Library Girl

Today I was called "Library Girl", which I suppose, is a compliment.

Next up, the Pew Charitable Trust just published a report/study about the Free Library of Philadelphia and all of its struggles. Basically, the library system is underfunded, understaffed, and typically sees declining visits annually because of slow service (because of the understaffed part), but which also gets high annual visits for children's reading times, speakers, and from adults who need to use the internet, etc.
A good question brought up though is: how do you get more people into the library? And how do you let people know what resources the library offers?

Last for today, I met with the teachers at Rowen School for a pow wow and a discussion on what books and resources they would like to see in their library. The principal and I are interested in purchasing an IPad Learning Lab Cart - but it costs $7,500+ which is no small fundraising feat. Hopefully we will get there though.

I'm ready for that fateful day in September when we finally have the Rowen library's grand opening. Whew. So ready.