This week at the library; or, Week 4 of the Pandemic

All that's left from the carload I took home two weeks ago
and most of these are books I'm reviewing (on my own time)
The movies I'm checking, since they won't circulate
immediately, to make sure they work. You never know...

This is my second full week of working from home. Daily posts with read-alouds and activities/links for our early literacy and STEAM calendars started going up last Sunday. I've also asked staff to think ahead and plan, when we all get back to the library, to create a whole bunch of virtual programs, beautifully filmed and edited, in case something like this happens again. Nobody will be happier than I if it turns out to be a waste of time!

Monday

• Managers' meeting (virtual) and my day to go in to work and make sure the library is still standing, collect materials for work at home, drop off things I've finished, post projects for staff to do if they have an in-house shift, pull stuff for staff to take home and work on, etc.

Tuesday

• I finished going through the missing/lost/paid list. I found at least 5 items that were still marked lost but had been paid for! Then I had replacements to order and I finished processing all the new and replacement items I took home and also updated the order spreadsheet.

Wednesday

• Middle Grade Magic virtual conference

Thursday

• Finishing various projects and catching up on webinars

Friday

• Even though we're closed, this is still a holiday. I reminded staff not to work. It's hard to find a dividing line between working and not working when you're home all day anyways... I did laundry and worked on sewing projects.

Webinars

• Middle Grade Magic virtual conference
• Andrea Davis Pinkney keynote
• Funny books (author and book panel)
• Fantasy folklore and reimagined stories (author and book panel)
• Fast learning session: programs for middle graders (this was excellent)
• Friends and friendship stories (author and book panel)
• Springing Forward: Books for young readers (Booklist)
• 4 Simple ways to beef up your library marketing (Demco)
• Tips for building a well-rounded collection for youth (IFLS and other systems)
• Data informed collection development (SCLS and other systems)
• Great new books for birth to grade 5 (CCBC)