Someone ought dress as Cappie Dick for Halloween!! And I mean the real dude, not your Capitola person in charge. Course only a few of us codgers would know who you were meant to be, but heck, it would be an original costume!
I myself intend to come in costume because I agree with the writer Douglas Coupland who says:
"If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.
" In my world every day should be a costume party! And I encourage any of you to dress up as well if you like that kind of thing. I am sure the patrons would enjoy it.
I will bring a big bowl of candy to put on the front desk to allay any tricks our little ghouls might feel tempted to pull should they feel they are not adequately sugared.
There will be NO tales to tails that day (although there will be one the following Saturday before we open).
There isn't a lot of other branch news, except that Barbara had to leave unexpectedly to go and help take care of her elderly mother who has taken a downturn in health, so you may be seeing a lot of new faces, as we have various aides filling in some of her hours. Some of them will be new to our branch and not privy to all our shelving quirks so do be on the lookout for mishelved items. I will try and give them all the low down on what lives where but as you all know, its a lot to absorb so one of the best things y'all can do is to pay special attention to what goes where and if you are one of the shelvers, do open the book and make sure its a Capitola item. We are still finding items from other branches on our shelves as well as items not checked in.
The internet printer is not currently working. It jams almost every time we attempt to print. I have sent an IRM to lit asking for a new printer but in the meantime this means that our public cannot print from the internet. I have posted signs but you all know how much they read so you might have to remind people who come in to use the internet that they will be unable to print. Also this means that we cannot print out receipts for our patrons from the sit down service desk station so please try and use that station for reference and keep the middle station free for transactions that require a receipt. Hopefully this will be resolved soon but in the meantime you can print if need be to the workroom computer if you choose Cap Wkm from the drop down menu when you choose to print.
You may see 2 evergeen icons on the desktop for a couple of weeks. One of them is about to become obsolete but in the meantime that is the one you need to use. It is the NOT labeled 2.3. If you hover the mouse over the icon you will be able to determine which one it is. If it says 2.3 choose the other icon to open. 2.3 will not work until after Nov. 4th.
The story hour subject this week is still CATS (it got switched with last week), so as usual, look on my desk for J titles on that subject for the sends list or if patrons are asking for them.
There will also be a new adult display (possibly Thanksgiving related, its still under discussion) on Thursday afternoon so check and see what it is and be sure to place appropriate items on the display shelves.
Nov. 1 we will be pulling all new books with 5 or prior stickers on the spines.
For those of you who work the service desk (which is all of you): if you take a check please be sure and write the following on it next to the patron's name and address:
License #
Branch
date
your initials
some of these details are being missed and accounting is not pleased.
Happy Halloween!
Cappy Dick
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