Well Cappy Dick is going to take a week off so this week's blog is extra long since next week y'all will have an information reprieve:Also, we will have a number of different on-calls filling in hours on the circulation desk so please introduce yourselves and offer them whatever assistance they might need as far as where things live in our collection, branch procedures, etc.
Jonell is also taking the week off (what a coincidence!) so David is the big wig in charge of All while I am away. If you are going to be absent, call in as per usual, and if you have questions direct them to him if they are pressing, or you can hold off until I return on Tuesday, April 10th.
We have a couple of staffing changes in April. On Mondays, Sandra Zamora (who also aides at Aptos and La Selva) will be working a shift at Capitola as well (Welcome, Sandra!), and Gina, who has been away for a month of Fridays will be back on her regular shift (Welcome back, Gina!). Thank you, Emily for filling it that shift in her absence.
Since its been an entire week since we re-did the check in area, it seemed time to shake things up and change a few other things in the branch, so with that in mind:
The J audiobooks on CD are now housed in the blue revolving rack that also houses the J music Cds. They do not have to be in any particular order as there are not so many that we can't easily find them, should we need to. However, do try and keep them in the same rack section as the J music CDs, and should you notice them drifting over to the board book section, please retrieve them. We are expecting an influx of new board books in the near future.
The J audiobooks on cassette are now directly above the readers on the top of the bookshelf. Please do keep these in order.
The JPic+ books are now above the jeasys on the display counter.
The read to me kits are shelved just before J fiction.
This change, proposed by Barbara P, frees up the JPC collection, which was getting overcrowded, as well as puts our audiobooks more front and center. Thanks Barbara for a great suggestion. I think that this will increase the circulation of all these collections!
And not to be left out, Riley also suggested it would be easier for the seniors to get to the Large Print collection if it had more room and wasn't shelved on the lower most shelves, so he has moved the PBC collection around to free up more shelving for LP. There is currently a bank of shelving for LP Fiction and a bank for LP Mysteries with non/fiction and biographies at the end. The PBCs have changed around,
(Westerns are at now at the bottom of the the Science Fiction PBCs and the PBC classics are now shelved above the regular Science Fiction collection) and the Romance, Fiction and Mystery PBC shelving is clearly labeled.
Also new: the Adult graphic novel collection (which is currently about 6 titles) which has until now lived behind the circulation desk, is now on display directly above the Audiobooks on Cassette. This will allow patrons to see these books and it is placed nearer to the ever popular YA Graphic Novels. If you have patrons inquire about graphic novels, please direct them to both of these areas.
There is a new display for the month of April. Although it should really be April Fools, we are going to go with the more traditional National Poetry Month. For this display I am put ting out poetry from both the adult and J collections, as I think we have a wonderful but often overlooked poetry collection in our Children's room and I would like to highlight it, so if you are looking for poetry books and not finding them on our shelves, check the display. Also if you check in poetry books that you feel are worthy, J or Adult, please add them to the display. This is usually a pretty popular theme and we have many local poets who frequent our library.
Okie Dokie, I wish y'all a wonderful April Fool's and may you all fool everyone but not be fooled yourselves! See you in a week,
Jonell
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