Ahoy all
Cappy Dick is going to make this short and sweet because after last week we all need some time to recover. It was the longest day of the year on last Wednesday, but personally, it felt like perhaps the longest whole week in the year, as we were pretty swamped. I suspect that unlike a lot of the branches, Capitola by the sea gets busier during the summer months! We shall see.
On last Tuesday we got slammed with a gazillion returns( and the worlds slowest running Evergreen) and the Friday Summer Reading performance of the Great Blindini brought in over 168 attendees, but we persevered, and the branch is looking good, thanks to y'all.
We are using subs to fill in a lot of our missing aide hours but starting July 7th we will have Carolyn Brycks, a SCPL on-call joining us as an aide and picking up a lot of Gina's former hours. We still have a 4 hour opening slot (9-1) vacant if any of you wants to expand your hours or you know an aide who would like to add more to their schedule.
There seems to be constant new changes with the summer reading program, so check out all the info on our summer reading clipboard on the back counter to keep up to date. We have a scheduled family craft time every Friday at 11:15 and our next big event is a puppet show which looks pretty cool on July 13th, Friday at 11.
We have been asked to keep track of how many items we shelve in 24 hours so I have been having you fill out a count sheet attached to each cart as you move it out to be shelved, and we will do this once again this coming Tuesday to give us an average.
There are a few extra crates stashed in the staff kitchen area under the table near the bathrooms should you find you need any.
The giant sculpture of children of the world is going to be removed from our branch by the artist who created it in the next few weeks so if you need to sit on the top of the world, this is your last chance. Actually, don't do that. I don't want to have to write up an incident report.
And last but certainly not least: Please remember to check inside the books to ascertain that they really belong to Capitola. I have been finding a few too many items that aren't ours on the shelves. I will remind the volunteers as well.
Over all I think we are doing an excellent job, so thanks again,
Cappy Dick
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Summer Reading off and running...
Ahoy all,
Well it was a sad week in that we lost Emily off to the wide world (she graduated and moved to San Diego to get her accountant's license) and Gina off to work at SV and DTN. So Riley, Barbara and Sandra are having to shelve like demons to keep up...well actually we are getting a few subs to help out and we have our wonderful crew of volunteers so we aren't falling apart completely at the seams. I am hoping to fill the vacant hours by beginning of July. There are still permanent shifts available so remember to let me know if you are interested.
Our summer reading program started on Tuesday, and all went smoothly. It has been pretty easy to direct people to the public computers and have them log in and we have plenty of reading logs to hand out, behind the desk. We had our first summer reading "event" on Wednesday, with a 'Stuffie sleep over" with about 11 kids bringing with their stuffed animals to spend a couple of nights in the library. They picked them up on Friday and got to watch a slide show of all the shenanigans their "progeny" had been up to in the meantime. I was happy to see that none of them had slipped into the cell phone recycling tube as had occurred on a previous sleep-over!
Our next scheduled Summer Reading event is this coming Friday at 11. Blindini the magician will appear and if we are lucky perhaps he will make some of the less circulated items disappear so we will have more room for new titles. Check the summer reading clipboard for any relevant updates)
I have gone ahead and decided to help him out a bit by doing some weeding in the audio area for the adult and the YA collections, so you may notice that those items have shifted a little bit and there is more shelving room. Currently the bottom shelves are empty so in the future we will have some "growing room" for the ever increasing YA and YA Graphic novels collection as well as adult CDs. And thanks to Barbara's suggestion I have relocated the encyclopedias to the area on the other side of our new books shelves and integrated our YA media collection with the rest of the YA collection. Hopefully this will increase the circulation of these items.
There is also now a YA NEW BOOKS bay with many titles on display, so if you are shelving new YA titles please put them there. (Please continue to interfile new YA Graphic Novels however, as there isn't quite enough room to display them at present.)
New J easys and also New J non-fiction can go on display above the JEASYS if you think they are worthy or they can be interfiled as you see fit . Just remember when you are doing the pulls list to look in all the displays if you can't find an item.
Do feel free to let me know if you find space getting too tight in any of our collections and we will see what can be done about it. We are about to outgrow this building but until Capitola forks out some cash for a new building we will have to make do by weeding out uncirculated titles.
And a final shelving reminder, please remember to re-file local titles (either by local authors or about Santa Cruz county, Capitola and surrounds) in our READ LOCAL display near the new books. They are circulating a lot but if we forget to reshelve them there our display is going to get pretty skimpy.
On a final note: we have a few new routing slips for DTN and CMS. These are the new designations for Central and TS, so if you have the new slips available use them first and then revert to the old ones. Eventually we will get all new routing slips with the correct designations. Place your items in the same crates as always. I am investigating getting the correct signage to place in the full crates. Continue to use the old ones for now.
The first day of summer is this Wednesday so get ready for those beach crowds! Speaking of which, today I had to remove a kid that was sitting IN the sandbox, which when you think of it shouldn't be all that surprising, I guess. Still...rumor is we only have the sand pit for one more month and though its well loved, there are days I am sure we won't miss it too much.
over and out,
Cappie Dick
Well it was a sad week in that we lost Emily off to the wide world (she graduated and moved to San Diego to get her accountant's license) and Gina off to work at SV and DTN. So Riley, Barbara and Sandra are having to shelve like demons to keep up...well actually we are getting a few subs to help out and we have our wonderful crew of volunteers so we aren't falling apart completely at the seams. I am hoping to fill the vacant hours by beginning of July. There are still permanent shifts available so remember to let me know if you are interested.
Our summer reading program started on Tuesday, and all went smoothly. It has been pretty easy to direct people to the public computers and have them log in and we have plenty of reading logs to hand out, behind the desk. We had our first summer reading "event" on Wednesday, with a 'Stuffie sleep over" with about 11 kids bringing with their stuffed animals to spend a couple of nights in the library. They picked them up on Friday and got to watch a slide show of all the shenanigans their "progeny" had been up to in the meantime. I was happy to see that none of them had slipped into the cell phone recycling tube as had occurred on a previous sleep-over!
Our next scheduled Summer Reading event is this coming Friday at 11. Blindini the magician will appear and if we are lucky perhaps he will make some of the less circulated items disappear so we will have more room for new titles. Check the summer reading clipboard for any relevant updates)
I have gone ahead and decided to help him out a bit by doing some weeding in the audio area for the adult and the YA collections, so you may notice that those items have shifted a little bit and there is more shelving room. Currently the bottom shelves are empty so in the future we will have some "growing room" for the ever increasing YA and YA Graphic novels collection as well as adult CDs. And thanks to Barbara's suggestion I have relocated the encyclopedias to the area on the other side of our new books shelves and integrated our YA media collection with the rest of the YA collection. Hopefully this will increase the circulation of these items.
There is also now a YA NEW BOOKS bay with many titles on display, so if you are shelving new YA titles please put them there. (Please continue to interfile new YA Graphic Novels however, as there isn't quite enough room to display them at present.)
New J easys and also New J non-fiction can go on display above the JEASYS if you think they are worthy or they can be interfiled as you see fit . Just remember when you are doing the pulls list to look in all the displays if you can't find an item.
Do feel free to let me know if you find space getting too tight in any of our collections and we will see what can be done about it. We are about to outgrow this building but until Capitola forks out some cash for a new building we will have to make do by weeding out uncirculated titles.
And a final shelving reminder, please remember to re-file local titles (either by local authors or about Santa Cruz county, Capitola and surrounds) in our READ LOCAL display near the new books. They are circulating a lot but if we forget to reshelve them there our display is going to get pretty skimpy.
On a final note: we have a few new routing slips for DTN and CMS. These are the new designations for Central and TS, so if you have the new slips available use them first and then revert to the old ones. Eventually we will get all new routing slips with the correct designations. Place your items in the same crates as always. I am investigating getting the correct signage to place in the full crates. Continue to use the old ones for now.
The first day of summer is this Wednesday so get ready for those beach crowds! Speaking of which, today I had to remove a kid that was sitting IN the sandbox, which when you think of it shouldn't be all that surprising, I guess. Still...rumor is we only have the sand pit for one more month and though its well loved, there are days I am sure we won't miss it too much.
over and out,
Cappie Dick
Saturday, June 9, 2012
SUMMER READING: LET THE RUMPUS BEGIN!
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
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
Saturday, June 2, 2012
LOTS OF GOOD BYES!
Hey y'all,
soon that "y'all" will be just a few of us as we are losing staff right and left!! Gina will be going to aide elsewhere, due to a change in housing location, Emily has got one more week with us after which she is graduating (BIG CONGRATULATIONS!) and moving to San Diego, and Chicory will be leaving our branch to take on his duties as a beach volleyball coach! You will all be missed (especially when those books start piling up on the carts!) so you oughta remember to come back by and say hello when you are in the area! We promise not to make you shelf read.
In the meantime i am trying to fill the upcoming vacancies so if any of you are interested in increasing your hours let me know. The hours will be Tues,Wed, Thursday and Saturday 9:30-1:30 or possibly 10-2, all pre-opening/opening shifts.
In honor of summer vacation and the onslaught of tourists, I have changed the gardening display to a "read local" display, with lots of local area information/history and a small section by local authors. The artwork is mostly from the Soquel middle school classes of years past.
The display will give our locals a chance to find out about where they live as well as allow any tourists to get a glimpse of Santa Cruz county history, vacation opportunities, etc. If you see any books, J or Adult that you think would lend to this display, please feel free to add them. I have put a pile of bike maps near the display as well.
There will be no story hour from now until Sept. as Summer reading will be taking over instead the week of July 11th. I will fill you in on details as they become available. All i know for sure at this point is that Capitola will be having a family craft time on Fridays at 11:15. Programming staff will be available at that time to sign people up for summer reading, hand out summer reading dollars, booklets, etc.
The pull date for June is 12, so please remove any stickers from the book spines with 12/11 or before and shelve them as usual.
ok and ahoy then,
Cappy Dick
soon that "y'all" will be just a few of us as we are losing staff right and left!! Gina will be going to aide elsewhere, due to a change in housing location, Emily has got one more week with us after which she is graduating (BIG CONGRATULATIONS!) and moving to San Diego, and Chicory will be leaving our branch to take on his duties as a beach volleyball coach! You will all be missed (especially when those books start piling up on the carts!) so you oughta remember to come back by and say hello when you are in the area! We promise not to make you shelf read.
In the meantime i am trying to fill the upcoming vacancies so if any of you are interested in increasing your hours let me know. The hours will be Tues,Wed, Thursday and Saturday 9:30-1:30 or possibly 10-2, all pre-opening/opening shifts.
In honor of summer vacation and the onslaught of tourists, I have changed the gardening display to a "read local" display, with lots of local area information/history and a small section by local authors. The artwork is mostly from the Soquel middle school classes of years past.
The display will give our locals a chance to find out about where they live as well as allow any tourists to get a glimpse of Santa Cruz county history, vacation opportunities, etc. If you see any books, J or Adult that you think would lend to this display, please feel free to add them. I have put a pile of bike maps near the display as well.
There will be no story hour from now until Sept. as Summer reading will be taking over instead the week of July 11th. I will fill you in on details as they become available. All i know for sure at this point is that Capitola will be having a family craft time on Fridays at 11:15. Programming staff will be available at that time to sign people up for summer reading, hand out summer reading dollars, booklets, etc.
The pull date for June is 12, so please remove any stickers from the book spines with 12/11 or before and shelve them as usual.
ok and ahoy then,
Cappy Dick
Saturday, May 26, 2012
YES WE ARE OPEN
Well,
the most notable thing that happened this last week was that we got a couple of HUGE new OPEN signs, as the one in the back window near the audios fell apart after years of sun exposure. The new signs are so HUGE that they don't actually fit so well in the windows and they block out what light we get, so for now we are only using the CLOSED side of the sign in the far window and taking the whole thing away and storing it in front of the safe while we are open.
Patrons who are driving by on Clares street will be able to read it if we are closed and if the sign isn't out, hopefully they will figure out that we are open.
We are not currently using the extra sign for now. We will continue to use the smaller sign in the window of the discharging office for both open and closed hours.
Next Friday is our last story hour for the summer and then starting June 11th the summer reading program will commence. If any patrons ask you about it you can direct them to the front desk or let them know that information will be available on our home page starting on that date. The Capitola summer reading family craft will be Fridays at 11:15. This is geared for all ages and there will only be a story if people request one from the facilitator. There will also be other special Capitola programs over the summer including a puppet show and a stuffed animal sleep over. I will keep you updated on these programs and whatever else is coming our way as they get closer.
Our NASA display hasn't shown up yet as of this writing so I have not yet put up any space posters in the children's area, but I will do as soon/if our display appears.
On a personnel note: Sadly our aide Gina Garcia is going to have to do her aide hours closer to SV or Downtown, due to a change in her housing location, so her hours are up for grabs. I sent an e-mail to all the aides in the system with the details so check your library aide email if you are interested in adding hours to your schedule. We are looking for someone to fill shifts on Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30-1:30 and a Saturday shift from 9-1 and these shifts will probably start in early to mid June. Let me know if you are interested and when you would be available to start.
Also, don't forget to e-mail me your preferences for our potential upcoming expanded schedule (see last weeks blog) when you've had time to mull it a bit.
This week's story hour is celebrating the life of Maurice Sendak so if you check any of those books in, pleae put them on my desk. I think we only have a couple in our collection and they always seem to be checked out.
Have a wonderful Memorial Day Holiday and remember to honor all the veterans who have served so we could have a holiday!
Best,
Cappy Dick
the most notable thing that happened this last week was that we got a couple of HUGE new OPEN signs, as the one in the back window near the audios fell apart after years of sun exposure. The new signs are so HUGE that they don't actually fit so well in the windows and they block out what light we get, so for now we are only using the CLOSED side of the sign in the far window and taking the whole thing away and storing it in front of the safe while we are open.
Patrons who are driving by on Clares street will be able to read it if we are closed and if the sign isn't out, hopefully they will figure out that we are open.
We are not currently using the extra sign for now. We will continue to use the smaller sign in the window of the discharging office for both open and closed hours.
Next Friday is our last story hour for the summer and then starting June 11th the summer reading program will commence. If any patrons ask you about it you can direct them to the front desk or let them know that information will be available on our home page starting on that date. The Capitola summer reading family craft will be Fridays at 11:15. This is geared for all ages and there will only be a story if people request one from the facilitator. There will also be other special Capitola programs over the summer including a puppet show and a stuffed animal sleep over. I will keep you updated on these programs and whatever else is coming our way as they get closer.
Our NASA display hasn't shown up yet as of this writing so I have not yet put up any space posters in the children's area, but I will do as soon/if our display appears.
On a personnel note: Sadly our aide Gina Garcia is going to have to do her aide hours closer to SV or Downtown, due to a change in her housing location, so her hours are up for grabs. I sent an e-mail to all the aides in the system with the details so check your library aide email if you are interested in adding hours to your schedule. We are looking for someone to fill shifts on Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30-1:30 and a Saturday shift from 9-1 and these shifts will probably start in early to mid June. Let me know if you are interested and when you would be available to start.
Also, don't forget to e-mail me your preferences for our potential upcoming expanded schedule (see last weeks blog) when you've had time to mull it a bit.
This week's story hour is celebrating the life of Maurice Sendak so if you check any of those books in, pleae put them on my desk. I think we only have a couple in our collection and they always seem to be checked out.
Have a wonderful Memorial Day Holiday and remember to honor all the veterans who have served so we could have a holiday!
Best,
Cappy Dick
Saturday, May 19, 2012
STILL MORE UPCOMING CHANGES....
Ok then,
at last check we finally had public internet access and printing capabilities, kronos is back (so don't forget to fill out your timesheet, as this Tuesday is the day it gets turned in) and the staff computers including evergreen seem to be working relatively well (keep your fingers crossed and give great heaps of gratitude to our wonderful IT staff!). One thing we did notice was that when entering a card # for a new registration, the computer is NOT always reading it accurately. This seems to be a random anomaly, but if you are doing a new card registration double check that the number on the card matches what Evergreen is imputing.
Ok, enough techno talk for now. Lets talk about some current and upcoming changes.
Firstly, we now have a top on the revolving rack that houses our board books and J media, so along with the globe, we have moved our tiny collection of J non-fiction audio cassettes there, and we have also moved the parenting free give aways that were previously above the Jeasys, to beneath the Parenting collection, to free up counter space for displays. Our Jeasys are really crammed so if you can't fit something, displaying it is an option, and I am weeding out some of the titles that have had high circulations to be replaced. This will give us temporary room but once the replacements come in, we will be in the same boat.
Also in the children's area, we will be getting a huge NASA free standing poster which we will have in our branch for a month. It will be anchored to the center table and is supposed to reach to the ceiling. I am hoping to add some space themed posters to the walls and perhaps some space themed J easys as well, just to keep things cohesive.
The primary election is coming up and if anyone inquires, we have a large print copy of the Voter's guide, behind the desk (above the cash register). This is a reference item so it would not be able to leave the branch. We also have a circulating audio cassette of the voter's guide, which also might be of use to any visually impaired patrons. It has been cataloged and is housed by its call number in our audio cassette section.
The story hour theme this week is Numbers so as per usual, look at my desk if you can't find a number themed Jeasy or J non-fiction item for a patron or the pull list.
The summer reading program will start June 11 and run through August. 3rd. Our weekly story hour will not longer be happening on Fridays but in its place and a bit later (11:15) there will be a family craft led by the programming staff. This will take place on the long tables in front of the adult stacks, instead of in the children's room and will be drop in. I believe it runs until 1PM. We will get more details (I hope) as the time draws near and I will let you know the what the Capitola staff might need to do as the date gets closer. There is a print out with highlights and some information on the staff clipboard near the aide sign in sheet, so peruse it if you get a chance. The theme this year is DREAM BIG-READ!
Now the exciting part. If you haven't heard, the JPB who control all things library, will probably be asking for an increase in branch hours to take place mid August. They haven't voted on it yet, but it seems highly likely, so theoretically the new Capitola hours will be: Tues-Thurs 11-7 and Fri-Sat. 11-5.
With these open hours we will also need aides to come early to do opening tasks, so i am looking to fill a schedule that is something like: Tues (9-7) Wed-Thur. (10-7) Fri -Sat (10-5).
What I need from you is what hours you believe you will be available to work with this new schedule. I would like to fill the hours with the Capitola aides first (including those of you who have a home branch elsewhere, but check with your supervisors as well to see if they are going to offer you more hours that you might prefer, before you send me your possibilities).
When I have everybody's possibilities I can sit down and make a tentative schedule and figure out if I need to hire more aides to cover all the shifts. If you would prefer to work a shift NOT longer then a certain amount, please let me know as well. I will try and break the shifts up into 4.5 hours or less, unless someone wants to work a bit longer.
I realize that some of you are in school and won't know your schedules until mid June, but please let me know your preferences as soon as you are able, as I am being encouraged to hire aides sooner rather then later. Please also e-mail me if you have questions or concerns, or find me in person. I will be happy to talk work with you to ensure that you get the hours you want, as much as possible.
Thanks again for all your hard work,
Cappy Dick
at last check we finally had public internet access and printing capabilities, kronos is back (so don't forget to fill out your timesheet, as this Tuesday is the day it gets turned in) and the staff computers including evergreen seem to be working relatively well (keep your fingers crossed and give great heaps of gratitude to our wonderful IT staff!). One thing we did notice was that when entering a card # for a new registration, the computer is NOT always reading it accurately. This seems to be a random anomaly, but if you are doing a new card registration double check that the number on the card matches what Evergreen is imputing.
Ok, enough techno talk for now. Lets talk about some current and upcoming changes.
Firstly, we now have a top on the revolving rack that houses our board books and J media, so along with the globe, we have moved our tiny collection of J non-fiction audio cassettes there, and we have also moved the parenting free give aways that were previously above the Jeasys, to beneath the Parenting collection, to free up counter space for displays. Our Jeasys are really crammed so if you can't fit something, displaying it is an option, and I am weeding out some of the titles that have had high circulations to be replaced. This will give us temporary room but once the replacements come in, we will be in the same boat.
Also in the children's area, we will be getting a huge NASA free standing poster which we will have in our branch for a month. It will be anchored to the center table and is supposed to reach to the ceiling. I am hoping to add some space themed posters to the walls and perhaps some space themed J easys as well, just to keep things cohesive.
The primary election is coming up and if anyone inquires, we have a large print copy of the Voter's guide, behind the desk (above the cash register). This is a reference item so it would not be able to leave the branch. We also have a circulating audio cassette of the voter's guide, which also might be of use to any visually impaired patrons. It has been cataloged and is housed by its call number in our audio cassette section.
The story hour theme this week is Numbers so as per usual, look at my desk if you can't find a number themed Jeasy or J non-fiction item for a patron or the pull list.
The summer reading program will start June 11 and run through August. 3rd. Our weekly story hour will not longer be happening on Fridays but in its place and a bit later (11:15) there will be a family craft led by the programming staff. This will take place on the long tables in front of the adult stacks, instead of in the children's room and will be drop in. I believe it runs until 1PM. We will get more details (I hope) as the time draws near and I will let you know the what the Capitola staff might need to do as the date gets closer. There is a print out with highlights and some information on the staff clipboard near the aide sign in sheet, so peruse it if you get a chance. The theme this year is DREAM BIG-READ!
Now the exciting part. If you haven't heard, the JPB who control all things library, will probably be asking for an increase in branch hours to take place mid August. They haven't voted on it yet, but it seems highly likely, so theoretically the new Capitola hours will be: Tues-Thurs 11-7 and Fri-Sat. 11-5.
With these open hours we will also need aides to come early to do opening tasks, so i am looking to fill a schedule that is something like: Tues (9-7) Wed-Thur. (10-7) Fri -Sat (10-5).
What I need from you is what hours you believe you will be available to work with this new schedule. I would like to fill the hours with the Capitola aides first (including those of you who have a home branch elsewhere, but check with your supervisors as well to see if they are going to offer you more hours that you might prefer, before you send me your possibilities).
When I have everybody's possibilities I can sit down and make a tentative schedule and figure out if I need to hire more aides to cover all the shifts. If you would prefer to work a shift NOT longer then a certain amount, please let me know as well. I will try and break the shifts up into 4.5 hours or less, unless someone wants to work a bit longer.
I realize that some of you are in school and won't know your schedules until mid June, but please let me know your preferences as soon as you are able, as I am being encouraged to hire aides sooner rather then later. Please also e-mail me if you have questions or concerns, or find me in person. I will be happy to talk work with you to ensure that you get the hours you want, as much as possible.
Thanks again for all your hard work,
Cappy Dick
Thursday, May 10, 2012
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO LOG ON AND READ THIS?
Whoops!! First i need to start with a disclaimer about a line from last weeks blog: The drivers are still complaining about overfilled crates so be diligent
in making sure the crates are filled above the fingerhole openings. What I meant to say was be diligent in making sure the crates were NOT filled above the openings, as i am sure you probably figured out, but just in case you think your boss is fickle, well, there you go...
It has been a wild week, as you are all aware, what with phones that don't work, do work but call the wrong place, internet up, internet down, self check up, self check down, its a regular Hokey Pokey here! I thank you all for your patience as we continue our technological "upgrade". I am told that in the end it will be MUCH better than before so I will keep my fingers crossed.
On the brighter side, after Monday's Library Joint Powers Board meeting, it looks like we will be adding 6 more open hours to our branch AND more staff to help out on those hours as well. Capitola is slated to get another 20 hour LAII as well as add hours to the current positions, rather then relying on volunteers to get all or our work done, so once we get the official open hours I will be checking in with all of you to see if you are interested in increasing your hours before i do any new hiring. Your current schedules will probably change a little bit, but I will work with you all to make things as workable for you as for the branch. The open hours aren't scheduled to change until mid-August, so we have some time to figure things out.
A bit earlier, in June 11th, our summer reading program begins, with this year's theme: Dream Big.
The programming dept. will be running the show so the most we might need to do is direct people to the computers to sign up or hand them a form and once they are signed up we will give them a reading booklet.
Those people under 18 can earn a reading dollar per hour read (or read to, for the non-readers) which are redeemable throughout the county at various participating merchants. Capitola will be having a family craft time on Fridays (starting June 15th) from 11:15 to 1:00pm, and the programming staff will be available at those times to sign people up, hand out booklets and reading dollars and answer questions. There will also be a calendar of summer reading events throughout our system for interested patrons. We currently only have summer reading bookmarks with the dates but i will keep you updated as info arrives.
We will not be having a story hour on Fridays during the summer months however, so keep that in mind if patrons ask.
The library has recently started selling thumb drives to patrons to use in our internet computers. Currently the Capitola branch public internet computers do not have the capability to utilize these, but we will be selling them anyway, should any patrons ask. We aren't advertising that we have them but they are useable at the Downtown branch, as well as SV and GP, and possibly other branches. Hopefully we will be able to use them here as well, sooner then later. In the event that you do sell one, they are $5 and they need to be rung in on both the computer and under fees and fines in the cash register. On the computer choose bills (either in the patron's account or in "cash register" and bill patron and open the drop down menu to find "flash drive". If you click on flash drive it will automatically bill for $5. They have not yet arrived but when they do, they will be stored in the cupboard with the head phones beneath the cash register.
The story hour subject this week is Dogs. I promise not to pull out ALL of our j dog books, but you know where to look if you can't find one of them on the shelf.
Ok, I am going to publish this before the internet dies again, so forgive me if its not well edited.
ciao for now,
Cappy Dick
It has been a wild week, as you are all aware, what with phones that don't work, do work but call the wrong place, internet up, internet down, self check up, self check down, its a regular Hokey Pokey here! I thank you all for your patience as we continue our technological "upgrade". I am told that in the end it will be MUCH better than before so I will keep my fingers crossed.
On the brighter side, after Monday's Library Joint Powers Board meeting, it looks like we will be adding 6 more open hours to our branch AND more staff to help out on those hours as well. Capitola is slated to get another 20 hour LAII as well as add hours to the current positions, rather then relying on volunteers to get all or our work done, so once we get the official open hours I will be checking in with all of you to see if you are interested in increasing your hours before i do any new hiring. Your current schedules will probably change a little bit, but I will work with you all to make things as workable for you as for the branch. The open hours aren't scheduled to change until mid-August, so we have some time to figure things out.
A bit earlier, in June 11th, our summer reading program begins, with this year's theme: Dream Big.
The programming dept. will be running the show so the most we might need to do is direct people to the computers to sign up or hand them a form and once they are signed up we will give them a reading booklet.
Those people under 18 can earn a reading dollar per hour read (or read to, for the non-readers) which are redeemable throughout the county at various participating merchants. Capitola will be having a family craft time on Fridays (starting June 15th) from 11:15 to 1:00pm, and the programming staff will be available at those times to sign people up, hand out booklets and reading dollars and answer questions. There will also be a calendar of summer reading events throughout our system for interested patrons. We currently only have summer reading bookmarks with the dates but i will keep you updated as info arrives.
We will not be having a story hour on Fridays during the summer months however, so keep that in mind if patrons ask.
The library has recently started selling thumb drives to patrons to use in our internet computers. Currently the Capitola branch public internet computers do not have the capability to utilize these, but we will be selling them anyway, should any patrons ask. We aren't advertising that we have them but they are useable at the Downtown branch, as well as SV and GP, and possibly other branches. Hopefully we will be able to use them here as well, sooner then later. In the event that you do sell one, they are $5 and they need to be rung in on both the computer and under fees and fines in the cash register. On the computer choose bills (either in the patron's account or in "cash register" and bill patron and open the drop down menu to find "flash drive". If you click on flash drive it will automatically bill for $5. They have not yet arrived but when they do, they will be stored in the cupboard with the head phones beneath the cash register.
The story hour subject this week is Dogs. I promise not to pull out ALL of our j dog books, but you know where to look if you can't find one of them on the shelf.
Ok, I am going to publish this before the internet dies again, so forgive me if its not well edited.
ciao for now,
Cappy Dick
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