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Director’s Thoughts – 3/23/2023
It’s all about staff training! And at a time when public libraries are actively under attack with book challenges, staff training has never been more important. Due to COVID, our usual staff training was put on the back burner. But I felt like this year, we were finally able to…
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Director’s Thoughts – 1/23/2023
My Director’s Thoughts posts are back! I just realized that I haven’t posted one of these since December of 2021. I’m not sure what I was doing last year, but I didn’t write a single post about being a library director. So, my goal for 2023 is to create a…
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Director’s Thoughts – 12/15/2021
It’s that time of year when there are sweet treats all over the library from staff and patrons alike! After a cookie baking marathon, I brought in cookies for my staff and my Board this week which was a lot of fun. And today, I’m handing out my end-of-the-year appreciation…
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Director’s Thoughts – 11/4/2021
Just as I felt the tiniest of weight lifted off my (very) tired shoulders, our budget has to be approved by our Township Board of Supervisors. My library is a department of our local government, unlike a nonprofit library. And honestly, until the past couple of years, the budget season…
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Director’s Thoughts – 9/15/2021
I survived summer reading! But, there isn’t really a better way to say it. We’ve run out of space! We moved into our current space in the late 1980s after vacating a much smaller location. In 2007-08 a feasibility study showed that we had in essence run out of space.…
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Director’s Thoughts #18 – Leaving a Legacy
Leaving a legacy is not something I think about very often. And the only time I do is hoping that I’ve made a positive impact on my community by creating a safe space for everyone in the community to enjoy and educate themselves! I don’t want someone coming into a…
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Director’s Thoughts #17 – Library Card Sign-Up Month
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month and my library hasn’t really done anything specific to celebrate in the past. Usually, in September, my staff is exhausted from Summer Reading and then gearing up for the school year. So this year, I started planning for September in January, that way we…
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Director’s Thoughts #16 – When You Need a Pick-Me-Up
Do you ever feel like you’re trying to make changes and you’re stuck in the mud? Or that things just aren’t moving as quickly as you’d like in regards to a work project? Or maybe you just feel like you need a vacation? It can make you feel defeated, tired…
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Director's Thoughts #15 – When It Works
Have you ever had a plan that when it finally came to fruition – it actually worked? Like – it ended up going extremely smoothly for so many moving parts that you’re surprised by the whole thing? Well, that’s what happened to me this past Monday! But, first a little…
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Director's Thoughts #14 – It's Been Awhile: Storytime
This week I covered a co-worker’s storytime while she was away and after a year of being away from it; it was strange coming back. I did storytime for eight years as a children’s librarian and I think that I made a smart decision to move into another role when…
