Thursday, January 23, 2014

HPL Emergency Hotline


As with any inclement weather conditions, please tune in to local news stations to get weather forecasts and road conditions.  For additional information on conditions or possible HPL closings, please contact the emergency hotline at 832-393-1550 or your immediate supervisor.

PF

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Mileage Reimbursement Change

From Roosevelt:
Effective January 1, 2014, the optional standard mileage rate is 56 cents per mile for all business mile driven. Please note that this is a decrease from 56.5 cents per miles. Please make sure your mileage reimbursement form has the 56 cents per mile instead of the 56.5 cents per mile. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our business office.

PF

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Required: Give 'em the Pickle Training

Hello,

I have began scheduling staff to take the Give 'em the Pickle training that is required for all HPL staff. This webinar will count as official training hours. Below is the email sent to all staff by Suzy Benton on January 15, 2014.

Here is the link to the instructions on the training portal: https://sites.google.com/site/hplstafftraining/give-em-the-pickle

Thanks,

MR

Greetings, Team:

Happy New Year to you all!!

In 2013, we all learned the foundations of the HPL Customer Service philosophy with the Exceptional Customer Service – The HPL Way training.  As a continuation of this innovative way of thinking about customer service, I have some exciting news to share with you all!  With the support of the Executive Leadership Team, the Training and Professional Development Team is able to offer an awesome, new Customer Service e-learning program called Give em the Pickle

The Give em the Pickle e-Training program focuses on customer service and provides training in a fun, yet incredibly effective way.  The program centers on four key learning points: service, attitude, consistency and teamwork.

The program will take about an hour to complete and will include the following components:
·         Pre- Assessment
·         Give em the Pickle video
·         Post-test
·         Certificate of Completion

When you are ready to begin this program, please click here to be transferred to the Training Portal for registration instructions.

Please complete the program by Friday, May 16, 2014 at Noon. You will receive 1-hour of training credit for doing so.  The Training Team will monitor completions via the Administrative site and update training records accordingly. There is no need to send your certificate to us. 

As a reminder, each staff member should have completed 4-hours of Customer Service Training by the end of the fiscal year per FY 14 Performance Measures that were submitted to the Mayor. Thus, please make completing this training a priority.

While we know that you all are already providing exceptional customer service to the citizens of Houston, we are offering you this opportunity to sharpen your saw a bit more!  Learning new skills and continuing to grow on a professional level is an on-going journey for us all. 

We hope that you find this training program useful and will transfer the concepts learned into your daily interactions with customers that visit your locations!

Happy Training to you! 

This email was approved for system-wide distribution by Ophelia Cespedes, Deputy Assistant Director - Organizational Development

Best regards,

Suzy Benton, MLIS

Thursday, January 16, 2014

2014 World Book Encyclopedia

The 2014 World Book Encyclopedia is being distributed to units.  What to do with the old ones? you ask.

Most units will want to switch their 2013 editions to circulating and send their 2012 editions to Friends. 

Per Inventory Control and Collection Development:

1)      Switching older encyclopedias from Ref to Circ:  It is not necessary to send multi-volume sets of encyclopedias (physical items) to Processing that you want to change from reference to circulating. email the title and barcode number of the first volume to hemen.shah@houstontx.gov andgary.lackey@houstontx.gov . Processing will make the database change.  Use your unit’s label kit to make physical change.

2)       When sending encyclopedias (or any other large multi-volume set) to Friends, please ensure that the boxes are all marked with a.) title, b.) edition year, and c.)volume numbers.  This really helps the Friends immensely with matching up sets when they arrive at the warehouse and sales.

And…

I am in need of three 2013 sets to transfer.  I’ll take the first three offers. (Please email me directly, NOT the whole list.)


~Sara

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Movie Licenses for 2014

Hi There, these locations have movie licenses this year:


Acres Homes
Alief
Blue Ridge
Carnegie
Central
Collier
Dixon
Flores
Johnson
Kashmere Gardens
Kendall
Mancuso
Oak Forest
Park Place
Pleasantville
Scenic Woods
Smith
Southwest Express
Stanaker
Stella Link
Tuttle
Vinson
Walter
Young

 PF

Badging Office Hours


Hello,

Effective this week, there are new hours for the Badging Office.

ATTENTION !!!


NEW BADGING OFFICE HOURS

(EFFECTIVE 01-13-2014)

MONDAY:               CLOSED
 
TUESDAY:         8:30 am – 12:00 noon

                                      12:00 to 1:00 (Closed for Lunch)

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
 
WEDNESDAY: 8:30 am – 12:00 noon

                                      12:00 to 1:00 (Closed for Lunch)

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm


THURSDAY:   8:30 am – 12:00 noon

                                      12:00 to 1:00 (Closed for Lunch)

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

FRIDAY:                   CLOSED

611 WALKER, 3RD FLOOR

PHONE # (832) 393-8471

FAX # (713) 837-0735

FOR EMERGENCY ID CARD REQUESTS

CALL SECURITY CONTROL ROOM @ (832) 393-8470