We all know that the RPL staff are awesome, so let’s shout it out. Complete this form (it is also saved on the Forms page on the intranet) to share patron praise, recognize a colleague/department’s hard work, or to say thanks to a staff member or department for doing something exceptional.
No praise is too big or too small, we want to hear it all! Ally or Michelle will post these bi-weekly on the staff intranet.
We are still looking for a few library stories for our Humans of RPL social media series. They are getting an incredible response from the public. Also, Meghan is getting a little too big for her britches because her post got 44 likes. You know that you have a library story that could beat that, so talk to Olivia today about yours.
Here is a wonderful example of the Humans of RPL campaign. Remember, we don’t need to use a picture of you, it can be anything that reflects your library story.
We are going to try an experiment and have an envelope of money labeled GBL Vending Refund available at the Borrower Services desk to provide change for those who have lost money in the vending machine. This does not mean that we will be contacting Carmen about any vending issues and if this becomes time consuming, we will stop providing the refunds and revert back to having people contact Carmen directly. Please let me know if you have any questions.
The Justice League met on Wednesday morning to come up with a plan to address the Hate Graffiti found at the high school. We decided to focus on the library as a space, that brings people together and is a gathering place of peace.
Our first steps were to change the sliders on the website, social media and the Brightsign monitors to have human rights quotes and Libraries are for Everyone images on them. If anyone asks about these images and quotes, please let them know they are in direct response to the hate graffiti found at the high school.
We will also be creating social media posts with thoughtful, inspirational quotes and if possible, include Evergreen links to books or the book by the author of the quotes. Feel free to post ideas on this google sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_s1D-c7lGw9dzLmmt8nKXhwqq4MPYKXFRPxkyBd_OyQ/edit?ts=5bd9ebcf
We will also brainstorm and post random acts of kindness stories and other inspirational stories as we see them. This will begin sometime in the near future.
There is a display of books near the magazines about the holocaust, we will be adding titles to this display over the next few days.
The Teen room has 2 book displays–“Books to Inspire Social Change” and “Libraries are For Everyone.” Plus our bulletin board Question of the Month will be updated with a question for teens to respond to along the lines of Are You a Change Maker? drawing inspiration from the ISFR recent conference. We are also working to bring in author Sara Farizan who’s new book release Here to Stay focuses on bullying, hate, and phobia.
The Children’s Room is going to have some more displays and will possibly run another Kindness Rocks program.
Unfortunately, as you know, the library has not been immune to this type of hate speech/graffiti. Be alert and aware and let Amy or the librarian in charge know of any suspicious activity.
Peace.