Fill out everything and it saves the front desk time
Still have to come in and bring ID to prove that’s who you are
If people come in to get in-person card, takes about 5 min
Need drivers license, ID and up to date address on it
Students move a lot, we can issue a temporary card
We send a postcard and they bring that in to get full access
Temporary card expires sooner – only really gives you access to digital resources
Fine-free 3 years ago
Lucky we’re able to do that, weighed cost vs. patron usage of library. We can eat a little bit of cost. Most people started from clean slate. We care more about our materials returning than we do your fine. If you lost an item that was $10. It’s going off of the replacement fee.
Eventually it does go to collections after a certain point – not affect your credit type collections agency.
Physical materials
Large circulating collection – 91K books; 15K DVDs + magazines, newspapers and video games
Can take purchase requests – recent materials within last 3-5 years by the publishing date for purchase and more than likely we will get it for you
If we don’t buy it we can get it through interlibrary loan
Students looking for ILL – they push FHSU interlibrary loan
We only have part time staff
FHSU gets materials faster
If they are students, take advantage of FHSU ILL
If they aren’t students we can get it through our ILL
Within our district, we get it within 2 weeks; otherwise we get it through CKLS and some from all over US
FHSU ILL is more far reaching
Periodicals
Magazines – you can check them out now
Could put in a purchase request for magazine
Only do print magazines, no digital right now
Newspapers don’t circulate
Library card
Access to digital resources
Audiobooks, movies and ebooks
Hoopla (Audiobooks, movies and ebooks)
Goes by circulation, no waiting list
HPL pays for circuations each month (so more than just state library)
Documentaries that are expensive to get, like Ken Burns (available as well)
12 circulations a mont
HPL resource
Access your account with an App
Tech manager put together MyLibro App
Look up MyLibro on your phone and you have full digital access to your account from your phone, don’t have to carry your card, place holds, catalog, etc. use barcode off of phone
Kansas Room
Space for people to relax, study, traditional sense of library
Online resources
ancestry.com (library edition)
you have to use in the library with IP range
newspaperarchive.com (not to be confused with newspapers.com)
Not all Ellis County newspapers, but what we’re allowed to get through them with licensing
Subscribe to world collection – historic newspapers all 50 states and territories and countries around the world
Recently replaced a different database
Access remotely
Local history/reference collection
Legacy reference collection – Ellis County, American West, Kansas History, historically significant elements (only reference collection left in the library)
Most of the collection circulates
Reference doesn’t circulate
General genealogy
Local Volga-German family histories
Brian and Jeremy go back and forth between Forsyth and HPL for this topic
Ekey photo collection
Database and physical in Kansas Room
Inherited collection (local photos)
Overhead book scanner
Printing .10 page in B/W and .50 in color
Microfilm of Ellis County
Platte Maps – don’t have a ton of these and don’t have sandboard maps. Used to subscribe to sandboard map database. You can access most of that through KU digitally available.
Atlases and Ellis county specific atlases
FHSU has 1905 and 1922 Ellis atlas
Helpful when tracing ownership of family farms and properties
Send people to registered deeds office (Becky)
Programming – pride point
All programs are free – no library card required
#1 programming library per capita in state of KS
Engage patrons at all age levels
On average 25 adult programs and 80 children’s/teens programs a month
Teen programming – focused 18 and under; focused more for middle school to high school students, more STEM and fun stuff
Lectures, book clubs, crafts, skill building, ESL language, literacy
Summer reading time gets crazy too
If there’s anything a student or non-student wants from the library (ex. more painting programs, I know how to do this, etc.) always willing to take advice and looking for presenters. Want presenters that show passion
Library Spaces
Two meeting rooms and one conference room – free to reserve
Schmidt Gallery – large room with screen for both library and outside events – free to request/reserve
Schmidt community commons offers café seating/small meetings – students like this area by windows
Business Center – large tables and computers and mobile printing and fax
Bookmobile and outreach
Proud of it
Got bookmobile at start of COVID
Mini-version of library collection
Outreach coordinator (Jake) at parks, events, Victoria
If anyone wants them to be there, schedule a time to have book mobile there. If there’s a student event, have them there and open it up and do programming outside of that
Notary
Free
They can also go to a bank
3 staff at HPL are notaries
Is there a notary on campus?
Proctoring
Seemed to have waned in the last few years
Took it on a few years ago 2019 and there was a major wave. Crazy from FHSU and NCK Tech and Community College students. Was going to reform it of what to take and with 2020 COVID, it seems like most professors have moved to online student proctoring service. Not nearly the FHSU students, no one this semester. It was mainly the math department. Most have moved to online format or doing it themselves.
This service may change in the future, we may not offer it next semester
