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| Old children's area, slowly being emptied. |
Meetings, Hosted events, etc.
- Managers' meetings
- Wisconsin Library Association Conference
- Moving week! We had a moving company to do the actual moving of shelves (based on my much-measured and detailed plans), the help of our public works department to move other furniture, and staff to put all the books back on the shelves (we packed them on the moving company's carts on Friday the 17th). Then our teen volunteers would help move all the misc. toys, office stuff, and supplies at the end of the week.
- Of course, there were hitches in the plan. The construction wasn't quite done - the bathrooms weren't ready, lighting still needed to be installed, and there was still duct work in the ceiling going on. The construction company worked super hard to get everything finished enough so we could move though, and got all their equipment packed away. Initially we were supposed to be completely closed the week of the 27th and then partially closed the following two weeks, which would have let us settle in, but that didn't happen. It was also the decision of our Board that we should remain open during the move, which was a little tricky, as all of the youth services materials, plus all of the furniture stored in the youth spaces, had to be moved through the main walkways of the library during open hours. Then the schedule changed and we needed to clean out both the technical services and circulation/youth workrooms by the end of the week as well. However, we got it all done and the stacks and play areas look very nice, if a little bare.
- The next week, our new space opened to the public on Monday the 27th. We had that day to settle into the new space, then Tuesday to get our school colleague started on offsite storytimes. After much discussion, we agreed our two main storytimes, Family Storytime on Tuesday/Thursday, are going to be hosted at the local rec center through the end of the season. The new program spaces are partially full of furniture, the bathrooms and lighting aren't done, and the spaces need a lot of work before they are safe for small kids, let alone inviting, and we also need time to figure out how to set up storytime. We decided it was better to be consistent than move back and forth.
- Wednesday, the entire management team plus my full-time associate left to attend - and present - at WLA, our state library association conference. The library was left in the hands of three part-time associates and our circ assistants, we wished them luck, and took off. (This is not as bad as it sounds - the conference was only about an hour away and our director was not presenting so could pop back if needed in an emergency.)
- These are the two sessions I co-presented
- Better than Normal: Assessing and adapting to changing program needs in youth services
- Building and Maintaining Unique Collections: A collaboration between Youth and Technical services
- As you may guess, I am absolutely DONE. I am going to take some time off in November - I have bulbs to plant now that we're finally getting frost - and we are going to take our time and think ahead as we set up the new area and settle in - until the next move in January.
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