Keri, Amy, and I shifted some of the Teen sections today:
The Manga are now underneath the back windows (where the New Books used to be).
The New Books are now facing out on a bookshelf by the TV (where the Nonfiction used to be).
The Nonfiction are now underneath the quilt (where the Graphic Novels used to be).
The Graphic Novels have shifted down, and they now follow the Graphic Novel Biographies (where Manga used to be).
Summer Reading officially ends on August 10 at closing time.
BUT, we will still give out prizes up until school starts while supplies last. That means we will not reorder anything, but we will have prizes available for folks who are already signed up.
Participants will receive an email on Monday with this information.
Once SRP is officially over, I will leave llamas and bags that are left in the Staff Lounge for the taking. Until then, they are not up for grabs (sorry).
New Romance and New Graphic Novels have moved to the GF, at the end of the Romance/Graphic Novel section. We are going to shift the new books next week and the signage will reflect that then.
Graphic Novels are now swapped with Romance, so they begin the section instead of ending it.
I switched the endcap signage on the Ground Floor to reflect that.
Here’s a picture of the new romance/new GN for context:
Our patio upstairs has been open to the public since May 1st. There are chairs, a table, a kids table, and an umbrella ready to use.
Our Children’s Room is only for adults accompanying a child or an adult browsing the collection, but the patio is for anyone of any age to use (children must be accompanied by an adult). So please encourage folks to check it out for studying, reading, etc.
The patio garden will be planted 5/22 in case anyone asks. Our Plant Lab kids, teen volunteers, and others will help us maintain the garden this summer.
Sorry for not sending this sooner!
We have a new Mah Jongg Meet-Up that is going to meet every Wednesday from 12-2 PM in the Community Rooms for the spring quarter. This is a drop-in program, no registration required; it is our (RPL’s) program. The groups can bring their own sets or they can check out one of the four sets we have at the Research and Reader Services Desk.
These four sets are available to check out at the Research and Reader Services Desk any time we are open to be used in the library for in-house mah jongg play.
We also have 1 set available to bring home via the Library of Things.
The next time we are offering Mah Jongg instruction will be in June.
After 40 years of public service, Chumley has graciously and deservedly retired to Florida.
Our new gerbil named Pepper arrived last week. He’s four months old and very active. Come say hi!
Dina very diligently cleared out the storage closet on the Ground Floor. As of right now, the following departments have their sections clearly labeled:
If you are adding to the Storage Closet (there’s still space!), please clearly label your section and do not block bookshelves that have someone else’s supplies on them.
As a gentle reminder, the Storage Closet is a place to store usable items; if something is broken or needs to be thrown out, there should be a timeline or plan in place before storing it downstairs. Teen and Children’s use the room regularly to grab things, so keeping it clear of trash and large items is helpful for all of us.
We are looking for someone from R&R or Collection Services to lead TikToks downstairs for other departments.
We want to make the library as a whole seem fun, approachable, and easygoing. This is a part of the Communications rebranding where we focus on the more human side of the library.
Will this add to your workload? Only a little! Filming, editing, and posting only takes about an hour out of my week. You would be in charge of coming up with the video idea, gathering volunteers, directing, editing, and posting. If you like the internet and laughter, it is actually a really fun part of the job.
There’s also no pressure to this. You can be as silly and goofy as you want.
I’ll set up a training with anyone who is interested.
Here’s some examples:
–This is an idea that we came up with (not a trend)
–This a trend that we did before it was overdone
–Lip sync videos are always really popular and can be related to library things
Some of you might already know about this, so apologies for being five years late to the game! If you’re annoyed with Goodreads and want to try something new and exciting, I am really enjoying StoryGraph, which came highly reviewed from other librarians. You can download your entire Goodreads library to the app so it has all your info, and then it keeps statistics for you on your genres, how fast you read, your various author preferences, etc.
They listen to feedback and are working on setting up a widget to add to email signatures and adding a social media feature to share titles that way, too.
If you missed the all staff meeting on 8/31, watch your RPL coworkers in action in two films: