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Literacy Reading Events 2024 and tags
These are the literacy reading events for the year. You can find the books to go on the display cart by searching the tag in bold e.g Health, in the catalogue and it will bring up the books with that tag which can be put on the display cart. January – ‘New...
RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED AT VOLUNTEER MEETING
Thanks to all who attended the volunteer briefing/celebration event on 17 December. I hope everyone enjoyed it! There were questions raised, and I wanted to address as many of these as it's easy to address as soon as possible. This is the first go at that. Please...
Twelfth Night
It's still 2023 as I write, but soon it will be 2024 and we'll be off again on our library adventures. Friday 5th is Twelfth Night. There's some ambiguity over whether Twelfth Night is 5th or 6th January - it's supposed to be 12 days after Christmas, but the date...
Class Registers
Those of you who attended the Volunteer Information session before Christmas will remember how important it is that we increase our income from sources other than the cafe. One of the ways we hope to do this is by raising grant income, which means keeping great...
The blasted printer
Thanks to the services of our ad hoc computer guy, Lewis (aka Him Indoors), the printer will now print from the desktop computer FOR EVERYONE, and PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY. This is great news, as it means you will be able to print new footfall counter sheets cafe...
Screwdriver
Meet the library screwdriver set. It should live in the top drawer behind the counter, and not in the lost property box where I found it on Saturday! It's now labelled.
Cupboard Contents
For everyone who's ever wondered where the lost property lives, here's a list of everything in the lower cupboards in the hallway. They've had a lovely makeover thanks to Joe (thanks Joe!) and now there's a list of what you can find in them on the back of the...
Deleting Books from Catalogue
If you find books on the shelves in poor condition such as with writing on pages, damaged pages or books with pages falling out that cannot be repaired, the books can be deleted from the catalogue and thrown in the bin. The 'Books to be deleted' list can be found on...
Processing Donations
If donations of books come in, they can be put away on the 'Donations' shelves in Stacks Cupboards 3 and 4. To sort donations: Check the condition of the book. Is it clean, current and relevant to our patrons? If pages are falling out or stuck together, the book can...