Glamour at the library

Life in the library has been rather dull with Covid putting most events on pause during the past three months. However things were more lively and a lot more glamorous this week as we hosted a Rainbow Story Time starring Erika and Coco Flash. My role was limited to introductions, thanks and pressing play for the music. They were lovely and appreciative of our efforts but my Tamariki Times certainly don't match their glam and sartorial style! 

Star Wars

Intergalactic guests from Outpost 42 of the 501st Legion were the stars at my Star Wars school holiday story time today. 

Te Reo Singalong

Great to catch up with Sharon & Alan when they stayed on Monday night and they put on a fun & energetic show for the little kids at Paraparaumu Library on Tuesday. 

Shelving Stuff Ups

It seems to be a case of all brawn and no brain. The people responsible for putting the shelves back into place after the carpet laying at the library have become worse and worse at the job the further they progress through the library. The teen book shelves were a complete muddle this morning. The shelving units weren't in the correct position, the individual shelves weren't in the correct slots, shelves weren't aligned and the books weren't even in alphabetical order. How hard is A,B,C? Why would you place books upside down and back to front? I'm not sure if the workers are stupid, lazy, careless or all three. 

Failed to get Fired

Darn it, I tried but failed to get fired today.  The job I most dislike at the library is doing the banking. There was a significant discrepancy between to the totals, Betty was away and neither Nisa nor I could figure out where the mistake was. We had to call the council accountant over to help. He is new and unfamiliar with the library banking system but he was very nice about it and helped us solve the problem. I asked if he would fire me from the banking but he just laughed (but I meant it, I really did). The frustrating thing is that it took Nisa & I two hours to do the banking, time we could have spent on other things e.g. sorting out the mess the movers left of the shelves after the re-carpeting. Between the banking and the wonky, muddled shelves it's a rather frustrating week. 

Cable Car Wellington

It was a cold (-2°C) and frosty morning and I shivered on the platform waiting for the train to Wellington. However it was a  beautiful sunny day to take a train ride down the coast and a cable car ride up to Kelburn. It was also a work day so the cable car ride had a purpose - to help plan the Beyond the Page event for the July school holidays. It was great to do something different today, to meet some librarians from Wellington City Libraries and Wellington was looking its best. 

New Carpet in the Library

Wooden framework was constructed to hold the metal lighting supports in place when the shelving below was removed to recarpet part of the fiction section. 

Fortunately the wooden framework held when part of the lighting support buckled - although some manpower was also required to stop it collapsing completely!