Shelves!!

Finally I have got some shelves. Yippee!! Only 6 which were moved across from the Secondary campus but it's a start. I had several classes come in this week just to say "hello" and borrow some readers as that's all that is on offer at the moment.

Wanted to rush and open all the boxes and start shelving, but I discovered that much of the collection is missing spine labels. It's a huge job but I have started to re-catalogue and print the spine labels. Many of the catalogue entries have the author surnames the wrong way round and there is very little DDC in use. The Secondary librarian has already made a start and most of the collection has barcodes but each book needs to have the catalogue entry checked and amended.

I have decided to take a selection from each collection so I can at least offer some limited borrowing in the next couple of weeks.

Had to "shout" a bit on Thursday as the printer was still not installed and my pile of books waiting for spine labels was growing. Luckily the Principal is very supportive and by Thursday lunchtime my newly installed printer was happily churning out spine labels. Just need some parent or students helpers to stick them on and it could start to look like a proper Library.

Book bags arrived, just waiting on boxes for each class then I start to get them into a routine of sending back books in the morning and borrowing when they come. (Those 8 months at RCHK taught me such a lot about good organisation - heartfelt thanks to Andrea) Everyone has booked in for a Library slot now, so my week is starting to take shape - also lots of open slots with possibilities for flexible scheduling once we are up and running.

The days are flying by so quickly - it's good to be busy but I am certainly enjoying the long weekend as it's Mid-Autumn Festival here.