We've been plugging away doing inventory, but it hasn't been going as fast as we'd like. As a result,
the library will be closed Tuesday, February 2nd.
Here's the full story:
This morning, the board chair, library manager, Sharon and I had a meeting to discuss how the inventory is going. Sharon and I reported that the AF (adult fiction) inventory is done, and that the ANF (adult non-fiction) is underway. I should mention that those two collections comprise around 40% of the library's materials.
Our original goal was to finish inventory by the end of January, but unfortunately that's not possible. So we had a conversation about how we should proceed from here.
The first option was to continue with the status quo: staff members working on inventory in their spare time between important day-to-day tasks. We considered this option, but as a practical matter the inventory wouldn't be completed for a few months.
The second option was to have library staff come in on Monday (when the library is closed) to have an uninterrupted day of working on inventory. This option had a fair share of problems. The library would have to spend a great deal of money on overtime, and some staff members would be unavailable due to prior commitments.
The final option was to close the library on Tuesday. Because all members of the library staff are already scheduled to work Tuesdays, this option wouldn't cost the library much money (a little bit so that part-time staff members will be here all day). The major downside, of course, is that patrons won't have access to the library on Tuesday.
We weighed the pros and cons and in the end decided that closing the library on Tuesday will give us the best chance of getting a *lot* of the inventory done in a short period of time at the lowest possible cost.
Sorry for the inconvenience folks...
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