A big week for books!
It has been a busy week in the QC library! First of all, last week we raised over $1400 through the Scholastic book fair which meant we got to keep pretty much everything anyone wanted from the book fair! This picture shows some of the great titles that are currently being cataloged and added to our collection. They should hopefully be ready to check out at the end of the day Wednesday! There are lots of great graphic novels and fiction titles, the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, and some awesome sports non-fiction titles.
If the pile looks small to you, well…that’s the reality! Books cost money. This photo shows approximately $900 worth of books. Now you know why we’re always fundraising! It’s well worth it, though, to see our readers so excited.
Just for fun, we thought we’d show you an average day of check-outs and check-ins from our library. Our computer system was down on Monday which meant nothing could be returned/renewed, so those four bins you see? All books that were returned Monday.
All check-outs had to be done the old-fashioned way, with paper and pencil. See that yellow legal pad? Three pages (FRONT AND BACK!) of student names and book barcodes. It took over two hours to get it all entered into the system when the computer was working again.
Technology can certainly be annoying when it doesn’t work, but is super handy when it does!