Day 1

Today was the first day of my internship at the West Lafayette Public Library.  West Lafayette is across the river from Lafayette and is referred to by the locals as the "West Side," hence my blog title - which my mom came up with, by the way.  I've been trying to come up with something creative for 3 days, and I ask her for ideas tonight and "boom" - she comes right up with this!  Oh well....
Got a tour of the building, met a lot of employees and volunteers, and set my schedule for the next couple of weeks.  Did a lot of shadowing plus got to:  pull ILLS, delete copies of weeded books from the online catalog, and weed and reorganize the YA magazines.
A few thoughts:

• I am amazed by the number of volunteers that work on a daily basis
• WLPL uses Evergreen Indiana - I wonder why Tippecanoe County Public Library/Lafayette doesn't
• Children's Summer Reading program already has 400 participants signed up.  I think Pam said they had a total of 900 last year.  WOW!
• Was surprised by the number of donated books, etc. that come in on a daily basis (Most used for their book sales)
• Lots & lots of programs!