Grafton Library Publishes Weekly Report For May 17-21

Press release from the Grafton Library:

May 24, 2021

We put out 123 bags for curbside pickup and delivered 10 items to 4 homes. Our Book Wagon program visited Crescent Manor last week and served 12 patrons with 28 checkouts and renewals and 10 item requests. Concierge service books were prepared for 4 different patrons.

A reminder: Curbside Pickup ends Sat 5/22. Self-service holds begins Tue 6/ 1! Patrons will no longer have to schedule pickup, but can drop in Mon/Tue/Fri/Sat from 10am-2pm or Wed/Thu from 2-8pm to pick up holds, browse the collections, and check items out themselves – don’t forget your library card!

In a funny turn of events, a staff member picked something up from Buy Nothing Grafton. It turned out to be from one of our regular patrons, who wrote a note on the bag saying it was her turn to offer something to her in a brown bag, and thanking us for our curbside service.

Ladybug kits and Friday Fun suncatcher grab and go craft kits were made available for children. 24 DIY wind-chime kits for adults and the last 6 Mind, Body Spirit Canvases were picked up, first come, first served. A reminder that canvases are due back

We prepared for reopening and the move by shifting parts of the collection, working on a deaccession list of items to offer to Town departments or public auction.

Beth worked on opening logistics, move logistics, policy, job descriptions, collection development, and website updates. Of note, RB Digital content has been acquired by Overdrive, so access to ArtistWorks is now via Libby. and we have added IndieFlix (streaming independent film), Qello (streaming video of on-demand concerts) and The Great Courses (streaming audio lectures from renowned academics). This new content will be available beginning next week under an EXTRAS feature in the Libby App – download at https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/.

Heidi facilitated a discussion of the Community Read title The Case of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery, by Nancy Springer at the “Not Just for Young Adults” Book Group. Sarah hosted a STEM class for children ages 3-6 and presented virtual preschool storytimes to three SGES classes.

Sarah completed social media graphics for the upcoming GPL/GLT mind and body partnership, created a social media posting schedule, and wrote the social media text template that will be used in all posts. We are excited for this partnership, which promotes exercising mind and body, with hiking and nature books!

Sarah made suggested edits to the Remote Learning Academy SLP video and submitted it to Kristin Parone, the Remote Learning Academy coordinator; Kristin continued to work on the Millbury Street Grafton History Day field trip video.

Marilyn attended the 2021 MLA Conference, with a focus on paralibraianship.

Jen and Allie have been working on the forthcoming June newsletters.

We continued work on the Library Summer Program, assembling kits, working on PR and Beanstack, creating a promotional video, and meeting to discuss ways to streamline and simplify.

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