FLOAT Labels

Good afternoon,

FIDS drivers and my team have been seeing a steady increase in the number of bins/boxes/bundles coming through Delivery that have been very difficult to identify as incoming floats due to the inconsistent ways they are being labeled.  With the high volume of material being moving through system on a daily basis, items with unclear destinations slow the workflow down.

Materials being sent in from Neighborhood Libraries to the Float Team for floating should always use the green FLOAT labels, which are available from the Supply Room as a stock item, and address them to LMS on the “TO:” line.  It should not be necessary to create your own labels or resort to using post-it notes, which fall off very easily.

Affix the green labels securely to your bins and boxes, or rubber band them to tops of bundles if your shipments are small (but please don’t add tape over rubber bands).

Managers - Please share this reminder with all members of your NL teams, as not everyone is on this email list.

Thank you,

~Sara

Sara Karow

Centralized Floating Coordinator

Houston Public Library | Library Materials Services