Day 2

Well, where do I start today......

Firstly I caught the bus. Headed off early so I didn't have to rush and made it in plenty of time. I got off the bus right in front of the library today so I am proud of myself (did I tell you I was off 2 stops too early getting to work and walked for miles to catch it home). Anyhow after I got off the bus, I walked up to the next spot and guess what.....there is a bus interchange. Great. Now I know where to go to catch the bus home without having to walk for miles and without having to hail it. I was early so I stopped into a little cafe for a coffee. And a good one it was.

Anyhow, first up I helped unpack the boxes from the courier. Didn't seem as many today but then I saw the empty crates and realised I didn't see them all. After that I helped out with Story time. Today's theme.....Halloween. Personally I was reluctant when Court suggested Halloween as it is not something that is widely recognised in Australia and seems a little commercial for me. It went well. Similar to our story time with songs, stories and a colouring in. The main person who normally does story time is on leave so I will try to catch up with her to see if they share activities. I was surprised by the number of books read. In excess of 5 I would guess. The craft was also a colouring in with glitter. They had more than 25 kids and probably 15+ adults at the session. This was fairly full on. Many kids were there with their grandparents. They use a vinyl type pad for each of the kids. This means that the crayons (only crayons on offer) don't get pushed through the page. This worked well.

After story time, we had morning tea. We then talked about the online resources that are available to patrons. This includes resources that we have access to .... Tumbleweeds, novelist etc but also includes ancestry.com, books in print and also a local history page/portal that includes cemetery records.

We also discussed other services like book groups, book talks and a craft group they have in the library. I'll create a new post about this as it was quite interesting.