July 14th

We have topped last years SRC total which was 880..it is 918 as of today with a week left and two programs to go. The volunteens have done a great job. Will be glad when it is over.

SRC Arrangements

It is that time of year to start planning for SRC and the big kickoff. I have scheduled Sneaks to visit four of the local elementary schools. I have the Sneaks costume reserved and a volunteer to wear the suit. I have talked with the one elementary school and their students are going to make drawings and we will decorate the library with them. We had a meeeting and out of 10 different crafts we picked 3 they are paper plate pictures, clown and girl made out of clothes pins, a magic wand. There will be chalk to draw your favorite character or book cover outside and a teen rap poetry wall. Still trying to get volunteers for face painting. The t-shirts went on advance sale today to staff and teachers. We have not had any volunteen applications returned yet.

March 19, 2009

I had a program on personal safety which the county police crime prevention unit spoke to the patrons. Not very good turn out only 9 people showed up. People are not coming out after dark. The library is very deserted once the sun goes down. The next program is on Saturday morning. Hope we get a better crowd otherwise no more programs for adults...the ones for kids always get a hugh turnout.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Setting up programs for the spring. I am so excited the Maryland Master Gardeners have agreed to host a program called organic kitchen gardens. I think the turnout will be big for the program. The economy is bad so alot of people may want to grow their own herbs and vegetables.
The county health department is hosting a program on drug and alcohol abuse. I dont know if many people will come or not...oh well they don't have a mr yuck program so this was similar.
Smoky the bear will come but can only book him 30 days prior to program so I will wait for the fall. We can announce it during storytime.

AUGUST 28, 2008

SRC IS OVER THIS SATURDAY....We survived it. The library was closed for 10 days while they re-carpeted the place. Old carpet was down since 1992...it was long overdue for a change. The place looks nice and clean. We rearranged the juvenile area and made a play area for the little ones. The mothers are really happy with the change. Went for training on the new computer system which makes one step in our present system into three and you have to use the mouse for most of the entries instead of changing and using a key..oh well guess even progress sometimes seems like it takes a step backwards...bye for now

July 23, 2008

The A/C is still broken. We have large fans running which makes it hard to hear.Autumn can't come soon enough. The last of the summer reading programs is over and it went well. The performer was 30 minutes late but everyone was patient and we had no problems with the crowd.
We are moving things around in the library. The young adult section was moved to the opposite corner from the juvenile section. We are getting rid of the spinners and the paperback books are shelved on regular shelves in alphabetical order by author. It makes finding a book a lot faster. The new carpet arrives on August 9th. We will be closed for two weeks.
I have joined twitter.com and enjoy reading the posts on it. Since we don't use our real names you can find out what is happening in the other branches. People seem more open to giving out information. Well got to go for now.

June 30, 2008

Our kickoff was a hugh success. There was so many people in the place it was difficult to walk around. Everyone seemed to have a good time. The volunteers did a great job with the face painting. Our guest entomologist was a big hit with the kids. They were lined up to show him their bugs in a jar.
The a/c has broken down again. It was 85 degrees and we were kept open.. the next day they brought in fans for us. Two weeks later and it still wasn't fixed, we closed early on Saturday when the computers started to break. Today the repair man said he patched it up but it won't last very long. I am not surprised since during the winter we wore coats while we worked because of no heat. Everyone said we would get heat by May and they were right. Can't wait until autumn, it should start to cool down then. Got to go for now ...see you later.