Happy Thursday, Everyone!
I am delighted to announce that Shannon Urban is officially the Branch Manager for the Southwest Neighborhood Library! Shannon will now oversee all the circulation and reference functions at that branch. If you missed last week's blog post explaining the changes in our staffing structure, please refer back for a complete overview. The Board has approved all these changes, so we're moving forward with our plans.
Also at Tuesday's board meeting, a proposal from YFS to add 2 teen liaison, non-voting members to the Library Board was approved. We'll be recruiting for these talented young people so we can hear from them about future library services of interest and help them in their leadership development.
This coming Monday, the flooring replacement along "main street" at SW is finally getting started! The project is scheduled over a 2 week period. We'll be closed to the public @SW the first week in the morning to keep the public safe while the workers clear out the old flooring and level the floor as needed. There will be no curbside service during those closed mornings.
Good news this week- we have an installation date for our children's book vending machines at the Boys and Girls Club and the YMCA: August 9th. This is a grant funded project to get books into kids hands and improve their reading success.
This week's Bright Spots:
From Barb: Thanks to everyone who has patiently helped me acclimate to service desks and outreach activities while I attempt to fill in scheduling gaps. I have learned so much and am so happy to witness the wonderful service we provide to our community. You are all my Bright Spots!
From Marcia:
"I would like to nominate Amy Rae for Bright Spot. OS had a furious patron call to say that he wanted a Hebrew translation of a certain bible story but he actually received the Christian version via the ILL book we delivered today. Amy Rae just happened to be in my office and she helped me find The Jewish Study Bible in the NS stacks that had the specific translated Hebrew story the man was looking for. I was so happy to be able to call the patron back and let him know we would fix the mistake right away and he was so pleased. I'm dropping off the book tonight when I go to Lincoln Park for chess."
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