Firstly a BIG CONGRATS TO ALL YOU GRADUATES! And happy summer to all of you who are out of school for the summer...now just remember if you get to bored with all that free time, we are still looking to fill in hours on Tues, Wed, Thurs and Saturdays.
Monday is the first day of the Summer Reading program and while the programming dept is supposed to be taking care of most of the logistics, its a good idea to inform yourselves of how it works because as you know, the public will come to you and ask, particularly if you are out in the stacks.
I have assembled a clipboard of summer reading related information which is on the back counter.
The way it works in a nutshell is thusly: interested parties can sign up on any computer at the library website (they can use the PACs in the library or the internet computers if they are available). The sign up page is under the KIDS section of the home page and the directions and information about the program are all clearly spelled out there.
The program is open to any age, readers and non-readers (listeners) and participants can earn a "dollar" redeemable at participating merchants for every hour they read (or are read to). They can collect their dollars by turning in their reading log to any one from programming after scheduled events or if they choose to turn in their logs at another time, they can return the following week to pick up their dollars.
If someone comes to you to sign up give them a reading log and direct them to a computer to sign up.
Remind them to write their name and their summer reading # (which they will get when they complete the application) on their blog.
If there is no computer available to sign up on, have them fill out one of the salmon sign up sheets and place it in the princeton file (or the manila envelope on the clipboard if you can find the file...as of today it has not yet been delivered...)
If someone wishes to turn in their summer reading logs for dollars, put the logs into the princeton file (make sure there is a legible name on the reading log, if not a log #) and tell them to come back the following week.
Reading logs will be accepted thru July 29th
There are events for all ages scheduled throughout the program period June 11-July 29th.
There is a list on the clipboard with programs at the capitola branch highlighted and patrons can access the list from the summer reading webpage. New events may be added and some require on-line registration so direct patrons there, should they inquire. We also have stacks of the summer reading handouts on the circ desk and in the children's area which have a print out of some of the events.
Capitola will have a weekly craft time for all ages on Fridays at 11:15 (until 1?).
We will also have a Stuffed animal sleepover this Wednesday, June 13th after closing time. Programming will be here to receive the animals and while they are staying over (after they are done marauding around the branch) they will be sleeping in our staff room, so please don't disturb them as some of them may be fierce.
Programming will send them home with their "parents" the following Friday morning at opening time.
There will be no regularly scheduled story times again until Sept. but Tales to Tails will continue on Wednesday afternoons.
Barbara and myself have weeded the audio books on tape so hopefully you will find much more room to shelve the CDs. Feel free to move things around as you need room and use those empty shelves to "market" any interesting titles you find. I have found that if its on display, SOMEONE will find it worth checking out!
Thanks for keeping the branch looking so spiffy!
Cappy Dick
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