Grafton Public Library Publishes Weekly Report March For 14-19

Grafton MA

21 March, 2022

7:02 PM

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Press release from Grafton Public Library: March 21, 2022 Please join me in welcoming Mary Bowen, Debby Jackson, Sarah Leveille, Eric Lindstrom, and Erin McGrady, appointed as temporary staff for on call desk coverage. Beth worked on the April newsletter, delegated phone issues, worked on multiple request forms (Display Case, Donation Box), put out a call for local food and beverage vendors to create an information and referral list for catering, approved meeting room use and updated the library calendar of events, completed the ad for the Spring Musical, worked on punch list items (dishwasher, wiring) and trained new staff. Beth shared information about running for Board of Library Trustees, and worked on March minutes and agenda. Staff attended a staff development day on Horror Reader's Advisory on Friday March 18. The Library delayed opening to 2pm as scheduled. We had 13 meeting room reservations with 103 attendees, including 65 at the Farmer's Market. Ukulele 101 met with 10 participants. In the last week we circulated 2,674 items, issued 19 new library cards, placed 386 hold requests and filled 355 requests, sent 586 items in delivery and received 561, and added 223 new items. No door count was provided. Heidi facilitated multiple book groups. Kate refreshed the "Read Me, I'm Irish!" display – as of St. Patty's Day, 3 titles have been displayed, and 9 (26%) have been checked out so far. She also began working on developing an April "National Poetry Month" display which will spotlight Frank O'Hara and his works, as well as other American poetry. Kate is brainstorming a May display about Asian, Pacific Island, Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month and authors from/descended from those corresponding areas of the world. Grafton's 2021 census data indicates that 9.5% of residents describe themselves as "Asian alone," which is the next largest group behind "White alone," so we think this will be a very relevant and inclusive display opportunity. Borrower services conducted a delivery survey: 27 bins were delivered, and 22 sent out in delivery containing 629 items. They also managed the lobby, adult circulation desk, Automatic Materials Handling system, processed delivery, and provided readers advisory and other help to patrons. We spend afternoons between 2:30 and 5:30 supervising young adults, helping them reserve rooms, monitoring their behavior in the rooms, and unfortunately, sometimes expelling them after 2 warnings. Allie also worked on the newsletter, created a report of patrons interested in receiving the newsletter, and imported those names into Constant Contact. Jane handled NY times best seller list with subsequent additions to the shopping cart for purchase, worked on the "items with alerts" report and the "patrons with wrong home library" report. Sandhya updated museum pass procedures, as they change weekly, processed Interlibrary Loans, cleared the hold shelf and worked on her notary certification. Susan supervised the team, ran reports of items marked storage, lost and missing, and oversaw a volunteer looking for items on the shelves, processed checkouts and requests from the Crescent Manor Bookwagon, prepared home delivery orders, began Evergreen training for a new employee, and developed a weeding schedule. Allison started training Sarah Slocum with a tour of the library and the teen room and started to get her up to speed on everything else. She worked with Susan Tuesday night to learn Evergreen. Teens trashed the Maker Space on Friday and we will reviewing camera footage and following up with individuals involved. Sarah and Allison met with Pierre, an Abdo book representative to purchase materials, and also met to finalize plans for April Vacation Week. Sarah covered in the lobby from 5-9 due to staff shortage in borrower services, met with a book rep to review nonfiction titles for the CR collection, met with Allison to discuss the upcoming 1/2 at school and April vacation, met with Beth, finalized April vacation programming with Cyndi and Jen, worked on collection development and maintenance, shepherded Young Scientists, contacted the schools regarding Grafton History Day, and met with Cynthia Leveille-Webster from Tufts to discuss outreach programming Jen worked on the April newsletter, updated EventKeeper, scheduled CR social media posts, finalized April programming with Cyndi and Sarah, and began CR program press releases. Cyndi organized the CDs to get ready for labeling, finished checking list of banned books, worked through the lost/missing/damaged/in storage/in process list trying to find the books, finalized April programming with Jen and Sarah, transit in/out lists. Stacie worked on the New York Times best sellers list to highlight what titles we own and what we do not. Kristin updated the CR bulletin board, prepped for her upcoming book clubs, and communicated with the schools. This press release was produced by Grafton Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.