Summer Library Programming Almost Done!

Thinking Library!
Carole Stanger
July 24, 2010

New Books Upstairs @ the library!
Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
Knife Music by David Carnoy
Damaged by Alex Cava
Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander Smith
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
Foreign Influence by Brad Thor
Red Thread by Ann Hood

Coming Events @ the Library!
Library Hours!
Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Sundays—closed.
Summer Reading Program: June 1-July 30 for ages 3 years through 3rd Grade!
Tuesday, July 27—Magic Show BY INVITATION ONLY Grades Preschool-Grade 3, 6:30-7:15 p.m.


Did You Know… The Atlantic Public Library is selling new library book bags for $3 each. Stop by, while the supply lasts!

Behind My Desk… Slowly, but surely, I’m working on library statistics. It seems like I just get something finished, and I find something else to add or correct. I’m getting too complicated for my own good. It’s always a challenge to use the numbers the best possible way to show the use of the library. Here’s a couple things I’ve picked out already. The library had well over 17,000 uses of public computers this past fiscal year. Ninety percent of all checkouts were made by residents of Cass County. I’m not surprised by either statistic. The library is a very busy place.

Normally, by this time, the State Library has sent out the annual survey and I would be trying to find the statistics they need for federal reports. That hasn’t happened yet. So, I’m playing this game with myself and trying to guess what the State will want on their forms.

Summer programs are almost over for this year. Wow! I can hardly believe we are very close to starting the dreaded “S” word (school). The library will be losing two our staff members when they head off to college in a few weeks, so we will need a couple new employees soon. Library applications and more information are available upstairs at the checkout desk. It’s not always easy finding a good library employee. I’ve had good experiences and some really bad ones in my career. If you have been in a position of hiring and firing employees, you know what I mean.

The last few days I have been working on the library website again. The world of the Internet is constantly evolving and there are always new things to find. Now that the summer programs are winding down, Julie wants to add some new things to our Children’s Page and to the Tween Page. I’m finding some really cool pages that other librarians have put together for their youth, and I am hoping to use some of their ideas for our pages.

The big oak tree on the east side of the library is getting a trim this week. This is no easy or small task and our weather lately has added to the challenge. This should help our building roof and gutters.

Don’t forget to enjoy the Cass County Fair, and…Keep Thinking Libraries!