A New (Old) Space Opens Up!

This is my last time to talk about the inventory (I think). I just wish you could see the clean closets and utility rooms! They are beautiful! Everyone has worked so hard! And we're finally seeing the small conference room floor! Our staff has made so many trips from the room to the new storage center, and back, that someone said we should have had a toll booth. But it will be great to have the conference room again. Occasionally it's hard for groups to find a place to meet and the library has been a tremendous help. Miss Edna said some of those using the library are: Magnolia Garden Club, Girl Scouts, Retired Educators, Sunbelt Writers, and several groups from Colquitt County Schools. However, there is a meeting room policy, and the Library Director will review any and all requests to use the rooms and may reject any which she deems unsuitable. When the conference room is ready (it has been named the Melody Stinson Jenkins Conference Room), it, along with the Willcoxen Memorial Auditorium, will be available for public use again. Reservations are required and the number to call is 985-6540. This is just one of the many services your public library offers.

It's Inventory Time Again!

Someone said to me the other day, "Why are y'all going to be closed so long? What do y'all do doing inventory, anyway?" So, I asked our director, Melody Jenkins, how she'd answer those questions. She said it's during inventory week (July 30 - August 3 this year) that we check every book, etc., and scan it into the computer. We look for lost books and repair the damaged ones. However, since our new computer software doesn't have the inventory module loaded yet, this year we will read the shelves, put books in order and weed out items to be removed. We'll also inventory every computer, printer, scanner, etc. We're going to put up shelves in the new storage center and move stored items from the classroom in the Children's Library area to the new storage. Then the classroom (which was recently named the Melody Stinson Jenkins Conference Room) will be available for meetings, public and library use. Melody said we've been doing inventory the same week every year for the past 20 years. And for that reason, we hope you'll bear with us as we clean, straighten, move and brighten the library for your continued happy use.