Youth Services Resources: February 2014

Laura Edwards, Sr. Library Service Specialist at Central-KIDS is in charge of die checkout for our system. Laura has been in charge of this duty since Central re-opened in 2008. She does her best to make sure our librarians have access to our die cut catalog for use at their branch. However, to insure that everyone has the opportunity to use this resource fairly and in a timely fashion, the following guidelines will apply :-)

1. There is a 10 die cut limit per branch.
Die cuts may be kept for TWO WEEKS and must be returned to CEN-KIDS attn: LAURA EDWARDS using inter-office mail.
Holiday die cuts are very popular! There is a 1 week return policy for holiday dies to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to utilize them.
If you are at Central and would like to pick up dies in person, you are welcome to do so! However, you will need to leave a clearly written list on Laura Edwards' desk before the dies are released to you.
PLEASE DO NOT SHARE DIES AMONGST YOURSELVES. While this seems like a convenient practice Laura sometimes has a list of librarians who are waiting for a particular die and skipping their place in line is not fair. Also, when this occurs, it is difficult to keep track of the material. Please turn dies IN TO CENTRAL. The last person to request the die will be person responsible and accountable for its return.
Most librarians do their best to follow our guidelines, and we appreciate you! However, keeping dies a long time past when they are due is not fair to other librarians who might also need to use them for their programming needs. If we find that we consistently need to email a librarian in order to get their borrowed dies back, said librarian will be only be able to use the dies at Central.

Below is a link to the Ellison Catalog and a list of dies available for checkout. Please search the catalog to see what the dies look like. We'd like to attach pictures to list below but the list is lengthy and makes us want to cry.

Ellison Die Cut Catalog