Harry Potter Exhibit!

As many of you know, the Harry Potter exhibit is coming to Oesterle in April for 6 weeks. On Friday May 13^th, we’re going to host a student activities day here at the library, most likely between the hours of 5-8pm with (hopefully) a showing of a Harry Potter movie afterwards. We would love for a group of our student workers to come together and form a group to host an activity representing the library. Let Diana know if you have any ideas and hopefully we can get a group together to plan something fun. Thank you!

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/harrypottersworld/

Welcome Back!

Hello All!

Welcome Back!

Thank you to those of you who have checked in with Belinda or I for your schedules. Those of you who haven't, you need to do it today (Tuesday, January 4) by 5pm!

Also, please make sure that your time zone is set to GMT-6:00 Central Time - Chicago on the website, otherwise your schedules will be incorrect. The way you do that is to go to "User Settings" and change the time zone in the drop down box.

Thanks!

Winter Term Schedules Are Up!

The Winter Term schedules are up on the website under the student assistant contact page. Just click on your name and move the calendar to the week of January 3rd, the schedules start then. Please be sure to see Belinda or Heidi on Monday, January 3rd to confirm your schedule, and we will handle any problem at that time.

W-2s

Official 2010 W-2 Access through Merlin!

Fast, Easy, Safe & Secure

It’s Official! NCC employees will be able to access their IRS W-2 forms on-line through Merlin beginning with the 2010 tax statement.

This NEW electronic W-2 form provides convenience to employees and furthers our efforts to be a sustainable campus.

In order to obtain on-line access, employees must consent to receive the on-line W-2. The employee’s initial consent is valid for all subsequent years and can only be voided by withdrawing consent or upon termination of employment. With this consent, employees will NOT receive a paper copy. Once W-2’s have been posted to their Merlin account, employees will be able to access their official form online immediately to view or print copies as often as they need them. Tax statements for 2010 and subsequent years will be available with consent 24/7 from any computer with internet access.

Employees who do not consent to the electronic W-2 form will continue to receive a paper form through the U.S. Postal service. Printed forms will be mailed by January 31, 2010 to the permanent address on file in Human Resources. Employees are responsible for notifying Human Resources with any address changes.

Benefits to receiving the W-2 Form online versus through the mail:

· W-2 information will be available 24/7 in an IRS approved PDF format

· Online delivery provides access to your W-2 earlier then paper W-2’s mailed on January 31^st

· Online delivery eliminates the chance that the paper W-2 form will get lost, misdirected or delayed during postal delivery, or misplaced once the employee receives it

· Signing up for online delivery is fast, easy and secure, and the employee can change his/her mind and withdraw from online delivery at any time

· “Going Green” not only benefits you for faster service and convenience but also saves cost of forms, postage and trees

Please follow the directions I emailed to you or

the directions on the time clock TODAY!

Give NCC your electronic consent to deliver your 2010 W-2

to your online Merlin account.

Remember, to ensure fast, easy and secure delivery of your 2010 W-2 you must sign up by January 7, 2011.

So don’t delay, sign up today!

Finals Week Schedules

The finals week schedules are up on the website. If you want to know your schedule, just click your name under the student contacts page and move it to the week of finals.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Heidi

Survey

Three students in a CSC class are working on a class project and wanted to use the library as the subject. The three students are Max Damske, Matt Adorjan, or Suzanne Wrobleski. They may be around in the next couple of days to ask you to take a survey, please feel free to do so!

Thanks!
Heidi

Phone Responsibilities

Make sure when you are answering the phone to answer with the greeting "Oesterle Library, how may I help you." Be friendly and attentive.

If a person is out of the office, please do not give details about it just say, "I am afraid that they are out of the office." Then offer to transfer them to their voicemail or ask if they would like to speak to someone else. If they do want to speak to someone, please transfer them to Denise, when you do this please say that you are transferring the person to the secretary.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Heidi