This week at the library: Getting ready to move, September 8 - October 4

First storytime in temporary location

Programs

• Paws to Read
• Family Storytime with Ms. Andrea
• Family Storytime with Miss Esther
• Wiggles and Words storytime with Ms. Andrea

Outreach

• Lakeland School visits

Self-Directed Activities

• Read and Grow
• Construction scavenger hunt
• Pokemon Hangout
• Minecraft Hangout

Meetings, Hosted events, etc.

• Managers' meetings

Notes

• I measured, measured, and planned over and over again. Constant new information, constant updates! I hadn't planned to actually shift any shelves until the beginning of October, but it turned out that I needed to start earlier to make sure my moving plan was accurate.
• I labeled all the picture book shelf ranges with their proper location. My first go-through they all came out even... until I got closer to the end. Redid it. Redid it again. Finally came out right! Hopefully. Sadly, not every neighborhood fit perfectly to a full shelf, but at least there should be no divided ranges.
• Next project was getting the two long shelves - Young Teen, juvenile AV, and JPOP (popular series and characters) arranged. Soooo much shifting and moving of shelves, but on September 10 it was finished! We will NEVER HAVE TO MOVE THOSE SHELVES AGAIN. I mean, they have to be moved upstairs, but that's what we have a moving company for. We are all a bit bruised, possibly slightly bloody, and sore, but the slotted shelves are in place!
• Really exciting news is that my colleague figured out the source of the slotted shelves and, even more importantly, the dividers! No longer will I have to do elaborate mental calculations to match up the shelves with the collections. This is a HUGE relief.
• I FINALLY FINISHED THE LAYOUTS. Stayed late on Friday the 12th to finish, but it's DONE! 

One of the simpler layouts

My projects for the next couple weeks were shifting and relabeling projects - I got the holiday picture books reintegrated into the neighborhoods and went back to working on juvenile fiction - the details of getting ready to move, presentations for the upcoming conference, figuring out the temporary locations for storytime, dealing with rapid changes in the plans, remaking the plans, and of course the "normal" library work.

Paws to Read - temporary location in the lobby