Crazy Summer Days

WHOA ALL,
More Changes as of Tuesday, July 10th:
We are getting leased books so please shelve them with our new books.
Adult playaways have been moved to the back window sill opposite the adult graphic novels.
 
It appears that Summer is the busy time for our little branch by the sea!!  We continue to have record crowds but you are all doing a fabulous job of keeping up with work flow, in spite of our short staff  in the height of summer (pun intended, but no reference to our overall stature!  In my book we are GIANTS!)

 And we are lucky to have Carolyn Bryks joining us as a much needed replacement for the bulk of Gina's aide hours.  She has worked in the system for a number of years as an on-call and now she will also experience the thrill of being a library aide to pad up her resume!  Welcome, Carolyn!

We have a special marionette show coming to our branch on Friday, July 13th @ 11. I have heard good things about it so let your friends and family know if they are looking for some free entertainment that morning. I suspect we will have a full house!

   New branch hours will be coming in September and I will keep you apprised of any staff changes that occur over the next couple of months, but so far all I know is that we will be open 6 more hours a week starting the week of Sept. 10th. We are supposed to get a new 20 hour staff person to help fill the shifts that will create but I don't have any details as of yet, or what our actual open hours will be. I don't forsee huge changes to any of the aides work schedules beyond a possible bit of tweaking so fear not! You may end up with extra hours if you like...we shall see.

We have a slew of new bookends donated by the other branches so if you see ANY areas that could use tightening up, go for it. They are parked above the cash register and come in RED as well as ubiquitous bone. Use them freely!

IMPORTANT:  The Adult Language CD's have been moved to the END of the non-fiction audios! They now have a separate shelving area. This makes them easier to find as well as giving our non-circulating non-fiction cds a chance to get some attention.

The pull date for July is 1 so do remember to pull off any labels with that number on the spine, and don't forget we now have a NEW BOOKS display for YA as well as for our new Large Print.

Continue to "market" any interesting titles you see in the stacks by placing them cover side out when there is room but do remember to keep them near where they would regularly be shelved so we can find them when we do our sends list.  Patrons continue to comment on how much they like this kind of display so they must like our taste!

I am going to leave up the READ LOCAL DISPLAY at least through July so continue to put incoming books about Santa Cruz County on those shelves as well as local authors.

I will continue to weed so you should have more shelving room but let me know if you find areas that are too packed and I will concentrate there first.

If you need to order items from downtown (new routing slips, brochures, etc.) do remember to use the system supplies address: syssupplies@santacruzpl.org rather then sending e-mails to individuals, as they may  not be around to fill the requests.

CAPPY SAYS BE HAPPY, and thanks for all your hard work.
CD