Librarian's Report
October 2011

 

GIFTS AND DONATIONS:

  • 9 boxes of books, toys, cassettes, DVDs and VHS tapes were donated this month. 

  • 7 people donated books using the “Adopt an Author “ program

  • Many people dropped books off on the porch for the book sale.

CIRCULATION FOR SEPTEMBER:

2011:  Books = 1109         Misc = 288

2010:  Books = 1005         Misc = 335

2009:  Books =   942         Misc = 252

HIGHLIGHTS:

Physical Plant

  • The fire extinguishers were checked.

  • Luke is patching the wall behind the leather chair in the children’s room.

  • Tina painted the beadboard.  Thank you!

  • Fill was delivered for parking lot.  It came to $326.10.  Steve will do it after Columbus day.

  • While I was away the toilet was plugged twice. We’re not sure if it was intentional or not…

  • Luke checked and replaced the air filters up in the ceiling in the back closet.  He does this every year and told me that he will let us know when he is ready to “retire” so that someone else can assume that responsibility.  His question was:  has any one purchased the air filters?  He found several up there and he had not bought them…  He also replaced 2 florescent bulbs in the entry way.

  • Jackman’s came on May 4th to clean the boiler and said that we have about 2” of condensation in the bottom of the oil tank outside.  The filters are catching it inside, so there is no problem yet, but it needs to be resolved.  They put in an equivalent to “dry gas” yesterday and will do it again in a few weeks.  If that doesn’t work, they will wait until the oil is down to 20 or 30 gallons and pump it out.

  • I spoke with Annie Leadbetter about taking care of Susan’s garden and replacing any lost plants.  She is on board with that.  She came on April 27th and put the screens up.

  • Steven Patterson will mow our lawn this summer. Thank you Larry for all of those years and hours mowing for us!  We will miss seeing you.

  • Eliz. Barrows stopped to see me and will donate a variety of plants for our sale again this year.

  • Jim Brown and I talked on 4/27 about the Library sign.  Jim and I were leaning toward putting it off until fall.  I also spoke with Luke because Jim wasn’t sure about the wood aspect.  Should we consider a new look and/or a whole new sign? 

Other

I took 7 teens to Burlington on April 21st to shop for young adult books using the grant money that we received from a grant last summer.  I was lucky to have Martha Mack (who graduated from Library School, but is not working in a library at the moment) to also drive and come with us. I was impressed with the quality of books and the time that the teens took to evaluate each book. We ate pizza on Church Street followed by a visit to Ben & Jerry’s.

ACTION ITEMS:

  • Roger Jimmo suggested painting one side a year.  Should we call him about that?

  • Make a decision on the sign.   Walt may have more information on this