Going to our members is excellent, and we have a lot of visits that you will be able to read about over the next few weeks!! This library is one of three I was able to visit in North Branch – and it was such a good experience!
You can tell this school has neat stuff to do, because right out front is this excellent garden area! Yes, it was covered in snow at the time I visited; but just having a garden right there at the school is a very special thing.
I always like to see the library area clearly identified, and you can see how easy it is to see it all. (Okay, I confess I always get excited when I walk into a library for the first time!)
As with so many of our member libraries, you can see how these shelves are set up to be easily accessible by shorter patrons. See how easily kids can flip through these large books, without having to hold them all, and still see the cover art? So handy!!
Kids today all need to know how to use technology, and that means tech of all types and uses. It’s cool to see kids working to check out their own books here! Self-check machines are a great way to free up staff from time consuming work so they can spend more time working directly with the public!
I really like these snazzy shelves, all neatly read to be emptied by happy readers who check out all the books! And those chairs look so very comfortable!! This is a huge thing libraries need to think about: comfy seating encourages people to settle in and enjoy themselves. Libraries should be about positive experiences; good seating is a good start!
These are not unique to this library; but I think they are such a good idea! They are handy tools kids can use to help browse shelves in search of just the right book. They can also put these sticks into the shelves to mark the location of a book they are only going to use for a few minutes and then put back. Sometimes analog solutions are the best ones!
Art in libraries, and making books into art and looking beautiful, is always a good thing! Information is conveyed in all kinds of ways, and visual art can be a very powerful tool for sharing information. Plus, look at this: it’s so cute – I love it!
These shelves are so nice looking; and I really like to see the assorted materials located on top of the shelves! It’s a fun way to display assorted items, and also to draw patrons attention to the books!
Check out these cute bins filled with picture books! It’s so easy to flip through these, sorted by topic to make it easy to find just the right book. We are such fans of usability in libraries that this is a great tool for making books accessible and findable!
Look how cute this is!! Graphic novels are so very popular, and can be great resources for getting people interested in reading not only these books, but also other books! I love the graphic design in the signage here – I was very inspired to check them out myself!!
Libraries are all about sharing information; so it’s so good to see a space set aside for instruction! And look how nice it all is, with that nice art on the walls!!
Our members are just excellent, and we do love visiting everyone! There are over 300 of you out there, so we are working our way down the list of all members. If we have not been to you yet, we are very excited to come see you soon!!