New Computers, and Old Furniture

Today we're having some excitement! We're getting our new checkout computers installed on the new Circulation Desk. 

We'll have the two checkouts that we had in the old building, as well as the one for the Circulation Clerk.  As always, you'll have the option to use either the self-checkouts or go to the clerk for assistance.  One of the self-checkouts will have the card reader on it, so you may pay fines at that computer.

This first photo shows the action behind the scene...

..and this photo shows how they're looking from the front.

We're also getting some catalogue computers installed in the Children's section.  They'll be the perfect height for our smaller patrons to use.

The construction crew is also installing our hanging lights in the atrium today.  Here is a photo of them on the floor, waiting to go up to the ceiling.

This isn't a very good photo, but if you look hard, you can see the little lights dangling from the ceiling.  They're quite lovely!

Over in the older section, the push is still on to get all the old shelving and furniture out.  This all has to be removed so that the construction crew can gut the interior.

Here we see our director, Judy Dewey, along with some of our librarians, Anette, Ray and Cathy.  They're working on getting the old shelving removed from the former Idaho Collection corner.

Here's the view down through the old Children's and Young Adult areas.  All the bookshelves and fixtures are still waiting to be removed.

Here is the old reference desk.

This photo shows the same section, only looking from the Children's area back to where the audio books used to be housed.

Here we see Anette and Cathy taking a short break from their work!  As you can see, our old book arch from the picture book section has been dismantled, and is waiting its turn to be removed from the building.

This photo shows how empty the northeast corner of the old Adult section looks.  Most of the shelving from this area is now temporarily installed in the new Community Room, and is housing the Adult Collection.

This photo is also looking at the Adult side of the building, only looking to the west now.  You can see the old tables where the public Internet computers used to be.

This photo shows our old processing area.  All the staff equipment has now been removed.  We still need to take out all the desks and furnishings, however.

This final photo shows the lonely hallway in our staff area where we used to park the shelving carts.  As you can see, everything has now been removed from this area.