GIFTS AND DONATIONS:
- We received $175 in response to the annual appeal letter
- Stephanie Stoddard
donated 31 books on CD!
- 8 people donated books in the Adopt an Author program
- 7 bags of books were donated for the book sale/ collection
CIRCULATION
FOR MARCH:
2011: Books =
1,361 Misc =
325
2010:
Books = 931 Misc =
265
2009:
Books = 1,312 Misc =
388
HIGHLIGHTS:
- 315 - Roger Jimmo fixed our American Flag which had come off from the pole.
Thank you: 2433 South Lincoln Road Lincoln
- 3/18 – Brenda Lattrell came
in to cover our paperback books with plastic to protect them. What would
we do without such faithful volunteers?
- 3/18 - Harriet Szanto has worked
hard to bring the “Vermont Reads” and the national “Big
Read” to our little Library by writing grants, etc. This past year
we received several copies of the Vermont Reads book, The Day of the Pelican,
by Barre,VT author Katherine Paterson from the Beeman School Librarian, Nancy
Custer Carroll. She then told me about the Balkan exhibit at the Vermont
Folklife Center which coordinates with the theme and I ordered it. Katherine
Paterson will speak on April 11th at 1pm at the Lincoln Community School.
The Robinson School in Starksboro will join us. Harriet set this up also.
I would like to have a luncheon in her honor. She brings so much to our library.
Would anyone like to help me? It could be out at a restaurant or a pot luck
here…
- 3/21 – Mark came in today and together we learned how
to download an ebook and an audio book from our Library consortium. I brought
my computer from home and my ipod and it worked! I also learned how to import
library records from the Vermont Automated Library System (VALS) so that
we don’t have to create records that we cannot find anywhere else.
- 3/25 - Ian Freeman and his friend Lee came in to volunteer. They are going
to come on Fridays for an hour to help us keep the shelves looking neat and
tidy.
- 3/25 – With the help of Logan Rotax and Nancy MacDonald we have
shifted all of the picture books in the children’s area. Logan did
the physical shifting and Nancy painstakingly labeled each shelf with a letter
that stands for the first letter in the author’s last name. This will
help so much with the shelving of books.
- 3/25 - Meredith washed the front
bead-board under the counter and will wash the rest so that it will all look
better. However, she suggested that we paint next time, as paint was coming
off when she washed it.
- 3/30 - Andrew brought in the surveys. He entered
all of them. He found one question on the survey that was not on the computer
version, so they will have to be tallied by hand.
- 3/30 – I met with
an Americorps volunteer about offering a senior health program here. We are
going to offer a “Chair Yoga” class.
- 3/31 – I was excited
to see an email from Linda Harmon of “The Inn at Mary’s” about
her hosting a luncheon for the author visit by Katherine Paterson. Many years
ago, Katherine visited the Deerleap Bookstore in Bristol and several of us
(Librarians) had lunch with her at what was then “Mary’s Restaurant” in
Bristol.
- 4/4 - Grace Greene, the Vermont State Children’s Librarian
called today to tell me that Andrew Rainville has won the video contest for
the summer reading program. He wins $250 and we get $100!!!
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