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Health Assessment

Dear Staff,

This is a friendly reminder that it is very important that you complete your health assessment before the due date of December 31, 2013. If not completed by December 31, you will incur an assessment fee.  As of today, only 38% of HPL employees have completed their health assessment.  Let’s make sure we get to 100% before December!  Plus, it is good to know our health numbers so that we can all live a healthier lifestyle. 

Here are the instructions for completing your health assessment:

Completing your health assessment

Completing the assessment is an easy two-step process

• Get biometric numbers for: blood pressure, total and HDL cholesterol, weight, height and waist circumference.
• Go online to mycigna.com, click on "My health assessment" under the "Manage my health" menu. Click on "Take my health assessment again." Complete the assessment by December 31, 2013.

Tips for completing health assessment:

• Go to mycigna.com to access the health assessment.
• Forgot your username or password? Call 800-284-8346.
• Use actual biometric measurements that were obtained no earlier than January 1, 2013.
• Do not choose vague answers like “I'm not sure.”
• Do not use the drop down box for cholesterol.
• Be sure to go all the way to the end of the assessment.
• Not sure you completed it correctly? Click here for an example.

Additionally, please find below an email from the Human Resource Director, Omar Reid regarding more important details on completing your health assessment.

Have a HAPPY HEALTHY DAY! 

Rhea Brown Lawson

Computer class presentations

Hello,

The Central Tech staff have finished revising the computer class presentations and handouts.  Take a look at it here:  http://hplibtech.com/

Thanks,

Laurie

Library Card Barcode Scanned in a Smart phone......

A customer at a Neighborhood Library requested to use a laptop and had his library card bar code scanned in his smart phone. A question came up if we accept that? I wanted to share Fred Schumacher's response in case this happens at your location.

We don’t have a policy in place currently, but we are working on developing one.  In this instance, it is okay, since we would hold his current ID at the desk while the laptop is checked out. Also, we would have confirmed that the account belonged to him and was in good order before checking out the laptop.  For others types of transactions for customers with bar codes scanned into their smart phones,  it would be reasonable to ask to see ID for the moment. 

Fred is working with a team to revise the policy to assist in these sorts of situations.

Shammi

New forms for Badges

Hello,

There are new forms for the Badging Office.  They can be found on the Intranet.

Badge Request Form
Lost/Replace Badge Report

Please be very careful and fill the forms out completely as they will no longer process the forms if there is incomplete information.

Thanks,

Laurie

SMART Goal Log and Instructions

Hello,

Thanks to Marcos Martinez for some great tools for SMART Goals!

• Library Card Application Error Log-- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqpUcgF0fjLbdENNSlpfbEhvVEVVRzNxZk1ZUm9hZnc&usp=sharing
• Library Card Application Error Log Instructions--https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6pUcgF0fjLbY3N1d2N5bHZCMjg/edit?usp=sharing

Feel free to download these and use them with your staff members!

Thanks,

Laurie

SMART Goals: Library Card Applications

Here is what I have come up with as a possible way to keep track of the library card application errors.

Feel free to edit:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqpUcgF0fjLbdHJJMl9lY2JTR0p3dW80VU42NTJsSEE&usp=sharing

Log in with NL Managers to edit.

Thanks,

Laurie