Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Greater Phoenix Digital Library - lag time

Myron has to download records of new items the GPDL acquires, so it's possible there could be something we own in that collection that's not in our catalog. You might doublecheck there for an item - Anbolyn and I have both found items there recently that weren't in the catalog.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

AZ Rep microfilm has local sections

I rediscovered today that the Arizona Republic microfilm has all of the Valley sections (e.g. Chandler Republic, of course, but also Mesa, Tempe, Gilbert, Scottsdale, NW and NE). Had someone needing an article from the Gilbert Tribune that neither he nor I could find online, and he'd tried the Southeast Regional library, who'd looked in their database with no luck. BTW, it IS possible to use the Internet on the fiche/film reader computer. Just try going to MS help and then going to help online. I was able to send him an email with the article attached from that computer.

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Updated Adult Ed info

Donna gave me the fall English class registration info, as well as summer Learning Lab hours and summer Basic Writing Workshop dates/times, so they're posted now.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

When will I get my stimulus payment check?

Had a question tonight about when a patron would be getting his check. This is pretty easy to find out (it's prominent on the IRS homepage), but FYI:
http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=180250,00.html
And it's a reminder to always do direct deposit (so much quicker)! Current as of 5-6-08:
DIRECT DEPOSIT
Last two SSN digits: / Payments will be transmitted no later than:
00 through 20 - May 2
21 through 75 - May 9
76 through 99 - May 16

Paper checks will also go out based on Social Security number. For Social Security numbers ending in 00 through 09, the paper checks will be mailed starting May 9 and will continue through May 16. A similar process will be repeated in the following weeks.
PAPER CHECK
Last two SSN digits: / Payments will be mailed no later than:
00 through 09 - May 16
10 through 18 - May 23
19 through 25 - May 30
26 through 38 - June 6
39 through 51 - June 13
52 through 63 - June 20
64 through 75 - June 27
76 through 87 - July 4
88 through 99 - July 11