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Loutit District Library
Two weeks ago, I met my dear friend, Amy, in beautiful downtown Grand Haven for a library tour! We started our afternoon with a delicious lunch at Lucy’s Market and Deli. I’ll definitely go back and...
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Labels: New Books
Current practice: A small Demco “new book” sticker is placed next to the barcode on the back of the book. After a few months in circulation (or when the new book display runs low on room), the books...
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Two Things
On Friday, I learned two new things… (1) Being a rural library, the DVD collection is quite important to patrons. A patron explained to me: Other than a local gas station which has just a few movies...
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New Life
A new life for the old “date due” slips… The stamp reads: “You can write your number here to remember what you have read.” When I inquired about getting rid of the slips I was told that many patrons...
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RLC 2014: Day 2
On the second day of the Rural Libraries Conference, I attended… Administration and Management: Nuts and Bolts of Grant-Seeking Everyone wants additional funding and grants can be a good way to secure...
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Gnomtastic
Yesterday in the stacks, I overheard the following: “You’re just jealous that I’m reading a thick book!” That completely made my day. What also made my day: the fact that I finished editing an enormous...
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Library Fallacy: “Something is Better Than Nothing”
Like a garden, in order to make run for new growth, a library needs to be routinely weeded. Weeding or deselection also serves as a time to get rid of materials which are dated — think: non-fiction...
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Ideas from Zauel
On Monday morning, I made my way to White Pine Library Cooperative for a board meeting — unfortunately, we didn’t have enough members present for a quorum, but we talked shop which I thoroughly...
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If I Believe in Heaven
My current read… On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta “Reading in bed can be heaven, assuming you can get just the right amount of light on the page and aren’t prone to spilling your coffee or...
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Battle of the Books
The beginning of 2015 has sparked the thirst for a good battle with my library’s youth — requests for items on the Battle of the Books list have been ever popular! In Michigan, with school media...
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If I Believe in Heaven
My current read… On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta “Reading in bed can be heaven, assuming you can get just the right amount of light on the page and aren’t prone to spilling your coffee or...
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