Total Hours: 14
Today I met with Kim, who is taking on the Adult Summer Reading Club responsibilities for the summer at the branch. As the process is new to her as well, we met and went over the file with all the information from last year's program. With the feedback from the woman who ran the program last summer, we talked about what businesses in the neighborhood we'd solicit prizes from and for what amounts, and also how we plan on distributing the prizes each week. I've never seen an Adult Summer Reading program in a library before, but I really like the idea of encouraging adult leisure reading; it's a fun mode of adult library participation!
The entry and sign up box had been out for a few days on the reference desk and there were already a handful of entries. We realized that there was really no signage or advertising yet, despite the fact that Central had said they would send some over. As the first drawing is already set for next week we decided to take matters into our own hands, so I took some art supplies and made up a sign to draw more attention to the box. One thing about working at a branch library that I have noticed on multiple occasions already is the bureaucracy that can be involved with "branding" an entire library system from the top down. From stories I have heard, the branch libraries have to be pretty assertive to get their advertising needs across to Central so they can go on the Facebook page etc.
I also helped a bit with some final book sale set up. People were browsing and buying starting right when we opened at 10!
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