Our webolution program came to a sad end this evening with the Webolution Full Time ceremony. Special Guest Josh Earl "The Librarian" Comedian was a riot and a great time was had by all.
I'm on the road again....
Road trip up to Albury today to see their "state of the art" Library Museum.
Firstly the building is striking! We met no directional signage on the way into town but as soon as I saw it I knew it was the place.
Great corner location and excellent access into the building.
Personally I loved the feel inside, mostly dark shelving & flooring but lots of light coming in from the windows.
There were two desks. An info desk wrapping into their impressive "info zone" staff dealt with general enquiries, local history questions and retail sales from the museum.
Then a circ desk handling the general customer flow. I was pleased to see that the circ staff were rotating out to shelve. I have seen other two desk libraries where the circ desk is busy and the info desk quiet so they have librarian's shelving! such a waste.
I loved the children's area which was a simply raised steps but had been bags for lounging around and little sitting nooks with big windows to watch the world go by.
I was slightly disappointed to see very limited self serve technology. New technology appeared to be limited to a big screen TV and the listening posts. Very funky but I was expecting more from a "state of the art" facility.
What a great idea.
Be thankful for the places reading can take you...
and that you can take a book almost anywhere
