May 28th

We're getting closer and closer to having our move completed.  Today, I thought I'd take you through the front doors for the first time. 

So here we are, entering from the foyer.  You can see the curve of the circulation desk to the left.

Today, the construction crew is working on putting the circulation desk countertops on.  They're filling in the spaces and sanding it smooth.

 

Our new signage has been installed.  Here is the sign for the Young Adult area.  The shelving for this area is almost completed.  You can see the shelving we'll use for the DVDs right under the sign.

Here is the sign for the Children's area.  The shelving for this area has now been completed.

Our Children's librarian has had her desk installed.  She's now in the process of moving her things.

The tops to the shelves in the children's area have now been installed.  The shelving looks so nice!

Here is the hallway to the Community Room / Adult Collection area.  We've decided this is probably the best place to put the Adult New Titles.  We're going to use our same kiosks from the older part of the building.

This photo shows the signage for the Community Room.  All our signs are in a lovely dark brown that contrasts nicely with our walls.

The glass doors have now been installed on the Junior Activity Room.  We will be able to close those doors when the children are having noisy activities.

This photo shows the inside of the Junior Activity Room.  We still need to have the flooring installed in here, but otherwise, this room is finished.  You can see the new "Community Room" sign through the doors.

Back on the older side of the library, we've installed a temporary book drop in the emergency exit door on the south side of the building.  We'll have some signs put out so you can find the book drop.  Our book drop will open on the 1st of June.

We've got almost all the collection moved to the new part of the building.  You can see how bare its looking in the older part!  We just have a few boxes left to move.

This is the north side of the older section.  You can see the public computers at the left.  They'll get moved over in a day or two.  All the shelving in this section is now dismantled and gone or installed in the new addition.

In our staff processing area, the move is continuing.  Here we see Teri and Anette diconnecting Teri's computer so it can be moved to the new section.

Most of the processing area still needs to be moved, but progress has started!

Here is a photo of our new processing area.  Everyone is trying to get their desks arranged.  The old computers are being moved over. We're waiting on new computers for the staff members who didn't have one in the old building.

Ray and Mary are moving all our office supplies into their new home.

Here we see Robin, Teri and Valerie working on their desks.

We're so close to being done! We're all excited.

Construction Continues as We Finish Moving the Adult Collection

We've spent most of the day finishing up our move to the Community Room.  We now have almost the entire Adult Collection in there!

This first picture is in the old part of the building.  You can see the stacks of boxes we've taken down, waiting in piles for the recycler.  One of our volunteers is carrying boxes for others to take apart.

We used a lot of boxes!

Here we have Cathy, one of our librarians, and a volunteer breaking down boxes.  They had a lot of work to do with this!

Stacks and stacks of boxes!

Here's what was left of yesterday's move - the Audio Books, the Oversized and Reference collection.  For the summer, we'll have to put the Oversized books and most of Reference in storage.  The Community Room couldn't quite hold it all.

Down at the other end of the building, the Community Room saw continued work.  Here is a volunteer working with our librarians, Cathy, Lorna and Anette, to move boxes packed with books to their appropriate shelves.

And here's the room almost completely filled!  The aisles are tight, and a bit claustrophobic, but will be fine for three months while the renovation is completed on the old part of the building.

While the move was continuing, the construction crew worked on.  Here we see the shelving team working on the shelves for the new Young Adult area.

The bins you see behind the construction team member are for our DVD collection.  Patron Holds will be on the other side of that shelf unit.

This photo gives you some idea of the cozy Young Adult space created by the shelves.  In front of the windows, you see the desks that will hold the YA computers.  The yellow door to the right of the photo is our old staff room door - and the new entrance to the Janitor's closet.

Our children's librarian, Vivian, got her desk installed today....

....and the end caps and tops arrived for the Junior shelving.

Finally, our staff room desk and storage units were completed as well.  I think we can move into our desks tomorrow!

Moving the Adult Collection

Its been a monumental day, as we've moved the majority of our Adult Collection into the Community Room.  Our staff has worked so hard! And we appreciate the support of the many volunteers that have helped us.

This first view is from the Young Adult section of the older library, and looks towards the east.  You can see the huge pile of books we have to move!

Here's Ray, one of our librarians, loading a book cart with boxes for other staff members to take to the new section of the building. 

This photo shows Robin, another librarian, pushing the loaded cart to the new Community Room.

The Community Room has been a veritable beehive of activity today, with most of our staff unloading boxes and shelving the books.  Here we see Miranda and Anette.

Lorna and Valerie are diligently working on their respective shelves.

Teri and Amy are unpacking new boxes just arrived from the old part of the building.

Here's Melissa, working on her shelf.  We had to make sure all the books were in their proper order as we unpacked the boxes.

In this photo, Robin is arriving with another cartload of boxes.  He'll then use a cart to take all the empty boxes back to the older part of the library.  The Community Room is pretty cramped, and its important to keep the space as clear as possible.

Robin pushes an empty cart through the new Junior area, back towards the old part of the building.

 This is the hallway to the old part of the building.  Beyond the wooden wall, you can see our old west entrance doors.  The light way in the distance is the doors to the outside - our old front entrance.

At the end of the line is an ever-growing pile of empty boxes.  Here you can see Cathy, one of our librarians, emptying her cart to get it ready for a new load of boxes.

Tomorrow the adventure continues!

The Shelving is Finally Ready

As many of you know, we've been in a bit of a holding pattern for the last several days.  The shelving in the Community Room took a bit longer than anticipated.  We also were waiting on the flooring to be completed in the staff area.

The shelving is almost finished throughout the new section.  Here's a look at the shelving in the Community Room.  Its all a bit tight in there, as the entire Adult Collection will have to be in there for the summer, but we'll make do!

The shelving in the Junior section is almost completed as well.  We're just waiting for the end caps and the tops, and then we can start moving the Children's books from the old section to the new.

This is a photo of the Young Adult shelving that's waiting to be installed.

Another major installation that's occurring right now is all our staff desks.  These photos show some of the desk components waiting to be installed.

The flooring in the staff area finally got finished, and our cubicles and desks are being assembled.  We're going to have so much space!

The flooring also got finished behind the circulation desk.  Now the cabinets can be completed, and the countertop installed.