Well last week was tough as we had to say our sad goodbyes to David. Still if you all want to visit him he is easily accessible at the DTN branch, and maybe you will get to see Gina there too and Chicory. Seems like everyone is jumping ship to go to the big city!!
But Galina Wells is coming back (she used to work here once upon a time) so we are on our way to a full staff by Sept. 10th when our hours increase. Galina will be starting on Wednesday, so be sure and make her feel welcome!
We are trying a "new" procedure on the two front desk circulation computers. Each morning we will set up those two computers in evergreen with open tabs for Check out/patron search/register patron/catalog/cash register/renew/check in and attempt to keep them open during business hours. What this means is that when you are done working in a particular tab, rather then shutting it to clear the information you have imput, simply choose the link from the evergreen menu above the tabs and it will refresh that tab.
I would draw a nice diagram but I haven't mastered that aspect of the blog yet, so I have put a list of the tabs in order on the counter in front of each of those computers and if you are unclear on the process, check with me. We can only have 9 tabs open at a time (and I did find that if you do a patron search, when it retrieves the patron it will open up a new tab for that person so DO shut those when you are finished with them) so if you find things are not working check the # of open tabs.
I am requesting that you implement this procedure in order to keep the cash register tab open, as it is a real pain to keep setting up every few minutes after it has been closed, and I also think the consistency of having the tabs we use most open and in the same place, will make it easier overall to do our circulation procedures without so many glitches. If you have no idea what I am talking about, please ask and I will walk you through the process, and if you accidentally do close a tab, just open another one to replace it.
We have been asked to make a back to school display for September so I am collecting back to school type books on the counter above my desk. Please feel free to add any you see and also check there if you can't find titles on your pulls list. You are welcome to take them to fill requests.
A wonderful patron donated a small vacuum cleaner to us and we are keeping it under the check-in computer near the book drop as it is perfect to use when bad things get put in our bookdrop and need to be vacuumed up.
There are summer reading prizes for the Capitola raffle winners in a manila envelope on a shelf above the back counter, above the aide in-boxes. The winners have been notified so if they show up, consult the package to see what they win and hand them their stash.
Ok, thats enough fun for now. The branch is looking spic and span so thanks for all your hard work.
Cappy Dick
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
August Alohas and Ahoys
Ahoy,
This will be a rough week as we have to say our goodbyes to David who is jumping ship to go be a boss man at the DTN branch. This is a great step up for him but also a great loss for us! He has been a huge asset to the branch and personally for me a wonderful co-hort in getting the branch up and running in its new incarnation under the service model of less staff. I know i would've flailed mightily and might have thrown myself overboard were it not for his support and his huge technical know-how.
His last day will be Thursday so be sure and say your adieus by then, and I am sure he would welcome visitations at DTN should you be in the area.
To fill David's big shoes we are getting 2 new employees!
I am glad to welcome back Galina Wells to the Capitola branch. She will be taking over David's position as second in command. She was once part of the regular staff at Capitola and I am going to rely on all her knowledge about this building and the quirks of the branch. She will be a wonderful asset and I think most of you already know her from her work at many of the branches as well as an on-call. I am sure many of our patrons will be thrilled to see her behind the desk again!
Also coming to our branch starting Sept.1st is Donna Barber, who has been working on-call as both a library assistant as well as a courier driver. She will be working 20 hours a week in the afternoons to give us the staff support we will need when we expand our hours in mid-September. She has lots of experience as a boardwalk security guard (among other things), so not only will she be inured to the sounds of all that screaming that comes from our tot lot, but she can toss out our problem patrons when we are trying to close!! (and you who work the closing shift know who i mean!).
Pre-school story hours have been discontinued until the week of Sept. 10th (when we increase our hours), should anyone inquire. I have posted signs on the door and also in the children's area. They will begin again that week on Fridays @ 10:30 for our branch.
Tales to Tails will also not be meeting for the next two weeks. There will be a session on Saturday morning Sept. 1st. If anyone has questions please refer them to programming. There is a phone number on one of the flyers.
We are not actually receiving our subscription to the San Francisco Chronicle yet so if you get random copies in the book drop, leave them on the lunchroom table for staff. I will let you know when our library copies start arriving and in anticipation i will make up a new check in chart as well as designate a shelf in the workroom as i promised in an earlier blog.
If you check in items that are damaged but not something a patron is responsible for (broken spines, loose pages, worn covers, etc), please fill out the appropriate damage slip (green for books/white for media). There are slips at both discharge stations. Then if you feel comfortable with the process, change the item attributes to send the item to cms mending and put the item in transit, or if you are not sure of this process leave the item WITH the damaged slip on David/Galina's desk. If an item is damaged by a patron (or missing parts) DO continue to put notes on those (not damaged slips) and leave them on David/Galina's desk as well.
We now are able to print some of the missing lists from Evergreen and our first search for items enroute too long from Capitola resulted in a couple crates worth of things that should not have been on our shelves. So, if you are shelving, please do pop open the books and make sure they say Cap inside. If you have questions, run them through check in to be sure they belong at our branch.
Also, if you are discharging, please don't let your DTN, APT, LO piles accumulate too high, but clear them off regularly and crate them up so things don't get confused and end up on our shelving carts.
This should alleviate the problem for the most part, aside from the usual warning, wait for the turtle when you are doing check ins.
I will try and run the lists once a week when we can get them to work (they are still in the trial basis) so we should be able to keep on top of this and it will also give us some space on our shelves for our own collection.
Ok, this is far too long but some weeks are like that. Hope you are all enjoying our real summer weather and thanks again for your great team work.
Yaarrr from the Cappy,
Dick
This will be a rough week as we have to say our goodbyes to David who is jumping ship to go be a boss man at the DTN branch. This is a great step up for him but also a great loss for us! He has been a huge asset to the branch and personally for me a wonderful co-hort in getting the branch up and running in its new incarnation under the service model of less staff. I know i would've flailed mightily and might have thrown myself overboard were it not for his support and his huge technical know-how.
His last day will be Thursday so be sure and say your adieus by then, and I am sure he would welcome visitations at DTN should you be in the area.
To fill David's big shoes we are getting 2 new employees!
I am glad to welcome back Galina Wells to the Capitola branch. She will be taking over David's position as second in command. She was once part of the regular staff at Capitola and I am going to rely on all her knowledge about this building and the quirks of the branch. She will be a wonderful asset and I think most of you already know her from her work at many of the branches as well as an on-call. I am sure many of our patrons will be thrilled to see her behind the desk again!
Also coming to our branch starting Sept.1st is Donna Barber, who has been working on-call as both a library assistant as well as a courier driver. She will be working 20 hours a week in the afternoons to give us the staff support we will need when we expand our hours in mid-September. She has lots of experience as a boardwalk security guard (among other things), so not only will she be inured to the sounds of all that screaming that comes from our tot lot, but she can toss out our problem patrons when we are trying to close!! (and you who work the closing shift know who i mean!).
Pre-school story hours have been discontinued until the week of Sept. 10th (when we increase our hours), should anyone inquire. I have posted signs on the door and also in the children's area. They will begin again that week on Fridays @ 10:30 for our branch.
Tales to Tails will also not be meeting for the next two weeks. There will be a session on Saturday morning Sept. 1st. If anyone has questions please refer them to programming. There is a phone number on one of the flyers.
We are not actually receiving our subscription to the San Francisco Chronicle yet so if you get random copies in the book drop, leave them on the lunchroom table for staff. I will let you know when our library copies start arriving and in anticipation i will make up a new check in chart as well as designate a shelf in the workroom as i promised in an earlier blog.
If you check in items that are damaged but not something a patron is responsible for (broken spines, loose pages, worn covers, etc), please fill out the appropriate damage slip (green for books/white for media). There are slips at both discharge stations. Then if you feel comfortable with the process, change the item attributes to send the item to cms mending and put the item in transit, or if you are not sure of this process leave the item WITH the damaged slip on David/Galina's desk. If an item is damaged by a patron (or missing parts) DO continue to put notes on those (not damaged slips) and leave them on David/Galina's desk as well.
We now are able to print some of the missing lists from Evergreen and our first search for items enroute too long from Capitola resulted in a couple crates worth of things that should not have been on our shelves. So, if you are shelving, please do pop open the books and make sure they say Cap inside. If you have questions, run them through check in to be sure they belong at our branch.
Also, if you are discharging, please don't let your DTN, APT, LO piles accumulate too high, but clear them off regularly and crate them up so things don't get confused and end up on our shelving carts.
This should alleviate the problem for the most part, aside from the usual warning, wait for the turtle when you are doing check ins.
I will try and run the lists once a week when we can get them to work (they are still in the trial basis) so we should be able to keep on top of this and it will also give us some space on our shelves for our own collection.
Ok, this is far too long but some weeks are like that. Hope you are all enjoying our real summer weather and thanks again for your great team work.
Yaarrr from the Cappy,
Dick
Saturday, August 4, 2012
DOG DAYS Of SUMMER...
Well changes continue to be afoot here at the Capitola library, the biggest one being that David is moving on to the big city where he will become an LAIII at the Downtown branch. HUGE CONGRATS DAVID! We will miss you and we will be calling you constantly for help trouble shooting our evergreen issues! You can't escape that easily!!
I don't know yet who will be replacing him as interviews for his position are next week. We will also be adding another 20 hour LAII position to coincide with our increase in hours that will take place starting Sept. 10th. The days open will continue to be the same but we will be opening earlier on Tuesdays and Thursdays (at 11, instead of 1) so we will need some extra help to cover all the open hours.
Hooray, the Sand is gone so if any of our patrons come in and are sad, please send them directly to the beach. I have put out a bin of foam blocks and contraptions and those seem to be pretty popular, not to mention a lot easier to clean up.
We are now receiving the SF. Chronicle along with our other papers, so please process it as usual and put it on the table with the Parjaronian. I will designate some shelving for it in the workroom and I am also in the process of making a new newspaper check in sheet which I hope to have in place by Tuesday pm. In the meantime, just write it at the bottom of the sheet.
I have also moved the bulletin board in-basket off the volunteer desk (which will soon become a shared work space for our 20 hour person ) and put it next to the periodicals in-basket above the Sentinel shelving in the workroom, in case you are looking for it.
There has been a rash of items that do not belong to us on our shelves, so please please slow down when you are checking items in and wait to see if that turtle appears or else check the list of titles on the check in page and make sure that the item you are scanning REALLY HAS SCANNED. I think what is happening is that because the tortoise is so slow to appear (how apropos) we are assuming that an items is checked in and belongs to our collection when in fact a minute or two later the tortoise will appear and we will have moved on to another item. At any rate, do pop open the books and check for the Cap assignment inside and do watch that screen. Evergreen has some limitations and speed is one of them, so don't panic when the book bin is full, take your time. I would prefer accuracy to speed at this point and we will always have lulls to catch up.
Other then that, I think we are doing magnificently. The branch is looking great and that reflects well on all of you!
Happy August,
Cappy Dick
I don't know yet who will be replacing him as interviews for his position are next week. We will also be adding another 20 hour LAII position to coincide with our increase in hours that will take place starting Sept. 10th. The days open will continue to be the same but we will be opening earlier on Tuesdays and Thursdays (at 11, instead of 1) so we will need some extra help to cover all the open hours.
Hooray, the Sand is gone so if any of our patrons come in and are sad, please send them directly to the beach. I have put out a bin of foam blocks and contraptions and those seem to be pretty popular, not to mention a lot easier to clean up.
We are now receiving the SF. Chronicle along with our other papers, so please process it as usual and put it on the table with the Parjaronian. I will designate some shelving for it in the workroom and I am also in the process of making a new newspaper check in sheet which I hope to have in place by Tuesday pm. In the meantime, just write it at the bottom of the sheet.
I have also moved the bulletin board in-basket off the volunteer desk (which will soon become a shared work space for our 20 hour person ) and put it next to the periodicals in-basket above the Sentinel shelving in the workroom, in case you are looking for it.
There has been a rash of items that do not belong to us on our shelves, so please please slow down when you are checking items in and wait to see if that turtle appears or else check the list of titles on the check in page and make sure that the item you are scanning REALLY HAS SCANNED. I think what is happening is that because the tortoise is so slow to appear (how apropos) we are assuming that an items is checked in and belongs to our collection when in fact a minute or two later the tortoise will appear and we will have moved on to another item. At any rate, do pop open the books and check for the Cap assignment inside and do watch that screen. Evergreen has some limitations and speed is one of them, so don't panic when the book bin is full, take your time. I would prefer accuracy to speed at this point and we will always have lulls to catch up.
Other then that, I think we are doing magnificently. The branch is looking great and that reflects well on all of you!
Happy August,
Cappy Dick
Saturday, July 28, 2012
END OF SAND AND SUMMER (READING)
Ahoy mateys,
well despite the title of this blog its not really the end of Summer reading as we have a new August display to highlight the "dog days of summer" for lots of lazy reading. There are a few non-fiction titles, as well as many works of fiction including mysteries, large type and science fiction, all with dogs somewhere in their pages so keep that display in mind if you are searching for titles on your pulls list.
I have put big colored paw print stickers on the spines to differentiate this collection so if you are shelving please be on the lookout for those and return those items to our display. There are a few childrens books on the back side of the display, also about or starring dogs but these have not been paw printed since we can easily refill any empty spaces with more dog books from our j collection without doing any major searches.
The summer reading program has now come to an end so should anyone ask the days to collect those dollars are over and now its time to go out and spend them. There is also NO summer reading or story hour for the month of August so do let patrons know, should they inquire. Story hour will start again, mid-September.
The sand box will also be retiring, or actually returning to where we borrowed it from, Rancho Cucomonga Library down in Southern California. Its apt that they should own it, as if you ask me, anyone who thinks sand in a library is a good idea might just be "Cucomonga"!. I am glad our patrons enjoyed it so much but I doubt any of us staff will miss sweeping up the sand twice a week and I suspect our poor janitors will do a jig of joy when they see it is gone.
I will put out some easier to deal with playthings like the giant legos and foam blocks later in the week so the kids don't go into withdrawals but I will also put out a large tub that we can toss them in when they aren't being used. This should be easier to clean up then the sand and if not I might reconsider and send everyone outside to the park.
Its a new month on Tuesday so do remember to pull off any #2 orange or yellow spine stickers you see on "new" books that are no longer new.
I hope you are all enjoying these last weeks of summer!
Cappy Dick
well despite the title of this blog its not really the end of Summer reading as we have a new August display to highlight the "dog days of summer" for lots of lazy reading. There are a few non-fiction titles, as well as many works of fiction including mysteries, large type and science fiction, all with dogs somewhere in their pages so keep that display in mind if you are searching for titles on your pulls list.
I have put big colored paw print stickers on the spines to differentiate this collection so if you are shelving please be on the lookout for those and return those items to our display. There are a few childrens books on the back side of the display, also about or starring dogs but these have not been paw printed since we can easily refill any empty spaces with more dog books from our j collection without doing any major searches.
The summer reading program has now come to an end so should anyone ask the days to collect those dollars are over and now its time to go out and spend them. There is also NO summer reading or story hour for the month of August so do let patrons know, should they inquire. Story hour will start again, mid-September.
The sand box will also be retiring, or actually returning to where we borrowed it from, Rancho Cucomonga Library down in Southern California. Its apt that they should own it, as if you ask me, anyone who thinks sand in a library is a good idea might just be "Cucomonga"!. I am glad our patrons enjoyed it so much but I doubt any of us staff will miss sweeping up the sand twice a week and I suspect our poor janitors will do a jig of joy when they see it is gone.
I will put out some easier to deal with playthings like the giant legos and foam blocks later in the week so the kids don't go into withdrawals but I will also put out a large tub that we can toss them in when they aren't being used. This should be easier to clean up then the sand and if not I might reconsider and send everyone outside to the park.
Its a new month on Tuesday so do remember to pull off any #2 orange or yellow spine stickers you see on "new" books that are no longer new.
I hope you are all enjoying these last weeks of summer!
Cappy Dick
Friday, July 20, 2012
LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER??! SOME DAYS YES, SOME DAYS NO!
Ahoy all,
well, our busyness factor seems to be as unpredictable as ever, what with one day we are swamped, the next day slow as cold molasses... but at least there are no new dramas to report. It appears that things are running pretty smoothly no matter how many people pass our threshold so you are all doing a great job.
Only a couple of reminders/heads up this week: firstly we have received a whole new crop of music cds. Barbara has put out the appropriate dividers for what we have gotten so far but if you find you are trying to shelve in a section for which there is no designated divider, look on the workroom shelf directly below the back issues of Baby Bug and you will find a whole box of divider choices to help you do your job.
We are also getting leased books which may say CMS inside but are designated for Capitola. Fear not, just shelve them with our new books even though they don't have a new date sticker. We don't want to interfile them with our regular titles as we will have to send them back after they have been in the branch for awhile and I don't want to have to hunt them down. (They are easily recognizable by the red LEASED B&T sticker on the lower spine.)
And speaking of new titles, I am noticing that a number of our new titles with the date spine labels, are being shelved with our regular (non-new) titles. Please be watchful when you are shelving so that the new books get spotlighted with our new items.
(just to add to the confusion: new large print titles and new adult graphic novels should be displayed with the rest of those collections.)
I have been weeding the branch over the last few weeks so there should be LOTS of room in the collection. I have been finding an inordinate amount of books falling behind other books so please when you are shelving tighten up the collection by using book ends (we have plenty now on the counter above the cash register) and not leaving big spaces between the books. I know that it has been the practice to leave open spots for easier replacement of what is checked out but it makes our shelving so loose that things are "falling through the cracks", as it were and with all the weeding many of those titles might not ever be coming back
Overall, I think the branch is looking good so you should all be proud of your hard work. It shows!
Thanks
Cappy Dick
well, our busyness factor seems to be as unpredictable as ever, what with one day we are swamped, the next day slow as cold molasses... but at least there are no new dramas to report. It appears that things are running pretty smoothly no matter how many people pass our threshold so you are all doing a great job.
Only a couple of reminders/heads up this week: firstly we have received a whole new crop of music cds. Barbara has put out the appropriate dividers for what we have gotten so far but if you find you are trying to shelve in a section for which there is no designated divider, look on the workroom shelf directly below the back issues of Baby Bug and you will find a whole box of divider choices to help you do your job.
We are also getting leased books which may say CMS inside but are designated for Capitola. Fear not, just shelve them with our new books even though they don't have a new date sticker. We don't want to interfile them with our regular titles as we will have to send them back after they have been in the branch for awhile and I don't want to have to hunt them down. (They are easily recognizable by the red LEASED B&T sticker on the lower spine.)
And speaking of new titles, I am noticing that a number of our new titles with the date spine labels, are being shelved with our regular (non-new) titles. Please be watchful when you are shelving so that the new books get spotlighted with our new items.
(just to add to the confusion: new large print titles and new adult graphic novels should be displayed with the rest of those collections.)
I have been weeding the branch over the last few weeks so there should be LOTS of room in the collection. I have been finding an inordinate amount of books falling behind other books so please when you are shelving tighten up the collection by using book ends (we have plenty now on the counter above the cash register) and not leaving big spaces between the books. I know that it has been the practice to leave open spots for easier replacement of what is checked out but it makes our shelving so loose that things are "falling through the cracks", as it were and with all the weeding many of those titles might not ever be coming back
Overall, I think the branch is looking good so you should all be proud of your hard work. It shows!
Thanks
Cappy Dick
Friday, July 13, 2012
MIDSUMMER DAYS WITH CAPPY DICK
ZOWEE!! WE had a record breaking program on Friday the 13th with the wonderful Carnival of the Animals Marionettes. I had no idea we could squeeze that many people into our building. No one alert the fire marshal! For those of you who missed it, it was quite amazing and I think our little branch has reached a new notch of popularity with a lot of the summer parents looking for ways to keep their kidlets entertained.
Apologies to all you aides who have to clean up the shelving mess. I think we might do some extra shelf reading in the children's area this week if you get a chance.
As you all have probably heard, Capitola is getting 6 more open hours starting Sept. 10th and we have been requested to survey our patrons on which of two open schedules they would prefer. The ballots are on the front desk and if anyone gives you a completed one there is a basket near the cash register to deposit it. We will be running the survey until July 28th.
There is a new policy on backdating returns that come in while we are closed. Please backdate only to the last day the branch was open.( Previously we had backdated two days from the last day the branch was open, but no longer.) This should be less confusing and problematic.
You will all be so sad, I am sure, to know that the Archie and Veronica comics in the revolving rack in the children's area, have been withdrawn due to low circulation and poor condition. If you get any in the returns please withdraw them, black out the barcode and stamp them discard inside the front page (or you can leave them on my desk and i will take care of them) and put them outside in the free magazine pile. Hopefully they won't return via the bookdrop over and over again....
There is an e-book class taking place here on Thursday, July 19th at 3 pm if anyone you know needs help learning how to check out and download library e-books on to their e-readers.
OK, that's all folks. The branch is looking great despite it high usage and that is due to all or you, so Thank you and have a wonderful week!
Cappy Dick
Apologies to all you aides who have to clean up the shelving mess. I think we might do some extra shelf reading in the children's area this week if you get a chance.
As you all have probably heard, Capitola is getting 6 more open hours starting Sept. 10th and we have been requested to survey our patrons on which of two open schedules they would prefer. The ballots are on the front desk and if anyone gives you a completed one there is a basket near the cash register to deposit it. We will be running the survey until July 28th.
There is a new policy on backdating returns that come in while we are closed. Please backdate only to the last day the branch was open.( Previously we had backdated two days from the last day the branch was open, but no longer.) This should be less confusing and problematic.
You will all be so sad, I am sure, to know that the Archie and Veronica comics in the revolving rack in the children's area, have been withdrawn due to low circulation and poor condition. If you get any in the returns please withdraw them, black out the barcode and stamp them discard inside the front page (or you can leave them on my desk and i will take care of them) and put them outside in the free magazine pile. Hopefully they won't return via the bookdrop over and over again....
There is an e-book class taking place here on Thursday, July 19th at 3 pm if anyone you know needs help learning how to check out and download library e-books on to their e-readers.
OK, that's all folks. The branch is looking great despite it high usage and that is due to all or you, so Thank you and have a wonderful week!
Cappy Dick
Saturday, July 7, 2012
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
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.
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