Scholastic Book Fair coming to SRCSA Library

A Scholastic Book Fairs planning kit arrived this week at Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts. The book store will operate out of SRCSA Library from Feb. 26 to March 2.

OverDrive, record year in digital lending

This past year set a record for library digital lending. OverDrive reported that among libraries around the world, more than a quarter-of-a-billion titles were circulated. Not only that, but “Libraries hit individual milestones as well.” In the United States, Canada, Singapore and New Zealand, 58 library systems surpassed 1 million eBook and audio-book checkouts in 2017.

‘Shelf-reading,’ essential for library operations

Shelf-reading is one of those “behind-the-scenes” jobs that are done by a library professional. When library books are shelved in order, correctly, patrons will never have to be frustrated by looking for a book in the location on a shelf where the book’s “address” says it will be, but not being able to find it. Time budgeted for shelf-reading is part of my commitment to library customer service.

‘Wizard for Hire’ by Obert Skye

Ozzy, a boy surviving on his own in rural Oregon, enlists the help of an eccentric man named Rin, who calls himself a wizard. Ozzy is trying to locate his parents, who were kidnapped years earlier, and piece together their involvement and discoveries in a mysterious experiment.

Wizard for Hire is very entertaining, definitely a fun read. Written by Obert Skye, it will be published this March by Shadow Mountain.

At first, I was concerned that Ozzy didn’t display much agency; several years went by before he tried to find his parents. This inaction was explained by Ozzy thinking it was “normal” for children’s parents to be taken away, and I did note that as Ozzy acquired more information and stimulus, he began to engage more with the outside world.

‘Yarn Bombing at Your Library,’ in sixth year

Has it really been six years since I embarked on my fiber-art and social-media curation project, Yarn Bombing at Your Library? The yarn-bombing “tags” I feature were either installed at a library, or a library was instrumental in creating the piece. Through showcasing these installations, I raise attention for the value of libraries and their vital place in society. And while most of the projects I feature were created by other artists, I’ve “yarn-bombed” a few libraries myself. From January 2012, here’s a nighttime installation of a “Support Libraries” tag at the Central Santa Rosa Library in the Sonoma County Library system.