One Week 'Til We Re-Open!

Well, we're getting down to the wire now! Our re-opening is only one week away.

Since the Adult Collection has been completely moved, we're now concentrating on getting the Junior and Young Adult items into their permanent homes.  Let's look at the Young Adult area first.

In this photo, we see an overview of the Young Adult area.  The low shelving you see to your right will house our DVD collection.  On the opposite side, we'll place the items on hold for patrons.  The taller shelving you see behind and to the left will house the Young Adult items.

Here we have the south east corner of the YA area.  The books are starting to fill up the shelves!

The computer technicians are installing new computers for the YA area.

And here's a larger view of the YA area.  The shorter shelving to the right is where the holds will be.

This picture shows Amy, one of our librarians, wheeling a cart of Junior non-fiction to its new home.  The construction crew is in the process of installing the light fixtures from the atrium ceiling - hense the giant ladder!

This plywood wall is a temporary barrrier to block off the older part of the library while its being remodeled.  Since space is at a primium, we've decided to place the public access computers against this wall for the summertime.  Once the older section's remodel is completed, these computers will move to that new space.

This photo shows the veiw from behind the circulation desk.  We still have to move all our supplies over to this section.  We're also waiting on the circulation computer and the self check-out stations.

This image shows the Junior section.  We're looking north west.  Here in the front is the non-fiction books.  The fiction books will be housed in the shelving you see to the left in the distance.

This view is looking north east.  On the right, you can see the corner of the Children's Librarian's desk.  The shelves closest to us are housing the Junior fiction books.

We're utilizing some of our old cupboards and counters in our work areas.  This image shows the Children's Librarian's closet and storage space.  Its bigger than some of my college apartments were!

We're also continuing to get our staff area squared away.  Everyone is working on getting their desks in order.  Here we see Melissa (behind that box!) sorting through the office supplies.

In the distance you can see Anette, one of our librarians.  She's working at her desk.

Here we have the Director's office.  She is still in the process of moving her items.  On the wall, you can see the scrapbook kits.

And this giant space is on the west side of the processing area.  We're going to move some tables in to store some of our processing equipment.  This is a good place to put the shelving carts!

The next post will be a continuation of today - I'll show you what's going on outside!