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The Fort Saskatchewan Public Library is looking for a reliable, energetic and enthusiastic person who can provide excellent customer service within a fast paced environment that can, at times, be physically demanding. This person shall aid with circulation, collection development duties, and both adult and children’s programs. Candidate must be registered in a post-secondary institution September 2012.
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There are some new faces at the Fort Saskatchewan Public Library – three staff members have been hired on a temporary basis to help implement Radio-Frequency Identification technology (RFID), which will help the Library launch new services, including self-checkout options for library users.
As part of the process, staff will place an RFID tag on each of the 51,000 items in the Library’s collection, a process that will take 4-6 weeks. Simply put, an RFID tag is a “barcode on steroids”: it is a tag that contains a microchip and antenna that stores identification and security information about the item it is attached to. The information on the tag is read by passing through a field of radio waves, and the information is read wirelessly and contact free.
Once all of the tags are in place, a self-checkout unit will be installed, along with staff units at the check-out desk. The self-check unit will allow Library patrons to check out their own items easily and quickly. Future phases of the project include the installation of “smart chutes” to check in items automatically, an additional self-check unit, and theft prevention gates; all of which will be installed when the Library moves into its expanded facility.
“Implementing RFID will have so many benefits for both our patrons and our staff,” says Angela Kublik, Library Director. “It will help us speed up processes such as check-out and check-in, so that Library staff will have more time to help patrons with more in-depth questions. Self-check will also help increase patron privacy, since people will have the option to check out items on their own.”
“This is a very important project for the Library,” says Matthew Fellows, Library Board Chair. “The Library Board has noticed that libraries with new or expanded facilities – such as the one under construction here in Fort Saskatchewan as part of City Centre Square – often open to a huge surge in new users and use. This project will help us prepare for that increase in use.”
Funding for the project was provided by the City of Fort Saskatchewan.
PHOTO: The Library’s RFID tagging team (from left to right: Heather Martin, Cheryl Jordan, and Deanne Buck) select The Fort on the Saskatchewan by Peter T. Ream to be the first book tagged with a radio frequency identification tag.
The Library will be closed on Monday, February 20 for Family Day.
We will re-open on Tuesday, February 21 at 10 a.m.
HeritageQuest provides online and film products including census records, for genealogy and family history research. This essential collection of unique material is for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Use HeritageQuest to find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was ...like in the areas where they settled.
HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.
Join us for good books and good conversation
Wednesday, February 22 at 2 p.m.
The Friday Night Knitting Club
by Kate Jacobs
by Kate Jacobs
Gathering for their weekly knitting club at a small yarn shop on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a group of friends shares such challenges as raising children, navigating the ups and downs of their careers, and pursuing uncertain relationships.
Copies are available for check out at the Circulation Desk.
Entry forms / brochures are available at the Library for the 2012 Canada Day Poster Challenge. They are also available at www.posterchallenge.pch.gc.ca
Each year, young people aged 5 to 18 are invited to submit an entry to the Canada Day Poster Challenge by designing a poster that shows their pride in our country. The year 2012 marks an important milestone in Canadian history: the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. For the 2012 edition of the Poster Challenge, young people are invited to submit artwork inspired by the theme 1812: The Fight for Canada.
The 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 is a unique opportunity for all Canadians to take pride in our traditions and shared history. The War of 1812 was a significant nation-building event that contributed to the development of a distinct Canadian national identity.
The artwork of the national winner will become the official poster for Celebrate Canada, the 11-day period from June 21 to July 1. Winners will also receive great prizes!
Entry deadline is March 09, 2012.
The Edmonton Public Library's Alberta Readers' Choice Award is one of Alberta's richest literary awards with the winning author receiving $10,000!
Works of fiction and narrative non-fiction (ie. first edition full-length novels, short story collections or books of poetry) are accepted by any author who has been a resident of Alberta for a minium of 12 consecutive months immediately prior to the publication of the submitted work, and who currently resides in Alberta, no matter where the book was published. The award recognizes the exceptional writing talent in our province while encouraging readers to support Alberta authors.
The 2012 long list is sure to capture the attention of Alberta readers:
Wayne Arthurson - Fall From Grace
Tim Bowling - In the Suicide's Library
Brian Brennan - Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way from Ireland to Canada
Lynn Coady - The Antagonist
Dawn Dumont - Nobody Cries at Bingo
Marina Endicott - The Little Shadows
Will Ferguson - Canadian Pie
Judy Schultz - Freddy's War
Gail Sidonie Sobat - Chance to Dance for You
Anne Sorbie - Memoir of a Good Death
The top five finalists will be announced in April 2012. Public voting begins May 2012.