Recycling
The outer wrapper of this item that comes in reams goes straight to the garbage.
What is printer paper?
This item that measures how much electricity something uses may have been the first item in the Library of Things.
What is a Kill-A-Watt meter?
This is what the second "J" stands for in JBJ.
What is Jervis?
These must be checked out to use them in the library.
What are board games?
By getting this person when there is no supervisor and no administrator in the building, the issue is resolved immediately or passed on to a person who works full-time.
Who is the Librarian in Charge?
These items sometimes used to drink are not recyclable.
What are plastic straws?
This can be used on the beach to find lost jewelry.
What is a metal detector?
JBJ designed the Croton Aqueduct, which delivered this to NYC.
What is water?
Many items from other libraries now have these on them, which is why all items should be placed on the pads before using a barcode to check them out.
What are RFID tags?
This person is the supervisor of Circulation and Tech Services.
Who is Alanna Blasi?
These items can no longer be recycled, which prompted a change to the donation policy and procedure.
What are hardcover books?
This brand doll and even doll furniture are in the collection.
What is American Girl?
The year Jervis Public Library opened to the public.
What is 1895?
When an item is returned to Jervis missing parts or pieces, this is where it goes while waiting to be made whole.
What is the green shelf in the downstairs workroom?
This person, who is in charge of the building and grounds, is a supervisor in the chain of command.
Who is Paul Jensen?
This is collected at the Circulation Desk and in the Staff Room for pick up by the Lions Club, who turns them in to earn free benches made from the collected material.
What is plastic film?
This is the cost of the Disc Golf Course on the Business Park in Rome.
What is free?
This is JBJ's middle name.
What is Bloomfield?
An aunt, babysitter, mentor, and employee are examples of people who can vouch for a minor to get this.
What is a library card?
This is the person(s) you go to first when your supervisor is not available to answer a question that you can't answer for a patron.
Who is is "any supervisor?"
This is the only thing that goes into the designated recycling bin, minus the packaging, after changing it on a printer.
What is the print cartridge?
This is the name of the cell network that the wifi hotspots are on.
What is T-Mobile?
This president called JBJ as an expert witness in a trial that pitted railroads against ships.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is a renewal that can be extended by our staff to Jervis items with no Jervis holds with no prior permission required from your supervisor.
What is a (third) courtesy renewal?
This what LIC stands for.
What is Librarian in Charge?