flickr revisited

I had trouble with the webinar, so I just looked at the slides and read the narration. Not great but it works.

I loved the ideas, the pictures, the PR. Its not only great for Lester Library but also for the town. I found the series "This Morning from Youth Services" fascinating and found myself thinking of different ways I could do it at my library and town. There is no one taking pictures of the town and putting them on Flickr as a regular thing. There are a few pictures if you do a search.

PR for my library?? As a school library I think there is more of a privacy issue than with a public library. We do post pictures of students on the school web page. I can see this rather than on Flickr. There is also the problem of accessing Flickr at school. We have a new tech guy and will have a new web page, so will see what can be done.

I really liked the poster and can see doing it with shots from the library or school over a year and displaying at the school.

My pictures are posted in set "hawks library I" by hawks librarian.

Chore One complete

Today we finished weeding. It went much faster than anticipated. We have over sixty boxes of books to be transported into town AFTER the shelves are brought in AFTER the new walls are built. With a few exceptions the books will be processed into the system over the next school year.

It is a relief seeing everything ready to go to town or to new homes elsewhere. I did save a few "oldies but goodies" as examples of why a collection needs to be weeded. Hawaii waiting to be the forty-ninth state, etc.

Opportunity or Chore

This summer I will have a great opportunity or a dreadful chore. We have closed our K-8 rural school and made the decision to put all library service in one physical location. The K-12 school currently houses the collection in two locations, one in the HS/MS and one in the elementary. Consequently I am always in the wrong location whenever someone is looking for me.
School is out and I have finished weeded the in town collection. Monday we start on the rural school collection. I have volunteered grandchildren to help.