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ODL Needs Our Help - Ryan Dowd Training

Submitted by milissa.copeland on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 13:28

ODL was able to secure the Ryan Dowd Training library for Oklahoma Libraries for 2023. You have all provided great feedback on these offerings, and we want to keep them! ODL is asking for our help to elevate and support future funding! Please take a few minutes to help ODL be able to provide these amazing opportunities for our System!

Please take a few minutes to answer this short survey ..https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6C25BKW

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Learning and Development; Ryan Dowd, ODL

Situational Awareness Training Launched

Submitted by candace.robertson on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 12:01

Situational Awareness Training Now Available

We are pleased to announce the launched of a new 2-part series on Situational Awareness! 

You will see two Situational Awareness courses on your MetroU Dashboard under your “My Required Assignments” widget:

Attachments: 
Quick Guide Situational Awareness Training
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Situational Awareness; Training; MetroU

Wall Street Journal ePub coming to MLS

Submitted by zachary.branstetter on Wed, 01/18/2023 - 14:47

Hello!     

We are excited to say that on February 1st, MLS will acquire access to the Wall Street Journal's website and digitially published paper. We foresee this resource being an asset to the communities we serve. We have been provided with a free trial so that staff may become familiar with the product and become comfortable helping MLS customers with their questions.

The free trial link is here: Free Trial Link

Hold Receipt Update

Submitted by tricia.andrews on Wed, 01/18/2023 - 08:40

Thank you to the libraries and staff at the Service Center who interacted with hold receipts and/or tracked data during the hold receipt tracking period. Here are the takeaways based on the data submitted:

Attachments: 
RESULTS 2022-12 Hold Receipt vs Hold Labels.docx
Hold Receipt vs Label Tracking FULL.xlsx
hold shelf.pdf
in transit hold.pdf
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Hold Receipt

Update on Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for Oklahoma County

Submitted by heather.zeoli on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 13:13

Since becomming and affiliate with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library just three short months ago, we have enrolled 7,800 children throughout Oklahoma County to be a part of the program and receive a book at their home, each month.

We wanted to share this annual report infograph from the Dollywood Foundation, which shows their global impact, focusing on impact in the United States. We are so proud to be a part of this program! Thank you for your support.

Attachments: 
Dolly Parton Imagination Library Infographic 2023
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dolly; dolly parton's imagination library; dpil; Friends

Overdrive app to be sunset at the end of April

Submitted by zachary.branstetter on Tue, 01/10/2023 - 11:01

The Overdrive app will be sunset by the end of April, 2023. In the weeks before the Overdrive app goes away, current in-app messaging will be updated to give users a final reminder to switch to Libby. Users who try to access Metro's digital collection in the Overdrive app after the deadline will see a message informing them they need to upgrade to Libby. The Libby app is not yet available on the Amazone Appstore. Until it is, the Overdrive app will remain available for Kindle Fire users to download and access until further notice.

Wellness Minute Newsletters — January 2023

Submitted by Wellness Works on Thu, 01/05/2023 - 16:35
English Version

1st QTR Safety and January Compliance Now Available in MetroU!

Submitted by candace.robertson on Tue, 01/03/2023 - 15:02

January 2023 Compliance ~

CyberSecurity Compliance (REQ) due January 31st, 2023

This online course is designed by our own IT department to provide MLS employees with information on protecting electronic data.

Tags: 
Safety, Compliance, Cybersecurity, IT, Winter Weather, Hazards

Additional Information for Biometric Screenings

Submitted by Wellness Works on Tue, 01/03/2023 - 08:37

The Metropolitan Library System is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Total Wellness to offer FREE on-site wellness screenings for our staff in 2023! This is a new vendor that allows us to offer more clinics and more options.

Biometric screenings often indicate health issues before they become chronic thus avoiding expensive health care costs, so we encourage everyone to take advantage of this benefit!

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Wellness Works, Health Screenings

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