August? It's August???

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

August 4, 2012

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

          Buried in the Sky  by  Peter Zuckerman

          Coming Home by Karen Kingsbury

          Beautiful Disaster  by  Jamie McGuire

Fatal Debt  by  John Gapper

Sky Dragons by Anne McCaffrey

Tuesday’s Child  by Fern Michaels

Bloodline  by James Rollins

Touching the Sky  by Tracie Peterson

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

• Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us

• The Library Board regular meeting Monday, August 13, 2012, 5:30 p.m. meeting room upstairs.

Did You Know… Atlantic Public Library patrons saved $1,273,867.04 by checking out library items from July 2011 through June 2012?

Behind My Desk…  This desk has been somewhat idle for the past four weeks.  I’ve been on sick leave with surgery on my foot.  I’m slowly getting back on my feet (so to speak).  The weather has been a hot one; and for that that, I am thankful I have been at home with a running air conditioner.  At least now I can drive again!

I’ve been working on annual reports for this past fiscal year that ended on June 30.  Here a few bits of information:

• Library collection is worth about $631,905.
• Without counting in-house use of materials we checked out 89110 library items.
• Over 100,100 people have come through our library doors.
• There were 85 different children’s programs with an attendance of 1750 participants.
• We received 379 items for our patrons through Inter-Library Loan and sent 131 to other library throughout the state.

New employees are usually overwhelmed with the amount of work that goes on “behind the scenes” at a library.  They gain a new respect for the work that is expected of them every day. 

To my entire library staff, I say a grateful “Thank you!”  They have managed to keep things in good shape.  It’s been an extraordinarily busy month at the library, and yet, they have continued to keep up the good work. 

Enjoy what’s left of your summer, and…Keep Thinking Libraries!