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Sunday, October 19th, 2008 06:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
evila_elfWow, it's been a busy last couple of days!
Thursday, I got a call at almost noon to let me know to be on standby for being able to start moving books into the new library. A couple hours later, it was confirmed, so I zipped on over. Tons of people showed up from the service center and some other libraries to help out.
I looked around inside for a few minutes, then got to work.
We got most of the stuff from the basement onto the shelves.
Friday, we got the rest of our books from the service center and started getting those in order.
I will say one thing about the new building...the carpet--oww! I think I will need to invest in some knee pads, thought it might not be too bad only a couple hours at a time. Feels like thin carpet laid over concrete.
I didn't get the Aide job (a step up from my current position), but I met the gal who got the job. I really like her :-)
Saturday was the Grand Opening. Things had been polished up and furniture uncovered.
It seemed like the entire town showed up! Had staff pictures early in the morning, then a couple of us were handing out pamphlets to the people as they filtered in. No one except the donors could be allowed in until the speaches (lots of them) and ribbon cutting. Had a huge group picture taken from a lift of everyone who showed. Curious to see how it turned out. Then everyone swarmed into the building.
Long 4 hours. Got to talk to a few of the regulars I saw, took a few pictures for people, got some hot chocolate, then hid out in the breakroom for a little break after a couple hours.
Now we are closed for a few weeks so the people outside can resume and we can get a few finishing touches taken care of. I'll try to get some pictures up. Hated to take too many while there were like 20+ workers in the bulding...no one really likes their picture taken lol.
Thursday, I got a call at almost noon to let me know to be on standby for being able to start moving books into the new library. A couple hours later, it was confirmed, so I zipped on over. Tons of people showed up from the service center and some other libraries to help out.
I looked around inside for a few minutes, then got to work.
We got most of the stuff from the basement onto the shelves.
Friday, we got the rest of our books from the service center and started getting those in order.
I will say one thing about the new building...the carpet--oww! I think I will need to invest in some knee pads, thought it might not be too bad only a couple hours at a time. Feels like thin carpet laid over concrete.
I didn't get the Aide job (a step up from my current position), but I met the gal who got the job. I really like her :-)
Saturday was the Grand Opening. Things had been polished up and furniture uncovered.
It seemed like the entire town showed up! Had staff pictures early in the morning, then a couple of us were handing out pamphlets to the people as they filtered in. No one except the donors could be allowed in until the speaches (lots of them) and ribbon cutting. Had a huge group picture taken from a lift of everyone who showed. Curious to see how it turned out. Then everyone swarmed into the building.
Long 4 hours. Got to talk to a few of the regulars I saw, took a few pictures for people, got some hot chocolate, then hid out in the breakroom for a little break after a couple hours.
Now we are closed for a few weeks so the people outside can resume and we can get a few finishing touches taken care of. I'll try to get some pictures up. Hated to take too many while there were like 20+ workers in the bulding...no one really likes their picture taken lol.
