Bernardsville Library Staff Information Blog

Several of the YA fiction books have been moved to YA Series. The following titles are now in YA Series:
Camp Confidential
Cirque du Freak
Daughters of the Moon
Private
Privilege

Also anyone looking for Something About the Author will need to look online. The books have been given to Bernards High School.

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I've finally been able to post a message to this blog and I wanted to share my happy news with everyone.

If a patron loses a book from a book group bag the charge for each book is $15.00. (per PKG)

Linda

Registrations for YS November and December programs are now on the Library's web site.

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The library is sponsoring a fundraiser on Saturday, November 20 from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm during which parents can have their children's portraits sketched by Tine Kirkland Graham for $10/figure. The artist will be set up next to the copier near the entrance (where we often have displays) on what we hope will be a busy afternoon.
I put a sign-up sheet in the Program binder at the Circ. Desk. If we have a big demand, we will be able to schedule another day. [This is not a Friends' event, and this is not listed in the Nov/Dec newsletter.] Questions: ask M.E. or M.C.

Found several YA Homework books in YA Non-Fiction. If you can't find something in YA Homework, look around the corner.

Also found a "Career Center" book in adult Non-Fiction. They pop out because of the blue stickers.
--Anne

It is not currently possible to print microfilm (from cat5) on the black and white printer. Please have patrons use the color printer until further notice.
Thanks!

Just so you're not surprised a woman named Margaret Bennett will be measuring around the library over the next couple of weeks. We are getting a quote from her consulting company, ProLibra for some shifting work. - KB

An invitation has been e-mailed to area pre-schools and day care centers for the upcoming fair in December. The registration uses Survey Monkey. If any of the teachers or directors call about having problems using the online registration use the following link to register the schools:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YGR5TW3

I think most of them will e-mail me directly or contact Madelyn, but just in case.

Thanks!
mc

I received a letter from the American Musuem of Natural History clarifying the library membership rules. In the future, we will only have ONE pass available for circulation. According to the letter, one of the passes mailed to us was "for our records" only.
If you have any questions, please me know.
M.E.

Adult programs for November and December are now on our website and open for registration. Please take a look, if you have a moment. [If you see anything out of whack, let me know.]
Thanks, M.E.

We all alert our patrons that the library is not funded to the level needed as opportunities present themselves and I know this has an impact over time and in the level of contributions to the Friends annual funddrive. But on Sunday, Annette and Susan were directly responsible for an impromptu $100 donation from a pleased patron. Great Job! - KB

A patron wanted to thank the person or people at the library who purchased the book, The Philosopher and the Wolf. He says it was "superb!" It made him want to use our library more. Evidently, we are one of the few who has purchased it, and you made him very happy. MH 10-9-10

The man came to fix the black and white printer and it is fixed if we don't put paper in the 1st drawer I think it says drawer 2. The mechanism that lifts the paper up for printing is broken. If we leave it empty it won't try to do anything and we won't have that loud banging or the need to turn it off and on with no positive results. I put a yellow sign on the drawer to remind you no paper.

Pat

We are really not doing well holding on to volunteer shelvers. Therefore, please use what time you can steal from desk to shelve. You can concentrate on your aisles if you wish but try and do something. Remember the carts are in the wings and there may be more than one. There are also carts parked by the new books, biography section and probably media at times too, shelving from those carts will let you watch the desk and shelve too! Thank you to Bob Baker who is giving what time he has and to those of you who have been trying to keep up. Hopefully our new volunteer shelver will return later this week or next week but until then please try and spend some time shelving. Also, if you are in your aisle you may want to shelf read, things are not at Tim's standard. I had to do a lot of shifting in NonFic today and I didn't even scratch the surface. Pets are really bad.

Pat

When you sign someone up for a one-to-one computer class, PLEASE CAPTURE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER of the student so that it is possible to contact the person if necessary.
Thanks.

Today at 6:54 pm, Miss Ania Marie was born! She weighs 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and is 20 1/2 inches long.
Grandmother Anne is delighted. Sarah, Darian and Ania Marie are all doing well.

Look for pictures on Facebook soon. Anne will be staying with Sarah on Tuesday and will be back here on Wednesday.

mc

Just a heads up, third graders at Bedwell are doing their first book report. Several students have had books rejected by the teacher. From the rejected titles, it appears that the books were considered too difficult or at the wrong level. If you are helping a student select a book, try locating a book that is appropriate for 2nd-4th grade. Some of the publishers note reading levels on the back of the book, or you can use Novelist lexicon rating to help students find appropriate books.

Fourth grade is working on their country project. Although some of the books are showing a status of "In" they are not on the shelf and have not been used since the last country report. Share a few of the online resources, such as CIA Factbook or Facts on File World Atlas with the students if the books cannot be found.

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