Into The Summer

Now, I know it's not officially summer yet, but once Memorial Day comes - it IS summer!! I suppose it can be said we are one season away from returning to Lake Blackshear. Work continues on our new old building. If you haven't been by lately, there is plenty to get excited about. Personally, I have been waiting for the BIG wall to go back up. This the wall with the BIG windows - right in the front. It will be nice to have brand new, clean, BIG windows. The old ones had two paint ball splotches on them. I am sure whoever fired those paint ball guns learned about it from the books they checked out in our library!!

Needless to say, the wall is going up. The brick work on the right side is a good way up. The left side is not as far along, but it is very encouraging. On either side of the building (that's the east and west sides) you can see how the brick matched. The original brick work was done in the mid-seventies. We came as close as we could to matching it. It's tough, but we are pleased. I think it will look very nice.

We are also having a new roof done. I don't think we have to worry a whole lot about matching anything up there. It's just a roof. We were getting to a point where there was a little bit of leakage onto some of the tiles in the building. We were going to have to change them out. This new roof should take care of that.

Meanwhile, on Tripp Street we carry on the usual things. The air conditioners are running a lot more. This means two things: first, we are cooler than if we were outside; second, we can actually talk in our regular voices, as we cannot be heard over the air conditioners. Remember, most of us do not have ceilings on our offices. It's crazy!!

Last time I blogged I said when we got back to LB, the young adult section would be moved to the computer cave (the public access computer area). Where are the computers to be? They will be moved out into the main lobby, directly in front of the computer station at the desk. They will be in the area that housed the reference books. It will be easier to monitor the area this way. On July 1 of this year, anyone with a PINES card can come into the library and type in their PINES number and gain computer access. We will no longer be giving out computer and pin numbers. More on that later.

It should be an interesting Vacation Reading Program that begins June 5th. Just like in the real library, the performances will be in the main lobby or the middle of our current factory building. Plenty of room and plenty of sound. We are all looking forward to our one and only "away from Lake Blackshear" Summer Vacation Reading Program.

I suppose that does it for today. I plan to have pictures of the construction next time. Until then, come to the library, get a PINES card and read something.