St. and State St. (directly across from the Goode St. exit) unless otherwise directed.

4. If weather conditions require sheltering within the building, the following are the default safe areas:

• Ground Floor (tornado, etc.): Adult Learning Lab classroom.

• First Floor (high water): Admin./Processing area.

Book Renewal Reminder Our system is set up for ONE renewal only.  If a patron wants another renewal, he or she must talk to someone in Circulation.  If you can't reach anyone in Circulation, put a note on the patron's record indicating that patron called; tell patron that he or she can talk to Janice when the materials are returned. One patron was able to keep renewing a book for months.

Melba    January 23

Libby Bailey, Tax Season, & Staff Notes

Libby Bailey

From Anita:

"Mary Elizabeth (Libby) Bowman Bailey, mother of former BPL Marketing Director Emily Everett passed away on Saturday, January 5^th following a courageous battle against cancer.  Visitation will be at Oakley Cook Funeral Home on Thursday, January 10^th from 4-7pm. 

 

Many of you may remember Libby from her days of running Theatre Bristol.  She was also an avid reader who used our library very much.  She told me only last week how much she loved the library and was so proud of Emily for dedicating her career to raising money and awareness of libraries. 

 

Please keep Emily, Barry and all other family and friends of Libby in your prayers.  Her infectious smile, great personality and friendship will be missed by many."

 

Here is the link to the obituary: Libby Bailey  You can leave a message on the guest book at that site if you wish.  

Tax Season

I'm sure everyone is getting questions about tax forms, booklets and free tax help.  Due to the slow pace of Congress in settling some tax questions, the IRS is behind in sending out information.  At present, the only major form we have is the 1040-EZ.  We do NOT have the booklets yet.  As of this morning, there was no timetable given for shipments from the IRS.  If patrons want to go to the website (www.irs.gov), they can see what is currently available.  We will put out IRS forms as soon as they arrive.

This is from the IRS email:  "The IRS is aware of the great interest in the 2012 tax forms, instructions and publications, and therefore, is shipping tax products as they become available. Since the availability of some tax products is impacted by pending congressional action, please note that instruction booklets may arrive weeks after you receive tax forms this year." 

The IRS volunteers are also waiting on training.  As soon as they inform us their schedule, we will post that.

So the short answer is that yes, we are supposed to receive forms and instruction booklets but no, we don't yet know when they will come in.

Update from the IRS on January 8:   "At this time, we do not have an estimate as to when products will become available on IRS.gov or in print."  

Malachi

 Linda is as proud as can be!  Just take a look at what a big happy boy Malachi is now!

Happy Birthday!

Karen G.  January 15

Sarah H.  January 16