Grafton Public Library: Weekly Report: Feb 28-Mar 5

Press release from Grafton Public Library:

2022-03-05

Beth corresponded with patrons about meeting room use, kicked off the first session of Ukulele 101 (a partnership program with Apple Tree Arts), and began scheduling programs for April. She completed the Allergen Aware training and TIPS certification, and needs a Serv Safe certification and Community First Aid to complete the Library’s Food Permit.

We conducted a test of our panic buttons with Grafton Police.

Beth met with Building Committee, the Board of Library Trustees, and attended the Department Heads meeting. She worked on procedures for the new security system, reached out to American Alarm for a quote for a cover for the alarm keypad in the lobby, and scheduled carpet regluing.

We said goodbye and thanked to our Bibliotemps Brianna, Erin, and Kate on Saturday; they have been temping with us since November while we worked to fill vacancies. Appointments for two new positions are on the Select Board agenda for March 8.

Kate put up a March display, “Read Me, I’m Irish!” This display features famous Irish authors (classic and contemporary) as well as stories set in Ireland.

All Borrower Services staff managed the lobby, sorting room and circulation desk. Allie created signage and display for Cozy Mysteries; handled printer issues, continued to troubleshoot faxing, worked with Bibliotheca to troubleshoot gate and PC connectivity issues, updated website with library newsletter links, added to the Readers Advisory database and approved Historical Fiction list of authors (D-F).

Jane finished the report of monthly patrons with wrong library and the report of items with alerts to be removed;  set up a monthly display “I don’t know the title but the cover is green”; got trained to enter titles in the Blackstone Audio account; and inventoried items waiting for RFID tags.

Sandhya completed 3 sessions of Notary Training; cleared the hold shelf of expired holds; updated the services section of the website and fixed the broken link to museum passes; processed  requests for items outside the local library system; sent follow up emails to Bibliotheca regarding some of the items that were going to the incorrect bin; and set up her monthly display: “What I want to learn this year.”

Ranjita managed delivery and shelving holds; set up a new display for Women’s History Month; and worked on the Library of Things.

Susan ordered fiction and overdrive content; set up a March Madness display; compiled circulation stats, museum use and volunteer stats; conducted a Borrower Services staff meeting; began organizing reviews; began creating a weeding plan with staff; and worked on tutorials for ordering fiction, large print and audiobooks.  Our public fax machine is finally fixed!  The admin fax is still not functioning.

Sarah attended Community Reading Day at NSES and read to a 2nd grade class, attended the virtual New England Summer Summit, followed up with patrons and shepherded  the Young Scientists program, communicated with Willard House, YFCP, and STEM Beginnings, attended the weekly staff meeting, created lesson plans, compiled February statistics, counted February PJ donations (we are up to 53!), and spoke to a mother about a possible home-schooling program.

Jen worked on the March CR newsletter, assisted patrons, lesson planned, assisted patrons, and brainstormed spring programming.

Cyndi wrapped mystery playdate books; decorated the room for March with Stacie; finished making tablecloths for the program room; continued work on the volunteer training packet; shelved books; handled patron questions and concerns; worked on the library of things.

Mare assisted patrons, coordinated with volunteers ,and shelved. She completed 2 webinars, “New Homes, New Stories: An Illustrator Panel About Home and Family” and “Young Healthy Minds: How the Clay Center’s Resources Can Support Your Library Work.” Stacie decorated the room for March, shelved books, and assisted patrons.  Kristin organized the CR supply closet, communicated with the schools, and planned for her three book clubs.

This week Allison put up 3 new displays in the teen room: Women’s History Month, Doodling (to promote our doodling program later this month), and Books That Start with The Letter (one book that starts with each letter of the alphabet).

Additionally she went through YA fiction books that have missing or lost status and will reorder items that we should have in the collection, and delete missing items (that aren’t lost by a patron) that we no longer needed. This makes future searching for missing items easier and faster, while making sure we have copies of books that people are looking for (like the first book in a series). She plans to do this process for video games next.

She also attended North Street Elementary School’s Community Reading Day on Read Across America Day and read The Hole Story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller to a 6th grade class. I wasn’t given permission to bring in doughnut holes, but I did bring in some doughnut bookmarks and doughnut scented and shaped erasers for the class.

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