There was a magic show last night in
Riddle but I missed it as I had told one of the girls that I would fill in for
her at the library. She hadn't been
feeling well for a few days and my schooling is not as demanding when I have
only one class.
Last night I worked my first shift
at the library. I felt bad for not
having received proper training or retaining those few things which I had
learned. I really think we ought to have
a training session and will mention at our next meeting. As of now, we are using cards and pockets as
was done before computers. Everything is
filed by date - which presents a challenge when the book is returned without a
date - or a pocket for that matter. I
think some books just get put in the drop when users have finished looking at
them in the library, but had never been checked out, just returned.
Somebody decided it would be a good
idea to transfer the information to excel and look the information up that way
- still we are finding that there are more steps involved than I think are
necessary. I know how to alphabetize
excel so that it will work for me rather by date, title, client, or whatever .
. . I'm just afraid it may be too overwhelming for some of those that I work
with who may not even be familiar with how to turn a computer on - let alone be
familiar with the programs.
Starting tomorrow through Saturday
is the Myrtle Creek Festival. They have
it every year about this time. I think
their official holiday is either the 24th or the 25th. Jenna and I will be working two or three
shifts this weekend. The library will
offer a game and rock painting - I'm thinking in two different booths. I suppose I will learn more about it
tomorrow.
We had planned to walk in the parade
on Saturday morning, but don't feel like we have enough support as we did on
June 17th. There is only 30 minutes between the time the
parade ends to have the booth set up and ready to go. It's a good walk from the school to the
park. Can't drive while the parade is
going on. Since we won't be in it, I
don't know if we'll even make the parade this year or not. We didn't go last year.
It felt busy to me with book returns
and patrons dropping by to either check out books or inquire about our
existence. There were a few who didn't
seem to know that the library had ever existed in this town - some who were not
aware that the library had ever closed and some who are not aware that
everything is now volunteer run and we are still learning and trying to work
out the bugs.
Yesterday the pool area was
decorated for Christmas in July -- which has nothing to do with the library.
The pool is located near the library and some of our patrons had stopped in on
their way to the pool or on their return.
I took these yesterday morning.
