Sunnyside Book Drive

Robyn Aguiar, Sunnyside



Sunnyside Branch Library, in partnership with Clovis Youth Employment Services, held a very successful book drive on June 22. Clovis raised approximately 2,500 books to donate to the kids in the Fancher Creek and Temperance Kutner School Districts.


About 1,000 books were given out and over 154 individuals, including 90 families, were served. Each child received three books and had great fun with face painting, games and delicious food. We also had a library card registration table for those in need of a card. Way to go Clovis and Sunnyside!

Fish Tale

Terry Sterling, Community Libraries East

With the help of Bear Mountain staff, Mr. R.B. Gray was able to access photographic proof of his big catch on a recent Alaskan fishing trip. Mr. Gray is a regular patron and shared his appreciation with this very nice letter.

"This letter is to express my appreciation for the Bear Mountain Library in Squaw Valley. This is a very diverse community representing a full range in needs, including a library that is managed in a very professional manner, yet reflects friendliness and a welcome atmosphere that encourages patrons to take advantage of the wide range of services offered.

It is clean, well maintained and orderly at all times. Assistance with computers, location and ordering of books is very efficient and conducted in a 'customer comes first' manner. Please accept my sincere thanks."

Way to go, Bear Mountain!

More Information Available About Floating Collections

Kathleen Smith, Headquarters

As previously announced, members of the Floating Collections Project Team will be visiting your branch this summer to educate staff about the what, when, where and how of the floating collection system. We also want to collect your questions and concerns about the new system to help implement it smoothly and efficiently for audio visual materials in January 2011.

In the meantime, you can learn more about floating collections as follows:

Review the powerpoint presentation on floating collections available on the front page of the intranet at http://intra.fresnolibrary.org/. Look under the New! section at the bottom of the page.

Tune in to an archived one-hour webinar called "Floating Collections: A Model for Change". The presenters are fellows from the 2009 Eureka! Leadership Institute. To find out more about the webinar, see: http://eurekaleadership.org/webinar/07-29-2010.

Attend the floating collections workshop being held at the Annual Library Meeting in October.

Wi-Fi Policy

Jill Potter, Support Services

With Wi-Fi, or Wireless Internet Access for laptops, now being offered at many of our branches, and more to come, it is becoming increasingly important to be aware of the Library’s policies and procedures concerning the Public’s use of the service and the support offered to Patrons by library staff. Above all, the most important thing to remember is that Library Staff is not responsible for the patron’s laptops! With so many different brands, models, operating systems, internet browsers, etc, there is no way to be able to address each and every possible scenario that may come up when trying to access the Wi-Fi. Even the most tech savvy staff person could potentially click on the wrong thing while trying to help configure a wireless setup for a patron and be accused of causing damage to the patron’s laptop. Woodward Park has addressed this issue in the patron information sheet and it states, “You are responsible for understanding how to configure your own equipment. There is no staff available to assist with setting up wireless internet on your computer device or to do any troubleshooting. Please consult your user's manual, or contact your hardware or software provider for any additional assistance. “

Currently, Fowler and Mendota have SJVLS supported Wi-Fi and Woodward, Fig Garden, Auberry, Politi, and Reedley have Wi-Fi compliments of their Friends of the Library groups. With the different Wi-Fi setups, come different instructions for the patrons. The Wi-Fi branches maintained by SJVLS have a consistent set of policies and instructions. These are available for the public as a handout at the branches.

The branches with the Wi-Fi connections paid for by the Friends will be different according to which carrier is used for the service. Each of those branches should have a set of instructions that specifically address how to log on to the wireless network at that location. If assistance is needed in the creation of this set of instructions, please contact Tech Support.

Please read the Wireless Internet Access Policy for Fresno County Public Library here: