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.

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!