You may have noticed that the LGAQ Library seems to have been replaced by new offices! Never fear, whilst the GFC has struck American libraries hard, forcing thousands of closures across the country, that has not been LGAQ Library’s fate. Rather, the Library has fallen victim to the LGAQ’s growth and has had to relinquish real estate to accommodate new staff.
So what has happened to the Library? The journals, annual reports, executive minutes, conference proceedings and newspapers are still held upstairs. The rest of the collection has been moved to the storeroom in the carpark. It doesn’t sound very salubrious, I know, but everything is organised onto shelving in just the same way as it used to be.
It has taken me two months to move everything downstairs, trolley-load by trolley-load, and I still have to label the shelves, but the collection is available for use. The move was an excellent opportunity for me to weed (technical library-speak) the collection of old, out of date and superseded materials and it is now much leaner and meaner!
Once we have all recovered from Annual Conference, I shall organise Library Tours to show you the new arrangements for the Library.
Whilst it seems we have virtually no Library left upstairs, I would like to remind you all of the virtual Library I am building on Worksite. This is a collection of electronic publications that I think staff may find useful. To browse this collection, type ‘lglibrary’ into Worksite search box. This will bring up a full list of resources available to date.
Hi Lesley
A nice information piece I will reinforce the information in the next LGAQ Flow Newsletter.
Angie