NS Children's Room Photo Shoot December 10th

Demco, the company that provided the new furnishings in the Northside Children's Room, is coming with a professional crew, including photographers and child actors, on Thursday, December 10th. They plan to stage some photos for future advertisement. I'm sorry to miss this event, as I will be with family in Louisiana, but Aaron will watch over the visit on our behalf. Best of all, Demco will share their photos with us for our own promotional materials.

Impact of NS Children's Room

Since I'm an administrator, I delve in statistics a lot. So, I was curious to know whether all the money and effort we put into the NS Children's Room made any difference to the public. If collection use is an indicator, the answer is yes. But even more impactful, I think, has been adding children's staff.

I asked Rob to run reports to tell us if circulation of children's materials increased from the last three weeks in October 2015 (before the official celebration event) compared to the first three weeks in November (the celebration was held on November 7th)
Here's what Rob reports:
            Last 21 days of Oct 2015 = 5534 circs

First 21 days of Nov 2015 = 5846 circs

            
         +5.6%

 Now look what adding children's staff this year did:

First 21 days  November 2015  showed a +13.2%  increase over first 21 days in Nov 2014 stats

I'm grinning. I hope you are, too. 

Children's room complete

Today we received one last piece for the NS children's room. There's a bunny, a hedgehog, and a couple of lady bugs now living in a magical tree. Brandi reports kids rushed up and began to play immediately after installation.  No instructions necessary.

Amazon Brick and Mortar Store

Amazon has opened its first physical book store. Read here how it's arranged- fascinating stuff. Should we adopt anything here?