Moving Furniture in the High School Room...

Friday I wasn't around SCS, as I attended a Librarian conference sponsored by CLASC, and heard authors Rob Reid, and Avi speak. Coming back today, I felt inspired to tackle what is probably the most underdeveloped area of the library -- the High School Room. Thus far, that particular space has been a partially completed area, with books mostly in place, but hard to find. Mrs. N and I spent time rearranging the biography shelves. Before today, one was near the door, another on the opposite wall near to the fiction section, and the third in the adjacent corner nearest the non-fiction. We decided it would be more intuitive to have all the biography bookshelves together leading into the corner of the room nearest the non-fiction. We spent time emptying shelves, moving bookcases, and then replacing the books on shelves. The nearly empty bookcase near the non-fiction has been moved back to its original location near the fiction books so it can be used to spread out the books on those shelves. This will allow for room to add more fiction books, and get the things that are piled on top of shelves onto the shelves.

While we were at work, some of the construction crew came in to check out the white wall for work they will need to do soon installing an airconditioning unit for the newly constructed area. Admittedly, we were a little nervous, wondering if we would be told that the bookshelves we had just moved would need to be moved again, but were told that the shelves shouldn't be in the way. With those reassurances, we will continue to work on labeling and redistributing the fiction books to make better use of our space and allow students and staff to have easier access to materials they need.