Happy New Year!

There's a tradition at my school where you are greeted with a hearty "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" upon arrival to orientation the week before school begins.Well, this certainly is a new year for us in more ways than one.

At the end of last school year, just a few short months ago, we finally realized a dream and moved our Lower School collection to join its fellow collections in the main library. The old Lower School library was turned into what we now call the Lower School Learning Commons. It's such a great title to a fabulous place. There are story steps, couches, chairs, a puppet area (!), and an area with tables and chairs where our new, moveable SmartBoard can roll wherever it is needed.

Along with that, one of the librarians finally got her own office space (yay!) and now its just me out there on my little island known as the circulation desk.

This past week was a LOT of meetings, training, getting reacquainted with our school life as opposed to our summer ones. At our library meeting, I was given a few new duties, that include setting up and completing inventory, mail, periodicals, the ordering of library supplies, as well as handling the gift books for middle and upper school. Phew. I placed my first purchase order for library supplies, and while it's not super complicated, it is a bit intimidating. Who knew there were so many different types of book covers and book tape in the world?

I'm a little nervous about being in the middle of the library, with all these new responsibilities, but am so thrilled that I'm being honored with more responsibility. I never thought I'd ever have a job with a desk (it is so not a desk job), and am so thrilled of the exciting new challenges this year will bring.

Here's to the first week of school! Can't wait to see the looks on those kids' faces when they see what we've done this summer on Tuesday.

Happy New Year!