getting the show on the road

It's 9am. Time to see what you've all been up to last night, returning booktruck loads of books and videos. This is half of the night's returns. It'll take us about 45 minutes to get these checked in, while other staff members pick up stray books ("clean-up"), pull expired holds (did you miss yours while on vacation? let us know beforehand next time and we'll help you suspend your hold while you're gone) and print out your hold pickup and overdue notices.

One brave soul is searching our shelves for anywhere from 150-200 hold items that Partner Library patrons have placed on hold in the last 24 hours. That's a 3 hour job in itself! Today Vaun was on the hot seat - good job, Vaun! But wait, if you're pulling holds, who is checking in the newspapers at the reference desk?!

We were a couple of minutes late opening the library this morning. If you're ever wondering why we're not there right at 10am (and we usually are....), just think of the scurrying around going on. We'll be RIGHT there!

enough already

I waited all day for the perfect timing to post my first Missoula Public Library blog. I took pictures, downloaded them, got distracted, thought about it some more, then decided I didn't like any of the pictures.

Now I'm at home, wishing I'd taken the Nike approach. Just do it.

Tomorrow - the rush to opening. Just what do we all do before 10am to get the library ready for action? Behind closed doors..

Sometimes we're done with time for a quick coffee, sometimes we're finishing up as you all walk in the door.

More to come!