2-16-2024
I have a note in my calendar that reads “Literary Soul
Mate”. I thought it was a reminder to write about Claudia Felske’s traditional
Valentine’s Day gift to her AP Students. It wasn’t, but I will anyway.
Last year I mentioned receiving a Valentine’s cookie from a
nameless friend in honor of Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice and why I
like him. At the time I didn’t mention her name partly because making the
cookies for her students was a meant as a surprise. Given the students in AP
English Lit are mostly seniors and any future students they would tell have a
year to forget, it might have actually stayed a surprise. I wasn’t going to
publish it in the newspaper.
This year, however, is Claudia’s final lap through the
school calendar. She retires this June, so I may announce it from the rooftop.
I also posted the question on Facebook: Who is your literary soul mate? If you
don’t already follow ETLPL, now’s a great time to start doing so.
While you’re online, this weekend is also our current
website’s swan song. You may bid it farewell. Lisa and I, mainly Lisa, have
been transferring the information from our current site and reorganizing a bit.
The new site looks a little cleaner and hopefully requires few clicks to find
information. Gone will be the rotating display in the center of the home page.
Instead, there will be focused announcements and a more prominent weekly
calendar of events. The library’s IT and our web developer will begin the
handoff Monday morning at 8:00. They predict a two hour turn around time, so
the new site should be up when we unlock the doors that day.
I’m hoping one piece of news on the main page will be the
number of community surveys were completed. Last week I challenged the
community to exceed the under 50 expectations and reach triple digits. At 2:00
on Monday, we had 93 completed. I have faith seven more will have been turned
in by the time it closed this morning.
The Strategic Planning Committee’s next step will be to analyze the
data from those surveys which will include comparing it to our service
population’s demographics and identifying common themes. Sounds like fun
doesn’t it?
We’ll follow that up with long term goal setting.
My short-term goal is to finish the autumn puzzle that has
been in the library since, well, autumn. Part of the picture is a very colorful
tree that is making finishing it difficult. Once that’s done, there are plenty
of puzzles left from our puzzle exchange to replace it. The shelving to house a
permanent swap were assembled by Lisa’s husband Jim. On February 1st,
the puzzles were moved down there. Anytime a patron wants to donate or exchange
a puzzle, we can open that room.
Reading Now: A Killer in the Family by Gytha Lodge
Listening to Now: Hounded by Kevin Hearnes (Book 1 of Iron Druid series)
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