This week at the library; In which we have actual programs

A seagull hovering in the
wind over the lake

Programs

• Paws to Read
• Very Hungry Caterpillar Party
• Teen Engagement
• Youth D&D
• Family Storytime (library staff)

Self-Directed Activities

• Pokemon Hangout

Meetings, Hosted events, etc.

• Girl Scouts

Notes

• I hardly ever do traditional "programs" anymore, not counting family storytimes, which are usually done by my school colleague or subbed for by one of my staff. We just can't get the attendance to make the time spent worth it. However, I did the Very Hungry Caterpillar Party last year, in lieu of storytime, and it worked out even better this year as my school colleague was absent, so we did this on Tuesday and my staff subbed in an actual Very Hungry Caterpillar storytime on Thursday. We actually got over 70 people, despite Unauthorized Shenanigans that required police attention.
• I took Friday off in mental preparation of a pretty intense Spring Break (our already skeletal staff is greatly depleted - we are very grateful that our school colleague was able to come in and cover storytimes after all so my staff and I can cover desk shifts and help out in circulation). I also spent a large portion of the weekend making candy for our last Friends book 'n' bake sale next week.
• I started my big slash and burn weeding project of the young adult fiction last week and I'm also slowly getting together a mental picture of what a young teen/middle school collection will look like as new items and replacements come in. It will be very patchy at first, as I'm not going to relabel a lot of things.
• A lot of collections are in transition right now, which is confusing for staff and patrons, but I can't magically relabel and shift everything all at once!