Grafton Public Library

Library Weekly Report, June 25-July 1

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This week we said goodbye to retirees Donna Bates-Tarrant who worked at GPL in the Children’s Room and then Technical Services, totaling 22 years, and Susan Leto, who worked for 19 years in Circulation. Susan will return to volunteer and temp after a vacation, and you’ll likely see Donna return at Mystery Book Group! We wish them well and will miss them!

Please welcome Eric Lindstrom, appointed as Reference Librarian – he will be working with Heidi Fowler – and Debby Jackson, appointed as Administrative Assistant.

Library Director Beth interviewed 3 candidates for the Head of Borrower Services position and came to consensus on a finalist. She set up interviews for the Technical Services Librarian position for next week. Beth met with the Construction Team, met with John Stephens from CPC, corresponded with Skip Currier regarding materials at Nelson Library, attended the Friends Annual Meeting, met with IT, met with Joe from Joe Obrien Construction for installation of rain gutters on a door with a leak, met with Advantage HVAC, and worked on overdue construction reports. She ordered books and new materials, reviewed the budget, planned programs, updated the Library website and event calendar, and tried logging into the new accounting software. She also covered in the Children’s Room.

Borrower Services staff managed the adult circ desk, the lobby, the AMH equipment, room reservations, museum pass reservations, placed holds and answered patron questions, assisted patrons with faxing and printing, assisted patrons with self -check in and self-check out and processed delivery.

Sandhya processed ILLs, updated Museum passes, cleared expired holds and ordered books for an upcoming display. Ranjita worked on NYTimes Best-seller list; did a first-aid/AED check, and ordered books for a July display.  Jane prepared for the staircase display on American Revolution fiction.She also prepared an endcap display for “Dewey Decimal Number of the Week” that will be changed each week, beginning with the “zero hundreds” to show what types of topics are in the 0-99 range. She also worked on a list of Amish Fiction series’. Allie created a museum flyer, worked on the July end-cap display poster, pulled books for July’s endcap display, assisted patrons, and worked on Readers Advisory and the newsletter.

Susan supervised the team, arranged for 6 items to be delivered to homebound patrons, compiled a current list of contacts for her replacement, reviewed Circ procedures for future new hires, trained a staff member to compile statistics and handle Home Delivery, completed some statistics, participated in 3 interviews, and cleared her office because she is retiring!

This week the Switch controllers were cataloged and teens could start checking them out to use in the Game Room. Allison finalized a book order for July. She also brainstormed and put together a list of books for end cap displays in July including: Sunglasses (on the cover), Beach Reads, Camping and more.

This week Heidi hosted the Reads Well with Others book group. We discussed Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst and she also hosted The Inspirational Book Group’s discussion of Featherhood: a memoir of two fathers and a magpie, by Charlie Gilmour. She also attended the Friends of the Library’s Annual Meeting. Heidi answered reference questions, created library cards for people, worked on statistics, on program planning and continued to advertise library events. Eric covered the reference desk.

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