Weekly Report – January 21 to 27, 2024
Library Weekly Report
Week of January 21, 2024 to January 27, 2024
This week we circulated 1,920 items, received 662 items in transit, and sent 593 items. We requested 501 items and fulfilled 574 hold requests; registered nine patrons for library cards; and added 313 new items. The most popular book this week is The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin.
Carpet is scheduled to be installed in the Community Room by mid-February. When complete, the temporary Children’s Room will be able to move out of the Friends Corner and will occupy the Community Room until the official Children’s Room is ready (no definitive timeline for completion yet).
Due to staff shortages, Winter Hours are in effect from January 2 to March 4, 2024. The library is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Due to the start of Winter Hours last week, the Teen Room is unavailable for after-school use on Fridays through March 1. We apologize for the inconvenience. Staff continue to program plan, create amazing displays, and build relationships with teens after school.
Children’s Room staff presented four outreach programs to SGES and continued planning for late winter/early spring programming, February outreach programming, summer reading, and a Children’s Room Grand Reopening party.
Technical Services staff have been busy cataloguing a large book delivery, training on book ordering, and getting acquainted with a new patron web interface being rolled out by CW Mars.
Borrower Services staff created an Oscars display for DVDs and are previewing alternative event management and museum pass reservation programs, which will be more user-friendly to patrons.