At the request of one of our Trustees, I’ve created a “how was your visit” survey that will be available at each service desk, at the self-check stations, on the catalog kiosks, and in the elevator.
If patrons would like to provide quick feedback, direct them to these surveys. If they want to provide more expansive feedback, direct them to the comment forms.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
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.
Adult Book Clubs will return in September. Studio 64 is an RPL book group, and Fact or Fiction is patron-facilitated but we help them with getting books and promotion.
At Andrea’s direction, these will be displayed for patrons on the pedestals in front of the Borrower Services desk, next to other reader advisory items and Friends Speaker Series titles.
Please point patrons to this area, or send them to Reference if they have questions.
Thank you!
Our patrons access three types of database resources through our website and via library computers.
Each year, we review the use and cost of database services that RPL pays for. This year, we are discontinuing Financial Fit and Home Improvement Sources, which will not be available after July 1, 2025. As a reminder, we add new resources as well! This year, we are excited to subscribe to Craft & Hobby. If you love this new resource – or any of our existing subscriptions – be sure to talk it up! Low usage is the primary reason we cancel subscriptions.
Starting July 1, MBLC is eliminating a number of statewide databases due to federal funding cuts. The team at MBLC carefully reviewed usage and cost to determine which resources to cut. They also ensured that the remaining database served all ages and was as inclusive as possible. This is a very tight and delicate balancing act. RPL is reviewing this list to see what we can add to our subscriptions to compensate for the loss of these databases.
Here is a list of CANCELED resources.
Two new iPad kiosks in the Health Nook are set to the Health Resources page of the RPL website. There is also a new Bluetooth Health Nook Printer. Library users can print directly to this printer from the iPads. The Health Nook printer is discoverable by any Apple device so library users may accidently print to it. If that happens please let me know, I want to track it to see if it becomes an issue.
For those of you who access ILL links from the intranet, I’ve moved them all to the Staff Tools page, directly below the Admin sites box. I’ve also removed the OCLC WorldCat ILL Log and replaced that with a link to the CLIO OCLC database.
A quick thank you to all who participated and helped promote the Library’s Community Read — Unapologetically Positively You — which officially ended on October 8th. A very special thank you to Olivia and Susan for developing much of the content and leading various programs to support the Read’s theme of body neutrality.
The Library has received a lot of positive feedback but sharing a few circulation statistics to help celebrate its success!
1. Fat Girls Hiking by Summer Michaud-Skog: 89 lifetime circulations/72 circulations during Community Read. 80.9% of circs happened during CR
2. Starfish by Lisa Fipps: 90 lifetime circulations/52 circulations during Community Read. 57.8% of circs happened during CR
3. Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder: 58 lifetime circulations/42 circulations during the Community Read. 72.4% of circs happened during CR
The Library also sent 70 copies into the wild in various book boxes sprinkled around local businesses like the YMCA, Pleasant Street Center, Starbucks, and Fat Larry’s. All copies were taken and hopefully passed around among friends, families and acquaintances.