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ProQuest Product Weekend Maintenance

From 9:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 to 5:00 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28 a ProQuest product maintenance window will launch worldwide to upgrade infrastructure, enhance security, and maintain prodcut reliability.

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Search for Literary Magazine Judges

The Downtown Library is hosting the Library Literary Festival on May 12th. Along with workshops, a book fair, and networking opportunities, writers from all over Metropolitan's service area will have the opportunity to be published in our second annual Literary Magazine.

If you'd like to be involved, I am in search of judges to help select the very best submissions for the magazine!

This year we have three categories:

Feedback Needed! 2017 Borrowing Policies and Procedures

Do you think the Borrowing Policies and Procedures implemented last year satisfied library customers? The Borrowing Policy and Borrowing Procedure Workgroups have created surveys for staff and customers to evaluate the effectiveness of the changes in order to gauge its overall impact.

Database Highlight #27: We've got the Career for That

It’s National Handwriting Analysis Week! Ever considered a handwriting analysis career with the FBI? This week’s database highlight, Career Cruising, is built for anyone looking to go into a career. The database not only includes general career information but job descriptions, working conditions, typical earnings, and interviews with people in the field.

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World Almanac for Kids - New and Improved

Today the World Almanac for Kids debuted a new look. Brighter, streamlined, and with updated content, it’s a great database for elementary kids doing reports or exploring an interest. Looks nice on mobile too!

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SA Movie Event Poll - What movie do you want to see?

MLS Staff Association is pleased to present this year's SA Family Movie Event! This is a poll to determine what movie staff would prefer to attend. More details and registration will be sent out separately. Please respond by Friday, Jan. 26.

Theatre: Tinseltown USA, OKC

**Filling out the poll does NOT register you for the event.

Access the poll HERE.

Tax Day is Apr. 17 – Be Prepared to Answer These Questions

Tax season is here – it is an exciting time, but it can also be a time of stress and confusion. Completing tax documents is a daunting task, and library customers may expect the library to be a resource for tax help.

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Database Highlight #26: We've got the Premier Database for That

We're at week 3 of New Year's resolutions. A common resolution is becoming dedicated to a pursuit – whether it’s professional, personal, or intellectual. This is the time when people think about going back to school, reinvesting in their careers, or learning something new. The Ebsco Premier databases are the best place to get started! Covering three broad areas, these databases hold thousands of journals, magazines, and newspapers perfect for research, current events, and learning more about a topic.

If you receive calls/emails about OverDrive pre-release titles

Yesterday (Monday, 1/15), OverDrive mistakenly released a number of pre-release titles (thus sending lots of "hold ready" emails to customers) but we were notified that these titles were moved back to pre-release status & all previous holds were restored, including the customer's exact position on the waiting list.

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